If Portland were to host the PDGA World's, what would the courses be?

[Etherag]

The current format being used for the PDGA World Championships is to host the tournament on 4, 27 hole courses. Looking over the local courses what 4 do you think would make the best tournament?

Please be responsible in suggestions of location and size. For example Whistler's Bend, although a great course, is too far away for a tournament center of Portland. Many others like Leverich would not have enough room for 27 holes.

My suggestions would be
1) Milo. Obvious as it already has 27 holes and world recognition
2) Hornings. Meadow Ridge and the 9 hole version of Canyon. I would drop hole 1 from Canyon and substitute 13.
3) Pier. Its a well known course for the area and would bring great recognition for the sport due to its in city location. The concern here is fitting another 9 holes in the park would be very tight.
4) Blue Lake park. If and when complete it would have plenty of room. Also the proposed course layout would clearly be a great challenge for a world Championship.

Post your ideas. With two new PDGA board members from Oregon this could be a possibility.

[Uhlman]

I hear Trojan is a course

[Jason Philips]

I would love to see Dabney scrubbed up and setup with an extra 9.

[Scott]

These discussions have already begun. One idea would be to have a host hotel downtown with many courses within 90 minutes (this travel distance is not unprecedented). Courses could include:

Milo East
Milo West
Timber
Dabney
Pier
Trojan
Blue Lake
Stub Stewart
A revamped and rebuilt Hagg Lake.

[sillybizz]

Well if we're going out to 90 minute drives from Portland then Bryant Park would be my #2 just behind Milo as a suitable course for World's near Portland. After that Horning's and Trojan ring a bell.

[General Scales]

Milo. That's the winner there.
Trojan in Oregon State Championship layout.
Stub Stewart
Blue Lake
Hornings

[ryanajanes]

milo
hornings
blue lake or stub
trojan

........future forest park course...........(pipe dream)

[Chuck Kennedy]

I wouldn't think we'll see four 27-hole courses for Worlds again. Women took 6.5 hours to play today and these are pros.

[Scott]

Word on the street is that HH isn't even in consideration because of the baskets.

[Adam Schneider]

Originally Posted by Scott

Word on the street is that HH isn't even in consideration because of the baskets.

Well that's stupid. Everyone's throwing at the same ones.

[Chuck Kennedy]

Word on the street is that HH isn't even in consideration because of the baskets.

No problem with wedgies...

[olydiscgolf]

Originally Posted by Adam Schneider

Well that's stupid. Everyone's throwing at the same ones.

Sounds like the perfect opportunity for a basket fundraiser!

[Sam]

Milo east
Milo west
Pier
Trojan
Modified Horning's Gold.
Temp course 1 - or course of magnitude and safety of above-mentioned courses
Temp course 2 - or course of magnitude and safety of above-mentioned courses

[XandorF]

Originally Posted by Scott

Word on the street is that HH isn't even in consideration because of the baskets.

my problem with that is...

you can host a PDGA sanctioned tournament at 'HH', why not worlds? not good enough for worlds? but good enough for playing PDGA tournaments? errrr

and correct me if im wrong please... maybe its just 'X' tiers that have had rated rounds at hornings. but, errr

[Flash]

Would this be a Pro Worlds an Am Worlds or a Combined Worlds?

This matters as Chuck can go into much detail about tailoring the course to the divisions playing. I also am not a fan of 27 holes in a round but I am also not for traveling between courses for two separate 18 hole courses in one day.

Last time I checked major sponsors and community organizers here in Portland have expressed only interest in a combined worlds. So this significantly complicates things. The layout would require courses for Pro, Courses for Am and maybe some overlap.

As an Organizer I would split the event into 2 parts and 2 teams so that each is catered to and feels as though they are attending a world championship. Functionally it would be one team but run by two Directors, one on each side.

I would use these courses for the Pro Side
Milo East
Milo West
Blue Lake
Pier (Bellinger Layout)
Trojan(ODGC Layout)
Timber and Dabney for (older age protected divisions only)

Am side I would use:
Hornings Canyon all longs and some new placements( Bob willing)
Hornings Meadow Ridge modified(Bob willing)
Stub Stewart Orange Course
Stub Stewart White Course(Park willing to allow the second course)
Hagg Lake Modified ( If we could get the approval and team to modify the course)
Pier Standard Layout Longs
Future Forest Grove Course (Junior and Age protect divisions only)

Now back to your other point about now that we have 2 board members on the PDGA. We have had two on board for the last 6 years so I don't really see how this changes things. Its no secret that the PDGA wants us to run a worlds here and it was talked about at the BSF 2011. The issue is who wants to run it, who wants a second unpaid job for 2 years? Why would we want to run a worlds? What would we as a disc golf community get out of it? How many players would actually give up the opportunity to play and volunteer instead?

Answer those questions in this forum and I think you might actually have a chance at seeing a worlds here.

[Bob Horning]

Originally Posted by Scott

Word on the street is that HH isn't even in consideration because of the baskets.

Where did you hear that, for the baskets are certified by the PDGA as baskets that can be used on any tournament.

[Chuck Kennedy]

The Horning targets are approved at the Championship level suitable for Worlds competition and all levels below.

The next Pro-Am combo Worlds would likely be planned for 2016 if there's a bidder, four years after the Charlotte combo next year in 2012.

[Huk'nGeiks]

I can't imagine what the time commitment would be like for a DG community to host worlds but it would be an AMAZING opportunity and one well worth the effort...

[LegoRules]

Originally Posted by Huk'nGeiks

I can't imagine what the time commitment would be like for a DG community to host worlds but it would be an AMAZING opportunity and one well worth the effort...

I am hearing from some of the volunteers down here in Santa Cruz that they have been at it for a year and a half to two years.

Cindy

[Tim]

I read somewhere that in preparation for worlds in Charlotte, they're installing 7 new courses in the span of ~2 years. I can't even fathom that level of organization and community support. We're lucky if we get 2 courses in 7 years around here.