Alaska PDGA Winter Series #19

Joe Caissie   January 19 at 9:27pm

League 20

Just in case people see this and not other stuff, a reminder that League 20 is being run by James Robinson and Dan Allen, and it starts tomorrow at Westchester! Get your money in to them if you want to play!

Joe Caissie   January 11 at 7:26pm

Week 10 - Westchester Lagoon

Reminder to get your cash in if you're playing Saturday! One last chance to catch Dan for #1 points in the league! And look at that ace pot!

Joe Caissie   January 9 at 6:58pm

Week 10 - Westchester Lagoon

Good turnout last week, with solid weather. Looks good again for Saturday - let's try and get to 45 people for the last league I'm going to run up here! Also let's get a freaking ace - we had just one ace last summer and none yet this winter despite playing at Westchester so much!

Week 9 was solid scoring conditions, and Murphy took full advantage, besting me by 2 strokes to take down A Pool with a bogey-free -11. Dave Griffin dominated B Pool, winning by 3 strokes.

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Good turnout last week, with solid weather. Looks good again for Saturday - let's try and get to 45 people for the last league I'm going to run up here! Also let's get a freaking ace - we had just one ace last summer and none yet this winter despite playing at Westchester so much!

Week 9 was solid scoring conditions, and Murphy took full advantage, besting me by 2 strokes to take down A Pool with a bogey-free -11. Dave Griffin dominated B Pool, winning by 3 strokes.

Payouts have been sent!

Keep an eye on Winter League #20, whose page is already up...some of the changes (I believe) are that they're ONLY doing Venmo, so if you don't have an account, get one. The rating cutoffs for pools are also shifting - so you upper 800s-rated folks, enjoy B pool this week; there are about to be some bigger dogs thrown in. Not that I have any say, but I think these are great changes - James and Dan are going to be great stewards of sanctioned singles.

Joe Caissie   January 2 at 11:02pm

Week 9 - Westchester Lagoon

Week 8 payouts are up - we're going to be at Westchester the next two weeks, and then it's going to be up to whomever is running leagues for the rest of the winter - Davis right now just has too much snow on the ground.

Also, a reminder that if you're a 2023 member, we have a grace period for January, but why not renew that membership now and get it done with? You can send me your $30 with league dues and I will get you signed up, or just go over to the tournament page and pay ... more

Week 8 payouts are up - we're going to be at Westchester the next two weeks, and then it's going to be up to whomever is running leagues for the rest of the winter - Davis right now just has too much snow on the ground.

Also, a reminder that if you're a 2023 member, we have a grace period for January, but why not renew that membership now and get it done with? You can send me your $30 with league dues and I will get you signed up, or just go over to the tournament page and pay directly there. And if you've never been an ADGA member, send me $40 and I'll get you signed up. It's a great value if you play leagues!

Joe Caissie   December 29 at 5:53pm

Week 8 - Westchester Lagoon

Payments for week 7 are out! Get your money in for week 8 - should be all the way up to -7 by the time we tee off! I'm going to be spotting on every hole, just to keep moving!

Joe Caissie   December 27 at 5:35pm

Week 8 - Westchester Lagoon

Well week 7 was "fun". Probably one of the more exhausting rounds of disc golf I've ever played. And I wouldn't blame Will, who lost THREE drives that (probably) landed in at least C2, if he never plays in the winter again. We'll see if we keep doing Davis this winter, but if it keeps dumping snow like this, it's starting to feel futile, and the sheer depth of the snow on the fairways is going to lead to more lost discs and 4-hour rounds. Might be better for everyon ... more

Well week 7 was "fun". Probably one of the more exhausting rounds of disc golf I've ever played. And I wouldn't blame Will, who lost THREE drives that (probably) landed in at least C2, if he never plays in the winter again. We'll see if we keep doing Davis this winter, but if it keeps dumping snow like this, it's starting to feel futile, and the sheer depth of the snow on the fairways is going to lead to more lost discs and 4-hour rounds. Might be better for everyone's morale (and back) to just focus on the 9 teepads at Westchester.

That said, we did all finish, and congratulations to Frank Costales and James Robinson, the only folks to throw under par, with a couple of 51s. And Jeremy Lukas took down C-pool with a career-high rated round!

Joe Caissie   December 23 at 3:05am

Week 7 - Davis Park Update

Thanks to Dan, 5 Blue is good to go! So we'll be playing 4, 5, 6, Blue both times, and everything else Red both times.

