Volo Ocho Tour #7 Cottonmill Spin Fest - Kearney, August 3
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fsaddle wrote:danktank wrote:Then why can other events pay less. I finished in the top 45% at the gbo and was not paid. Why can sum events pay less and not others I see no problem with paying 30%....
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It always is interesting reading everyone's thoughts on the sport! I have helped organize a few tournaments and played in many as we all have. I love playing and helping out when I can to help promote...
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Good points all around. Though I feel that most locals come play when a tournament is on a familiar course and it is well advertised. Most of the time they do not have any idea about percentages...
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Andrew,For the GBO we set/establish our own payout table. It is clearly done this way upfront and advertised that way. We received approval from the PDGA/Tour Manager for this. Basically, it boils...
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I agree with Hefty when he says "good points all around". Very well stated, FBI. There's one more aspect worth mentioning in Am payouts and that's tournament marketing. When a player leaves with a...
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So how is it helpful to anyone but the good players to payout less? I understand paying 45% might have the last cash ending up with a sticker, and in this case I'd payout to where last at least gets a...
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PDGA tournaments have a ratings structure as to which division you can play. So you can always play in a upper division, but you cannot play in a lower division per your rating. So a person may be...
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I tied for last cash once at a tourney that paid out 50%. I got 7 dollars. I promptly walked over to the winner and gave it to him because he deserved much more than he got. I think top 1/3 is fine...
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Should the goal of tournaments be to grow the sport? I think so. -DD pays out 20% but players receive more than their entry in players packs. -The difference between paying 33% and 45% is...
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The goal of tournaments is to get golfers together to compete against others of a similar level. The goal of leagues should be to help grow the sport.Technically it is not sandbagging if your...
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Hefty Lefty SH wrote: I would be for trying the better players packs and lower payout - but only feel this will work for larger tournaments that are guaranteed to sell out, otherwise the tournament...
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These are all good points. what should a players pack include, i know that the Beatrice players pack wasn't good (a mini and a sticker WOW)Whats the insensitive for a player to pre reg for a tourney...
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I agree a mini an sticker isn't much but for free for a c-tier its something an you didn't have to pre-reg to get it. Its hard to have nice players packs if you don't wanna take a dime from the...
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Good discussion so far……here are my thoughts. Personally, as a tournament director I still see value in a good players pack and those deep payouts. When you shift the money you save from the...
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Good points Mike. We are all different and aint nothing wrong with tournaments being different. We should all have one main goal in mind and that is to provide the best possible experience to the...
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Everyone here makes a great point(s)!!! And I have taken notes Thank you! Personally, I have learned a lot as a TD this year; it sucks to make mistakes or not run a tournament according to what...
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I think it is time to find bigger sponsors. Wendy's, IHOP, Coors Light. Innova, Discraft the list goes on and on. The Pizza Hut open, For your $40.00 entry fee everyone gets a disc a hat and a...
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LC sidearm wrote:I should probably delete this entire post and go talk to IHOP and T D tournaments near IHOP locations, I have TV contacts. Come on Let's make this happen here and now.Do it.
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Sorry, results were on Facebook and I forgot to post here. http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/106243
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