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06/01/2013

May Match Play

The May Match Play Tourney went swimmingly at Addison Oaks. It was a little bit smaller of a turn out than one of usual tournaments but nonetheless we were in good company as always. Trying out our new handicap system, implemented by Leonard Johnson we found two very close rounds of match play golf. Each match up finished with just a couple hole deficit to the losing player keeping things interesting the entire way. This scoring system should give the club an interest fourth season of disc golf.

After the first round of golf Mike Wolters, our previous tournament winner came out on top followed by Kyle Jansen and Jimmy J. With a tie breaker of most birdies the two facing off in the top card were Kyle and Mike for a very close final match.

After all was done Kyle worked the course with his long arm and beat Mike by a point and won the state finals berth as well as the cash prize for the day.

Overall the course was beautiful as it usually is even though the pollen was out in attack mode. Next on our schedule we will be heading up to Ludington for a couple rounds, one at Leviathan and another in the Mason County Park. After that please join us for your annual trip up to Traverse City for our weekend of golf. Six rounds, lots of prizes, and camping. For that weekend we will be giving away our last four state finals berths.

04/15/2013

July Trip Booked

Last weekend the Traverse City Road Trip was officially booked. We have 2 sites at the Interlochen State Park one for the motorhome and another for the tents. Overall we should have enough room for 3 tents but lets try to consolidate as much as we can to save some room. The weekend still stands as July 13-15 and we will be beginning our weekend of 6 rounds in Grayling at the Hanson Hills Recreation Area.

As always to stay on the route of conservation we will have a car from each side of the state traveling up so car pools will be available if needed. Randy Gallagher will be running the car pool on the west side and at this point I am unsure of who will be on the east side. Either way get together and save some gas.

This weekend will finish up our Season 3 and our career of playing skins matches. After this weekend the club will be transitioning to Match Play. Keep in mind after the weekend of golfing the golfer with the most skins will be rewarded with a Michigan State Finals Berth as well. All in all 4 berths will be awarded on the trip, one for each league, and one for the winner of the weekend. We hope to see everyone out there and anyone that is not a regular member is always welcome to join.

04/15/2013

Robert Morris & Company

The Kalamazoo event was a fun event this past weekend starting at Robert Morris Park. The forecast had shown that it was supposed to be a warm day but the first round was full of precipitation. The first round started off a little shaky by both teams with a few great shots here and there to make up for a couple rough ones. Overall the newer golfer Randy Sr. showed great improvement through the day making long putts and having great proximity with up shots. The first two CTPs of the day were at hole 8 and 9 and were won by Kyle Jansen and Randy Gallagher respectively. For this round the score was for once proportional to the stroke play. The round ended with Kyle/RG playing even for 12 skins and Dirk/Mike at four over with six skins.

In between rounds we sampled the local Kalamazoo brews and food at Bell’s and planned out our trek to the unexpected change of Oshtemo Park.

Oshtemo Park was where the singles round where the upsets happened. Mike came home with the most skins, winning 9 with a +5. Scoring the best for the day with a 57 and tying with Kyle, RG took home 5. The last 4 skins were split by Dirk and Kyle. The CTP prizes of hole 6, 8, and 18 were taken home by Mike and Kyle with Kyle winning hole 8.
Our next event will be our Match Play tourney at Addison Oaks on May 26th registration is still open with plenty of spots available and a few players packs still available.

03/24/2013

Traverse City & More

So it looks like we will be heading to Interlochen State Park for some camping for our Traverse City trip. We had a 4-1 vote. I will be making reservations next weekend or so and will be collecting deposits from everyone starting at our Deerfield event. If everyone puts in a $20 for this we should be fine on the reservations and anything that is left over will be used for food, firewood, or beer..the essentials.

I will also start collecting for the MiMPA registration next weekend as well. $34/person will get us into the association as a club and will allow four players to each event for free. Anyone else that comes along on those days we will split the cost among us that day.

One more thing to think about before next weekend is that we are missing 3 course choices from our west side members.

Jimmy Jean
Mike Wolters
Randy Gallagher

These players need to have their courses in for the new season by tee time at Deerfield.