Joe Caissie   December 23 at 1:35am

Week 7 - Davis Park

Pads have been shoveled - the layout tomorrow is going to be the same for both front and back 9: holes 4 and 6 will play from the Blues, and everything else from the Reds. If you're not sure, look at the PDGA live scoring, but it should be obvious because only one of the pads is shoveled in most cases.

Hole 5 blue is shoveled, but there's a tree leaning into the fairway. It is likely going to be easier to just clear 5 Red tomorrow, but if we can get the tree taken care of, we� ... more

Pads have been shoveled - the layout tomorrow is going to be the same for both front and back 9: holes 4 and 6 will play from the Blues, and everything else from the Reds. If you're not sure, look at the PDGA live scoring, but it should be obvious because only one of the pads is shoveled in most cases.

Hole 5 blue is shoveled, but there's a tree leaning into the fairway. It is likely going to be easier to just clear 5 Red tomorrow, but if we can get the tree taken care of, we'll play 5 Blue. Bring a broom or something to carry along with your card, because the pads could use a sweep, and there are some snow showers coming tonight anyways. The snow is hella deep and loose, so make sure to eat a hearty breakfast and be liberal about using spotters.

Joe Caissie   December 22 at 11:19pm

Week 7 - Davis Park

Pads have been shoveled - the layout tomorrow is going to be the same for both front and back 9: holes 4 and 6 will play from the Blues, and everything else from the Reds. If you're not sure, look at the PDGA live scoring, but it should be obvious because only one of the pads is shoveled in most cases.

Hole 5 blue is shoveled, but there's a tree leaning into the fairway. It is likely going to be easier to just clear 5 Red tomorrow, but if we can get the tree taken care of, we� ... more

Pads have been shoveled - the layout tomorrow is going to be the same for both front and back 9: holes 4 and 6 will play from the Blues, and everything else from the Reds. If you're not sure, look at the PDGA live scoring, but it should be obvious because only one of the pads is shoveled in most cases.

Hole 5 blue is shoveled, but there's a tree leaning into the fairway. It is likely going to be easier to just clear 5 Red tomorrow, but if we can get the tree taken care of, we'll play 5 Blue. Bring a broom or something to carry along with your card, because the pads could use a sweep, and there are some snow showers coming tonight anyways. The snow is hella deep and loose, so make sure to eat a hearty breakfast and be liberal about using spotters.

Joe Caissie   December 19 at 7:32pm

Week 7 - Davis Park

Thanks to the folks who showed up, and I presume, shoveled, Westchester last week - I had to pull out at the last second with a pretty bad cold, but 10 brave souls managed to bump the ace pot even higher.

I'll be out on Friday to see what we have in terms of Davis teepads - once again I'll make sure we have at least 9 to play from for Saturday, but somehow this winter is even more ridiculous than last winter, so it's starting to feel futile to try and get the full course up and playable. Of course if we get enough volunteers, anything is possible!

Joe Caissie   December 14 at 8:34pm

Week 6 - Westchester Lagoon

Week 5 payouts are up; get signed up for some hot Goon action on Saturday! Seems like we have even MORE snow on the way between now and then, so we'll do what we can with teepads. Remember to look at the PDGA live scoring page to confirm that hole 2 is/is not playing as an island. It probably will be!

This is as good a place as any to announce that the Winter Series #19 is the last league I'll be running - I'm leaving the state in late January. I'll be happy to help anyon ... more

Week 5 payouts are up; get signed up for some hot Goon action on Saturday! Seems like we have even MORE snow on the way between now and then, so we'll do what we can with teepads. Remember to look at the PDGA live scoring page to confirm that hole 2 is/is not playing as an island. It probably will be!

This is as good a place as any to announce that the Winter Series #19 is the last league I'll be running - I'm leaving the state in late January. I'll be happy to help anyone who wants to run more leagues get going - it's not too bad once you have it set up. My advice is that you name the next two summer leagues Magical Mis5 Tree Tour and Magical 6 Tree Tour, but I don't know what I would have done for summer of 2025. That's frankly why I'm leaving the state - I don't want to see this house of cards I've set up with the league naming conventions come crashing down.

Also I have plenty of disc golf gear that I'll be selling, including baskets, bags, and a rack for holding discs.

Joe Caissie   December 9 at 5:01am

Week 5 - Still Davis, 2X Reds

Week 5 is going to be just reds, 2X. Big thanks to Jeremy, and the club, for using and buying, respectively, an electric shovel. If you want to thank him even more, get out there a little early and help clean them up a little before the round - it sounds like there may still be some cleanup needed, and as Cameron Poe's mom used to say, "many hands make light work."

