Eric Austin  › April Anhyzer   April 18, 2015 at 4:37pm

I'm hearing of 5+ hour rounds and tiny winner prize packs. ouch.

Steve Hatter   April 18, 2015 at 9:11am

rounds were only 4 hours.. I was home by 630

John Truszkowski   April 18, 2015 at 9:23pm

you heard right. id like to see how much cash was made off of AM3 alone.

Doug Smith   April 19, 2015 at 10:56am

paid out 21 spots in am3

John Truszkowski   April 19, 2015 at 5:14pm

some people only got a mini though.. how much are those worth?

Fred Vocino   April 19, 2015 at 7:25pm

Excessive profit taking is a meaningless innuendo at this point. Any problems with the pace of play would not be attributed to the organizers. Using ghost cards or "heavy" cards was avoided as a way to meet the high demand for participation. Next year's participation should not suffer as a result of the anticipated pace or the payoffs.

Rick Marritt   April 19, 2015 at 7:49pm

I am uncertain how to address this post. I'll give details: AM3 Entry fee= $20. $10 Player Pack $2 PDGA Fee = $8 per player going to payout pool. So, with $820 - 410 - 82 = $328 leftover for payout. 50% of the field was paid out. The players who received the mini's tied for the fi ... more

Fred Vocino   April 20, 2015 at 9:55am

Rick- you need not have given such a precise explanation in response to such a vague complaint. However, I do appreciate how TDs like yourself volunteer your time and resources. Some disc-retailers can make a business case for doing tournaments. There should be some PDGA based calculation of expenses/stipends when folks like you give us these tournament opportunities.

Steve Hatter   April 20, 2015 at 10:51am

you can never make everybody happy. it should be trophy only for AM's with cash going into the open purse.. would eliminate the sandbaggers

Rick Marritt   April 20, 2015 at 4:16pm

I am sure other Pro Players would love that Steve, but being an amateur myself... I have enjoyed receiving a payout along with my players package. But, you are correct.... I cannot make everyone happy. I definitely try and strive to. Dog Daze should be much better for all divisions. I am forced ... more

Steve Hatter   April 20, 2015 at 7:17pm

I'm still an AM as well :). Wish It was trophies for top 3.. then maybe some tiny trophies through 10 if the field is large enough.. I hate participation trophies

Eric Austin   May 6, 2015 at 7:44pm

the round times are pretty much out of your hands but to give the winner of the rec division two discs not of their choice (including a star lite which usually aren't used by experienced players) when others are available seems a little short sighted. I've never ran a tournament and I unde ... more

Steve Hatter   May 6, 2015 at 9:08pm

experienced players in rec? isn't that like a nice way to define sandbagger?

Eric Austin   May 7, 2015 at 1:34pm

there's no use throwing around that allegation, it doesn't have anything to do with the contents of the winner prize packs.

Steve Hatter   May 7, 2015 at 10:06pm

I recommend light discs for lots of starters.. I don't see the problem

Eric Austin   May 8, 2015 at 3:06pm

the point was that there wasn't a choice in discs when others were available. no use in beating a dead horse though.