Vin-Chen-Zo!

With gallant glory and a steady stroke (he he he) the one they call Chenzy played a brave round on Sunday the 25th day of March in the year of 2012. Vin shot an even round on the B course which is nothing to shake a disc at. I beleive he shot 6 under his handicap. Below is a short recap of the after round interview:

Reporter: "So Chenzo, what are you going to spend your winnings on?"
Chenzo: Chenzo is doing the robot dance and singing an 80s ballad mash up.
Reporter: "Excuse me Mr. Koski, what are you going to do wtih your winnings?"
Chenzo: His robot dance becomes more feverish.
Reporter: "I don't have time for this nonesense I am out of here"
Chenzo: Vinny chases the reporter towards the parking lot, while still doing the robot dance while his 80s ballad mash up turns into "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel.

While the other frolfers watch on in amazment Vinny's last words (as he is still chasing the reporter in the distance) "May March 25th now be considered Vince Koski day from here to eternity..ha ha ha ha ha ha ha".

2nd Place=EmmersonMcJimmerson (-2...3 under his handicap...I think)
Best Round of Day=Hemmies (-8...1 under his handicap)

Daveyatleastikeptthenumber4bagtagD

I REALLLY LIKE THIS IDEA FOR US

I Just saw that par infinity is doing this up north and thought it could be great for us too!

great way to get very accurate handis and real ratings for our courses, and there is a discount for league members to get a pdga membership

Leagues

Welcome to PDGA Sanctioned Leagues

— Kevin McCoy

You may already have some sort of local league play or ‘action’ in your area. We are going to make your league better by offering PDGA player ratings to the equation. Chuck and Roger’s rating system is arguably the most exciting part of being a member. It’s always fun to go online and see what your rounds end up being rated. Some area leagues offer pseudo ratings but PDGA leagues are going to offer official ratings that will actually affect your player rating. This is beneficial in many ways;

• It gives players more rated rounds that equates to more accurate player ratings.
• It will allow offering handicap events which are popular with recreational players.
• It helps to determine which division is best suited for players.

I was involved in a very successful club in Tulsa and I really have a strong desire of wanting to help strengthen clubs and leagues. Giving something back to the club is essential to making the PDGA work for them. Here are some of the benefits the clubs will get out of the running leagues.

• Special Promotional PDGA Membership Discounts
• ½ of the $1 league fee stays with the league for course improvements, baskets, charities, etc.
• Exposure and advertising for your league through PDGA.com

Here is how PDGA Sanctioned Leagues are going to work initially. The first phase for 2012 will roll out in March, once daylight savings kicks in. We are offering sessions of 6 to 10 weeks for your league. We are going to start out keeping it simple with basic singles play, but in later phases we will be able to offer other formats.

• Anyone interested in becoming a league director can contact the PDGA and get a League Director package.
• It will be a $25 PDGA sanctioning fee
• The PDGA will provide the league director a League Director Spreadsheet.
• The spreadsheet will be able to track the results of your league auto-magically.
• Each league then is able to view results on the league page on PDGA.com.

The spreadsheet the League Director will receive will be a simplified TD report in Excel spreadsheet format. It’s a very simple page that just tracks names and scores, for uploading to the PDGA website. And, for the more dedicated TD's that want to input more data it can be used to track more detailed stats like your Birdies, Bogies, wins, losses, etc.

We are keeping it simple at first to make sure we have the kinks worked out. Eventually we will be able to offer many different types of formats that you may be play at your local action.

• Handicapped leagues
• Global league where you can compete against players across your state or all over the world
• Team leagues where teams will to play against other teams in a match play like system
• We will even be able to offer Doubles leagues and Mulligans

So if you like this idea and want to see the PDGA grow, buy into this plan, and start a disc golf league in your area. I guarantee this is a great path for us to succeed. My belief for true growth of the PDGA is grassroots - the home town recreational players. There are a lot of players that may have family, job, and responsibilities at home that they can’t chase their disc golf dreams every weekend, but are just as competitive. The PDGA leagues are going to provide the platform for the home town hero’s to compare themselves to the big dawgs. Even if it’s just compared by a rating it will be a very beneficial way to build memberships and get more value out of your memberships.

— Kevin McCoy

extra extra read all about it

soooo excited for this. lets get a club banner made before this event. and lets get a group site!!

Hosted annually by the United Flyers of Sonoma, The UFOS Pro Am Jam Disc Golf Tournament is held the first weekend in June. This is a “B” tier PDGA and NorCal sanctioned event for both professional and amateur level players that has drawn participants from as far away as Hawaii and Florida. It is easily one of the most popular disc golf events in Northern California.

Now in its’ seventeenth year, the Pro Am Jam this year moves to what we hope will be its’ new home at beautiful Lake Mendocino, a California Recreation Area managed by the Army Corps of Engineers. In this location, we have access to four disc golf courses:

• Lake Mendocino, South. An 18 hole course fairly close to the lake entrance.
• Lake Mendocino, North. Currently a smaller 9 hole course, it is in the process of being expanded to 18 holes as well and may evenwill be ready by the tournament date in 2012.
• Mendocino College. An 18 hole course with multiple tee positions, that is only a short distance from the lake.
• Low Gap Park. a Mendocino County park with 18 holes located just across from Ukiah High School.

The proximity of these courses give us the opportunity to accommodate more players and perhaps migrate the Tournament to an “A Tier” event at a later date.

The fact that there is nearby camping at a very reasonable rate is another plus for the venue change.
Campsites are $25 per night and eight persons are allowed per campsite. These can be reserved by calling
ReserveUSA or visiting their website.

Because this event fills up early, online registration is stronglyrecommended.

Details for the 2012 Event

We will be using both the North and South Courses for this year’s event. For 2012 we will not be using Mendocino College or Low Gap.

After touring both areas, we have determined that Tournament Central will be located at the Pomo “A” day use site near the North Course. This tournament will be the first time that Mendocino North will be played as a full 18 hole course. The preview we received today assures us that Mendocino North will be a very technical and challenge 18 holes of golf. This area is also closer to the lake.

Are you a U.F.O.S or D.G.O??

As the U.F.O.S. have reserved an entire loop in the Kyen Campgrounds, if you are a U.F.O.S, you have first pick of these sites direct through this page at a rate of $10 per person per night. This area has restrooms and showers. If you wish to camp in the U.F.O.S. reserved area, you mustregister online at this site. The PDGA site online registrations will NOToffer the camping option.

Not a U.F.O.S or wish to have an individual campsite for your family??

If you prefer to make your own camping arrangements, other areas are available at $25.00 per campsite per night through ReserveUSA either through their website or by calling the number listed at the bottom of this page.

Recommended Campsites include:
Kyen Campgrounds (sites 48-60) Next to North Course and to the U.F.O.S. loop (sites 61-67)
Kyen Campgrounds (sites 39-47 & 69-72) further away from the course & tournament central.
CheKaKa Campgrounds (sites 1-13,15,17,21) Adjacent to South Course. Restrooms, No Showers.
There are, of course, other campgrounds at the lake, but they are further away from the action.