Joe Caissie   December 8 at 3:46am

Week 5 - Davis Park update

Thanks to Dan Allen, who got out there today and confirmed conditions - we will be playing both Reds and Blues on Saturday, EXCEPT 3, where we'll just be playing Red twice. If you see this, try to tell everyone about the layout (it will also show up on your digital scorecards).

Of course that's the plan, and I'm seeing 5-8 inches of snow in the forecast suddenly, so...stay tuned.

Joe Caissie   December 6 at 5:47pm

Week 5 - Davis Park

Week 4 payouts are out! Week 5 will be at Davis...I'm not going to be there, so please get signed up early if possible.

It looks like there are a few inches of snow coming, so PLEASE take a broom with you if you're going out to play, and don't mash the snow into the teepads. If you can make some progress on getting them all cleared, that would also be great - I welcome comments below for an update on what still needs to be done. As of the last time we played, 1, 3, 6, 7, ... more

Week 4 payouts are out! Week 5 will be at Davis...I'm not going to be there, so please get signed up early if possible.

It looks like there are a few inches of snow coming, so PLEASE take a broom with you if you're going out to play, and don't mash the snow into the teepads. If you can make some progress on getting them all cleared, that would also be great - I welcome comments below for an update on what still needs to be done. As of the last time we played, 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9 Red, and 2, 4, and 5 Blue were pretty clear - hopefully the salt hasn't created any messes since then on those, and I'm hoping we've managed to clear others.

Joe Caissie   December 5 at 1:05am

Week 4 Recap

Great crowd out for week 4, 25 people! The teepads were almost unbelievably dry for early December, and it was merely "cold" not "bone-chilling".

Dan Allen grabbed the 16-person A Pool with a blistering -11, going bogey-free. He nudged out Seth Asing by one, who was the only other person who didn't register a bogey. Adding that island on hole 2 certainly has stopped me going bogey-free so far this winter.

Nas Munoz took down B pool with a 49, nice hambone ... more

Great crowd out for week 4, 25 people! The teepads were almost unbelievably dry for early December, and it was merely "cold" not "bone-chilling".

Dan Allen grabbed the 16-person A Pool with a blistering -11, going bogey-free. He nudged out Seth Asing by one, who was the only other person who didn't register a bogey. Adding that island on hole 2 certainly has stopped me going bogey-free so far this winter.

Nas Munoz took down B pool with a 49, nice hambone on 8, 9, 10, 11!

As I mentioned, A pool had 16 folks in it, while only 7 were in B pool -- I'm wondering if we need to change the pool limits, since that keeps happening this winter. My proposal is having B Pool range from 840-919, and 920+ would be A Pool, and sub-840 would be C Pool. That way we might get more than just 1-2 folks in C Pool, and I think that lines up better with who plays Open versus Am. As always, you can move UP a pool if you want to stay in A pool and you're rated 915 (under this proposal).

Happy to take discussion on this; I probably won't change anything this league, so we can gather more data and take more public comment, but PDGA Series #20 might see a change.

Joe Caissie   December 1 at 10:37pm

ADGA Membership

Hey, folks, it's that time of year again - time to renew or join for the first time the Anchorage Disc Golf Association. It's $40 for new members (and I think you get a disc), and $30 for renewing members. You can send me the money the way you do for leagues and I'll get you signed up, or you can go directly to the page and sign up there: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/2024_Anchorage_Disc_Golf_Association_Dues If you're not a 2023 member, you can join NOW and get t ... more

Hey, folks, it's that time of year again - time to renew or join for the first time the Anchorage Disc Golf Association. It's $40 for new members (and I think you get a disc), and $30 for renewing members. You can send me the money the way you do for leagues and I'll get you signed up, or you can go directly to the page and sign up there: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/2024_Anchorage_Disc_Golf_Association_Dues If you're not a 2023 member, you can join NOW and get the last few league weeks of 2023 at the discounted $8 rate as well as all of 2024.

Remember, we do roughly 40 weeks of singles leagues and probably about the same number of doubles, and you get $3 off per league. If you play in all of them, that's a $240 value! We're practically giving away memberships! Can you afford NOT to join?

Joe Caissie   December 1 at 5:19pm

Week 4 - Westchester Lagoon

Get signed up if you're coming tomorrow - Robinson and I are hopefully getting the teepads set today, and it should be sunny and not TOO cold. Huge ace pot! Lots of aceable holes!

I'm going to try and get that circle around 2 again; I think that's a neat feature, despite it biting me in the ass when I was going for a Goon PR a couple weeks ago.

