Team Letter

23^rdAnnual Southwestern
Team Disc Golf Invitational

Oct. 09, 2004

Welcome Team Player,

Congratulations on becoming a Team player for your area for this the 23^rd annual Southwestern Team Disc Golf Invitational. This year the Team tourney will be held on Dec. 4^th and 5^th.

This year we have the same tourney hotel, Inn Suites Hotel - 2223 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego (see enclosed map). Reservations must be made in advance of Nov 27^th, by calling 1-800-468-3531 or 1-877-343-4648 and let them know you are with the Disc Golf Team Tourney or Southwest Team Disc Golf Tournament to get our special rates. This year there are a number of housing options at our hotel, ranging from 2 bedroom townhome for $89 per night down to a king w/a foldout couch for $72. Ask what’s available when you call. Hotel stay includes free buffet breakfast and happy hour from 5:30 - 6:30 PM. Rooms also include microwave, fridge, hair dryer, coffee maker, OJ, and popcorn. Free parking under hotel - requires hotel key.

The putting contest will be held at the tourney hotel at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night. This year we are seeding the contest with $200 which will be added to the $3 entry fees. The putting contest will be the same as last year with 1 round of putting with three putts from every position and pays the top 5 places - $100, $75, $50, $40, $35. Two Rules: 1) We will take 5 and only five people to the finals (ties will be broken before the finals) 2) If anyone goes all the way to the final station and cans every position and they are the only one to do so...they win and we will then take four people to the finals. Be there! The free drawing will be held on Sunday morning at 8:00 AM before the first round of golf so everyone can be present. Must be present to win.

This year’s player package will be a hooded sweat, embroidered towel, custom Innova disc, lunch, weekend player pass, entry to free drawing, couple of minis and lightning disc.

The 1st place team this year will receive $120 each, trophies, and some plastic. The 2nd place team members will get $70 each. Of course the perpetual trophy will be kept by the team captain for a year. The Team Spirit trophy will also be kept for 1 year by the team captain and will be awarded at the free drawing.

The team composition will be the same as last year; 7 open, 3 masters, 1 grandmasters, and 1 woman.

Team captains:

San Diego - Snapper Pierson 619-437-4653 – snapfriz@aol.com
Arizona - Dan Ginnelly 480-423-0629 – azdgc@msn.com
Sylmar - Mike Byrne 805-374-9054 – discfever@aol.com
Huntington Beach – Travis Reynolds – cntreynolds@cs.com
Santa Cruz - Marty Hapner 831-423-0522 – mhapner@yahoo.com
Santa Barbara – Billy Carnaghe – 805-453-8211 – bill@networkhardware.com
Redwood Empire – Magilla – 707-838-2790 – norcalscries@aol.com
La Mirada – Mike Williams 562-947-8744 ltswes@msn.com AND Steve Wisecup 909-559-7615 cup1467@yahoo.com

Match Play Format:

Each player on a team will play a 12 hole match against the corresponding player from another team. The prelims are a complete round robin. The contest is match play. That is low score on a hole wins a point. A tie is a push. Most points wins the match. If two teams tie in a match (6-6), then we go to the individual match points to break the tie. If there is still a tie, it'll stay a tie until all the matches are completed. If the tie is then meaningful to the outcome of the top two teams then the #1 open division player of each team involved will play a sudden victory play off. They will begin on hole one. This play off would occur on Sunday just before the finals. Should there be a tie in the finals in matches, and in total points it'll be settled in the same procedure.

Team captains, please have your players here by 7:30 a.m.. Make sure they know their number so they can find their hole as no names are posted for tee assignments only numbers. Everyone's scorecard will begin with the hole they start on then have the next 11 holes of their match on line one. Line two will start with the first hole of your second match (see sample).

Entry fee is $65 per team member to be collected by the team captain ($780 total). Team captains please have a check or cash with you on Friday afternoon and come see me at the shop. This is pay course. Play passes for Saturday and Sunday are included in everyone's player package. Anyone arriving early and practicing on Friday though, needs to stop at the shop first and pay their $2.00 greens fee and pick up a play bracelet.

I'd like to thank our tourney sponsors:

Innova Champion Discs (thanks Ski and Dave)
Discraft Discs (thanks Jim and Gail)
Lightning Discs (thanks Steve)
Redbull

Good luck. Z ya here.
Snapper