Willamette Open Registration is OPEN: September 22-23

[Nate Sexton]

Willamette Open XIV Registration is live online at www.northwestsignup.com

Pools have not been finalized yet but one pool will play Willamette twice and Adair once, the Pro pool (along with whatever other divisions fit) will play Adair twice and Willamette once.

Adair should be a permanent par 58 with some cement tee pads finished by the time September comes around!

Awards will follow the 3rd round on Sunday and will be held at Calapooia brewing in Albany. We are going to shoot for awards in the early afternoon so everyone can have a nice easy trip back home.

Players packs this year will be custom huklab chairs!! All am divisions will get one of these, we may even have some extras if pros would like to buy or if they are so sweet you just have to have 2!

Please post any questions here I will answer them as quickly as possible

Willamette Open XIV TD/Adair Greenskeeper - Nate Sexton

[Snoopy]

Willamette Open XIV Registration is live online at www.northwestsignup.com

Pools have not been finalized yet but one pool will play Willamette twice and Adair once, the Pro pool (along with whatever other divisions fit) will play Adair twice and Willamette once.

Adair should be a permanent par 58 with some cement tee pads finished by the time September comes around!

Awards will follow the 3rd round on Sunday and will be held at Calapooia brewing in Albany. We are going to shoot for awards in the early afternoon so everyone can have a nice easy trip back home.

Players packs this year will be custom huklab chairs!! All am divisions will get one of these, we may even have some extras if pros would like to buy or if they are so sweet you just have to have 2!

Please post any questions here I will answer them as quickly as possible

Willamette Open XIV TD/Adair Greenskeeper - Nate Sexton

Dude! So excited about this one....Hope I can find my putt by then. You know me I'll be there. See ya at Chick flick....should have a good time caddy and squeeze in some time where we can get a couple rounds in ourselves. :rockon::cop:

[Jason Philips]

I am going to make this one happen.

[CarlitosBonitos]

couldnt bring my self to pay 30 - 40 bucks for one... Thanks Nate! Super stoked, if you are taking votes (I am sure it is a complete #'s thing) Put the Advanced pool with the Pros at Adair pretty pretty please! Cant wait, Thanks for everything and the Cement Tee Pads :bowing:

[Nate Sexton]

Nate you should probably change the title of this thread to avoid confusion.

Can we just kill this thread? The newer one I posted should be the source for Willamette Open info.

[Matt B.]

Can we just kill this thread? The newer one I posted should be the source for Willamette Open info.

Killed the other thread.

[Matt B.]

Willamette Open XIV Registration is live online at www.northwestsignup.com

Pools have not been finalized yet but one pool will play Willamette twice and Adair once, the Pro pool (along with whatever other divisions fit) will play Adair twice and Willamette once.

Adair should be a permanent par 58 with some cement tee pads finished by the time September comes around!

Awards will follow the 3rd round on Sunday and will be held at Calapooia brewing in Albany. We are going to shoot for awards in the early afternoon so everyone can have a nice easy trip back home.

Players packs this year will be custom huklab chairs!! All am divisions will get one of these, we may even have some extras if pros would like to buy or if they are so sweet you just have to have 2!

Please post any questions here I will answer them as quickly as possible

Willamette Open XIV TD/Adair Greenskeeper - Nate Sexton

I'm all signed up and looking forward to it. I totally get the pro divisions not getting players packs and thats how most pro players prefer it. Sometimes there are cool items that, as a pro divison player, I would like to get. Especially if the TD is able to get a bulk price for them. And I'd gladly pay for them at registration, given the option.

I'm not suggesting you do this now, but rather suggesting another way for TD's to raise more money and offer more to players. Obviously, it's a bit more work to take orders and track them, but with some markup it's another revenue source.

Looking forward to a par 58, concrete tees Adair!

[emmarose]

how am i supposed to afford signing up for two tournaments at once?! fine, calapooia and willamette in one week... food and eating is so overrated anyway... i'll just breathe, sleep and play golf...

[Matt B.]

how am i supposed to afford signing up for two tournaments at once?! fine, calapooia and willamette in one week... food and eating is so overrated anyway... i'll just breathe, sleep and play golf...

Why don't you get a job, hippy?

[Snoopy]

how am i supposed to afford signing up for two tournaments at once?! fine, calapooia and willamette in one week... food and eating is so overrated anyway... i'll just breathe, sleep and play golf...

Uh hate to break this to you but they are a month apart :whistler::biggrin2:

[Matt B.]

