St. Louis Disc Golf Club

5.13: Club/Board Meeting Scheduled for May 21st

RCFwebmaster — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:54:43 +0000

5/13/12: Club/Board Meeting Scheduled for May 21st

Another month, another meeting! We’ll be @ Club Sponsor Schlafly’s Bottleworks location on Monday May 21, circa 6pm, with plenty to discuss: rehashing the St. Louis Open and setting the groundwork for next year’s installment, discussing new course opportunities, and planning for upcoming events…click below for the Agenda and directions, and come out and join us!

Agenda:

Treasurer’s Report- Steve K
STL Open Recap- Dave & all
Upcoming tournaments: need TD’s for the 2 June tournaments (Iron Man & Match Play)
July tournament at Bridgeton may be possible…Bridgeton update – Dave
August concerns: 4 tournaments between August 5 and Sept 1 – Is this doable??
Sioux Passage Update – Francis, Bob
Matching Baskets Update – Dave, all
Tee signs – Tim
Website Issues/Ideas – Ted

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5.9: St. Louis Open Recap & Pictures

RCFwebmaster — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:24:11 +0000

5/9/12: The St. Louis Open- Recap

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The 7th Annual St. Louis Open PDGA A-Tier was held this past weekend (5.5 & 5.6) at four St. Louis-area Courses and was, by nearly any measure, a success- 200+ golfers from 16 different states playing 54 or more holes on 3 courses each over 2 days, all vying to be #1 in their respective divisions. A Saturday night player’s party including great Cinco de Mayo fare and an informative free Clinic from 3 of the Non Stop Disc Golf Pros. A player’s pack with discs and swag galore, a full color Handbook, and a tourney stamped shirt. Hundreds of spectators of all ages lining the fairways as the Final 9′s came to their conclusion, and the 2012 STLO Champions were crowned.

The STLDGC is proud to have been a part of such an event, and as TD Dave West (#752) says in an article penned for PDGA.com, “This is disc golf at its best, and our young pros are doing a great job of representing and promoting the sport. Thanks to our volunteers and 3 neighboring clubs who helped with the event. Come join us next year for the 8th annual STL Open!”

Check out the Photo Slideshow below and click on a pic to see it here on the Club Website, or follow the links beneath the slideshow to go to all of the weekend’s full size photos.

Quick Links:
STLO Results & Scores on PDGA.com
STLO DISCussion on the Club Forums

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click on the slideshow to view the pics here on our website

More Links:
Click here for the River City Ratings for the St. Louis Open
Click here for the STLDGC’s PDGA Events Page

Photos:
Click here for 200+ Full-Size Downloadable Photos of the St. Louis Open
Click Here to check out Photos of the St. Louis Open Awards Ceremony and Winners

STLO Teaser Vid

The STLDGC would like to extend another thank you to the 2012 Open’s Sponsors & all of the Volunteers for helping to make it such a memorable weekend…let’s do it again next year!

5.2: St. Louis Open Preview

RCFwebmaster — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:23:42 +0000

5/2/12: The St. Louis Open- Preview

The St. Louis Open- the area’s premier PDGA event- is this coming weekend! Check out the player’s pack items listed below, head to our Courses page to check out the tracks you’ll be playing, and follow the links for more information and to Pre-Register…

Quick Links:
The St. Louis Open on PDGA.com
Click Here to PreRegister @ our online ProShop
STLO Discussion on the STLDGC Forums

Player’s Pack Items
· Innova Blizzard STL Open stamped disc
· Discraft STL Open stamped disc
· Gateway Putter STL Open stamped disc
· Johnny Macs STL Open T-shirt
· RCF / STL Disc Golf Club huggie for drinks
· Erasable scorecard
· Meal ticket for Player’s Party
· STL Open stamped pencil
· Custom embroidered RCF patch
· STLO sticker
· 2012 STLO Player’s handbook

Don’t miss Saturday night’s Player’s Party- come enjoy the camaraderie as much as the competition!

