Disc Golf Monkey

After the highly anticipated Ozarks Flying Disc Club's Inaugural Players Cup Weekend takes place this Friday and Saturday in Nixa and Ozark, the 1st Floatin' Monkey Fling is set for the following weekend on May 19th. The Floatin' Monkey Fling is going to be quite an awesome tournament with many supporters that include disc golfers, as well as, many who know/knew little to nothing about the sport until they met the organizer of this event, Raymond Kirk. Ray, who owns Noel Pharmacy in Noel, MO, has worked hard to round up support for this event. He has rallied sponsors from around Noel and along the Elk River that we will be floating down for the tourney. The list is impressive being that there is no course in the local area. Sponsors include: Noel Pharmacy, PBA Health, Landon Feed & Seed, Kathy's Kountry Kitchen, The Hog Shop, Arvest Bank, McDonald County, Main Sweets, Annie's Pizza, and Bluff Dwellers Cavern. Along with all the DGM 2012 Lucky Monkey Tour Sponsors this event is definitely highly anticipated and supported.

As mentioned on the flier, we will be doing registration at the Harp's Grocery Store in Noel, MO.

YOU MUST REGISTER (OR CHECK IN IF PRE REGISTERED) BETWEEN 7:00 and 11:00 AM!!.

You may also pre register for this event at my shop, at the Player's Cup, or through Pay Pal (directions below), but you will still need to check in before 11:00. Once registered, players will be shuttled to the canoe launch site in groups of 4-8. If you show up after 11:00 AM I doubt there will be anyone there...so please don't miss the boat/canoe! The reason for the dead line is because the float is several hours long and when combining the 18 holes, well, it will take a while.

For those who are going to camp, there are several sites that are supporting this event. Shady Beach at http://www.shadybeach.com , River Ranch http://www.riverranchresort.com , and Two Sons http://www.twosonsfloats.com . Please check rates and support these facilities as they are eagerly anticipating the presence of Disc Golf! I know there are both primitive camping and cabins available. I'm sure cabins are limited so reserve early.

The 1st Floatin' Fling has caught the attention of many around the area. I am very excited that one of my best and longest supporting sponsors will be at this one. My great friends and owners of Discs Unlimited, Dennis & Annetta Volshultz, have said they will be there. Dennis mentioned today (as several of you have) he was happy that disc golf and floating were combined because they were two of his favorite things to do. As I mentioned before, there should be a lot of fun memories made at this One-of-a-Kind tournament...The 1st Floatin' Monkey...Get set to get wet! See ya there.

PRE REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

If you are still needing to pre register for any of my tournaments, you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me via e mail, text, or by phone and pay at the shop.
2) Go to http://www.paypal.com Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include you name, the tournament name, your Division, address, Phone number, disc selection, and shirt size.

ALL ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING: a disc, shirt, canoe rental, and dinner donated and prepared by Tyson. The meal will be a chicken dinner with sides and a roll.

Disc Options:
BB Aviar
Roc
Blizzard Boss
Blizzard Destroyer

This coming Saturday is the Ozarks Flying Disc Club's Inaugural Player's Cup Weekend. This will be a singles Match Play format on Saturday. Friday there will be a Player's Party and a Doubles Round. (Please check the flier for more details. If you have questions feel free to contact Shayn Woltz, who is the brain child of this super cool event.). This tournament is shaping up to be one incredible event and we hope that you can be a part.

The follow was posted by Shayn Woltz early this morning for those who are not a part of the OFDC FB page:

I will be at Tuesday doubles in Nixa if anyone would like to get registered for the Matchplay.

This field is going to fill up easily, and IF (stressing the "if") any sort of field expansion occurs, those matches are going to start earlier than the original field due to time constraint concerns. So, if you wanna play and you don't want to have your first match at 8:30 AM, get signed up :). First 24 are guaranteed a 9:55 or later start.

Here is a rough schedule outline for the day.
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9:45 brief players meeting

9:55 first flight leaves, subsequent flights will be about 4-5 minutes behind. The first 2 rounds will be a best of 9 hole match as will any expanded field matches.