W.I.P. Winning In Perfection & Meeting Notes!

Winning In Perfection, or simply WIP, took this Sunday's windy tournament in outstanding fasion as he blasted putts from tail wind, head wind, swiling wind, or whatever wind you could throw at the guy. I played with the guy and he putted in a fearless manner ousting the competition. Nice win Wip! Jeremy took second as he aced (for the first time...just kidding...well, it was probably the first ace he had on Sunday) hole 9 and shot -3.

Meeting Notes:
Topics
1. Sponsership/Course Improvement/Alan Carlson/Concrete
Turns out, Alan Carlson only owns 15% of the land east of College of the Redwoods (Ice Bowl land) and the same owners who own the Boatyard Shopping Center own the other 85% of the land. Jim called Alan Carlson and found this out and is awaiting a call from the other owners. Thanks Jim. Keep us posted. Also, Dirka wants to start going around and finding sponsers for tee pads and baskets for WHEN we expand or concrete the Fort Bragg course. The members offered Dirka suggestions and gave him the green light. Also, several members formed a Course Design Crew to "Pimp the Course Out". Those members include: Rye Bread, Dirka, Hemmies, and Hawk. These members are going to come up with designs and figure out an Awesome Course Layout. Vinny helped us estimate that each concrete tee pad would cost about $80.

2. Vandalism to the Mendo Course/Welders
As most of you know the Mendo Course was vandalized about a week ago. Me, Hemmies, and Vindy reset baskets 1 and 18 wtih concrete and Vinny yielded his chainsaw around to improve the stump for basket 18. We need a welder to come help our baskets. Action Plan: Nate Dizzle and Vince are going to talk to Welders they know to see how much they would charge to fix the baskets.

3. Fund raiser for the Mendo Course/Communication with Mendo High
We have talked about having a biggish tournament/fund raiser for the Mendo High course for a long time but we have remained underground but as more and more people are playing Mendo it is time to check in with the school/principal/maintenance. Action Plan: First step: I was nominated to talk to the High School principal just to get an idea of what she thinks about disc golf and disc golfers. I will keep people updated.

4. Westport
Vinny informed us that someone is building a course in Westport. Action Plan: Vinny is going to let us know of the progress.

5. Conduct
As we have talked about for the last several weeks, if someone is drinking alcohol or smoking pot or cigarettes on the Mendo Course or threatening someone, on any course, they can be disqualified from tournament play by either 2 members on your card or whomever is running that tournament.

6. Death to Willits
Let's play Low Gap!

I think I got everything boys but if I forgot something let me know and post it in the comments section. Oh yeah, pizza and pasta was eaten and beer and soda pop was drank!

Over and Out

Davey D

H.V.M.

H=Hemmies won tournament last Sunday shooting an impressive -7 on B Course (1 under his handicap) while Vince took second place.

V=Vandalism. So, I showed up to the high school last night (Friday) at 6ish and ran into the track coach who informed me the school was vandilized the night before. The ass faces pulled up basket 1 and turned it upside down and they broke the welding where the basket attaches to the pole on holes 2, 3, 4, and 7. Basket 7 got it the worst...when I looked at it, it was crooked. Hemmies met me up at the high school and we did a walk around to assess the situation and take pictures of the damage. Does anyone know a welder that can come to the school? The vandals also cut some of the baseball fence, threw the picnic table onto the field and threw the hurdles up in the trees thus it doesn't seem like the disc golf course/community was targeted.

M=Meeting. So, the MCFC is having a meeting on Friday March 16, 2012 at 6pm at the Pizza Factory in Fort Bragg. I hope to see everyone there.

Davey D

Fantasy Disc Golf

Whats that i say, you heard it. Such a thing exists. I looked into it and have joined a few free leagues out there , and then i thought wouldn't it be fun if we had our own local league. So i figured i would create one. it cost 30 bucks to do a custom private league with more than one tournament. so im figuring a little gambling may be in order. but if i blow thirty bucks no biggie i figured it was worth a try.

I think it will go a little something like this:
Anyone can join our fantasy disc golf league
To do so they need to:
give me or promise to give me next time they see me 10$
and read our blog or someone gives them
this invitation code

4T5LHJ4G

then they go to
www.playfantasydiscgolf.com
and under the find leagues tab you enter the invitation code

hopefully i get enough folks on board so i can get my thirty back and then the rest will all get paid out back to the top 30% of the highest point finishers
also there will be some kind of fun trophy for the first place finisher
come join the fun and tell your friends

theres all the info online at

www.playfantasydiscgolf.com

obituary

it is with heavy heart and head hung low that i must announce the death of one of our favorite events. The KOA pro am jam is dead, over , finnish, kaput, for ever. RIP. The owners have killed it without remorse or sorrow for what they have done. these merciless SOB's demanded way to much $$ and put way too many restrictions on the event this year that the UFO's had no choice but to pull the plug. It is such a shame that tournament had been going on for sooo long. but like the phoenix from the ashes of destruction rises a new promise for a even better event on two courses in ukiah.The rumored north coast showdown will be combined with our departed friend to create The UFO'S pro/am jam! It will be held this summer on low gap and lake Mendocino courses.(can you say "please don't roll down that hill"). I feel pretty certain that all the mcfcers will be stoked to have another tourney close by to go to.

RIP KOA

group outing?

Par Infinity - Humboldt County Disc Golf
Birds of Paradise Bring Your Own Doubles (BYOD) event info: Saturday MARCH 24th. A division $60 ($30 per player) B division $40 ($20 per player). Payout will be big for 1st place, 2nd will get their money back and 3rd will get some plastic. This is assuming there are enough teams in each division. Custom stamped discs will be available for purchase. No "players package" as far as i know. $ raised for disc sales will go to BOP chain fund (still looking to get 3 mach style baskets to finish out the course). Meeting at Co-op 730 at teh gate by 9. 930 players meeting and 10am start. For sign ups contact myself (KB) 601-9716 or Irish 845-7801. This is his gig, I am posting info here on his behalf.

Registration Sunday!

The weekly Sunday tourney was held today at the Mendocino High School under sunny, cool and (not surprisingly) windy conditions today. The tourney started slowly, with members registering for the club and receiving sweet MCFC logo discs (think AC/DC) prepared by Erin and David, awesome handmade leather bag tags provided by Jason, and a speech about continuing to respect the club's no smoking and drinking policy at the Mendo course by me. The masses really appreciated the discs and bag tags. Once all the preparations were finally completed, and everyone was close to hypothermic, the 23(!) players assembled went out a played a round of...disc golf! After all the dust settled, discs blown out of baskets counted, and the scores tallied, the red hot Matt F, fresh off his win at the Ice bowl and second place finish last Sunday, walked away with a pocketful of money by shooting a -8, 5 strokes below his handi. Craig took second and was one of the few players to shoot under par. Erin shot a -9 for the best round, the #1 tag, and a pat on the back. Last (but not least) Jeremy aced hole 15, in one of the most quietly celebrated ace's in MCFC history! It was Linsanity! He threw it right Lin to the basket! I guess we all just expect the ace's from him at this point. In keeping with the MCFC blog tradition, I must make reference to my round: I did not repeat as tourney winner (though my name IS Matt) and through sheer will and determination somehow still managed to pull off a a +3, despite birdying 7 holes. That takes serious effort, my friends! Thanks to all who came, joined the club, and gave their money to Matt (not me) and Craig. See you all on the course (for a bag tag challenge!)