Joe Caissie   November 27 at 10:02pm

Week 3 Recap

Thanks to everyone who came out for week 3! It was tight, but we got 9 playable teepads, and we started wearing in some paths. Thank you to the groups starting on holes 5 and 7 for working on the first two pads you played. I'm optimistic we can get all 18 of the pads cleared by week 5!

Conditions were still pretty rough - despite only playing a couple of the tougher holes (2 and 5 blues, IMO), everyone carded at least two bogeys. Beckner took down A Pool by mixing in 7 birdies, incl ... more

Thanks to everyone who came out for week 3! It was tight, but we got 9 playable teepads, and we started wearing in some paths. Thank you to the groups starting on holes 5 and 7 for working on the first two pads you played. I'm optimistic we can get all 18 of the pads cleared by week 5!

Conditions were still pretty rough - despite only playing a couple of the tougher holes (2 and 5 blues, IMO), everyone carded at least two bogeys. Beckner took down A Pool by mixing in 7 birdies, including being the only one to get hole 3. I snuck into second place thanks to a clutch Dan Allen find of my disc - otherwise I was going to suffer the ignominy of being the only one to bogey hole 8. Dan, Jarod, John DelReal, and Seth all tied one stroke back for third. The last few weeks we've been seeing massive A Pools, and not as many folks in B Pool. Good indication for the quality of disc golf in Alaska, but we might start thinking about changing the ratings cutoff so things are more balanced.

Alex Strawn managed to take down B pool with a 924-rated 55, and Jeremy Lukas grabbed C pool.

I'll have payouts done in the next couple of days, and we'll see you at Westchester for week 4!

Joe Caissie   November 27 at 6:54pm

Week 3 Recap

Thanks to everyone who came out for week 3! It was tight, but we got 9 playable teepads, and we started wearing in some paths. Thank you to the groups starting on holes 5 and 7 for working on the first two pads you played. I'm optimistic we can get all 18 of the pads cleared by week 5!

Conditions were still pretty rough - despite only playing a couple of the tougher holes (2 and 5 blues, IMO), everyone carded at least two bogeys. Beckner took down A Pool by mixing in 7 birdies, incl ... more

Thanks to everyone who came out for week 3! It was tight, but we got 9 playable teepads, and we started wearing in some paths. Thank you to the groups starting on holes 5 and 7 for working on the first two pads you played. I'm optimistic we can get all 18 of the pads cleared by week 5!

Conditions were still pretty rough - despite only playing a couple of the tougher holes (2 and 5 blues, IMO), everyone carded at least two bogeys. Beckner took down A Pool by mixing in 7 birdies, including being the only one to get hole 3. I snuck into second place thanks to a clutch Dan Allen find of my disc - otherwise I was going to suffer the ignominy of being the only one to bogey hole 8. Dan, Jarod, John DelReal, and Seth all tied one stroke back for third. The last few weeks we've been seeing massive A Pools, and not as many folks in B Pool. Good indication for the quality of disc golf in Alaska, but we might start thinking about changing the ratings cutoff so things are more balanced.

Alex Strawn managed to take down B pool with a 924-rated 55, and Jeremy Lukas grabbed C pool.

I'll have payouts done in the next couple of days, and we'll see you at Westchester for week 4!

Joe Caissie   November 25 at 12:24am

Week 3 - Davis Park

Get your money in if you're coming! The layout is still in flux - I'm going to try and get out there early and get at least the reds all salted, but 1, 2, 4, and 5 Blue at least have been shoveled, and if I can get them salted as well we'll be playing those. Otherwise probably just Reds 2X. Might want to bring ice cleats if you have 'em, just in case; right now there's some ice on all the pads.

Joe Caissie   November 22 at 7:54pm

Week 3 - Davis Park

OK for reals this time - normal winter league, no 20 inches of snow, payouts to top finishers, ace pot in effect, all the good stuff. Get your money in for Saturday. We'll probably just play Reds 2X but I'll see how much of the Blues we can clear before Saturday. Any help would be welcome!

Joe Caissie   November 21 at 5:34pm

Week 2 Results

Scores are up here, and on PDGA finally! Thanks for coming out to support a great cause last Saturday! We'll be back up - maybe at Westchester depending on how well we can clear Davis, paying out division winners and aces, this Saturday!

Joe Caissie   November 19 at 5:28pm

Week 3 (2?) - Results

Hi, folks - If you want to see the scores from this week, head over to the Frozen Turkey tourney page. They WILL be posted here and on PDGA but there was an issue with the scheduling of the leagues on PDGA, so I'm going to have to enter the scores manually when that gets resolved. Hope everyone had fun and lost a minimum of fingers and toes yesterday!

