Oldstump
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2016 am Worlds are scheduled to be held in the Madison Wisconsin area next year. Any Madisonites have an idea which course are planned for use? Which courses near Madison may be called into play?
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Cap Springs is going to be part of Am Worlds? For real?
obviously has to be one.. 420 total?
Cap Springs is going to be part of Am Worlds? For real?
Oh absolutely. It's a gem for juniors, ladies, and elder divisions. Not so much for MA1. I definitely could see some pucker factor with the prairie grass being declared o.b.
Cap Springs is going to be part of Am Worlds? For real?
Any idea of when in July or is that still being finalized? I already have to start planning for next year due to upcoming projects.
It will be the week of July 10th-16th.
Thanks! Now marked on my calendar.
I'd like to keep an eye on these courses and possibly road trip to tournaments there. What is the best online venue for tracking tournament dates in Wisconsin. Is Disc Golf Scene used?
Capital Springs is a gorgeous course. It has two sets of tee pads and three basket locations on every hole so we have a lot of flexibility in how easy or difficult it plays. Most of the holes are wide open. However, there are several very nice wooded holes. There would have been more, but American Indian effigy mounds were discovered while the parks department was working on the course. The course has a lot of elevation changes and a well done island hole
Keep in mind that no division will play every course. The highest rated divisions like Advanced will probably play the more challenging courses like Bird's Ruins, Token Creek, Hiestand and/or Elver.
The lower rated will probably play Capital Springs, Elver, Hiestand and/or Token Creek. If I was in one of the lower rated divisions, I would have more fun at Cap Springs than Bird's Ruins.
Collectively, I think that we have a great group of courses for this event.
Any of these courses have massive uphill walks, like the ski slope from this years event? I just don't see the point of playing a ski slope course at an event like this. I know a guy who was his sons caddy for the final9 there, and he said they were wiped out after only 9holes.
I understand how tournaments work, and I get that Cap could be used for the elderly and juniors. Also, the background of why it's not a better course is pretty much irrelevant in this conversation. Changing the teepad or pin position on an open hole still makes it an open hole.
With that said, I'M a lower rated player, and if I had to choose, I'd play Birds over Cap 100 times out of 100.
I also get (after some thought) that there's probably not a better option to replace Cap for the event, which is kind of a bummer.