-pw

Coast Cup Update: We have a new leader!

Go check the scores! Under the Coast Cup page...

Sunday tourney: Register for 2012

MCFCERs-

This Sunday we will be starting registration for the 2012 year. For $30 you will receive a new bag tag (handmade by Jason) a new disc (hand dyed by Erin) and all the benefits of being a club member (special tourneys, weekly tourneys, and fame and fortune).

We will be playing A course, and bag tags will be distributed to new members based on scores. So come on out everyone!

In other news, I won tourney last Sunday on C course, and Alex V won Thursday singles in Fort Bragg. Also I have tallied the scores from the Ice Bowl for Coast Cup points. I am waiting to hear about one thing more before I post them.

-pw

ICE BOWL RESULTS

First off i want to send out some thank yous i prob should of announced at the tourney:

Huge thank you to A.J Buhl who once again outdid himself by raising 1000 bucks worth of stuff for our raffle and ring of fire plus all the little perks in the prize packs for the winners. He also was on the registrations and scorecard tallying. he was working hard the whole time. please take a moment to thank him personally.

Also the Brodys (as we affectionately refer to them by) drove all the way from Washington state to help out. they too were all over the registration and scorecard tallying and thank god they were cause i would of messed it up fast. i would hate to think of trying to handle any of it without their support.

thanks to Erin for handling the flag rentals and the scorecards they were awesome as usual. Matthew and Kara and Rebecca for the lunch. thanks to Chris and Jen V for all the constant support through the whole last month.big thanks to Dennis and hawk and whip and Levi and every one who helped with the tee pads and all the work that went into the course. thanks to Dylan letsinger who sold raffle tix and handled that whole area that raised a amazing 715 dollars. thanks to Jim for setting up signs in the morning to help keep everything smooth on the course

Now I have one huge apology to Anna Caudle who really took third in womens , due to a score keeping error on our part she was not awarded her prize at the tournament. luckily she was able to get it before the night was out

soooo many people were very supportive the whole time and did everything they could to help out. i know i am forgetting to mention people who helped and i hope they will forgive me.

allright time for the big news!!!

we had 84 players and

we raised 2500 dollars in proceeds!!!!!

715 from raffle

80 from ring of fire

bout 155 from disc sales

and the rest from registrations

i believe there is a clause in the rules of running a icebowl that states that a club can keep a small percentage for course improvement. so im hoping i might be able to get some funds for a practice basket out at the course. im not 100 percent on this but i have sent a email looking into it. i think the disc golf community out here deserves it after all the help and good vibes at the tourney

results:

OPEN

Erin Hemmings 97

Derrick Robbings 103

Davey Stein 106

Jim Eldridge 112

Bob R 112

G 113

Brett B 113

shane D 113

jason clapp and Casey O 116

Dallas Allbright 118

Jeremy 119

Randy I 126

ADV:

Matt F 108

Matthew s 109

Jesse a 112

Elec p 116

Nez 117

Danny s 118

A.J Buhl 118

Dennis H 119

Chris C 119

Vince 120

Bryan B 122

George 122

Charlie 125

INT

Josh H 110

Hawk S 113

JJ 113

SAm 116

Corbin 118

Jason w 118

Wip 121

Dave M 121

Jimmy S 123

Jeremy H 124

Craig s 128

Chris v 132

surf shop chris 130

Patrick 132

Ogre 132

Kyle 133

Dylan 134

Eric Garcia 140

John l 146

tyler dnf

Shannon dnf

greg j ?? couldnt find scorecard

REC

Josh L 121

Grant 123

Levi F 126

Levi 133

Cody 136

Jesse H 137

Brian C 137

Alex V 144

Johnny C 144

Forrest 144

John F 144

Carlos 145

Dan W 148

Kevin B 158

Caesar 158

Tom 163

LN 165

Bob R 166

Sergio 166

Tim M 174

Joe h Couldnt find scorecard

Jesse f cfs

miles cfs

brian f cfs

Women

Lindsey 134

Jody P 140

Anna C 145

Natalie 146

Tammy k 154

Rose 160

MARILYN 171

Brittany 176

Franny, Bronwyn,Ilana, Shelly, decided to play one round

Chris V or C.V. Star

In an unparalleled, uncomprimising, outstanding event...last Sunday February 12, 2012 Chris V. wins Sunday tournament on the mysterious C Course. With family and friends around, he took his bag full of plastic and set out for excellence...which he achieved. Nice win Chris V. Email me a picture of yourself and we will get it up on the blog. My email is: dsteinming@yahoo.com. In related news Hemmies shoots -10 (I am not sure handicap score) and gets 2nd (I think). Stay tuned for Ice Bowl and Coast Cup write up and results.

davey d

Coast Cup Update!

The point totals for the first two legs of the first annual Coast Cup have been posted. Click under the MCFC Coast Cup heading above for the updated results. You will also see the results of the Boontown throwdown pictured there. Keep in mind that we have two legs left (Fort Bragg, Mendocino) and that the final points will be calculated using the best three scores of the four rounds. Good luck everyone!

In other news, 16 folks played in the Sunday tourney on A course- Greg took home the top finish by shooting -9, Jim came in second with a -12, and Wip came in third.

Also, Jeremy announced that there will be full moon frolf tonight at FB.

-PW

Special start time tomorrow!

Fellow MCFCers

It was decided after last Sunday's tourney that we will start tomorrow at 12:30, out of reverence for the greatest of all of our country's sporting events - the Superbowl.

12:30 tomorrow, A course.

After we will find out if Madonna attempts to out do Janet Jackson with a wardrobe malfunction to revive her career.

-PW

Here Comes the Sun

Under variable conditions the 1st ever "Boontown Throwdown" was held on Saturday and provided some exceptional results.

Rain marked the dawn as frolfers from the coast and the valley journeyed to the Disc Golf Course @The Anderson Valley Brewing Company. Arrive for frolf with beer in barrels fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la. Don us now in rain apparel fa-la-la fa-la-la la-la-la. Tis the season for grinding out pars fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la. Very few players could say, for sure, that they accomplished that task.

First round had rain and gusty winds and plenty of bogies. A good rag (one that wasn't dropped in a puddle) and some good traction shoes would prove indispensable on a day like this. After the troops returned to the bar, there were some heads hung down and NO one was claiming outright victory.

