Black Falls VI

Marcus takes the win with Mayone and Betts,
among others, looking on.

The Green Mountain Points Series is somehow off to a three straight tournaments with nice weather streak, after a beautiful, and tumultuous, day in Montgomery, Vermont. Once again GMDGC disc golf saw an out of towner come north to win a tournament. This time it was the very solid, and now legendary Montgomery visitor, Daniel Marcus. He was able to pull off a huge deuce on hole 18 at Black Falls to beat Jeff Spring, who along with Jason Powers led the tournament for most of the day. But, just like NASCAR, the most laps led doesn't always equal winning, and Spring and Powers found that out this weekend.

The day began at the huge, scary Cherry Hill course, which features an open, rolling, long front nine and a steep, wooded, tricky back nine. Only two players got in the 50's on the Cherry Hill round. Powers was 57 and Spring was 59. On a course where scores got into the 80's, with even some Pro's shooting in the 70's, being in the 50's is fantastic.

Players moved down the road to Black Falls for lunch and began gearing up for another tough round, this time on Black Falls Gold to Gold (for many players). Spring tried his best, but could only manage a 58 on the Golds. Daniel Marcus, as he often does in Montgomery, marched his way back, probably only throwing Aviars and Rocs, shooting a 53 on Golds to win another Vermont tournament.

Winner, winner

For the People:

*The point series is getting interesting, with us 30% of the way into the season. Young Bucks still has a hold on Pro Open, with Jeff Spring in second, and newcomer Jon Moorer in third. This Guy is winning AM1, at least for the current time, with Andy Powell and Edwin Bedell in second and third. Enough about that, though, we'll cover the points series later this week.

*George Boone's crew is taking disc golf by storm right now. Who knew that Mr. Boone was raising a whole new crop of outstanding disc golfers right there in the shadow of Burke Mountain? Boone himself won Pro Grandmasters, Travis Keller won last week's AM1 division at the Sap Bucket and this week Nick Soave took AM1 to school with his scores. The Boone Crew is not only rolling deep, but they're also cashing in on their performances. 

*Which leads me to Nick Soave not cashing in at Black Falls VI. Nick shot a very respectable 63 at Cherry Hill and then followed it up with a lights out 53 on the Golds. His 53 tied Daniel Marcus and Jon Moorer for the best round scores of the day on that layout. So, Nick, don't you think its time to move up? And I'm not just saying that because you play in my division right now or because I'm adding the usual Vermont “move up” peer pressure. I'm asking for the best reason of all. You could be winning money in Pro right now. Isn't that a worthwhile reason to move?

*Prediction Follow-up. Predictions suck, I don't know why I make them. In Pro Open, I predicted Spring/Betts/Moorer but hinted at an out of towner taking it. And take it Daniel Marcus did. Spring was second, so that's worth something. Betts and Moorer tied for fifth. In AM1 I said Harris/DeVico/Kaulius. Instead it was Soave/John Mucciarone/Harris. So, I had one close. Overall, my predictions weren't stellar, but better than any others I heard on my drive to Montgomery on Saturday morning.

*Rivalry Watch. Going in to this one, I held a 6-1. We had 5 rivals playing this time around: DeVico, Divoll, McQuade, Powell, and Conroy. McQuade and Powell finished third and fifth on the day, with both of them beating me. I did manage to take down Divoll, DeVico, and Conroy. So far Andy's beaten me twice and McQuade once. On the season, I'm now 9-3 against the rivals. That's a .750 winning percentage, which would put me in the lead in any division in baseball, if you're keeping score at home.

*The final word goes to those amazing people in Montgomery. They really know how to do disc golf and how to put on a good event. So, thanks to all of those wonderful folks up north who continue to put up with our shenanigans.