Uh hate to break this to you but they are a month apart :whistler::biggrin2:

Uh, hate to break it to ya but you totally misunderstood.

[emmarose]

Uh, hate to break it to ya but you totally misunderstood.

so nice to be understood.

and listen up, you... i have a job... but since i'm a hippy it doesn't pay well. stupid non profit organizations.

[Snoopy]

Willamette Open XIV Registration is live online at www.northwestsignup.com

Pools have not been finalized yet but one pool will play Willamette twice and Adair once, the Pro pool (along with whatever other divisions fit) will play Adair twice and Willamette once.

Adair should be a permanent par 58 with some cement tee pads finished by the time September comes around!

Awards will follow the 3rd round on Sunday and will be held at Calapooia brewing in Albany. We are going to shoot for awards in the early afternoon so everyone can have a nice easy trip back home.

Players packs this year will be custom huklab chairs!! All am divisions will get one of these, we may even have some extras if pros would like to buy or if they are so sweet you just have to have 2!

Please post any questions here I will answer them as quickly as possible

Willamette Open XIV TD/Adair Greenskeeper - Nate Sexton

Just wanted to say thank you to Nate and the crew that got Adair looking great! Hole 4 a new par 4, hole 6 par 4, and hole 11 just completed yesterday to a par 4......Super sick bro. Had fun today. :rockon::yay::bowing:

[Jason Philips]

Is hole 4 a par 4 now? I thought it was still 3. Hole 6 was vicious but I do love it. 11 wasn't complete when I played on Saturday and gratefully so, I really needed that birdie.

All in the course was looking good though. I cannot wait to get signed up.

Willamette was looking a little rough around the edges but what can a person do. It was still good golf.

[Flash]

Nice work Nate, I was asking about the concrete tee pads sometime ago on the Adair Thread. Never heard anything back but it sounds like someone is finally taking the reigns on this one.

http://www.nwdiscgolfnews.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8311

[Nate Sexton]

Hole #4 is a par 3, it is <400 and downhill. The par 4s are #6, #11, and #18. Concrete is approved it is just down to the fundraising and the volunteers to get it put in. We have about 40 people signed up for the WOXIV for far!

[Flash]

Hole #4 is a par 3, it is <400 and downhill. The par 4s are #6, #11, and #18. Concrete is approved it is just down to the fundraising and the volunteers to get it put in. We have about 40 people signed up for the WOXIV for far!

What are you doing to raise the funds and do you have a concrete finisher lined up for the job?

Are you guys going to wait until all the money is raised to do all 18 or will you do a few at a time?

[Jason Philips]

Hole #4 is a par 3, it is <400 and downhill.

I was wondering. Honestly if I had a run at 2 I was kind of doubting it was a par 4. I like that the position is less of a crap shoot and is more of a true skilled shot. The previous positions left a lot of throws to chance.

[Snoopy]

Just wanted to say thank you to Nate and the crew that got Adair looking great! Hole 4 a new par 4, hole 6 par 4, and hole 11 just completed yesterday to a par 4......Super sick bro. Had fun today. :rockon::yay::bowing:

My bad....hole 4 is not a par 4. I was mistaken. It has changed but still a par 3. Sorry!:headbang:

[Flash]

Hole #4 is a par 3, it is <400 and downhill. The par 4s are #6, #11, and #18. Concrete is approved it is just down to the fundraising and the volunteers to get it put in. We have about 40 people signed up for the WOXIV for far!

Nate are you guys going to move the tee pad back on 18 when you pour the concrete to match the distance of the new World Record throw by David Wiggins Jr. of 836 feet?

[N Marshall]

Really excited to play those new placements at Adair! It'll be good to get back to cowtown for a bit. So I heard word of a par 58, but so far I've seen only three par fours, was the 58 a typo? Thanks for all the hard work btw guys!

[N Marshall]

Nate are you guys going to move the tee pad back on 18 when you pour the concrete to match the distance of the new World Record throw by David Wiggins Jr. of 836 feet?

That might get too close to the tennis courts...

[Nate Sexton]

The hope is that we will have some cement tees in a perhaps an additional par 4 before the Willamette Open. Currently there are just the 3 par 4s.

[Bullseye]

The hope is that we will have some cement tees in a perhaps an additional par 4 before the Willamette Open. Currently there are just the 3 par 4s.

Do these new holes have actual fairways, or are they just more poke and hope holes?

[Jason Philips]

Jeff, when I went down they had cleared fairways. They weren't very wide but they existed.