The players commandeered the outdoor, covered gazebos of the brewery "Beergarden" and proceeded to fill there proverbial tanks with hot dogs and raw burgers (provided by Davey "the dentist" Stein and grilled by Ryan "howyoulikethatdone?" Magee) and mentally prepared for what seemed like another rain soaked round.

The TDs (Matthew "Igotsomanynicknamesitain'tworthusingonehere" Starkweather and James "Jim" Eldridge) announced the final round and sent the players out for battle. The lead card consisted of Hawk, Jeremy, Ryan and George. To the astonishment of all, the rain cleared, the sun came out and the wind picked up. It was another tough, grind it out round. When all the cards came back, there were still heads down and NO one claimed to have had a decisive round.

The field gathered in the brewery "Tasting Room" as the TDs calculated the scores. The leader card held up... sort of. Leap-frogging up from the chase card, Derrick tied Jeremy for third place, George scored the best handicapped round of the tourney with a -2 and our winner with two -1 handicapped scores was non other than Hawk with a combined -2 total and enough clout to win the special tourney trophy.

Congrats to Hawk on his win and George on his second place finish. Here's cheers for Derrick and Jeremy for grinding it out to third and agreeing to call it a tie. Thanks to Davey D for providing a delicious lunch to grind on. A HUGE Up for our TDs who set up the tourney, added a new hole and organized with the brewery to set up an unprecedented payout of 7 spots in a MCFC special Tournament. Thanks guys.

Let's set our sights on the Ice Bowl and the third installment of the coast cup series.

Boontown Showdown, Bar B Q, and Hems the Wind Tamer!

Boontown Showdown = I am looking forward to playing. I hope it doesn't rain. Everyone bring CTP prizes. There will be a Bar B Q in between rounds for a small fee. Can't Wait!

Bar B Q = Don't bring your lunch...there will lunch at the brewery. This way people don't have to run into town and pay $10 for a sandwich.

Hems the Wind Tamer = Sorry Jody Brody but Hems shot -6 (3 over his handicap) in the 100 mile per hour howlin' wind to win last week's tournament. Ogre came in 2nd and won $10. Alex came in a close 3rd. No one shot under there handicap.

brought to you by:

daveyrockinthemendocoaststein

Get ready, cuz this ain't funny...

Wip Wins Won

B-Course has a whole new effect on the MCFC sunday disc golf tournament.

After plenty rounds and now more chances for practice, our B-Course tourney is settling into its own rhythm. This sunday, with a strong showing, Wip scored even par (-9 handi) and out-shined the field to win his first MCFC tournament.

Having followed his round from the same card, I am qualified to report on his game. Solid. Equal birdies to bogies and lots of clean pars. Watch out for this guy. Using his patented S-turn-ape-flicky-flick, he parked a few of the trickier shots and set himself up to defend his birdies. Starting out on hole 7, birdie. Tone pole? Huge par save from the dirt mound with no tone. NO TONE! IT'S NOT GOOD! YOU GOTTA GET THE TONE TO CALL IT GOOD! Wrong. Wip landed one on top of the gong and muted the tone with a good par. Through the tree line on 10, no problem. Parked on the Mendo Mando... you guessed it, S-turn-ape-flicky-flick. Off the top-of-the world, S-turn-blah-blah-blah. The hits just kept coming. 14... might've been an ace run. Great round, great play. It might have been the end of the rain (NWS just announced that rain will no longer be a forecast option. They will report only on chance of fog, partly sunny or sometimes partly cloudy. Use of the word "rain" in any forecast will be edited into more accurate verbage) or conditions that allow for wearing shorts 24/7 but Wip showed up and that wins the money in our club. Second place went to the author with a -4 (-7 handicapped ((9 birdies and 5 bogies))). Nice round everyone and I look forward to getting the leather tags ready for play. .......................This just in...................C-Course next week................Tune up time.................get your mind right......................good luck.

aloha, pau

Course Locator Software

Everyone knows about Google earth, but this has better resolution images: http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.225051&lon=4.434707&z=9.3&r=0&src=ggl

Take a look at Mendo and Fort Bragg courses, also click full screen.

Matthew, maybe you can scout your course ideas from the air?

Gee

12/25/11 Holiday Christmas Frolf (or better known as Disc Golfers Anonymous) saw 9 participants: this writer (ds), Jimmers, Hems, Jubilee, G, Rye Bread, Rye Bread's bro-in-law MattyIce, Devan Hemmings (for the back 9), and little Ace Eldridge (Auden). Slight north wind maybe shifting at times didn't appear to take it's toll on many a players on this glorious day. We all played on one card and Jubilee (who is getting a lot of strokes) birdies hole 1 knocking down a stellar putt from the woods. Play continued and it appeared as if Rye Bread was walking away with the thing until the back 9 where G-Money came alive. While G and Rye Bread battled for the victory this writer had his eye on the number 1 tag. I was one stroke up on G for the overall victory when he parred 17 and I layed up for a bogey. We both went through the uprights and both of our discs rolled a good distance from the basket. I layed mine up and G ran his and it barely chained out leaving us both at -11 and leaving me with the number 1 tag and GeZee with the number 3 tag. I must say that G shot out of his head! There were several birdies on 18 such as Bread (don't count this guy out), Jimmers, and I think Ace Eldridge with the Banshee he stole out of my bag. Nice Work Lil Ace!

Results: G wins by shooting 9 under his handicap and Bread comes in 2nd shooting 7 under his handicap. Nice work fellas.

I now head to the Arizona Desert to spend time with family and my new nephew, Sylas. I will bring the MCFC spirit and the number 1 tag to a disc golf course in Tucson, AZ and represent and kick some desert arse!

DaveytothefuckysuckyD

MCFC Meeting 12/21/11 Minutes...

Those Present: Chris V, Wip, Hawk, Nate, Rye, Hems, Vince, Natalie (off to the side), Ice Bowl Tom, Dirka, and this writer-Davey D.

Agenda:

New Handicaps
Bag Tags/Dues/Revenue
How things should be decided and how things shoud be voted on
Work Days
Planter Boxes
C Course/Playing C Course
Mendo Doubles Round

1. How Things should be voted on
It was decided (by a majority vote) that committees should be formed (ex. work day/maintenance committee or handicap committee) and in order for a committee to make a big decision they need 10 people to vote/agree with them. These votes could and should occur at Sunday Tourneys. At our our future meetings a representative from each committee will report on what the committee has been done since the last meeting.

2. Bag Tags/Dues/Revenue
Nate proposed to increase the dues to $40. It was decided that we would have varying player's packages priced at various amounts i.e. $25 for a t-shirt and a disc or $35 for a hoody and disc. Also, the overall consensus was to get new Bag Tags.

3. Handicaps
Rye Bread gave a run down on the countless hours of examination, mathmatical calculations, and arguing concerning our current handicap system. Nate brought up a good point that the club didn't vote on this change but after learning it is going to benifit him and everyone in the club besides Hems, Jimmer, and David it was agreed upon that we would try this new handicap/averages system. It was also agreed upon that the handicap commitee will consist of: El Presidente (Parkweather), Rye, Hems, Jim, and Davey D.

