Team Idlewild Presents: The Nightmare at Caesar Ford

PDGA logoSat-Sun, October 21-22, 2023 at Caesar Ford Park in Xenia, Ohio
B-tier · PDGA-sanctioned singles tournament

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Welcome to the first Annual Nightmare at Caesar Ford! Have you ever wondered how hard this beautiful course wo ... more
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Joshua Sgambellone    May 12 at 6:59pm

Any updates on whether you are planning on bringing this back for 2024?

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Garrett Hamilton   May 12 at 9:02pm

Also yes I would please like for this to return!

Bobby Welshhans    October 23, 2023 at 4:35pm

This was a hard but very enjoyable tournament. I did swear a few times, but all self inducted. Thanks for doing this tournament and hope to do it again.

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Blake Shaffer   October 24, 2023 at 1:00pm

Thank you Bobby!

Jesse Diller    October 23, 2023 at 4:01pm

Lost my blue Mortar in the creek on hole 13 during round 1; when I went back it wasn't there anymore. Anyone pull it out and forget to drop it at tourney central?

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Tristan Beachy    October 22, 2023 at 3:31pm

Lost my range finder on the front 9 today if anyone turns it in

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Chris Mahaffey   October 22, 2023 at 5:19pm

It's been found

Chris Perkins   October 22, 2023 at 5:23pm

Got it at tournament central!

Tristan Beachy   October 24, 2023 at 12:03pm

Great news. Chris is there anyway I can pay for you to ship it to me? I’m not sure when I’ll be back out that way.

Blake Shaffer    October 20, 2023 at 8:10pm

Tee times are set!!! Player email will come later this evening! We will see you all tomorrow!

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Aaron 'Sizzle' Carroll    October 20, 2023 at 9:47am

Lost a yellow/green Huk Lab trifly Felon on 4 yesterday during practice. Would love to get it back if anybody finds it.

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Chris Thompson    October 20, 2023 at 1:18am

Blake and Chris,
I messed up and didn't register in time. If possible could I still join? If not I understand. My mistake for missing the deadline

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Andrew Harshbarger   October 20, 2023 at 2:00am

Registration closes tomorrow at 8:00

Chris Thompson   October 20, 2023 at 2:28pm

He opened it back up. Thanks Blake

Austin Bird    October 19, 2023 at 8:08am

Is MA4 teeing off first? Have to be somewhere at 2 both days and wondering if we'd be finished by then. Thanks!

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Blake Shaffer   October 19, 2023 at 1:01pm

Yes, MA4 is teeing off first.

Blake Shaffer    October 19, 2023 at 12:24am

All OB has been marked with paint or string! We are so excited the course looks amazing and we can't wait to see how it plays with all of the OB! Flags go in tomorrow and we will be all set and ready to go!

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Ian Ehlers   October 19, 2023 at 11:43pm

When are you going to take out the OB strings

Micheal Alan Butcher    October 18, 2023 at 2:01am

Do you have any idea what time MP40 would be going off? Estimate of course.

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Blake Shaffer   October 19, 2023 at 12:23am

It really depends on how many people sign up, but you can estimate 4 people every 15 minutes

Micheal Alan Butcher   October 19, 2023 at 1:19am

And what order will MP40 be going off? 2nd to last?

Blake Shaffer   October 19, 2023 at 1:00pm

Yep. It's been listed in the description.

Blake Shaffer    October 18, 2023 at 1:04am

We have a cool announcement for this weekend!

Ben Ruggles with Xcel Physical Therapy will be available from 10-2 on Saturday to help with warm up, recovery, techniques and therapeutic recovery! This is a great opportunity to talk to someone with expertise if you are having any aches and pains!

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Rich Diienno   October 18, 2023 at 1:11am

That's awesome, would be great to talk with him since I'm just getting back out there after a sprained ankle at DGLO

Nick Noll    October 17, 2023 at 12:02am

How fair is the OB? Like is there a fair gap for each hole? Just wondering cuz the last B tier I played jn 2 1/2 hours away, 3-4 of the holes literally had like 60 trees in the fairway and literally had no line and literally and like 1 ft gaps lol. Just making sure that it’s not a throw and pray course lol

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Garrett Hamilton   October 17, 2023 at 12:54am

There’s one hole that’s a little tough to find a line for 2 but the rest of the course is fair as far as finding a line. Can’t speak on the OB but I’m pretty excited about it because it’s definitely a course that lends itself to punishing OB.

Blake Shaffer   October 17, 2023 at 12:48pm

The OB will be fair and there are definitely gaps to hit.

Thomas Brockhoff   October 18, 2023 at 1:18pm

Did you play Armco?

Tristan Beachy    October 15, 2023 at 10:38pm

What do you think the group sizes and gaps between tee times will be?

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Blake Shaffer   October 16, 2023 at 12:46pm

4 in a group and we will tee off every 12-15 minutes (depends on who signs up) and we start at 9am

Tristan Beachy   October 17, 2023 at 1:42pm

If registration stays on the low side can we push out the distance between groups? Playing without a backup would be nice.

Blake Shaffer   October 17, 2023 at 3:13pm

We are watching that.

Rhett Tom    October 14, 2023 at 3:01pm

Will we be allowed to have a caddy with us?

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Loren Barnhurst   October 15, 2023 at 9:26pm

I have never heard of a tournament that didn't allow an adult caddy. Just know that all the rules that apply to you also apply to them.

Eric Morgan   October 16, 2023 at 1:43am

All PDGA sanctioned events allow caddies. Details in the pdga rule book

Blake Shaffer   October 16, 2023 at 12:45pm

Of course you can have a Caddie!

Shane Mugavin    October 3, 2023 at 1:46am

Players pack?

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Blake Shaffer   October 16, 2023 at 12:45pm

Yes sir! We have very rare discs coming from Discraft!

Kevin Legg    October 2, 2023 at 7:47pm

Might be a stupid question but what’s the payout for amateurs?

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Andrew Young   October 3, 2023 at 12:56am

Payout amounts will depend on number of players in the division. Payouts will be issued as a gift card to players’ emails. There will be an onsite proshop Sunday. Gift cards can also be used at future team idlewild events and/or online at teamidlewild.shop

Donald Huff    October 2, 2023 at 7:27pm

Friday preview rounds?

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Blake Shaffer   October 3, 2023 at 3:08pm

We are hoping to have it done early for that!

Blake Shaffer    October 2, 2023 at 6:54pm

Hey everyone registration goes live tonight at 8pm! We are so excited for this tournament and we hope you are too!

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Evan Chapman    October 2, 2023 at 3:45pm

Any idea what the first tee time will be each day?

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Blake Shaffer   October 2, 2023 at 6:52pm

We will be starting at 9am.

Jesse Diller    September 14, 2023 at 5:06pm

It'll be interesting to see how the ratings for rounds at CFP change! Some places (like the right side of holes 2-3, 7-9, 13, 16-17) don't really need OB -- if you go in there, you're gonna be taking an extra stroke or two anyway!!

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Andrew Blankemeyer   October 2, 2023 at 4:28am

OB on 13 would have saved me 5 strokes on 1 round last tourney

tony reiss   October 2, 2023 at 4:54pm

I think what you guys are missing is that they said tall stuff which a lot of the landing zones to score on 3,8,10,11,13-17 you have better approach shots by pushing the tall stuff and you can say ob would of helped your score but in reality it’s more pressure on you to execution your next sh ... more

Ambrose Dobrozsi   October 3, 2023 at 2:04am

Yeah, I would agree with that - make tall grass OB, maybe take a line down the right side of 10's fairway, and leave the woods to be cruel.