#6 was definitely a bit more insane. Once you are into the trees the narrow right dogleg is going to challenge a lot of playeys.

On #11 it is a deep right position with an open fairway.

The work that went into these holes was very evident.

On hole #4 the new position is great and takes away the poke and hope feeling it used to have.

[Bullseye]

Jeff, when I went down they had cleared fairways. They weren't very wide but they existed.

#6 was definitely a bit more insane. Once you are into the trees the narrow right dogleg is going to challenge a lot of playeys.

On #11 it is a deep right position with an open fairway.

The work that went into these holes was very evident.

On hole #4 the new position is great and takes away the poke and hope feeling it used to have.

I never felt like #4 was a poke and hope, because the best shot was to crash through the roof.

I've always felt the long position for holes #6 was a joke. Trying to thread a 5-10' wide gap from 75' back, and then punch another 100' through it is a bit absurd. Yes, it can be done, and I have done it myself, but that does not make it a good hole.

I just got done playing some of the most challenging courses I've ever played, but at least the guys in North Carolina made a fairway. However, they do kick you square in the junk if you stray from that fairway.

I love Adair. Its one of my favorite courses in the state, but I've always felt there was a couple of silly holes.

I remain optimistic, because I really have liked most of what Nate has done over the years.

[Jason Philips]

#6 will kick you even more in the junk now. 75 feet with two gaps to aim for (Now one on the left). Then past the long position and up to the right. It is not pretty at all. As a par 4 it is likely you may see a few birds but likely there will be a lot of pars.

#4 I loved the crash through the roof but definitely more of a crap shoot. Now there is a clear opening to throw for. It gives some hope if you end up in the field.

#11 is definitely something that could be birdied.

I am curious to know what other hole may be changed to a par 4.

["Over the Hill" Bob]

#6 will kick you even more in the junk now. 75 feet with two gaps to aim for (Now one on the left). Then past the long position and up to the right. It is not pretty at all. As a par 4 it is likely you may see a few birds but likely there will be a lot of pars.

#4 I loved the crash through the roof but definitely more of a crap shoot. Now there is a clear opening to throw for. It gives some hope if you end up in the field.

#11 is definitely something that could be birdied.

I am curious to know what other hole may be changed to a par 4.

Hole 6 was birdied twice on Saturday accordng to Nate. I don't think big arms are going to like hole 4 as much in the new position. Weenie arms like me are looking at par on that hole now.

Bob

[Nate Sexton]

My goal as the greenskeeper has been to make the course harder and more fair. All of the new holes are being birdied with two eagles I have heard of on #6 so far. #6 is for sure a tight gap but it is just 435 so very short for a par 4. If you play smart and make the first window you will have an opportunity for 3. Come down and check them out Jeff I bet you will like them!

[RonTheWhip]

#4 plays shorter since the flight of the disc is downhill the entire way and not just a crushing hyzer throw. It actually requires good placement and distance control. Very fun hole, and on a scale of one to five (one being fair and five being flukey) it rates a two, whereas the other position ranked a 4 imo.

#6 is a great golf hole. It will see a majority of its birdies from folks playing two placement shots of nearly equal challenge and distance to cover the 400+ fairway and have a putt. Those who crush are no more likely to get a two than those who throw midrange off the tee. On the aforementioned scale I give it a 3.

#11 is very challenging par four. More challenging than six for me at least. Requires one very well placed first shot, and than a laser of a second throw to make the green. The objective of 11 is very clear, and very fair. I give it a 2.

[Reichard]

4 - Great change. Nice righty backhand shot with a clear path to the basket.

6 - Yeah, you can get a 3 on it, and a lot of work was put in to clear it out, but it still has a very "poke and hope" feel. There really isn't a defined first shot landing zone and a cleal path to the basket. It's one of those "try to land in that area and you may have a forehand shot through those trees" types.

11 - I'm not happy that you took away one of my auto forehand birdies, but I have to admit that this is an AWESOME hole now. You need placement on your drive or you can't make the corner for a 3 but the fairway is perfect. This may be the best hole on the course.

Overall, the course is better than I've ever seen but I'd love to see more defined fairways on 6-9 and a little work done on 10. Unfortunately this would mean dropping some large trees which I know isn't going to happen.

[Flash]

Overall, the course is better than I've ever seen but I'd love to see more defined fairways on 6-9 and a little work done on 10. Unfortunately this would mean dropping some large trees which I know isn't going to happen.