4. Work Days
The work days/maintenance committee consists of: Hawk, Chris V, Wip?, and Nate. An action plan is for Chris V and/or other members of the maintance committee to talk to College of the Redwoods and Jesse (the Dean) to confirm that we can maintain and/or alter the course.

5. Planter Boxes
This is too controversial to talk about on the world wide web...ask one of the attending members about the planter boxes.

6. C Course
It was voted on and agreed that the MCFC WILL start playing C course using the B course adjusted averages until we get C course averages.

7. Mendo Doubles
It was agreed on that there will be an optional 10am doubles round on every Sunday before the regualr tournament.

Other randomness after the meeting and questions: 1. When will Jimmy talk to Alan Carlson about expanding the Fort Bragg course to 18 holes? 2. We gave a little update on the rules and how the Coast Cup is being run. Some club members wanted to know why Manchester is not being played for the Coast Cup? A lot of pizza, beer, and soda pop was consumed!

If I missed anything please post.

Thanks everyone for coming and Happy Chrismahanikwanzikaa!

DaveytotheD

Club Meeting

2011 is coming to an end and so we usher in "The End" or, as it will be more commonly referred to as, 2012.

It is time for a MCFC club meeting. It seems to have been good to do it on a sunday either pre or post-tourney to include as many members as we can.

We should find a date that works with as many people as possible.

Comment with any dates that DON'T work.

Looking for data

I am looking for some data to fill in a few gaps in our tourney history.

If anyone can find the winners of the following weeks, it would be beneficial to my fact-finding efforts:

Nov. 27

Oct. 16

Oct. 2

Sept. 18

Aug. 28

July 17

July 10

June 19

June 12

May 29

April 10

April 3

March 6

Jan. 16

Nov. 21 2010

Nov. 14

July 3

May 25

May 18

I took info off of write-ups and these are the gaps.

Interesting results, but until we get these winners...

Dark and Weather

Let it rain... nope.

Let it snow... nope.

Let it hail, sleet, wind and freezing rain... nope.

Let it be sunny and mild... Oh, yeah.

The second annual Dark and Weather, "The Dark and Pleasure", Disc Golf Tournament at the Willits KOA Disc Golf Course, went off with some surprises and a bit of the usual.

The biggest surprise was the absence of MCFC stalwart and CTD David "4" Stein. David expressed sadness about missing the tournament but due to a family emergency was forced to withdraw. We all missed you Davey and anticipate a strong showing in the next Coast Cup stop.

As usual all attendees were charged as much as possible by our hosts at the KOA campground. We did not, however, get lectured on the current California Statutes concerning our behavior on or off of the course. As it turns out though, staying at one of the Kabins or Klodges will kost you more money to play an afternoon of disc golf than if you rocked up at 8AM and stayed until dark. Luckily the management was lenient on us (how sweet of them) and told us that there was a loophole in the law that we could take advantage of. If we left the property and returned, the disc golf fee would be lowered from $10 to $4. Thank goodness the course is that fun.

Aside from the shenanigans at the desk of doom, the tournament itself was a success. All three rounds had separate winners and the new Special Tournament champion was crowned only after a strong final showing to beat out the field.

The first round had great conditions. Light wind out of the north, warm sunny skies and 14 frolfers amped up for competition. After 20 holes of frolf, D-Roc emerged the victor with a -8. Erin followed with a -7 and third place was a tie between Wip and G$ with -6.

A few hours later the competitors returned to the tee pads, this time with much cooler conditions and much less natural light. The moon provided just enough illumination to find our way through the gauntlet and the lights and glow sticks draped an artificial sheen on all the baskets. The teams went out and the leader board shifted. First place (in a playoff) went to Ryan, with a -7. Jeremy thus slipped down to second with his -7 and Wip showed a strong third and secured the lead in the overall with a -6.

The day dawned to frosty windshields and frozen water pipes. After some minor negotiations, it was agreed that the management would allow us to pay to play disc golf again. Their generosity was greatly appreciated, considering how horribly we treat the facilities (should I stop with the sarcasm... probably). Leaving the first tee the top three were:1)Wip 2)Ryan 3)Erin. Things did change. When the groups returned there was a new hegemony. The third round ended with George at -3 and in third place, Erin in second with a -7 and first place went to the new MCFC Special Tournament Champion...

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Jason with a -10 and -16 overall (I guess his picture and heading took the drama out of my little vertical rasta descent).

Congratulations Jason, the proud new beneficiary of the MCFC Special Tournament trophy and overall lead in the coast cup. The final Dark and Weather order was 1st place Jason with a -16, 2nd place Erin with a -14 and 3rd place Ryan with a -11.

More detailed scores and points can be viewed on the Dark and Weather page just below the picture of our current Champion.

In other news, Sunday tournament was held parallel to the Dark and Weather and provided interesting results. Jason's -10 still held up but Matt F. (new poppa to Bailey) stole second with a-9, followed by Erin's -7. Solid scores in a strong MCFC showing.

Congrats to Jason and everyone who entered. This was a whole lot of fun and set the bar for the Coast Cup. Special thanks to everyone for setting up and breaking down the extra holes, bringing CTP prizes and sharing their positive vibrations. Here's cheers to our next CTDs, Jim and Matthew, as the Coast Cup pulls into Booneville, CA. More details to come...

Aloha, Pau.

It's On...

Yes like Donkey Kong. The crown jewel of the MCFC special tourney's starts tomorrow in Willits. Who will emerge as the next special tourney champ? Who was the last special tourney champ??? Could it possibly be as fun as last year? Will the owners verbally abuse their only paying customers? Will Derrick beat everybody in poker? Will I stop ending every sentence with a question mark? The only way to find out is to be there by 1 pm tomorrow!!!

-Parkweather

The Algerian Jackal

The setting: Hole 17 A course

Chris V turns to Davey D and says: "Davey, I think it is between you and me." Somewhere in the high grasses AJ (The Algerian Jackal) is laughing his head off. As we finish the round and tally the scores turns out the opportunistic omnivore Algerian Jackal wins the card by 1 stroke shooting 5 under his handicap. As the other members of jungle come closer to the jackal we find out that Dirka has tied the Jackal. Playoff hole...hole 11. As the Jackal is most active at dusk it is no surprise that AJ won the playoff hole, won the tourney, and then went to Splattys for his feastings! And that my friends is the story of AJ, the Algerian Jackal.

This is Davey D reporting from Mendocino, California.