4.21: The STLDGC Asks for Your Help with Course Improvements!

RCFwebmaster — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:05:29 +0000

4/21/12: The STLDGC Asks for Your Help with Course Improvements!

With the St. Louis Open coming soon and Earth Day upon us, the St. Louis Disc Golf Club wants to encourage its membership, and other local DG-enthusiasts, to help us keep our parks clean and to help improve our local Courses. We’re scheduling work days and clean up efforts over the next 2 weeks (see info/schedule below) and would appreciate all the help and participation we can get, but everyone can pitch in by bringing a trash sack or two with you to your “home course” the next time you play a round. See some trash? Pick it Up. It’s really as simple as that- we all need to work together to ensure that our Parks are clean year round, and it would be particularly nice to “show off” our Courses at the Open while they’re looking their best…Come out and help your local course shine!

*Endicott: click here for Endicott Course Improvement DISCussion and schedule on our Forums!

Planned Projects:
-new steps for Hole #7
-spray for Poison Ivy
-rebuild neighboring fence along Hole #6 fairway

Contact: Chris Kinsella

*Jefferson Barracks: click here for JB Course DISCussion on our forums!

JB Nooner Clean Up Extravaganza scheduled for Sunday, April 29th
- show up for next weekend’s Nooner at 10am and help clean the course for 2 hours & the Club and JB’s Course Captains will cover your entry & Ace Pool buy-in for the Nooner…

Contacts: Greg Dohogne and Mark Dudenhoeffer

*Sioux Passage: click here for Sioux Passage Course Improvement DISCussion on our forums!

Planned Projects:
-clean out fairways 9, 5a, and 10d

Contacts: Mark Kane and Francis Albanese

*Rock Spring: click here for Rock Spring Course DISCussion on our forums!

Planned Projects:
-pick up trash/litter throughout course
-place trashcans appropriately

Contacts: Jeff Ligon and Chris Kinsella

*New Tee Signs: click here for New Tee Sign DISCussion on our forums!

-New Tee Signs are in hand for JB, and signs for Endicott and Sioux Passage aren’t far behind…
-The Tee Posts are being repainted to discourage graffiti and vandalism

Contacts: Tim Wiegard and Jeff Irwin

4.1: Monthly Letter from the RCF President

RCFwebmaster — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:49:23 +0000

4/1/12: Monthly Letter from the RCF President (March 2012)

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We just finished a very successful C-Tiers tournament weekend where we maxed-out the field and had about 90 each day! The weather was outstanding, and so were the players! Congrats to all, and thanks to all of the volunteers who helped make it successful: Tim Wiegard for TD’ing; Steve Kleiber for taking registrations and handling the money; Greg Dohogne for helping with registrations and everything else at tournament central; Ted Spies for taking pics, helping everywhere, and updating the website; Mark Dudenhoffer for running the ring of fire both days; Chris Kinsella for handling membership signups and running a CTP tag contest; Tim Finan for helping to get Endicott ready; and Francis Albanese for helping to get Sioux ready. Thanks…

