FDR Fools Fest, 3/3/2010 Yorktown NY

On Friday I traveled down to Trumbull CT and stayed with the Dunnes for the weekend. The weather was beautiful for early April with temps between 65 and 75 all weekend and lots of sun. This was a disc golf weekend to die for. It being Easter weekend I was happy to get away from the celebratory side of the holiday and just be outside. No church, no dinner, no prayers of the faithful, just the sweet flight of the disc and the sound of chains.
After arriving at Bill's around 10am we headed over the hours drive to FDR park in Yorktown NY. The park is not officially open yet but day use is allowed. We had plans for a practice round. The first thing I noticed as we pulled in was the amazing number of damaged trees, there were branches everywhere. The storms of the spring really seemed to have created a mess at this park and I wondered whether a round was going to be possible. Luckily the hard work of the tournament crew headed by Bill Newman already had cleaned up the course. Fairways were relatively clear, branches pulled to the sides and piled. The tees and baskets were in fine shape with several very new tees on the early holes.
We played the course with a serious approach, practice how you play. I was hoping to improve on the 2 rounds of 62 I shot here back in 2007. That weekend I tied Scott Selders for the lead and lost a closest to the pin to finish second in my Advanced Masters division. During practice it was obvious the course is a bit harder, they took out a couple holes and replaced them with two real beauties. Hole 5 a straight tunnel in the trees towards the lake with lots of elevation change was the hardest. Then there was a quick birdie try coming back up the hill on six. Still this is a tough course and I was struggling in the practice round. The back nine in particular gave me trouble, I was off on my release point and hitting the wrong throwing lanes making my upshots difficult. At the end I was at 67 and thinking this was going to be a tough weekend. Bill playing in AM 1 this weekend shot a practice 61.
Dinner at Coyote was good and Saturday could not come soon enough for me. There were 13 Am Masters registered and after the practice round I was hoping instead of beating my old scores to more just come in somewhere in the top half of the pack. I thought hard about my being in the moment during play. Zen golf is the way to go and when we arrived and warmed up I felt good about the day. Feeling good about the day is easy when it is so warm and sunny. In the first round I started on hole 17 and things did not start too well for me. I threw my drive to the trees on the right and chipped out missing a very long third shot by a bit but making the come backer for 4. Not the was to start and certainly it could have started me down a negative road. Mentally though I bucked up and stayed focused and then parred 18,and 1&2 before taking a four on the tough 3rd hole. Then I pulled off a doubly good 3-3 on the next two really tough holes and I was on my way to a very good round. I still had trouble with the back half but when all was said and done I shot a solid 60 and had a 3 throw lead over several guys.
Round two started much worse, the throws just a bit off, and starting on hole 12 the back half of the course again got the better of me. I very quickly saw my lead fall away and Jeff W. who was throwing par golf charged ahead. John H., Craig A. and the ageless one Rick Williams had their difficulties through the round really leaving Jeff and then me to fight it out for the win. When we got to the 5th hole Jeff who by this time was ahead by a couple strokes ran into his own issues, trees. So coming out into the field had just a one stroke lead which he gave up after a great drive muffing his putting. So onto hole 10, and 11 the last two, with both Jeff and I tied. My drive was a bit up the hill to the left but with enough room and long enough that I had a shot to get a three Jeff played the hole well and was had a long three chance before nailing the easy four. My second shot was great and I had a 30 foot putt that I made to nail the three. So one hole to go and I now had a one throw lead.
I had the tee and delivered an acceptable drive on the short hole 11. I was about 35 feet again from the basket. Jeff threw a beautiful drive to withing ten feet. So some pressure to make a putt again. This time though it caught chain and fell out, and Jeff cleaned up his two and we were tied at the end of regular play.
Another playoff, hole one my drive was off to the right into the stream about forty feet from the basket. Jeff threw another great shot sticking to the bank closest to the basket for about a 25 foot try. I floated my putt up and then off the lip of the basket. Jeff with the sure hand plowed home his putt for the win.
So to recap, twice I have played at FDR and twice I have lost a playoff on hole one. geeez! Still my continuing quest to stay within myself in control and zen about my golf was working well. I was never really upset and felt I played well with a 60 -62-122 and second in the event.
That night we went out to Charlie Moore's for chicken wings and all was good. Bill played great taking 5th in AM1 and young Billy, tore the course up and won the Pro Open division.