The Messiah of Disc

I thought posting a picture of Moses would inspire someone else to write words fitting of what has transpired amongst our humble gathering of friends and acquaintances, who gather several times a week with the spartan goal of hurling pieces of plastic into a basket made of chain, in the fewest throws as possible, to comment on what occurred this Sunday. But lo, much as the humble Shepard who first cast eyes with wonderment upon the most holy of thine, they stand agape, unable to find a way to express the sublime divinity of that which they have witnessed. May the words that I write be blessed by that which guides the Destroyer, to skip and wind its way through the darkness of the forest, only to be graced by its proximity to the basket. Let the Holiness which is our creator, bear witness on the 40 foot jump putts into the icy breath of the unforgiving wind. And let not the temptation of the darkness, which shall be named Jealousy, forbade our rapture for that which we would sacrifice our very soul. Let it be know that One, he namethed David, shall slay the record of Disc Golf, and that none but he namethed Hawk shall challenge in that honor. Thus, let it be written, for those who becometh, David the Dentist (he who beknownest as Davy "fucking" D) heretoforthough will be the King of Kings of the MCFC, for he has not once, not twice, and not thrice, but Four times overcome all those who would challenge his honor. From this day forward, we shall revere "Four" as the most holy of numbers, all those which are not named Four shall be deemed blasphemous. Five be too many, three to few. Two is right out. Finally, for all those who may follow the King, they shall reference any such disc golf events in his honor, and if a shot is blessed enough to find a true line, by the good grace of David, it will be due to the sacrifice of Him for all disckind. ("Hey, nice shot Jim" "Yes, thanks be to David") No other figures (though they be named "Ken Climo" or "Dave Feldberg") may be worshiped in his place or instead of his likeness. Let it be known.

For Davey-D and the boys, Sunday November sixth, two-thousand and eleven, will go down in the books as "The day Davey-D won his third "Mendocino Handicapped Sunday Tournament hosted by the MCFC in a row".

All three of Davey's rounds were Stellar:

• -7 B-course
• -12 A-course
• -12 A-course (moon-lit three-hole playoff with Jeremy)

With a burdensome handicap, he managed three in a row and for that we Cheer.

There has been discussion for some time concerning the ability to even get three in a row with a mature handicap. Davey did it. Now, can he make it four?

B-course handi update

Frolfers-

I updated the B course handis. Hope you all enjoyed the Bag Tag Challenge Sunday. David continued his hot streak by shooting a blistering -12, winning the tourney and overall. There was a 3 way tie for second- I did not stay to see the outcome...

-Parks

5 Under, 7 Under, 10 participants, 3 Aces, Really?

10 players and 3 groups + beautiful conditions = Awesomeness! Groups consisted of Hole 1-Parks, Doggy, Dirka, and Wip. Hole 3-G, Vinny, and JesseChewInHisMouth. Hole 5-DaveD, James, and Hawk. Shortly after start time group 1 exploded in excitement and sure enough AceWeather runs to hole 2 and collects his ace and mentally collects his $100 (not so fast). About a 1/2 hour later we see G jumping up and down for joy for his frolf mate, Vinny...turnover on hole 7 BANG! In a related story, Parkweather starts subtracting his earnings. Me, Jim, and Hawk joked that a person in each group has to get an ace on this day. Well, I through my "Use The Force" disc on 18 and right away I knew it was good and I knew it was going through the uprights. I also knew it was high enough and before I could think anything else ACEEEEEEEEEEEEEE center of the chains. Well, $33.33 each boys! Other highlights in my round including: 1. Hawk parring hole 17 with a 75 foot upshot/putt from close to the basket of 7A and2. Jim and I going back and forth for the victory and number 2 bagtag.

What are chances of 3 aces with 10 players on the B course. We may never see this again in 100 years. I feel like I have been at other big PDGA tournaments where there aren't 3 aces. Well, Hemmies leaves for a week and all hell breaks loose. What does it mean?

DaveyD

2012 icebowl right around the corner

Yes boys and girls the icebowl is fast approaching. i got big goals for this year. most of all im just hoping to make it bigger and better than last year. More money donated , more food gathered and more fun had by all. I got a good feeling that we will be able to get more golfers out here this year. ive been spreading the word at nor cal tourneys and think at least a few of my buddies out there will make the trip. There is a lot of work to be done and getting a head start is a good idea. so who wants to help. im hoping the club will step up again this year and help raise this years event to another level. so please contact me if YOU want to help. ive learned a lot from the past few years, most of all that a good tourney requires a lot of good people. one thing that comes to mind innitially is the raffle if we could gather some awesome raffle prizes early we could sell tickets early to anyone who wanted to buy them, not just disc golfers but anyone who wanted to support the cause, we kind of did this last year and i think it helped but if we get the raffle prizes together earlier i think we could sell a lot more tiks. just one idea, and i got a lot of them . hows bout you guys any ideas to make it better. or any volunteers for tasks.

Nate Sawyer's A Victory!

In an unbelievable feat, Nate "The Doggy" Anderson (your local wood provider) won B course tourney. I have heard "The Dog" say that he hates the "B" course but not on this day as he shot 1 or 3 (I am not sure) below his handicap. This blog would like to congratulate Nate Diz on his amazing feat. GO DOGGY!

Also, the week before, Fort Bragg "Chew in his Mouth" Jesse won A course tourney shooting ?? Can someone post the scores?

In a related story The DETROIT Tigers afrom 2 games behind to win the ALCS and a trip to the WORLD SERIES...oh wait that only happened in my dream last night. The Tigers and Justin Verlander did win tonight to push it to a game 6 in Texas. Let us not forget that the Tigers beat the Yankees in New York in the decider game (that doesn't happen all the time). Go Parkweather, Dirka, J-Clapp and the rest of our MCFCers in the NorCal championships!

Davey D

time change: Doubles at 4:30 today, Ft. Bragg!

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Jeremy stroked with class all day

to the tune of Jeremy, by Pearl Jam. I considered substituting "stroked our ass" or "smoked our ass" but thought that the double meanings might be misinterpreted. Jeremy is on a hot streak. Not only did he score 8 below his handi on our first B course round using the new handis (at our first fall tourney on a gorgeous warm, sunny day), he also won the A course tourney the week before, and aced hole 3 and tied for first at last weeks doubles round. Second place was Whip (whip it good) Whip (not sure of last name) who shot a stellar even par and finished on stroke behind (-7) Jeremy's -3 performance. Jeremy started with a 5p on one but caught fire, including birding 5 in a row at one point on the back nine. Hawk came in third, and won a celebratory nod, shooting three below his handi. Nice rounds gentleman. If anyone cares, and since I writing this post, I shot even, but using Ryan's SWC scoring algorithm (Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda) which he laid out in his last post, it was actually a -7!

Oh yeah I am going to the NorCal championships Oct. 14-16. Lets get a good showing of MCFCers out there, eh?