*Creve Coeur update: We negotiated for the course to remain open for an extended period of time since it was premature to just pick the April 2 date. The grass is growing slow at CC so STL County Parks has agreed to let it remain open longer. The board will help set the new date – my thinking right now is it should remain open another month.
*Sioux Passage new course update: Francis Albanese has met with the Sioux parks people twice; update coming soon.
*Bridgeton update: Dave McCormack has put in a new design (since Bridgeton slightly reduced the land that we can use). Dave had a few people try it out over the last couple of days (Pat Baumick, and Tyson) and I walked it on Friday afternoon. It looks good! Since there are multiple tee possibilities and multiple basket placements, this course should play well for beginners to pros. I will setup a meeting with Joe Campbell from Bridgeton asap so we can show him the new design. Another very important milestone is Bridgeton was removing debris from the streets on Friday and starting to mow the area! Stay tuned!!
*STL Open update and Volunteer Request: The St. Louis Open will be my first opportunity to be a TD for an A Tier event – I look forward to it – please be patient with me and our volunteers. I want to start by asking if we can get some volunteers – we need a TD (and a backup TD) for all of the courses (besides Endicott – so we need help with Rock Springs, JB, and Sioux). We will make sure our volunteers get rewarded for helping – a players pack will be given for those who help all weekend. For those who can help just one day, we will still reward you with some good swag. Please let me know if you can help us put on a great tournament!
*STL Open Advertising: This should be a really wonderful tournament! Greg has put together a good flyer. We have a great set of pros coming for the tournament and they will host a “Flight School” session on Thursday, May 2, and then a Free Clinic at the Player’s Party Saturday eve – see our website for details. We will have a doubles event on Friday hosted by LS Discs, and we will likely have Glide disc golf also as a vendor. We are accepting $20 hole sponsors for the tournament holes – so if interested, contact one of the board members or post in the STLO Forum Thread.
*Tee Signs: We have 9 of the JB tee signs in hand – we expect to have all of thr JB and Endicott new signs up before the STL Open.
*Disc and Merchandise Inventory: We had an updated set of inventory for the C-tiers – the 65 Blizzards sold out. We will reorder more. Post your wants in the Club Inventory Forum on our message board, or let Bob Waidmann know what else you would like to see us carry.
*Course Maintenance: If you know of course maintenance that needs to occur, let us know. We will reimburse any material that needs to be purchased – these costs go against our course rental fees each year.
*River City Ratings: The all-new River City Ratings system is out…check the website and get yours today! Area Clubs and TD’s are looking at ways to use them to make their events more fun, fair, and competitive, and the Ratings should be a nice addition to the benefits of Joining an STL-area DG Club.

Thanks all – I hope to see you at the STL Open!

Dave West, PDGA #752

3.31: Club/Board Meeting Scheduled for Monday!

RCFwebmaster — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:49:14 +0000

3/31/12: Club/Board Meeting Scheduled for April 2nd

It’s time for another STLDGC Meeting! We’ll be back at Schlafly Bottleworks on Monday night @ 6pm and as always, there will be plenty to discuss: the upcoming St. Louis Open, new course opportunities, the state of affairs at existing Courses, restocking our disc inventory, and various and sundry other issues- the best way to join the conversation and be a part of the Club’s decision making process is to come to the meetings and have your voice be heard. Pairing serious frisbee business with a pint or two of Schlafly’s housebrewed libations, and then catching the March Madness final- is there any better way to spend a Monday?

All members are welcome!

Agenda:

* Treasurer’s report
* C-Tiers recap – all
* CC course temp closing – select new date
* Bridgeton update – Dave
* Sioux update – Francis
* STL Open Prep – Dave, All — Important items: See task list – - Disc design finalized for orders with Discraft, Innova, Gateway; Glide Disc golf; Sat. night food; Course TD’s?; Current list of registrations; Advertising; Tee shirt order; tournament booklet prep; What else?
* Matching Baskets – no formal action yet; SCC, Washington, MO, Lebanon, IL have expressed interest – Dave
* Disc orders for inventory / STL Open – Bob, Dave
* New banners ordered through Josh Henson – Dave
* New leaderboards needed – Tim’s proposal
* Course maintenance – what is needed? – Chris, all
* River City Ratings & Web Update/Issues- Ted
* Idea to let members list occupation so we can use each others’ services? – All

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3.29: March C Tiers Photos & Links

RCFwebmaster — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:26:16 +0000

3/29/12: March C-Tiers Photos & Links

The March C-Tiers were 3/24 & 25 and, with a full field of golfers each day and beautiful weather throughout, the events offered a great chance to hone one’s competitive mettle and enjoy four PDGA sanctioned rounds on two of the St. Louis-area’s premier Courses. Follow the links below for more info, and to check out the Photos from Sunday @ Endicott!