Joe Caissie   November 17 at 7:08pm

Week 3 - Frozen Turkey at Westchester

Just a reminder that we're doing something special this week - entry fee is $20, a frozen turkey, or a spiral ham. If you're planning to come, let me know! If you're paying in cash and not meat, send me $20 just like you normally would.

Remember that this week is for charity, so there will be no payouts, INCLUDING for the ace pot. But we will be rated like normal!

Joe Caissie   November 13 at 11:41pm

Week 3 - Frozen Turkey and Winter League #19 IN THE SAME STUDIO

Special for Week 3 - we have Frozen Turkey this time every year, and instead of trying to do separate rounds, we're going to have Frozen Turkey sanctioned. There will be no payouts, including for aces, but we'll be giving a nice food and monetary donation to the St Francis Food Pantry. The encouraged donation is one Spiral Cut Ham or one Frozen Turkey - but if you want to do cash, the alternative is $20 (or more!). Let me know if you'll be coming, and if you're doing the cash option, pay in the normal way.

Joe Caissie   November 11 at 5:03am

Week 2 - NOT HAPPENING

Hi, folks - take it easy this week. Shovel your driveways. Tell your family you love them. Hoard canned goods.

I'll see you all week 3 - I'll send refunds for this week for the folks who have paid.

Joe Caissie   November 9 at 2:59pm

Week 2 - Westchester Lagoon

I'm in sunny California but I hear y'all got some snow. Since we can get a full round in with just 9 baskets worth of clearing, we're playing Westchester this weekend. Well I'm playing Oak Grove, but y'all are playing Westchester. If you see this, please don't leave the shoveling to the 3-4 mostly MP40+ backs who have usually done the teepad clearing!

Joe Caissie   November 6 at 8:30pm

Week 2 - Davis Park

Keep an eye on the schedule - I just flip-flopped all the weeks because Westchester apparently isn't in yet. This week will be at Davis Park.

It'll be great if people can help with the shoveling - I'm going to get out there and do some today or tomorrow, but I'm out of town this weekend so someone else is going to have to get any fresh snow off the teepads.

Joe Caissie   November 6 at 6:58pm

Week 1 recap

Wow, we got that round in at Kincaid just in time! Thanks to the 14 folks who came out this week, always a lower attendance week 1 for some reason; but it was a solid crowd for a drizzly day.

A Pool, which had 10 of the 14 participants, was taken down by Brian, who shot 7 down. A new guy, not sure if he's just up for a visit or going to be a regular, took second with 6 down, and Dan Allen tied with me for third, with his round the only bogey-free one, 5 under. Mike B nudged out Oliver S ... more

Wow, we got that round in at Kincaid just in time! Thanks to the 14 folks who came out this week, always a lower attendance week 1 for some reason; but it was a solid crowd for a drizzly day.

A Pool, which had 10 of the 14 participants, was taken down by Brian, who shot 7 down. A new guy, not sure if he's just up for a visit or going to be a regular, took second with 6 down, and Dan Allen tied with me for third, with his round the only bogey-free one, 5 under. Mike B nudged out Oliver Salem for the B pool title with an even par round.

Shout out to Morgan, who managed a roughly 250-foot throw-in on 12 for a birdie! No ace pot but honestly probably more impressive than most of the aces we'll see at Westchester this year.

Speaking of, the schedule for week 2 currently says Westchester but I don't know if the baskets are in yet. Regardless, it'll be good to shovel off the pads BEFORE people smash the snow into them if you get a chance. Also, avoid salt if you can! It's probably not possible this early in the year but it would be great to have a nice clean and DRY teepad to play off of if possible.

Joe Caissie   November 4 at 4:19pm

Week 1 Kincaid - last call

Hi, folks; looks like we have 4 cards at most, so I'm going to do tee times - if you want to go out early, like 10:30, that'd be great if we could get one group going then. You can let me know here, text me, or just show up and if you're ready to go, I'll send you out with the early group.

Joe Caissie   November 4 at 3:13pm

Week 1 Update

If anyone sees the tee times on PDGA, BE NOT AFRAID. If you're listed at 10:45 and can't make 10:45, that's fine. I'm going to try and send a couple groups out early (or late) so we can all start on hole 1 if possible. Kincaid can be a lot of walking. Do try to be there by 11 so we can do a shotgun if that's what we need to do.

Joe Caissie   October 31 at 9:13pm

Week 1 - Kincaid Park

We'll be playing shorts to golds! Get yourself signed up - we start with a nice healthy $198 ace pot this winter!