2019 Nantucket Disc Golf Open (Ams)

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Nantucket Disc Golf Course
21 Lovers Lane
Nantucket, MA 02554

2 rounds of 18 holes in 1 day

Total field size: 72 Ams

NEFA Points Event

MA1 plays from the long tees both rounds
MA40, MA50, & MA2 play from the long tees in the morning & the short tees in the afternoon
FA1, FA2, MA3 & Juniors will play from the short tees in both rounds

Barbecue lunch and ace pot included with your tournament registration

A $10 fee will be added for non-PDGA members and this money goes directly to the PDGA. PDGA fee is waived for MJ1 & FJ1.

Players who are simultaneously eligible for both Pro and Am divisions may register and play in both the Saturday Pro and the Sunday Am tournaments

2020 USADGC Qualifier

The 2019 Nantucket Disc Golf Open is the one and only Massachusetts Qualifier for the 2020 United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship. The top 35% of the Advanced (MA1) division at the 2019 NDG Open will qualify for the 2020 USADGC, which will be held in Milford, Michigan in early June of 2020. Any Advanced Amatuer player is eligible, including those who live out-of-state, so long as the Advanced Amatuer player has never received cash in a PDGA-sanctioned event.

For more information on the USADGC, check out http://www.usadgc.com.

Ferries to/from Nantucket

All major ferries to Nantucket from the mainland leave from Hyannis, MA. Though seats are usually available for purchase at the dock, reservations are recommended. The two ferry companies that provide this service are:

HY-LINE CRUISES
220 Ocean Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
800-492-8082

Hy-Line Fast Ferry - 1 hour
$41 one-way/$77 round-trip
Bicycles $7 each way

STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY
69 South Street, Hyannis, MA, 02601
508-477-8600

Steamship Fast Ferry - 1 hour
$36.50 one-way/$69 round-trip
Bicycles $7 each way

Steamship Slow Ferry - 2 hours & 15 minutes
$18.50 one-way/$37 round-trip
Bicycles $7 each way
Vehicles: $200 each way/$400 round-trip

HY-LINE and STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY COMBINED
FAST FERRY SCHEDULE
Tues, Sep 3 - Tues, Sep 10

Hyannis->Nantucket: 6:10am, 8:15am, 8:30am#, 9:30am, 11am, 11:20am, 12:45pm, 2pm, 2:25pm, 3:45pm, 5pm, 5:40pm, 7:30pm, 8pm##

Nantucket->Hyannis: 7:40am, 9:30am, 9:55am#, 11:10am, 12:30pm, 12:50pm, 2:15pm, 3:30pm, 4:10pm, 5:15pm, 6:15pm, 7:05pm, 8:45pm, 9:20pm##

# Operates Saturday & Sunday Only
## Operates Friday Only

STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY
SLOW FERRY SCHEDULE
Tues, Sep 3 - Tues, Sep 10

Hyannis->Nantucket: 6:30am, 9:15am, 12pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:00pm

Nantucket->Hyannis: 6:30am, 9:15am, 12pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:00pm

For those coming over to Nantucket the morning of your tournament, please be aware that the ONLY ferry that will get you to the island in time for your tournament on either day is the 6:10 AM Hy-Line Fast Ferry. Free transportation to the course via private vehicles will be provided to those arriving on Nantucket on this ferry at 7:10 AM on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.

For those wishing to bring their vehicle with them to Nantucket, please be aware that this is, unfortunately, very costly and difficult to do. To start, the Steamship Authority Slow Ferry is the only ferry that can accommodate passengers with vehicles. The cost to bring a vehicle to the island on this ferry is $400 round-trip during September and vehicle availability for weekends during this time is usually very limited, unless booked well in advance. All this said, we encourage those coming over to the tournament to leave their vehicles at the ferry lots in Hyannis and take either public transportation to the course/campsite/lodging or the tournament-provided free transportation from the Hy-Line ferry terminal to the course on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Transportation from the Nantucket ferry terminals to the Nantucket Disc Golf Course

HY-LINE CRUISES FERRY TERMINAL
TO THE NANTUCKET DGC (2.2 MILES)
Taxi: $10+$2 per passenger/12 min
UberX: ~$12/12 min
Walk/Bike: 40 min/15 min
WAVE Bus: $2/20 minutes - Walk to the Greenhound Bus Stop at 10 Washington St and take the Airport Route or the Sconset via Old South Road Route to the Lovers Lane stop. To get to hole #1 from the Lovers Lane stop, walk 1/4 mile southwest on a small footpath, just inside the State Forest, that parallels Lovers Lane.

STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY FERRY TERMINAL
TO THE NANTUCKET DGC (2.3 MILES)
Taxi: $10+$2 per passenger/12 min
UberX: ~$12/12 min
Walk/Bike: 40 min/15 min
WAVE Bus: $2/20 minutes - Walk to the Greenhound Bus Stop at 10 Washington St and take the Airport Route or the Sconset via Old South Road Route to the Lovers Lane stop. To get to hole #1 from the Lovers Lane stop, walk 1/4 mile southwest on a small footpath, just inside the State Forest, that parallels Lovers Lane.

Download the Transloc Rider app (iOS & Android) to locate the real-time location of the WAVE buses so you can accurately plan your arrival at the bus stops.

Flights to Nantucket

There are scheduled non-stop flights to Nantucket on Cape Air, Nantucket Airlines, JetBlue, Delta, American Airlines & United from Boston, Hyannis, Martha's Vineyard, New Bedford, New York, Newark, Providence, Charlotte & Washington D.C..

Lodging

NANTUCKET HOSTEL

Nantucket Disc Golf is offering a LIMITED number of beds in a co-ed dorm at the Nantucket Hostel at 31 Western Avenue on Friday night and Saturday night. The cost is $40/bed/night. If you are unable to secure a hostel bed due to the beds being sold out, you can put yourself on our hostel bed waitlist for $1/bed/night.

Keep in mind that reservations for hostel beds are FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED, so if you are looking to stay overnight on the island and sleeping at the campsite is not your thing, make sure and register for our tournament the second registration opens to increase the chance that you can secure a hostel bed for yourself!

The Nantucket Hostel is approximately 3.2 miles from the ferries and town. The WAVE Bus Surfside Beach Route that services the hostel ends its summer run just days before the tournament, howevever the WAVE Bus Micaomet Loop Route picks up downtown at the Greenhound Bus Stop at 10 Washington St and drops off at the Fairgrounds Road/Surfside Road stop, which is just 1.3 miles from the Nantucket Hostel. The hostel is just 2 miles from the NDGC.

Download the Transloc Rider app (iOS & Android) to locate the real-time location of the WAVE buses so you can accurately plan your arrival at the bus stops.

Complimentary transportation from the hostel to the tournament via private vehicles will be provided on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

CAMPING

Reserve & pay for camping when registering for the tournament or Paypal $10/night to [email redacted] and specify which night(s) you want camping for. Camping is fairly primitive, though there will be barbecue grills, a disc golf basket and a porta potty on site. Camping spots are for tournament guests only and are limited and first-come, first-served. Unfilled camping spots will be released for purchase by players' guests 2 weeks before the tournament. The campsite is only about a 10 minute walk from hole #1. Camping details, including a map to the campsite with WAVE bus route information, will be emailed out to all campers 2 weeks prior to the tournament. Please note that, per the State, camping is prohibited at the course and throughout the Nantucket State Forest. Also, due to the close proximity of many of our course neighbors, we must ask that there be NO GLOW DISC PLAY at the course during the evenings. We will have a basket at the campgrounds though which you may use during the evenings to your heart’s content!

OTHER LODGING

For those wishing to booking a hotel on your own, rooms in September on Nantucket are expensive (they start at around $300/night), however Nantucket Visitor Services (508-228-0925) might be able to help you locate a lower-cost option at a Bed & Breakfast. You can also check on prices and availability for many Nantucket Bed & Breakfasts at http://nantucketlodging.org. Finally, booking an island home on VRBO or Airbnb for a group might also be a relatively economical option.

Tournament Day Luggage Storage

Though Nantucket Disc Golf does not have a secure storage area at the course, you may leave your bags, camping equipment, and other personal items next to us at the tournament headquarters' tent next to teepad #16 during your tournament rounds and we'll do our best to look after it.

Per the PDGA's refund policy, withdrawals made 14 days or more prior to the start of the event shall be refunded 100%. Withdrawals made within 14 days of the event will be refunded only if the player's spot is filled by someone off the waitlist.