Quick Links:
Sioux Passage Open on PDGA.com (scores and results)
Endicott Open on PDGA.com
C-Tiers Discussion on the STLDGC Forums

Click Here for the STLDGC’s River City Ratings for the C-Tiers
Click Here for Info & Links for the Club’s Next PDGA Event: The St. Louis Open A-Tier!

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3.22: STLDGC Announces River City Ratings!

RCFwebmaster — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:37:14 +0000

3/22/12: The STLDGC Announces the River City Ratings

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The St. Louis Disc Golf Club is excited to announce the all-new River City Ratings system! Developed, tested, and tweaked over the last several months with help and input from long time golfers and Tournament Directors, the hope is that the Ratings will be a fun addition to the benefits of Club Membership. The River City Ratings are a great way to compare oneself with other area golfers, and can also be used to enhance the competition and parity at Club Tournaments and Events.

The initial Ratings (see the Top 100 to the left) include all eligible 2012-season rounds from the Club Championships’ Sunday at Sioux Passage through today, and the next River City Ratings Update will come shortly after the March C-Tiers this weekend. Check out the FAQ and get additional info below, and look for more details coming very soon, including a new page here on the website where all of the Ratings Updates will be posted.

The River City Ratings- Get Yours Today!

Click Here for River City Ratings DISCussion on our Forums
Check out a Preview of the River City Ratings Page on the STLDGC website that will be updated after the March C-Tiers!

River City Ratings FAQ

Q: What are the River City Ratings all about?
A: The Ratings are a way for Club Members to compare their event results with other STL-area golfers, and to track their progress over time. Read the rest of the FAQ to find out more!
Q: How do I get a River City Rating?
A: All you need to do is to Join an STL-area Disc Golf Club, and play in a few Tournaments- your Rating will be calculated automatically!
Q: How are the River City Ratings produced?
A: The Ratings take into account a variety of metrics produced from each individual rated round. Check out the Round Rating Calculator to learn more.
Q: I’m familiar with the PDGA ratings- how are the River City Ratings the same/different?
A: They are similar in that they are both a Members-only benefit designed to give players a sense of how they compare to the competition. They are different in several ways- River City Ratings can be calculated from any STL-area club event that features competitive stroke play, they are generated using different mathematical processes, and they are “scaled” differently. See the next Q for more…
Q: Why doesn’t my River City Rating look like my PDGA Rating?
A: In simplified terms, the PDGA ratings are scaled so that a “Super Pro”-caliber round will earn a 1000-rating. The River City Ratings are scaled for quality “Local Pro” rounds to earn a 10.00 rating. Besides the difference in scale, we wanted to make the River City Ratings easily distinguishable from the PDGA’s ratings while keeping them easy to understand and use- hopefully the scale we’ve chosen will achieve those goals.
Q: How accurate are the ratings?
A: We’re pretty pleased with how they look so far and are confident they’ll only look better as more rounds get rated and the data-set grows larger. As a point of reference, for our members who also have a PDGA rating, there is a 72% correlation (r-squared) between their River City Ratings and their PDGA rating.
Q: What scores or events are used to generate the ratings?
A: Any club-sponsored, competitive singles stroke-play results can be used to calculate River City Ratings. Already, events as varied as the 100+ participant Club Championships, on one of the area’s longest courses, down to a 17-player Invitational at Quail Ridge have produced usable ratings. If you’re involved in an STL-area event and would like to see if River City Ratings can be generated from your rounds, get in touch!
Q: I have questions that aren’t covered here, and/or I’ve found an error with one or more names/scores/ratings- who can I contact to get answers or fix the issue(s)?
A: Please direct any questions or problems to the River City Ratings team- Ted Spies and Greg Wilcox. Our email addresses can be found on the Club’s Contacts page. Or you can post in the River City Ratings thread on the STLDGC Message Board.
Q: How can the Ratings be used?
A: The River City Ratings aren’t just a fun way to compare yourself to other golfers- they can also be used to enhance the competitive nature of local disc golf events in any number of ways. We’ve got some exciting things in the works- check back here or on our Events page for details/announcements, or ask your local TD how he or she might use the Ratings!
Q: How often are the Ratings updated?
A: We will be rating eligible rounds as soon as we get the results, and we’ll post full River City Ratings updates on this page on a pretty regular schedule (at least once month). Look for the next “scheduled” update- we may post an update ahead of schedule, and we’ll make every effort to never fall behind schedule.
Q: My River City Rating seems a bit higher/lower than it “should” be- what’s up with that?
A: Well, one possibility is you’re a little more, or a little less, talented than you think! Other possible causes for a rating that is slightly out-of-whack are attributable to the newness of the system- as more rounds get rated and more players play more rated rounds, you’ll see people’s River City Ratings settle near their current “true talent” level.
Q: I play events and see my name on one or more of the Updates reports, but my River City Rating is listed as “N/A” or “.01″- what’s up with that?
A: If your rating is listed as “N/A”, it’s because we don’t have record of you as a member of one of the area Clubs. If this is in error, please contact us and we’ll get it fixed. Once you join a local Club, any ratings you’ve earned will automatically be “unlocked”. If you have a rating listed as “.01″, it’s because you haven’t yet played the minimum of 3 rated rounds to establish your River City Rating. As soon as your third rated round is in the books, your rating will be unlocked and you’ll be eligible for the Top 100 leader board, etc.

