Alaska PDGA Winter Series #14   March 31, 2021 at 8:17pm

Week 10 Recap

What a league finale! Thanks to everyone who attended Saturday, and for the rest of the winter - we had 256 players across the 10 rounds - an average of over 25 per week!

The big names sent us out for the season with a bang - Jake Haskin set the rated round record at Davis Park with a 46, 1021 rated (but should be higher!). James Beckner was right on his heels with a 47, and also aced hole 8 for $171. Those two ALSO were the first to hit the Davis bounty, which is a 3 or better on holes 3, 5, 6, and 9 Blue. Seth Asing ALSO hit the bounty. They shared the $100 pot, with Jake taking down the extra penny because he managed to actually take only 11 strokes on those four holes, nabbing a 2 on hole 6.

Jake also picked up the A Pool win, overcoming his high rating to shoot the best handicap-adjusted round of the week in the pool. Scott Groves also shot hot, with a 50 raw score, to get second.

Tyler Pohler grabbed another B Pool win with a solid score. Joe Garoutte and Britton Barnett also annihilated their ratings (in a good way) to pick up podium finishes.

Stay tuned for the start of summer sanctioned singles - the current plan is that they're going to rotate between Alcantra, Peter's Creek, Davis Park, and Girdwood on Tuesday nights. My thought is to start them May 11 or 18. I'm trying to work out a system so that membership in either ADGA or MSDGA (the Matsu club) will get you the reduced rate. I'm inclined to do the handicap again - I'll be crunching the numbers from this league to update the ratings for both the course and the individuals.

But feel free to comment below if you would prefer to go back to pools. I like the handicap because it makes things lower-stakes - some people were arguing they should be in B pool if they were put into A, or C pool if they were put into B. Handicaps allow anyone to win in any given week.