Being someone who has helped over the years on the course I would say I would love to see the tree that fell on ten onto the berm and then was cut when the county worked on the berm and it stood up "be removed". The hole is one of my favorites on the course but that tree is such an eyesore and should have been cut out when it fell the first time. It adds difficulty sure but not the kind that is needed on that hole.

Nate do you think that is a possibility?

Also people remember that Adair suffers from damage frequently in the tree sections between 6-10 and cutting prematurely may lead to huge gaps when other trees fall in winter storms. I would say cut and replace to better define the hole.

[N Marshall]

Just played the new holes at Adair last weekend. I have to say that I was very scared about changes being made to the Adair I know and love, but I will agree with most that the changes were favorable. Here's an eval of the changes from a lefties eye:

#4 - this hole was extremely difficult to get good placement on in the long unless you were Dana Lawton before. Now I can throw an eagle(or buzz if I'm feeling sassy) on an anhyzer line to the opening, which is just past the lower backdoor opening for the previous long position, for a possible 2.

#6 - I don't know what everyone is complaining about on this hole. Now that it's technically a par four, the hole is more forgiving for a bad first shot. As long as you at least make it to the openings and know where the basket's at, a four(or lucky 3) is pretty easily attainable with a controlled upshot. This hole will rarely be two'd, but if you take a look at what I would consider the shot average on this hole, the middle placement is about a 3.1(long left and right being about 3.4), this hole's average will probably be a 3.7. So if you think about it, giving it a rating of a par 4 means it will be birdied more than it will be bogied. Like Nate was saying, all this hole requires is two well placed shots and a tap in for bird.

#11 - Like Rick was saying, I was a little peeved that my lefty birdie hole was taken away, but this placement is just absolutely picturesque. The thing is, a lefty still has an advantage on this hole as it just takes a nice well placed hyzer shot(Aim like your aiming for the right position, but with a driver that's not quite as overstable) to the opening and a straight upshot for a three. The playing field is evened out for righties on this hole because all a righty needs to do now is throw a drive thats looking at the basket. Although a closer spot in the fairway is obviously higher percentage, a lefty has a risk reward factor of getting stuck outside of the fairway(in the trees) for a difficult out. This will more than likely be the hole that people remember at Adair now.

Props and thanks to everyone who did work on these holes and I'm really excited to play the Willamette Open with CEMENT TEEPADS at Adair this year! Here's the thing for people that are complaining about the difficulty of Adair...Go play Willamette park if you want to tear up a course, go play Adair if you want to play a good technical course. Just like Milo/Timber...I played Bryant, Adair, and squeeked in Willamette and I felt the same as if I played Milo 27(36) then Timber, which is completely BEAT!

[Flash]

Nate,

What is your feeling for the pool breakdowns?
Is there any chance that there could be 4 rounds for all divisions?

Can't wait to see Adair again!

[InfamousButcher]

new locations are awesome, par on 6, birdie on 11! thanks guys!

[Flash]

Nate,

Any news on the registration list and the pools for the event?

[Nate Sexton]

Here is the updated registration, 102 players so far, 42 spots still remain.

http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/93430

MPO and MA1 will be in the same pool, playing Adair 2x.

MA2 will be in the other pool, playing Willamette 2x.

Other small divisions will be flushed out soon as to which courses they will be playing. Thanks!

[Flash]

Here is the updated registration, 102 players so far, 42 spots still remain.

http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/93430

MPO and MA1 will be in the same pool, playing Adair 2x.

MA2 will be in the other pool, playing Willamette 2x.

Other small divisions will be flushed out soon as to which courses they will be playing. Thanks!

Nate are you around on Monday Sep 02? I am heading down to enjoy my day off at Adair!

[Nate Sexton]

I could play Adair in the morning tomorrow. Get signed up everybody we are filling up fast!

[Matt B.]

Here is the updated registration, 102 players so far, 42 spots still remain.

http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/93430

MPO and MA1 will be in the same pool, playing Adair 2x.

MA2 will be in the other pool, playing Willamette 2x.

Other small divisions will be flushed out soon as to which courses they will be playing. Thanks!

I'm hoping all Pro divisions get to play Adair twice?

[Nate Sexton]

I hope so too, just depends on how the last 42 spots shake out. I think we can make it happen.

[austinn]

I am not able to commit to both days plus I would probably embarres myself as I have never played at Adair or Willamette. I would love to come out and watch + buy one of those huk lab chairs... is that a possibility?

[Nate Sexton]

Watching is certainly encouraged. As for the chair, at this pace we may have a few extras. The order is for 100 so if we end up with less than 100 Amateur players the remainder will be for sale first come first served.

