DGVTour Opener - South Shire Open
PDGA C-tier · Sat-Sun, Apr 23-24, 2022Apr 2022 · Bennington, VT

DGVTour Opener - South Shire Open
PDGA C-tier
Sat-Sun, April 23-24, 2022
Hosted by Disc Golf Vermont
Location
Schedule
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Fri
Apr 224:30pm - 7:00pm
Random Draw Doubles. $5. Cash only. Sign up at 4:15 in the back lot near hole #2 at the DGVT trailer.
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Sat
Apr 238:30am - 2:30pm
Round 1 Tee Times
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Sun
Apr 248:30am - 2:30pm
Round 2 Tee Times
Divisions
For help choosing a division, see the PDGA guidelines
MPO | Mixed Pro Open | $50 |
FPO | Women's Pro Open | $50 |
MP40 | Mixed Pro 40+ | $50 |
MP50 | Mixed Pro 50+ | $50 |
MA1 | Mixed Am 1 | $50 |
MA40 | Mixed Am 40+ | $50 |
FA40 | Women's Am 40+ | $50 |
MA50 | Mixed Am 50+ | $50 |
MA2 | Mixed Am 2 | $50 |
FA2 | Women's Am 2 | $50 |
MA3 | Mixed Am 3 | $50 |
FA3 | Women's Am 3 | $50 |
About this tournament
$500 added cash
1 round of play
DGVTour Opener - South Shire Open
April 23-24,2022
Willow Park DGC
Bennington,Vermont
PDGA C-tier
2 Rounds of 18 holes, 1 round per day,tee times.
TD: Chris Young & Will Cleland
Friday: Random Draw $5 Doubles. Meet in the parking lot near hole #2 at 4:15 to register and draw for teams. Cash only.
Tournament Central: Look for the DGVT trailer in the parking lot near hole #2. This is where you will check in before and after your rounds.
Players Meeting: I will host a YouTube Live Players Meeting on Thurs. April 21st. All players are required to watch the Players Meeting at some point before competing in the event. The Players Meeting will be posted to the Disc Golf Vermont YouTube page.
Players meeting link: https://youtu.be/49J7YwJAAVM
Awards: Monday, April 25th on the DGVT YouTube page. We will recognize the division winners. Trophies will be available for pickup post Round 2. All division winners will win a custom trophy! If you are a division winner, please grab your trophy at Tournament Central on Sunday after your round. The Awards Ceremony will be posted to the DGVT YouTube page.
Food: Local Boy Scouts Club will be onsite grilling burgers and dogs.
1st Place Trophies for divisions of at least 2 or more players. Custom leather bag tag trophies.
Zeal Optics GIVEAWAY for Amateur players. We will draw 1 winner on Saturday for a FREE pair of new sunglasses ( $149 value).
Pro Payouts: We will payout 40% of the Pro divisions. Payouts will be issued via Paypal within 48 hours of completion of the event. $500 Added cash to Pro purse.
Amateur Payouts: We will payout 45% of the Amateur divisions. Payouts will be posted and a DGVT merchandise voucher will be filed in our system for those players. All amateur divisions play for merchandise credit to the DGVT Pro Shop. Credit must be redeemed by Dec. 31,2022.
Acepot: $1 from each players registration goes to the acepot. If there are no aces then the acepot will roll over to DGVTour #2.
EDGE: $2 from each players registration goes to the Vermont EDGE Program. This program will enable DGVT to work with local schools and communities to build new courses and get discs in the hands of our youth.
DGVTour fee: $3 from each players registration goes to the Tour to help us with an array of items such as Tour trophies, end of the season payouts, sanctioning fees, park fees, supplies, porta pottys and much more.
Playoffs: In the event of a playoff for 1st place, players will play the course in order starting at hole #1 and format is sudden death. First player to win a hole with a lower score wins the playoff.
Tee Times (both days): Tee times will be posted Thursday, April 21st for Saturdays round ( pdga.com). After all players are off the course Saturday we will work as fast as we can to get tee times posted for Sundays round. Our hope is to have those posted before 8pm Saturday night. Again, visit pdga.com, go to events and find our event on the list and that is where you will find your tee time. ALL players are expected to arrive approx. 30 minutes before the posted tee time to check in and get setup with scoring. When arriving for your tee time, please go directly to the DGVT trailer( which will be setup near hole #1 in the side parking lot.) and check in. Players need to start at the listed tee time so that we do not create backups throughout the day, so PLEASE be prompt as tee times will start at exact times listed.. We will be keeping an eye on this and assisting where and if needed.