Scores:

Hawk +8

Jesse +1

Matt F +2

Whip 0

David -2

Greg +3

Jason +8

Jeremy -3

Matthew S 0

Chris +5

Jim +2

Nate +5

Juballie +14

Here's How It Goes

Every member of the MCFC has there own coulda', woulda' and shoulda' been story. It often revolves around your score while standing on the the #17 tee box. I love the one where, "I was 1 under my personal best on #18 and I thought about laying up...". The game of disc golf is a marathon, not a sprint (even though A-course feels like one). Old Tom Morris decided on 18 holes for a reason, that reason is open to debate. Some say it was to stretch out the round to allow for mistakes and opportunities. Others say that there are 18 shots in a bottle of Scotch and therefore should allow for one bottle per round. Due to the regulations at the Mendocino Frolf Course I doubt that designers Erin and Rick Hemmings considered how many drags it took to finish a joint. Regardless, 18 holes is awholelotta holes and with wind, rusting of basket hardware and just plain bad luck, something is bound to fall out and leave us with a coulda been. I offer now, my version of "-5, -5 aint nothin', I coulda been..."

I like to play disc golf. I like to do other things too. This is a conundrum. I haven't been playing very much lately and my scores have shown it. I do, however, love the B-course. This alternate layout of the Mendocino Frolf Course offers more distance, obstacles and strategic play than the A-course. Where A is a "birdie or die course" (I first heard that term after the 1st round of Willits KOA Pro-Am Jam and found it perfectly descriptive), B tends to be "par and steady" and "get 'em when you can". This type of course plays to my game. That is why I was so excited when it was announced that we would be tournying on B. That is also why I was so disappointed by my first two scores. I thought I could play B consistently below par. I thought wrong. Things are just a little harder when Sunday Tournament is on the line.

My best score on B up until last sunday was -3. A hard fought -3. A I don't know how much better I could play -3. Not a coulda' been better -3. On sunday I shot -5 and thought, "Oh, that coulda' been...". I shot 9 birdies and had 3 bogies, one of them a double. My first bogey, and I hope George and Wip will collaborate my story, was on #10 (from the bullpen, through the trees and to A-course basket 4). I drove decent, laid up decent and left a 20 footer for par. With the wind, I put away my putter and opted for the mid-ranger and nailed it. I would have scribbled a 3 on the scorecard if my disc hadn't gone through the chains, hit the pole, then scrambled out the back. Mark it 4. The rest of the strokes came on #17 ( I nipped a cross branch, not a tree trunk on what looked like the upshot of my life from the aluminum bleachers; mark it 5) and #18 (one of those where you want to argue with the guys judging but you know deep down, "It was a little short"). That's how easy 9 becomes 5.

Wait there's more. I will now degrade myself as far as a man can go and look at the missed birdies (is he really gonna recount his missed birdies, we all miss birdies, man, come on, show a little restraint, a little style ((yes I am going to because it was what makes up the coulda', shoulda' and woulda' been theme of this post, man))). #7 is a birdie. I think it is the one hole that gets easier than its A-course brother. I drove it well, just didn't keep it on the stairs. I am willing to say that the put directly below the basket but down on the field is about 25 feet or shorter. I chained out; that's one. Next hole (which I chained out the ace the day before and shot the identical shot) was on line for the ace, skipped just below the basket and went down the line along the fence. 6 inches higher and it's an ace (did he just do the ol' "if only that one was an ace my score would be...?"((yes))). The last grudge towards the course was on #16. I fired my shot right where I aimed it (so you want to know where that is, cannot tell or everyone will start birdying it). The putt was longer than I would have liked but 30 feet was no problem that day and I missed inches to the right. Looking at it in a truly "coulda' been" fashion, I shot a -13. Now that's a score you can hang your hat on. Or not.

I guess I should also mention the putts on #2, #3, #5 and #12 that didn't exactly hit dead center and still stayed in. You might also be interested in #15 where I drove deep into the trees, threw my disc at the only hole in the trees, trying to make par, and heard that chime and clank that only means birdie. This falls under shoulda' been but we are making my score BETTER not worse.

In summary, I challenge anyone to recount a round that coulda', shoulda' or woulda' been better than -13. Let the blogging begin.

Aloha, pau.

Erin wins everything!

Oh, and Nate won tourney once and Erin's brother won doubles this week, I think...

MCFC Takes Over Tuscany!

wheres my updates

Man you guys are really slackin!! how am i supposed to keep up with all the drama if no one posts the results, weren't we gonna make a routine of the 2nd place guy doing a write up or something, anyways ill tell ya a little about the stafford lake pro am, first round everything was in short positions, 24 hole and really not short at all, i had a good first round and was sitting pretty good , the 2nd round they moved a lot of the pins farther out making it pretty long, somehow do to a mistake i was put on the lead card when there was 1 or 2 guys ahead of me but i didnt mind it was my first lead card experience in adv, then i shit the bed pretty hard, it was sooo hot and exhausting playing this course twice in one day a physical challenge to say the least, fell way back after that round, there was camping at the course but it was pretty late (almost dark) by that point so we just hung out with some golfers and then past out in our tents, jason clapp did really well the first round too iu think he was in 2nd place after his first round but suffered a fate similar to mine to fall back a little after the second round i believe he finished pretty well though like 6th or so in adv masters, i learned a lot and feel like i will be able to hold my own in this division before to long, the last round was sooooo long like 6 or 7 holes that were over 500-600 one that is over 1000, really long and tough uphill over trees brutal layout, kicked my arse for real, what i failed to think about was everyone was getting hammered and if i could of held on just a little better i could of finished way better, ii think a few mcfcers are heading south to visalia to play this coming weekend so i wont be at sunday tourney again : (

but i hope to read all about the action here on the blog, i hope we can get a crew together for vacaville its fun and pretty close guys, erin ill buy you in if i get 1/2 your winnings : )

peace out and frolf on

MCFC Jones!

Hey guys just wanted to say The Brodys are missing their favorite disc golf club of all time! Jody just kicked some major girl butt in her first Advanced PDGA showing taking 3rd and shooting her two best rounds ever. I caddied for her and had a blast watching her hang with these girls. Her and I are both flicking now and really happy to have that shot in our bag. Hope you are all doing well and hope you guys kick some Nor Cal ace in the next few months. Hope to see you all sooner than later.

Cheers,

The Brodys

WHO LIKES DISC GOLF TOURNEYS

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

dirka D roc dekendra here with some info on upcoming nor cal series tourneys, first off this ones right around the corner and not really far away,stafford lake is really close folks its not a nor cal event but who cares right lets go play this awesome course that is right around the corner

stafford lake open

august 27th-28th

novato ca

the next one is really far away but it is at a REALLY nice park with two courses, this park is over 100 years old and has 100 different species of trees , there is on site camping. j clapp , starkweather , and myself are all planning on going already lets get some more folks together for this one.next on my summer disc golf tour is the gold pan , its the 33rd year for this event folks

its palyed on 3 diff courses around the sac area. it will be a lot of fun. Its the weekend of sept 10th-11th

Gold Pan Open

Sat, Sep 10 – Sun, Sep 11

Rocklin, Auburn and Orangevale, CA

A NorCal Series and PDGA B-Tier EventDownload Flyer

then on the 17th and 18th is one thats a little closer for all u shut ins who dont like to leave the coast

Its a fun one folks and pretty close by,,,,

but then the very next weekend down on the coast where we know how to handle the wind and more comfortable temperatures, fresh from having all the best players in the world stomp all over its improved tee pads and such, is the jelly jam in monterey. Its a ways away but its a good time for sure . there is a sponsor hotel that gives golfers a good deal on rooms and its right across the street from some practice baskets, i think me and my buddy brett might be bringing our girls to this one cause there is lots for them to do in monterey while we are golfin

Jelly Jam at Ryan Ranch

Sat, Sep 24 – Sun, Sep 25

Ryan Ranch Park, Monterey, CA

A NorCal Series and PDGA B-Tier EventRegister Online
then last but not least one of my favorite courses is hosting the nor cal champioships this year im really excited about it

NorCal Championships

Sat, Oct 15 – Sun, Oct 16

New Hogan Lake, Valley Springs, CA

with dubs on the 14th

i believe there is onsite camping for this one as well , its the championships folks lets do this thing!!

