Summer Safari presented by Tunnel Shot Disc Golf

EVENT SUMMARY

An exciting challenge awaits you in the Summer Safari!

This small tournament has a loop of 6 safari holes that will be played through 3 times (18 holes total). The 1st loop is holes 1-6 on the scorecard, the 2nd loop is holes 7-12 on the scorecard, and the 3rd loop is holes 13-18 on the scorecard. For this layout, the total distance covered is 10,680' and par is 72.

The player roster is limited to 24 players with no waitlist. Players will be assigned a card (group) by the tournament director. The 6 cards (of 4 players max each) will have a shotgun start at 10am.

As an example for the order of holes that players on card #3 would play, it would be the following:
● safari holes 3-6 from 1st loop (holes 3-6 on scorecard)
● safari holes 1-6 from 2nd loop (holes 7-12 on scorecard)
● safari holes 1-6 from 3rd loop (holes 13-18 on scorecard)
● safari holes 1-2 from 1st loop (holes 1-2 on scorecard)

LIMITED EARLY BIRD SPOTS FOR LOCALS

This will be my 4th year participating in my local bag tag league, so I want to show some love to the people in it. I will have 8 EARLY BIRD SPOTS available to players from my local bag tag league only who I will manually add to the player roster the day before registration goes live. Early bird spots claimed: 4/8

DIVISIONS

This tournament is for amateur divisions only. Please do not sign up for this event if your PDGA rating is above 970 at the time of the ratings update on July 9, 2024.

RAH Blue <970 (~MA1 Advanced)
RAD White <935 (~MA2 Intermediate)
RAE Red <900 (~MA3 Recreational)
RAF Green <850 (~MA4 Novice)

SCOREKEEPING

As of the latest PDGA rule update for scoring, which went into effect on January 1, 2024, all players are now required to keep score for their card during PDGA-sanctioned tournaments.

For smooth scoring during the round, players on a card should wait until all players on their card have arrived at the tee pad of the next hole (after all players on your card have completed the previous hole), and then have each player clearly say their score from the previous hole (one player at a time) until all scores have been recorded for the previous hole on the scorecard of every player in your group.

Ideally, all players who have a smartphone with data will keep score on the PDGA Live mobile app or on the PDGA Live scoring website (pdga.com/score). I will have paper scorecards and pens available for those who don't own a smartphone with data, and as a backup for every player in case PDGA Live has any outage issues.

At the completion of a round, for the benefit of all players, the hole-by-hole scores of each player should be read off one-by-one to ensure accuracy. This task should be performed by players, not by caddies.

FREE RAFFLE

There will be no trophies, but a free raffle will occur for the first 6 discs from the player pack disc pool for 6 different players. Those first 6 discs are extras above the 24 discs that allow every player to still pick one disc for their player pack disc. The first 6 discs will be chosen by a random number generator. A player's assigned number for the free raffle is the spot where their name resides when reading the player roster from top to bottom on the Disc Golf Scene tournament page.

PLAYER PACKS

The remaining normal 24 player pack discs in the player pack disc pool after the free raffle will be chosen by the players in order of lowest to highest finishing score for the event. Ties in score from different divisions go to the higher division first. If the tie is in the same division, then go by least bogey strokes, then by most birdie strokes (if tied on bogey strokes), and then by rock/paper/scissors (if tied on both bogey strokes and birdie strokes).

● 1 DiscDot
● 1 Summer Safari disposable drink coaster
● 3 different Tunnel Shot Disc Golf vinyl stickers
● 1 disc golf disc
●● Most of the discs in the player pack disc pool are Discmania and the rest are from a handful of other brands

COURSE OVERVIEW

Safari Hole 1 - PAR 3 (~470')
● Hole 1 tee to Hole 2 target
● Mando to right of marked tree. Disc may not enter restricted plane marked by tree and flags. Drop zone for missed mando marked next to tree. OB on or over road. Rock River is OB.

Safari Hole 2 - PAR 4 (~550')
● Near Hole 3 tee to Hole 6 target
● Mando to right of marked tree. Disc may not enter restricted plane marked by tree and flags. Drop zone for missed mando marked next to tree. OB on or over road. Rock River is OB.

Safari Hole 3 - PAR 4 (~670')
● Hole 7 tee to Hole 8 target
● Mando to right of marked tree. Disc may not enter restricted plane marked by tree and flags. Drop zone for missed mando marked next to tree. OB on or over road. Rock River is OB.

Safari Hole 4 - PAR 4 (~650')
● Hole 9 tee to Hole 10 target
● Right-side OB area starts at tree on right ~50' before woods. OB is anything right of the tree or past it, or anything right of fenceline. OB line is marked by flags and fenceline. Left-side OB on or over road.

Safari Hole 5 - PAR 4 (~520')
● Near Hole 11 tee to Hole 12 target
● Mando to right of marked tree. Disc may not enter restricted plane marked by tree and flags. Drop zone for missed mando marked next to tree. OB on or over road.

Safari Hole 6 - PAR 5 (~700')
● Near Hole 13 tee to Hole 16 target
● Mando to right of marked tree. Disc may not enter restricted plane marked by tree and flags. Drop zone for missed mando marked next to tree. OB on or over road. Rock River is OB.

Player withdrawals/cancellations 2 days before the event (by or before 9pm on Thursday, August 8th, 2024) will get a 100% refund ($30) for their main entry cost (minus PDGA fee, Disc Golf Scene fee and processing fee).

Any player withdrawals/cancellations after 9pm on Thursday, August 8th, 2024 will not get any refund.

Anthony Weisensel is responsible for all refunds following the policy outlined above.