Sat. Tee times: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/57217
Tee Assignments: ( Both rounds)
Red Tees: MA3, FA3, FA2.
Blue Tees: MPO,FPO, MP40,MP50,MA1,FA1,MA40,FA40,MA50,MA2
Please note that some holes may share a tee, players need to make sure they are using the correct tee assigned to the division they are competing in ( Red and Blue share a tee on hole # 1,4,12,13).
Course Out of Bounds:
Hole 1: Cement walking path ( and beyond) behind basket is OB.
Hole 4: Basketball court is OB.
Hole 5: Cement walking path on the right side of the fairway( and beyond) is OB.
Hole 7: Mandatory tree is marked on the right. You must pass to the left of the "Mando" tree otherwise go to the Red tees with a 1 stroke penalty. Any cement just past the basket is safe. Asphalt walk (and beyond) on the right side of the fairway is O.B.
Hole 8: Road on the right side of the fairway ( and beyond) is OB. The large rocks on the edge of the road are NOT OB.
Hole 10: OB runs along the right side of the fairway. Area is marked with red stakes.
Hole 12: Fence past the basket is OB.
Hole 14: Triple mandatory. You must pass inside the mandatory. Players can not go over the triple mandatory. If you miss the triple mandatory go to the red tees with a 1 stroke penalty.
Hole 15 & 16: Casual relief from debris piles.
Hole 18: Casual relief from standing water in ditch
This is a public park and a shared space for all park users. ALWAYS yield to other park users, make sure the hole is clear to throw safely and talk to other park users in a friendly manner if necessary. We have reserved the disc golf course but not the entire park.
PDGA Live Scoring: This is how each group will keep score. All players need to click on the link below to become familiar with PDGA Live Scoring.
https://www.pdga.com/help/tournament-management/official-hole-scoring .
Live scoring code: dgvt1
PDGA Live Scoring is the OFFICIAL scorecard of the event and each group needs to check in after the round to make sure the scorecard has been received by the TD's.
NO 2 METER RULE. ALL PDGA rules apply.
NO Division changes after registration closes.
NO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN THE PARK*
DGVT merchandise: If you would like to purchase something from DGVT you can do so at the event. Member discs can be picked up at the event and you can cash in your Am payout at the event. We will have your name on file if you have won any amateur payouts at a Tour event we will have that for you.
We would like to thank all our Tour partners: Innova Champion Discs, Two Roads Brewing, Burlington Beer Company, Lawsons Finest Liquids, Upper Park Disc Golf, Vermontijuana, Martells at the Red Fox, Smugglers Notch Disc Golf Center, Stowe Cider & Zeal Optics.
HUGE thank you to the Discs Over Club of Bennington for all the hard work to get the course ready for the event!
Questions?....You can email us at [email redacted] and we will get back to you! We are not able to entertain special requests for tee times unfortunately. Lower amateur divisions will tee earliest and professional divisions last.
April 23-24,2022
Willow Park DGC
Bennington,Vermont
PDGA C-tier
2 Rounds of 18 holes, 1 round per day,tee times.
TD: Chris Young & Will Cleland
Friday: Random Draw $5 Doubles. Meet in the parking lot near hole #2 at 4:15 to register and draw for teams. Cash only.
Tournament Central: Look for the DGVT trailer in the parking lot near hole #2. This is where you will check in before and after your rounds.
Players Meeting: I will host a YouTube Live Players Meeting on Thurs. April 21st. All players are required to watch the Players Meeting at some point before competing in the event. The Players Meeting will be posted to the Disc Golf Vermont YouTube page.
Players meeting link: https://youtu.be/49J7YwJAAVM
Awards: Monday, April 25th on the DGVT YouTube page. We will recognize the division winners. Trophies will be available for pickup post Round 2. All division winners will win a custom trophy! If you are a division winner, please grab your trophy at Tournament Central on Sunday after your round. The Awards Ceremony will be posted to the DGVT YouTube page.
Food: Local Boy Scouts Club will be onsite grilling burgers and dogs.
1st Place Trophies for divisions of at least 2 or more players. Custom leather bag tag trophies.
Zeal Optics GIVEAWAY for Amateur players. We will draw 1 winner on Saturday for a FREE pair of new sunglasses ( $149 value).
Pro Payouts: We will payout 40% of the Pro divisions. Payouts will be issued via Paypal within 48 hours of completion of the event. $500 Added cash to Pro purse.
Amateur Payouts: We will payout 45% of the Amateur divisions. Payouts will be posted and a DGVT merchandise voucher will be filed in our system for those players. All amateur divisions play for merchandise credit to the DGVT Pro Shop. Credit must be redeemed by Dec. 31,2022.