"B" Rady

Just the facts here folks, just the facts:

1. The sun was shining
2. It was windy
3. 14 players...11 paid
4. 2nd place winner fresh off the softball field: Matt F. shooting +2
5. 1st place winner also shooting the best overall score: The Humboldt Hammer AKA
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6. Noone shot under their handicap
7. I not only pooped myself, I also peeed myself but birdied the tone pole hole
8. It was windy

May the peace of the world and light of your souls shine through each of you...Go NFL Football and congrats to Nate Doss for winning Worlds although if Hemmies would of been there it might of been a different story. Go Giants, Go Tigers, Go Lions, Go WNBA, 49ers suck! Viva USA soccer! Pugs Rule! Last but not least - Free Che Guevara and Willy!

Ad Rock (DaveyDingle)

Boontfling 2011

Davey beat me to the punch by about 15 minutes. Don't believe anything you read on his post. The Grateful Dead don't always suck, just most of the time and ACDC rocks harder than anyone but don't have the stage presence of The Who or the virtuoso of Zep. Greatest song ever... "Love and Happiness" by Al Green http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsU6_eSG4k4

For anyone who doesn't follow the drama of the MCFC, you probably aren't reading this blog page. I will assume all of you know what the Boontfling is, and why we celebrate it so vigorously. What you may not know, especially if you did not attend the second annual event, is that the first prize for each division was... BEER FOR LIFE. This is the first tournament that really played to my sensibilities. If you can play the course in the least amount of strokes, in your division, you win a growler that may be filled up for free at the Anderson Valley Brewery saloon. I wanted that prize. I could taste the cold, hoppy flavor of victory right up until the last hole of my second round. I can't say that the cold beer for life didn't play into my melt-down on 7. At the end of the day, Daveythedon'tsayitain'tsoStein was in the lead for AM1 with a -7 and Jim was his closest club rival with a -2. Jason led the Master's division with a -3. Our very own Erin Hemmings was just in the middle of the field for Open (second place as there were only three players). The run for the beer was on and it would end in celebrated and controversial fashion.

Sunday opened with a new format (at least for this neophyte) that had each group going out on hole 1 (the pond) in consecutive tee times. There was some discussion of the pros and cons around the camp the night before, but it did prove exciting. When the scores came in there was movement on the cards. Jim, Matthew and I finished a hole ahead of Davey and the leader card. As it was, Jimmy shot the last five holes -5 and led our card with the best single round score in AM1 of -6 and a weekend total of -8. Matthew and I fought the "Battle of the Chase Card Basement" that ended with an 8.5 rated drive on 20 by yours truly (yes I parked it closer than Jim, a feat in itself) and a birdie to win by 1 (Ryan -2/ Matthew -1 (I love playing with that guy)). With a bit of questioning we found out that none other that Derrick "Dirka" Robbings chimed in with a -5, leap-frogging Matthew and I into 6th place overall. Jason had shored up 1st in Master's as Davey and Erin were finishing up. Davey came in with a respectable score of +/- 0 and lost his lead to Jim and 1st place to Bagger Bagsalot (Jim argued to no avail that Bagger had entered the tournament as an AM2 and got bumped up to AM1 and won the thing with a -9 and should not be allowed to win the BEER FOR LIFE award because of this issue. (If he didn't win, our very own Jim Eldridge would have won the prize.)). Davey took third and got the taster glass, Jimmy second with the pint, Erin got second and secured his pint with a total -19 (the third/ last place open player gave a speech (?) that officially declared Erin the best flick putter within 100ft.) and Jason was the biggest hardware winner of the club with a win in the Master's division and the collection of his growler (Did I mention you get BEER FOR LIFE with that?).

In an important note, our own shirtless Brady (not the shirtless cheater) aced 17 on the fly. Nice shot, I hope it keeps you coming out for more.

Great tourney guys. I thought the best thing about the pay out was that the script could be used for beer in the saloon shop. With a case of IPA cans in stow, I ventured back to the cold, foggy reality of the coast and more of the usual (put the fence up, take the fence down, put the fence up...). I had heaps of fun playing and camping with everyone and look forward to more MCFC tournament sieges. Aloha and let's find a TD for our next Special Tournament.

Miscellaneous Charges, Sancho B. Red, and MCFC Represents!

I had a weird nightmare last night that a troll like figure, an apparition if you will, inhabited one of the MCFC members and made him do things like smoke unknown substances and eat unknown meats. This force continued on and changed all the dice under this MCFC member's dice cup into all 2s. He started with 5 dice but he had 6 2s. This didn't just happen once it happened several times.

The nightmare continued and it must of been the Gnome again because another one of the MCFC members went on to compare ACDC to the legandary bands of Led Zeppelen and The Who. If that wasn't enough the Nymph stated that the Grateful Dead sucked! Was this force attempting to boggle the minds of the MCFC? Well, it worked! Was this "being" attempting to turn the MCFC members against one another? I have a message evil inhabitant, "It could never happen evil force!"

The nightmare continued on and went something like this: I, David Stein, had the lead and was in first place for 2 out of the 3 rounds only to finish in 3rd place and get overtaken by some Sandbagger from Oakland and Birdy Eldridge.

This nightmare suddenly turned into a sweet dream filled with heavenly creatures feeding the MCFC members grapes, earthly bloody steaks, and succulent Mendocino County wines.

The dream continued and reminded me of the good times the MCFC had at the Boontfling 2011: good times, laughter, Dirka dancing, Brady acing, dice, chanting, MCFCes cheering each other on, Davey D going from playing 3 rounds in the past 3 months to coming in 3rd place and having a fridge full of beer, many of the MCFCers placing and winning script, Birdy Eldridge coming in 2nd in Advanced, Hemmies coming in 2nd in Open, J-Clapp coming in 1st place in Masters and having a lifetime supply of growler beer, many MCFCers winning raffle prizes, Parkweather didn't pee on anyone this year and didn't lose his tent, and an overall good time was had by all.

By the way I had some miscellaneous charges on my debit card...about $100...does anyone know about this?

DaveyMyArmIsStillAttachedStein