FDR Fools Fest
Unofficial Results
03-Apr-2010
Tier: C
Total Players: 90
Open Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total
1 Billy Dunne 33979 971 52 1017 51 1025 -13 103
2 Craig Cutler 20671 998 54 998 50 1034 -12 104
3 Charles Holmgren 22843 975 54 998 52 1016 -10 106
4 Steve Brinster 10628 1029 54 998 53 1006 -9 107
5 Bobby Cowperthwait 23188 997 55 989 53 1006 -8 108
7 Scott Howard 17270 973 56 980 54 997 -6 110
7 Tim Walsh 11047 982 56 980 54 997 -6 110
7 Sean Healy 27492 956 53 1008 57 969 -6 110
10 Sandy Redd 34159 954 61 934 56 979 +1 117
11 William Kriewald 25451 958 57 971 61 932 +2 118
12 Gregg Tavolacci 37058 954 61 934 61 932 +6 122
12 Mike Kendall 33840 947 58 961 64 904 +6 122
Open Women Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Lesli Brinster 15638 908 65 897 62 923 +11 127
2 Maureen McErlean 31014 883 63 915 71 840 +18 134
Masters Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Daniel Marcus 2439 971 56 980 49 1043 -11 105
2 Greg Wintrob 23857 994 51 1026 56 979 -9 107
3 Tim Jiardini 18910 964 58 961 56 979 -2 114
4 Doug Desalvo 9060 930 58 961 58 960 E 116
5 Adam McGahey 17338 933 60 943 58 960 +2 118
6 Dave Coats 16692 928 58 961 62 923 +4 120
7 Robert Einreinhofer 20720 933 59 952 62 923 +5 121
8 Josh Polur 22254 956 62 924 60 941 +6 122
9 Steve Ditter 19796 943 62 924 63 914 +9 125
Grandmasters Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Greg Kurtz 27735 937 57 971 61 932 +2 118
2 Don Thoms 12009 942 62 924 60 941 +6 122
3 Sean Breslin 36235 949 64 906 60 941 +8 124
4 Kevin Rounds 3119 928 66 887 60 941 +10 126
4 Paul Sullivan 40111 913 62 924 64 904 +10 126
6 Teej Barber 976 918 65 897 63 914 +12 128
Advanced Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Marvin Manalo 40691 973 55 989 59 951 -2 114
2 Kory Roy 38922 950 58 961 57 969 -1 115
3 Abel Rodrigues 38910 924 60 943 57 969 +1 117
4 Greg Aucoin 39794 927 57 971 61 932 +2 118
5 Joe Roy 62 924 57 969 +3 119
5 Sean Bednarz 38745 940 59 952 60 941 +3 119
5 Jeff Orlouski 12015 957 59 952 60 941 +3 119
5 Bill Dunne 33978 922 58 961 61 932 +3 119
9 Steve Wanderling 31138 934 60 943 61 932 +5 121
10 Rob Smith 62 924 60 941 +6 122
10 John Montgomery 40906 945 59 952 63 914 +6 122
12 Pat Roy 43012 926 59 952 64 904 +7 123
12 Ryan Payzant 37385 917 57 971 66 886 +7 123
14 Tim Graves 39605 916 64 906 60 941 +8 124
14 Craig Smolin 27089 902 62 924 62 923 +8 124
16 Jeff Tavolacci 39033 923 63 915 63 914 +10 126
17 Shawn Mullen 34162 928 65 897 62 923 +11 127
18 Andy DeWitt 39091 930 64 906 64 904 +12 128
18 Jeff Laterreur 43272 64 906 64 904 +12 128
20 Chris Martin 19114 907 66 887 63 914 +13 129
21 Mike Canino 31656 910 67 878 64 904 +15 131
22 Jeff Zipkin 30996 915 69 860 65 895 +18 134
22 Joel Foster 37386 894 66 887 68 867 +18 134
24 Don Boutin 38137 909 68 869 67 877 +19 135
24 Tim Kapushinski 39853 874 63 915 72 830 +19 135
26 Chris Bolton 39910 858 69 860 69 858 +22 138
Advanced Women Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Heather Eng 30351 834 77 786 69 858 +30 146
2 Kylie Hoke 40760 791 76 795 73 821 +33 149
3 Wendy Boutin 38136 806 76 795 74 812 +34 150
Advanced Masters Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Jeff Wiechowski 11653 906 63 915 59 951 +6 122
1 Ed Hovestadt 29976 924 60 943 62 923 +6 122
3 Brad Dahle 64 906 63 914 +11 127
3 Craig Abbott 24446 860 63 915 64 904 +11 127
5 Dave Grossman 40742 890 66 887 62 923 +12 128
5 Rick Williams 2767 917 63 915 65 895 +12 128
7 John Hopkins 37704 915 63 915 66 886 +13 129
8 Mike Saimond 5480 890 66 887 67 877 +17 133
9 Scott Fleeman 41215 66 887 71 840 +21 137
10 Dave Kimmelman 72 832 68 867 +24 140
11 John Marcinek 43278 69 860 74 812 +27 143
12 Greg Diamond 71 841 73 821 +28 144
13 Preston Hart 74 814 78 775 +36 152
Intermediate Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Sean Curcio 43197 61 934 61 932 +6 122
2 Peter Charron 41557 60 943 63 914 +7 123
3 Mike Zorovich 40707 877 62 924 65 895 +11 127
4 Jeff Greenberg 67 878 62 923 +13 129
4 Greg Van Nest 41132 855 63 915 66 886 +13 129
6 Titan Bariloni 39800 858 65 897 65 895 +14 130
7 Ryan Brunelle 19540 896 69 860 63 914 +16 132
7 Spencer Meyers 41157 828 67 878 65 895 +16 132
7 Thomas Broas 41741 915 66 887 66 886 +16 132
10 Troy Dietrich 64 906 70 849 +18 134
11 Tim Griskus 40038 873 69 860 67 877 +20 136
12 Matt Aubin 40583 833 69 860 68 867 +21 137
13 Guy Lyman 40676 67 878 71 840 +22 138
14 Kenji Cline 37696 828 68 869 73 821 +25 141
15 Lee Coats 71 841 71 840 +26 142
Recreational Hide Round Ratings
Place Name PDGA# Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 To Par Total Prize
1 Phelan Lyman 64 906 68 867 +16 132
2 Peter VanderVeer 81 749 75 802 +40 156
3 Dakota Lyman 82 740 84 719 +50 166