Acepot: $1 from each players registration goes to the acepot. If there are no aces then the acepot will roll over to DGVTour #2.
EDGE: $2 from each players registration goes to the Vermont EDGE Program. This program will enable DGVT to work with local schools and communities to build new courses and get discs in the hands of our youth.
DGVTour fee: $3 from each players registration goes to the Tour to help us with an array of items such as Tour trophies, end of the season payouts, sanctioning fees, park fees, supplies, porta pottys and much more.
Playoffs: In the event of a playoff for 1st place, players will play the course in order starting at hole #1 and format is sudden death. First player to win a hole with a lower score wins the playoff.
Tee Times (both days): Tee times will be posted Thursday, April 21st for Saturdays round ( pdga.com). After all players are off the course Saturday we will work as fast as we can to get tee times posted for Sundays round. Our hope is to have those posted before 8pm Saturday night. Again, visit pdga.com, go to events and find our event on the list and that is where you will find your tee time. ALL players are expected to arrive approx. 30 minutes before the posted tee time to check in and get setup with scoring. When arriving for your tee time, please go directly to the DGVT trailer( which will be setup near hole #1 in the side parking lot.) and check in. Players need to start at the listed tee time so that we do not create backups throughout the day, so PLEASE be prompt as tee times will start at exact times listed.. We will be keeping an eye on this and assisting where and if needed.
Sat. Tee times: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/57217
Tee Assignments: ( Both rounds)
Red Tees: MA3, FA3, FA2.
Blue Tees: MPO,FPO, MP40,MP50,MA1,FA1,MA40,FA40,MA50,MA2
Please note that some holes may share a tee, players need to make sure they are using the correct tee assigned to the division they are competing in ( Red and Blue share a tee on hole # 1,4,12,13).
Course Out of Bounds:
Hole 1: Cement walking path ( and beyond) behind basket is OB.
Hole 4: Basketball court is OB.
Hole 5: Cement walking path on the right side of the fairway( and beyond) is OB.
Hole 7: Mandatory tree is marked on the right. You must pass to the left of the "Mando" tree otherwise go to the Red tees with a 1 stroke penalty. Any cement just past the basket is safe. Asphalt walk (and beyond) on the right side of the fairway is O.B.
Hole 8: Road on the right side of the fairway ( and beyond) is OB. The large rocks on the edge of the road are NOT OB.
Hole 10: OB runs along the right side of the fairway. Area is marked with red stakes.
Hole 12: Fence past the basket is OB.
Hole 14: Triple mandatory. You must pass inside the mandatory. Players can not go over the triple mandatory. If you miss the triple mandatory go to the red tees with a 1 stroke penalty.
Hole 15 & 16: Casual relief from debris piles.
Hole 18: Casual relief from standing water in ditch
This is a public park and a shared space for all park users. ALWAYS yield to other park users, make sure the hole is clear to throw safely and talk to other park users in a friendly manner if necessary. We have reserved the disc golf course but not the entire park.
PDGA Live Scoring: This is how each group will keep score. All players need to click on the link below to become familiar with PDGA Live Scoring.
https://www.pdga.com/help/tournament-management/official-hole-scoring .
Live scoring code: dgvt1
PDGA Live Scoring is the OFFICIAL scorecard of the event and each group needs to check in after the round to make sure the scorecard has been received by the TD's.
NO 2 METER RULE. ALL PDGA rules apply.
NO Division changes after registration closes.
NO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN THE PARK*
DGVT merchandise: If you would like to purchase something from DGVT you can do so at the event. Member discs can be picked up at the event and you can cash in your Am payout at the event. We will have your name on file if you have won any amateur payouts at a Tour event we will have that for you.
We would like to thank all our Tour partners: Innova Champion Discs, Two Roads Brewing, Burlington Beer Company, Lawsons Finest Liquids, Upper Park Disc Golf, Vermontijuana, Martells at the Red Fox, Smugglers Notch Disc Golf Center, Stowe Cider & Zeal Optics.
HUGE thank you to the Discs Over Club of Bennington for all the hard work to get the course ready for the event!
Questions?....You can email us at [email redacted] and we will get back to you! We are not able to entertain special requests for tee times unfortunately. Lower amateur divisions will tee earliest and professional divisions last.
Refund policy
Disc Golf Vermont is responsible for all refunds/cancellations. No refunds after registration has closed. PDGA refund policy will be followed. https://www.pdga.com/rules/competition-manual/103