03/09/2013

Traverse City Trip

Alright gentlemen the Traverse City Trip has been added to the schedule all we have to do now is figure out where we will be staying for the weekend and book it. I looked into the two state parks that are close to the courses that we will be playing and here's what I found:

Interlochen State Park
2 Nights-2 Tents-2 Sites
$50/Per Site

Traverse City State Park
2 Nights-2 Tents-2 Sites
$62 Per Site

I have placed a poll on the home page for everyone to vote and the poll will be closing in two weeks from now. Please make your selection and once the poll closes I will book the sites for us. Once I have the final total I will divide the amount up of how much each of us should throw in and the deposits will start to be collected at our March event at Deerfield.

If anyone else has any suggestions for a place to camp and has the data for that in terms of costs etc. please get them to me ASAP so that it can be included in the poll.

02/25/2013

Seymour-Ice

Seymour Lake was a fun course that was new to some of us and home to others. The expansive course offered a great mix of holes and challenges but the most prominent challenge of the day was getting a good foothold on the large sheets of ice. There were several shots that quickly became dangerous as our players slipped around on their follow through. Even the trek from hole to hole was a bit slippery.

Overall we had the usual crew out there with Kyle dominating the course with his long open drives. Through both rounds the course seemed favorable to his long arm and allowed a great chance for skins. Once the short and slippery holes came into play everyone else came alive but didn't necessarily cash out the skins bank.

Most improved this round is Randy Gallagher Sr. learning the ins and outs of his BP Stalker getting some good distance and control. For his second time out in the league he even took home skins in the singles match beating out Seymour veteran Dirk JvG.

CTP winners were Tim Burton, Randy Gallagher II, and Kyle Jansen.

The Seymour event was one for surprises with massive winds and slick terrain. In march we will be traveling to Deerfield in Mt Pleasant, MI. See you on the course.

02/21/2013

Dinner & A Meeting



To all of those that are planning on attending the Seymour Lake event this weekend we would like to invite you all to dinner afterwards at Kyle’s house. There we will all gather, eat, drink & be merry. Also there will be a meeting to discuss several issues that are happening inside the organization that require a vote. We request that everyone that has an interest in participating in Season 4 be present and take part in the discussion as we like to hear from you.



The issues on the docket include:



Participation with MiMPA

Fundraising for MiMPA Membership

July’s Emergency Changes

Course Nominations for Season 4



We hope that everyone can be in attendance and that we can accomplish everything and keep the club development moving.



See you Saturday.

02/17/2013

Black & White Season 4

Season 3 is almost in the books and its time to start thinking about what's next! With that said we ask that everyone starts putting up courses to nominate for the next season so we can get everything up for a vote and ready to go.

To cap off the third season we will be heading to Lemon Lake for a weekend of six rounds of golf and camping. To keep the tradition of one travel weekend per season Highbridge in Wisconsin and Idlewild / Lincoln Ridge of Kentucky have been put up for a vote. This poll will be posted and everyone will be informed when the voting starts.

Other changes for the new season will be that the club will be converting to Match Play with handicaps to even the playing field for everyone a little further. Also instead of a formal league our events will be consist of tournaments in which points will be able to be accrued for an overall points fund. Points will be awarded once a month for a Black & White event or MiMPA event.

These changes should be great for the club and if there are any questions or concerns on the changes please feel free to contact us!

Please email course nominations to [email protected]

The cutoff for nominations will be March 31.

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02/07/2013

May Match Play has been Posted

The tourney is up and the paid registration should be up in the next day to guarantee your spot on a card. There is a limited field so make sure you get your spot before its full.

02/07/2013

Berth package one

02/07/2013

I first want to say thanks to Dirk JvG for picking up the state finals berths on short notice it really helps out greatly. This year the berth packages look good in comparison to last years. Finally a cool design and some useful extras in the players packs.

The first berth winner is Mike Wolters and he has already been awarded his spot to the Michigan State Finals to represent Black & White. Congratulations.

02/02/2013

For those of you that are looking for some great golf on the Black & White off weekends I would recommend you to follow this schedule. This is the MIDGC club schedule that is run by the good doctor Leonard. This club plays the match play format and will be the club that we semi-merge with in the next season.

Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:00am Chippewa Banks
Saturday, February 23, 2013 2:00pm Tittabawassee Park
Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:00am Grand Woods Park
Saturday, March 23, 2013 2:00pm Sleepy Hollow State Park
Saturday, April 13, 2013 9:00am Bertha Brock County Park
Saturday, April 13, 2013 2:00pm Fallasburg Park
Saturday, April 27, 2013 9:00am BlueGill Disc Golf Course
Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:00pm BlueGill Disc Golf Course