Pat Govang › 2021 New York State Disc Golf Championships Driven by Innova September 15, 2021 at 11:22am
Good Morning Everyone,
Writing to share a venue change for this weekend’s tournament. We will not be using the Danby course due to swampy conditions there. We are moving play to Tucker Hill, a course 22 minutes away from TC3 (Danby is 30 minutes from TC3). Compared to Danby, Tucker Hill is bone dry and drains very well.
First, a little background behind the change. After 20 years in Ithaca, this is the wettest Summer I personally have ever seen. Our Danby course never dried out in July/August and if you came to practice the course, you know the conditions are less than ideal. We were hoping for a dry, sunny week to improve the situation there for the tournament. Regrettably we’ve had more rain and today over 1” more is forecasted – this will only make the conditions worse. Rain is also predicted there Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 4 greens have ankle-deep mud/water and there are similar conditions in 8 of the fairways. The tournament organizers unanimously agreed this was not the experience we wanted to share with our disc golf friends old and new. The move to Tucker Hill will improve the experience for all (except the tournament staff over the next few days...:)
Discgolfscene will be updated shortly with the scheduling/changes below:
Friday, 9/17
- 9:00 am - Dusk - Tucker Hill open for practice
- 9:00 am – 7:00 pm Tournament Players Packages available at Tucker Hill
Saturday 9/18
- 7:30-8:30 Competitor Check-In
- TC3 - A Pool (Pro Divisions, MA1, FA40, MA55)
- Tucker Hill - B Pool (FA1,MA2, MA40, MA50, MA60, MA3, FA3)
- 9:00-~12:00 First Round – Shotgun Start
- LUNCH – ALL LUNCHES WILL BE SERVED AT THE DRYDEN VFW@ 2272 Dryden Rd, Dryden
- 2:00-~5:30 Second Round – Shotgun Start
- TC3 – B Pool
- Tucker Hill – A Pool
- 7:30-10:30- HOF BBQ, Induction Ceremony and Raffle at the DRYDEN VFW (Tickets required)
Sunday 9/19 : 9:00-5:30 TC3 - Final Round TEE TIMES
- Field cut to:
Top 8 plus ties from MPO, MA1 and MA2;
Top 4 plus ties from all other divisions;
- Rolling award ceremonies by division
About Tucker Hill – Address: 169 Tucker Hill Road, Locke, 13092; 5,010’ (est) Par 54; Single set of tees, all natural surfaces. 18 Innova Discatcher Pro baskets; Straightforward, comparably dry, cart-friendly course with slight elevation, ponds, open and wooded holes. The course layout with tee and pin locations will be uploaded to UDisc on Thursday. This course is on private property, please do not plan to visit before it opens for practice on Friday morning, thank you.
Please spread the word.
On behalf of your 2021 NY States tournament staff,
Pat Govang
TD - 2021 NY States
Thanks for the info Pat. This sucks because it negates the time I spent practicing Danby and the money I spent on waterproof hiking boots to be ready for the muddy conditions. I wish you and the DiscIthaca crew good luck in getting the courses ready with the rain forecasted, and I’ll see you this weekend.
We'll give you another chance to play Danby, but not this weekend.:)
It was a tough decision b/c we've put so much into the course getting it ready and we really wanted to show it off, but we had to go with better judgement
I appreciate all the effort you have put into running a good event. As a TD myself, I realize all the hard work and hard decisions it takes to run a quality event. Thanks for all your efforts.Hopefully I can get in a practice round at the new course on Friday. Thanks to you and the DiscIthaca crew for hosting states.