[austinn]

Watching is certainly encouraged. As for the chair, at this pace we may have a few extras. The order is for 100 so if we end up with less than 100 Amateur players the remainder will be for sale first come first served.

Great! How much will the chairs be if there are some for sale?

[LegoRules]

Hey Nate is there an image of the player pack huk sit posted anywhere? :yay:

[Nate Sexton]

The chairs will be in the neighborhood of $35 I think. I have a pdf of the design, not sure how to share it with the world though.

[atlarson]

Is there a current list of registered players?

[CarlitosBonitos]

The chairs will be in the neighborhood of $35 I think. I have a pdf of the design, not sure how to share it with the world though.

Hey Nate if you email it to me carlboje11@gmail.com I can share it with the world for you. Just saying :-)

[Nate Sexton]

Registered players are posted to pdga.com, a link is up a few posts in this thread.

[atlarson]

Right on. Thanks!

[Nate Sexton]

Camping will be available at Adair County Park Friday and Saturday nights for $5 per person. Sunday's rounds will start at 9:00am and awards at our wonderful sponsor Calapooia Brewing should be starting up by 2pm so everybody can get lunch there, win some prizes, and get home before dark!

Also I got a call from Corbin H. asking how to register for the event, he did not leave a callback number. If you know who that is let him know he can register online or mail in a flyer.

[Nate Sexton]

30 spots left!!

[emmarose]

MPO and MA1 will be in the same pool, playing Adair 2x.

MA2 will be in the other pool, playing Willamette 2x.

Other small divisions will be flushed out soon as to which courses they will be playing. Thanks!

any update on the divisions/pools?

okay, i really just want to make sure that FPO is included in the same pool as MPO... not gonna lie...

thanks, nate. looking forward to the willamette open... even tho they tried to entice me up to washington that same weekend for the tricities open, i decided to keep it local... i do love these two courses... oh, right... and i have some free lodging in corvallis, but i don't even know where the tricities are...

[Matt B.]

any update on the divisions/pools?

okay, i really just want to make sure that FPO is included in the same pool as MPO... not gonna lie...

.

and MPM! Please. Pro division entry fee cost should at least buy two rounds at Adair? Two rounds at Willamette against Reichard? Nightmare.

[Reichard]

and MPM! Please. Pro division entry fee cost should at least buy two rounds at Adair? Two rounds at Willamette against Reichard? Nightmare.

You do know that I moved right next to Adair Park 2 months ago? :seeya:

Not that I ever get a chance to play golf anymore but I know the course and where I should be throwing. Now getting the discs there is a completely different story!

See ya tomorrow.

[Matt B.]

You do know that I moved right next to Adair Park 2 months ago? :seeya:

Not that I ever get a chance to play golf anymore but I know the course and where I should be throwing. Now getting the discs there is a completely different story!

See ya tomorrow.

I have no doubt you know how to play Adair. It was more a comment as to how I perceive that Willamette sets up pretty well for a good forehander. And that I'd rather play Adair twice!.

[Flash]

I have no doubt you know how to play Adair. It was more a comment as to how I perceive that Willamette sets up pretty well for a good forehander. And that I'd rather play Adair twice!.

He will still have the one round at Willamette where he shreds it for 10 down!!!

[RonTheWhip]

Shot a 49 during league the other night. Started out 3-2-2 on holes 11, 12, and 13. Going to be a while till that is done again. Bonus Turkey.

Had 11 birdies and 3 bogeys, Adair is looking great right now and I can't wait to see some score card action on the new holes.

[Nate Sexton]

Willamette Open XIV Presented by Calapooia Brewing POOL ASSIGNMENTS


All Pros (MPO, MPM, MPG, FPO) and Mens Advanced (MA1) will be in POOL A playing Adair 2x Saturday and Willamette 1x Sunday


All other divisions (MM1, MG1, MA2, FA1, FA2, MA3) will be in POOL B playing Willamette 2x Saturday and Adair 1x Sunday


Awards at Calapooia Brewing following round 3 for all divisions!!

Please help spread the word to your fellow WOXIV players!

[Nate Sexton]

Not one Huzzah from Matt B. or Emma regarding these pool assignments...humph!!!

[Bullseye]

Not one Huzzah from Matt B. or Emma regarding these pool assignments...humph!!!

Thank you Nate, I'll cancel the hit.

[Matt B.]

Not one Huzzah from Matt B. or Emma regarding these pool assignments...humph!!!