3.16: Club Inventory Being Restocked

RCFwebmaster — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:47:07 +0000

3/16/12: STLDGC Disc Inventory Restocked!

The River City Flyers are updating their disc inventory, and will soon have most of the newer manufacturers’ product represented, as well as having the newest models on the market in stock for you to paw through and find that perfect fit! Orders have been placed that will ensure the bins and boxes of discs are overflowing at the March C-Tiers, and the Club will re-up again before The St. Louis Open in May. Whether it’s the Blizzard discs from Innova, Discraft’s upcoming Titanium line, some sweet Swedish plastic from Latitude 64, or a refreshed selection of Gateway discs including their newest offerings- the STLDGC has the best disc selection in town as well as the lowest prices…come to one of our Events and check it out for yourself!

Stop by the Club Inventory Forum to let us know what you’d like to see in stock!

3.9: Club/Board Meeting on March 12th

RCFwebmaster — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:20:01 +0000

3/9/12: Club/Board Meeting Scheduled for March 12th

The St. Louis Disc Golf Club will bring their traveling roadshow of monthly meetings to Maplewood this coming Monday. We’ll be setting up shop at Schlafly’s Bottleworks on Southwest Ave. near Manchester at 6pm. Schlafly is a major club-sponsor, and the exclusive provider of frosty beverages for STLDGC events- come out and return their support! Our Meetings are Club Members’ chance to meet some of the RCF’s Volunteers, hear the latest news and DG developments from the Club’s Board Members, and to voice your opinion and share your ideas for taking the fastest-growing sport in the world to the next level. There’s a lot to discuss- from preparing for the upcoming PDGA Events to talking about new & developing courses, and setting long term plans and priorities…Don’t miss it!

Agenda:

Treasurer’s Report
Kudos – Thanks to Steve Kleiber for coordinating the Collegiate Tournament
Collegiate Tournament Report – Steve
Valentine’s Massacre Report – Dude, Ted, Greg
Inventory Update – Bob, Dave
March C-Tiers prep – Tim
STL Open Update (Cave, Pro shop, Disc design, Sponsors) – Dave, Greg
Creve Coeur Update – Dave
Sioux Passage Planning – Francis, all
Bridgeton Update – Dave
Matching Baskets Update – Dave, all
River City Ratings – Ted, Greg W.
Other Website Issues/Ideas – Ted

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