After a long hiatus, I'm back at some blogging. Totaling a car, going to an epic bachelor party, moving, and car shopping has really taken up a lot of my time recently. I'll try my best to get you all the news that's fit to print.
*The lead: Vermont disc golf is blowing up. I'm not talking about an APMD-style blow up, but instead a huge jump in our number of participants. For the first time ever the club has hit 100 members! Nice work, everyone. In addition, we're seeing more players at GMDGC tournaments than ever before. According to Chris Young, we're averaging 59.2 players per GMPS event after 5 events. I can personally say that it's been great seeing all of you out there for each and every event this year.
*The Open Points Series Race: Hopefully you'll remember back to the pre-season predictions when I suggested we'd see a hot start from Chris Young. I'll admit that it took a little longer than I expected, but Mr. Young currently sits at the top of the GMPS Open division. His recent win at The Killington Classic has given him a 11 point lead. Killington didn't work out for Dave Frothingham, but it's obviously way too early to count him out. Expect big things at his favorite course for the Lincoln Peak Open.
Speaking of expecting big things, have you seen Emmett Cosgrove play yet? He's no joke. Although he's getting rich off of Money Game wins, he hasn't been able to finish during the second round of tournaments as of late. Oh, and paging Mr. Johnny Betts. Has anyone seen him? Is he still a disc golfer? Are you out there? If you read this, kindly register for the LPO. Thanks.
The last thing I want to say about the Open category is about Jeremy Becker and Brock Pitzer. Ask any pro, and these are the players that concern them during a tournament. I'd put my money on one of them placing in the LPO.
*Money Game updates: Everyone talks about Emmett having the point series locked down, but that's the way Chris Young wants it. Check this out the next time we play: Whenever someone talks about Emmett's dominating lead, Chris stays quiet. He seems happy to let Emmett take the spotlight while he quietly plots his comeback. After all, he's only 18 points behind Mr. Cosgrove. Jon “The Moretown Pro” Moorer is also in third place for this point series. Here's my tip. Want to make the Money Game Point Series interesting? Make one of them a two round tournament. Based on Emmett's recent difficulty with closing out his wins, we'll definitely be able to take him down...
*The current problem with unemployment in our disc golf club: Yeah right. Being unemployed is actually the secret to success in the GMPS. Look around. Matty O, Rang Duce, Jon Moorer. All unemployed. All having amazing seasons. An unnamed yet unemployed disc golfer said this, “If you want to compete in your division and you have a job, quit it. You have to play every day to have a chance to compete.” Wow, what advice.
There's two things to consider with this. First, this also applies to being a tournament director. You can't TD and play well, goes the common saying. So, Dave Frothy, it's going to be time to step down from the TD duties soon. If the Frothecy is going to come true you'll need to step down from TD'ing and focus on playing. Second, watch out for those lucky few who experience seasonal unemployment. Seth, Justin K., Aaron Moore, Cave Darter, I'm talking to you. Now's the time to shine. All day, every day!
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