HUZZAH!!!!!

[emmarose]

Not one Huzzah from Matt B. or Emma regarding these pool assignments...humph!!!

lay off, sexton! i was on a very important PDGA Women's Committee teleconference last night when you posted... out at the Shack, btw, where i don't got no internets...

and i don't huzzah i hip hip hooray...

3 cheers for nate sexton and the willamette open pool assignments:

hip hip... HOORAY!
hip hip... HOORAY!
hip hip... HOORAY!


and thank you.

[Huk'nGeiks]

I for one am stoked :D:yay::D:rockon: that MA1 gets to play Adair twice! Thanks Nate!

[Nate Sexton]

Willamette Open XIV Presented by Calapooia Brewing is officially FULL!

Well acctually overfull, I allowed one ghost group into the A pool.

I am a bit worried the news about the pool assignments is not being seen by all the players. Do people feel like the word is getting around or should I find another way to post the information?


Doubles at Adair Friday night at 5:00! $5 random flip. Camping at Adair for $5 a night! See everybody out there!

["Over the Hill" Bob]

Willamette Open XIV Presented by Calapooia Brewing is officially FULL!

Well acctually overfull, I allowed one ghost group into the A pool.

I am a bit worried the news about the pool assignments is not being seen by all the players. Do people feel like the word is getting around or should I find another way to post the information?


Doubles at Adair Friday night at 5:00! $5 random flip. Camping at Adair for $5 a night! See everybody out there!

It never hurts to double up and also post on Facebook. Not all players are on Facebook but many are and not all players hang out here.

Bob

[Lund]

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I am a bit worried the news about the pool assignments is not being seen by all the players. Do people feel like the word is getting around or should I find another way to post the information?

As a player I try to take the initiative to find out where I am playing and when I need to be there instead of waiting for someone to tell me. It's hard for me to understand how someone would wait until Saturday morning to figure these things out but it happens!

My first instinct (if I didn't come here for info) would be to go to the WDGC website for the schedule. Could the event info / pool assignments or a link to them be put up on the club home page?

[Matt B.]

Willamette Open XIV Presented by Calapooia Brewing is officially FULL!

Well acctually overfull, I allowed one ghost group into the A pool.

I am a bit worried the news about the pool assignments is not being seen by all the players. Do people feel like the word is getting around or should I find another way to post the information?


Doubles at Adair Friday night at 5:00! $5 random flip. Camping at Adair for $5 a night! See everybody out there!

HUZZAH!

I don't know how some hometown studs like Christiansen, Johnson and Smith who play these courses all the time end up in MM1 instead of MPM; we could have had a nice field of pro crusties! But I'm psyched for a weekend with my MPM cardmates, weather looks good, and I love the new pin positions at Adair.

We are playing the new holes, I hope.

[Nate Sexton]

New holes for sure, they are my pride and joy! Also some late breaking news, we will be playing a brand new long teepad on #2 at Willamette, and there is the possibility of a brand new pin position on #8 at Willamette.

[TheDMZ]

I read through the thread and couldn't find a post about players meeting and round starting times on Saturday. I did see that we have a 9am start time on Sunday, and I would assume an 8:30 players meeting. Could someone share the Saturday start times please. Thank you. Really looking forward to this event!

Huzzah!

[Nate Sexton]

Players meetings at 8:30am both days, starts at 9:00am

Pool A (All Pros and MA1) playing Adair 2x Saturday, Willamette 1x Sunday

Pool B (All other divisions) playing Willamette 2x Sat. and Adair 1x Sun.

Doubles Friday at 5:00pm Adair.

Camping at Adair $5 per night.

Awards at Calapooia Brewing, roughly 1pm Sunday (140 NE Hill St. Albany OR)

Ask away with any other questions!

[emmarose]

Players meetings at 8:30am both days, starts at 9:00am

Pool A (All Pros and MA1) playing Adair 2x Saturday, Willamette 1x Sunday

Pool B (All other divisions) playing Willamette 2x Sat. and Adair 1x Sun.

Doubles Friday at 5:00pm Adair.

Camping at Adair $5 per night.

Awards at Calapooia Brewing, roughly 1pm Sunday (140 NE Hill St. Albany OR)

Ask away with any other questions!

nate,

what time do you want us there to check in saturday morning?

hip hip hooray!

emma

[Nate Sexton]

We will start check in at 7:30am at both courses.

[ShaggyMatt]

What are some good places to eat and drink in Corvallis? The wife is coming with and since she's being a good sport, figured I take her out for some brews and food. All recommendations welcome, thanks!

[Nate Sexton]

There are tons! Block 15 downtown is a very popular brewery, usually a short wait to get a table. American Dream Pizza downtown has nice rooftop seating and many fine beers. Flat Tail is another great brewery in town that is partly a new venture from our sponsor Calapooia Brewing so it would be great to support them. There are tons more good places, maybe check out yelp or something.

[scottycb1]

Nate, i sent you a message on facebook. Im in for this weekend if you got a spot

[Reichard]

HUZZAH!

I don't know how some hometown studs like Christiansen, Johnson and Smith who play these courses all the time end up in MM1 instead of MPM; we could have had a nice field of pro crusties! But I'm psyched for a weekend with my MPM cardmates, weather looks good, and I love the new pin positions at Adair.

We are playing the new holes, I hope.

Meh, if they've never taken cash or if their ratings are below 935 they can play where they want. Who knows, maybe they just need to stock up on plastic for the winter.

Just think, you get THREE rounds of listening to me whine, not just one! :yay:

[Lund]

Ask away with any other questions!

Is there a drinking water spigot at Adair?

[Nate Sexton]

Yes, the sinks at the shelters should be on and there is also a drinking fountain behind the backstop of the baseball field near hole #11.

[Matt B.]

Meh, if they've never taken cash or if their ratings are below 935 they can play where they want. Who knows, maybe they just need to stock up on plastic for the winter.

Just think, you get THREE rounds of listening to me whine, not just one! :yay:

I know they can play MM1, and I support people's choices to play where they think they'll have the most fun. Just bummed that our Oregon MPM fields keep shrinking instead of growing. All three of those dudes have beaten me at Adair, and vice versa too. It's fun to have a big field! ( And I have a better chance to cash when I'm not just competing against people 20+ ratings points above me).

And it's okay to play with you I guess. :nahnah:

[puttmin]

Just found out I'm free to play tourney if you can find a spot for me in pro masters, Jason Getz 320 217 4513. darn work!...
Beautiful stairs on Adair 4 whoever did that. Played the course last wk. Great course, great park, great memories.

[Matt B.]

New holes for sure, they are my pride and joy! Also some late breaking news, we will be playing a brand new long teepad on #2 at Willamette, and there is the possibility of a brand new pin position on #8 at Willamette.

Nate - are the pins currently in position for the weekend at the courses? If not, any chance you'll tell us where they will be? I'm hoping to get a round in at each course later today or this week.

[Nate Sexton]

Adair is set, Willamette should be set soon. If you go there the only tourney changes will be 3, 7, 10, and 12 to the long positions. Also #8 will use the brand new position, and play the long tee on #2.

[Matt B.]

Adair is set, Willamette should be set soon. If you go there the only tourney changes will be 3, 7, 10, and 12 to the long positions. Also #8 will use the brand new position, and play the long tee on #2.

HUZZAH! Heading there now!

[emmarose]

HUZZAH! Heading there now!

hip hip hooray!

i'm very jealous... and i have to go feed a fussy baby and get spit up on... sheesh.

[Dolfer50]

Is there a post somewhere that is telling people what pool they are in for the 2012 Willamette Open?

[Serniotti]

Is there a post somewhere that is telling people what pool they are in for the 2012 Willamette Open?

Players meetings at 8:30am both days, starts at 9:00am

Pool A (All Pros and MA1) playing Adair 2x Saturday, Willamette 1x Sunday

Pool B (All other divisions) playing Willamette 2x Sat. and Adair 1x Sun.

Doubles Friday at 5:00pm Adair.

Camping at Adair $5 per night.

Awards at Calapooia Brewing, roughly 1pm Sunday (140 NE Hill St. Albany OR)

[Matt B.]

Adair is set, Willamette should be set soon. If you go there the only tourney changes will be 3, 7, 10, and 12 to the long positions. Also #8 will use the brand new position, and play the long tee on #2.

I didn't make it to Willamette. Adair is looking great! I know there are multiple reasons and benefits to holding the WO in mid-summer, but I'm glad it's in September again - there is nothing like a beautiful fall day at Adair. I saw quite a few others practicing for this weekend, and I threw a lot of shots on every hole. The course is trimmed and pimped and pretty - hats off to the WDGC crew and the new Adair greenskeeper!

Hole 6 has really come along since I played the new position earlier this summer - those turnpikes and walking paths are great, and it's a great hole. There were two baskets on Hole 10, including the new-ish placement up on the berm which I hadn't played before. I'm guessing we're playing that one? It's pretty sweet.

[emmarose]

I didn't make it to Willamette. Adair is looking great! I know there are multiple reasons and benefits to holding the WO in mid-summer, but I'm glad it's in September again - there is nothing like a beautiful fall day at Adair. I saw quite a few others practicing for this weekend, and I threw a lot of shots on every hole. The course is trimmed and pimped and pretty - hats off to the WDGC crew and the new Adair greenskeeper!

Hole 6 has really come along since I played the new position earlier this summer - those turnpikes and walking paths are great, and it's a great hole. There were two baskets on Hole 10, including the new-ish placement up on the berm which I hadn't played before. I'm guessing we're playing that one? It's pretty sweet.

i have a nice purple scar on my right knee from that new-ish placement up on the berm from last year's willamette open... this year i will be more carefully when bounding up the hill to clear my rad putt from the basket...

can't wait to play adair in the fall...

[Matt B.]

i have a nice purple scar on my right knee from that new-ish placement up on the berm from last year's willamette open... this year i will be more carefully when bounding up the hill to clear my rad putt from the basket...

can't wait to play adair in the fall...

I didn't play last year and hadn't seen this position before, but the surrounding brush is well beaten in, and there are two nice sets of steps on either side of the berm.

Not dork proof though.

[emmarose]

I didn't play last year and hadn't seen this position before, but the surrounding brush is well beaten in, and there are two nice sets of steps on either side of the berm.

Not dork proof though.

not sure what you're implying here, benotsch... but regardless... i'm sure to be "more carefully" no matter what...

["Over the Hill" Bob]

not sure what you're implying here, benotsch... but regardless... i'm sure to be "more carefully" no matter what...

I think the proper English would be "morer carefully". :slapface:

Bob

[emmarose]

I think the proper English would be "morer carefully". :slapface:

Bob

upon further reflection, it seems the most prudent route would, in fact, to be morer carefullyer.

[blaineT]

Y'all hold up now, this ain't Warshingtonia.

[Rideout]

Y'all hold up now, this ain't Warshingtonia.


wacher it sur - I taken effense


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[emmarose]

hey you locals!!! is this what the weather really looks like down there for the weekend?

http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/Corvallis+OR+USOR0076:1:US

thanks.

[essjay]

Well it's still rather grey and cloudy so far this morning, but it was this way yesterday as well, and by early afternoon it was sunny and around 70. So I'd say that's probably fairly accurate, but we may have quite a bit of cloudiness in the mornings. :cheers:

[emmarose]

Well it's still rather grey and cloudy so far this morning, but it was this way yesterday as well, and by early afternoon it was sunny and around 70. So I'd say that's probably fairly accurate, but we may have quite a bit of cloudiness in the mornings. :cheers:

cheers, indeed!

[essjay]

Funny, it looks like the weather will be better than last year - IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY! :rolleyes2:

[emmarose]

Funny, it looks like the weather will be better than last year - IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY! :rolleyes2:

if by "funny" you mean "classic"... go oregon!!!

[Bullseye]

I just wanted to give a quick thanks to Nate Sexton, Greg Johnson, Brianna Anderson and everyone else who volunteered their time prepping the courses and running the event itself. As always, I had a great time. Well done everyone.

Jeff

[emmarose]

so, in keeping with what i believe was quite possibly the quickest awards ceremony ever yesterday (rock on, nate sexton), i kept my acceptance speech short and sweet (oh, right, and it was just for 2nd place...) but i did have a few more things to say... (i know, shocking!)


thank you so much, nate and brianna, for running a wonderful event. i really appreciated the changes that were made this year, especially sticking to the same course on saturday. very nice to not have to drive around at lunch time and instead, actually get to relax and eat lunch. i also lovelovelove the new hole 11 at adair. what a gorgeous approach to the green! and it made a very boring hole into a very awesome hole. hole 6... well, you know, whatever... i 4ed it the second round so i guess it's not SO bad...


and thanks to everyone who played... the general feeling of camraderie and stuff during the down times was lovely...


but mostly, thanks to the girls that played with me (Melo, Hayley - all the way from tennessee- Conrad, and Toni Hoyman)... i've never actually played on a card of 4 women that were not the very last ones to turn their scorecard in at the end of the round (i'm not sure it's even ever happened on a card of 3) and frankly, that kind of focus and attention to speed of play just makes my freaking day. oh, and i guess y'all were pretty cool to hang out with, too.