~11:45, second round (round of 16, 8 matches) should begin around this time, 9 hole matches

~1:30 third round (round of 8, 4 matches), 18 hole match

~3:00 fourth round, Final 4, 18 hole match

~ 4:30/5:00, 5th round, 1 group of 4 players, playing for 1st/2nd, and 3rd/4th, 18 hole match

The 1st Marshall Spring Fling was held this past Saturday on two beautiful and challenging courses. The Indian Foot Hills Park truly has two of the most beautiful, challenging, and demanding courses in Missouri. A huge thank you to the Marshall Parks and Recreation and the Foothills Fliers for the invitation to run the 1st Marshall Spring Fling PDGA sanctioned C-Tier Event. Both the city and the club were gracious in there help and sponsorship for the event. The shirt and disc in the player's pack were well received, and so were the great hamburgers that were prepared by Chris Johnson (who didn't play so he could cook)! From all the players, Thank You! I am looking forward to a return trip (and hope to redeem my poor shooting).

Friday's weather was a bit on the scary side with rain and very strong winds. Several people braved the elements and played a doubles round despite the conditions. Congratulations to Cory Anderson and Shayn Woltz who took first with an incredible 51 score! Also cashing, was TJ Hahn and Chad Fisk who finished second with a very respectable 55. These were incredible scores for a calm day, but for the winds that day provided the scores were obscene. Great job fellas!

Saturday's forecast was beautiful and made for a very enjoyable event. There were 57 players with 7 divisions. The course played tough as expected, with only two players finishing under par. Both Frank the Tank, and Zack Jones were rewarded for their stellar performances winning their divisions. Open champion “Tank”, put together a brilliant second round 6 under that distanced himself above second place finisher George Smith. Zack, who has been playing Open, elected to play Advanced and smashed the field...Is sand bagger to harsh I ask? Great shooting bud! Other winners included: C D Steiner a true legend of the game out of Kansas City took the Pro Masters division over local Jon Parsons (who moved up for this event), Stan Balke took 1st in the Advanced Grand Masters division, Brenda Lowe in the Women's division, Kenneth Squires who played a long play off with Brad Hilton before taking the crown in Intermediate, and Tyler Foreman who has had back to back wins on the tour earning him the SAND BAGGER award (No more Recreation for you Tyler)! A final congratulations to all of the players who cashed.

To you view the recap on Yahoo, visit the following: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ken-franks-crowned-champion-disc-golfs-marshall-spring-165400422--spt.html

Evangel University has been eagerly awaiting their new disc golf course. Disc Golf is new to most people on the campus, but there are many who couldn't wait for the course to be completed. Students will be allowed to check out discs from the Mabee Center.

The 9 hole course is a beginner friendly with good use of trees, elevation, and strategic pin locations. The course starts with hole 1 placed north of the Mabee Center and shoots from east to west. Holes 2, 3, and 4 play in a counter clock wise triangle to the West of the Mabee Center. The tee pad for the “Signature Hole” #5 is between the softball and baseball field that is a short walk from hole 4. Once there a shot across the creek will place you at the far North end of Evangel's campus. The “signature hole” #5 and the 6th hole are the only holes in Springfield that have a water hazard. The water is not very deep unless there has been a recent rain and then the creek has potential of getting uncomfortably deep (so don't throw in there!). The next two holes play west to east and will put you to the North of the Perkin's Dorm. Holes 8 and 9 loop around Perkins finishing up at the main parking lot near the Mabee Center. Please make note that parking on campus is for students only. There is parking near hole 5 and 6 that attaches to the public park. To remove potential of a ticket I would park there and start on 6 and end on 5. Although we are waiting on signage, there are tee sign posts and rubber pads for tee areas. There will be tee signs very soon. I hope to see you on the course. Gooooooooo EU!!

The Disc Golf Monkey's 19th Hole Mobile Trailer received a face lift about a week ago. A Millennium Tour Sponsor Logo was added to the growing list of supporters on the front of the trailer. Millennium has teamed with Discs Unlimited to provide the CTP's for every event! A special thank you to both companies. Also, there is now new lighting that was installed by a few friends of mine. Thanks Jed and Eddie, now everyone can see that I don't dust in there. Lol The Mobile store is ready to make it's first trip to Marshall for this much anticipated event called the the Marshall Spring Fling. Marshall features two beautiful courses that have been said to be a “mini Water Works”, quite a compliment I'd say! As many of you know the newest of the two courses, Indian Foothills, has 18 Purple Monkey Traps. Unfortunately, I have only been to Marshall once and that was to deliver the beautiful Traps. I have heard so many great things about the courses that I truly can't wait.

There will be a “Bring Your Partner Doubles” Friday the 27th. The cost will be $20 per Team ($10 a player) and will offer 3 Divisions. Doubles will only be 18 holes played on Indian Foothills. A Flex Start Time will allow you to start anytime between 12:00 to 4:30 or so. If you would like to get a little feel for the course this is your chance. You may register for doubles the the day of.

The discs and shirts have been ordered. One Hundred discs were ordered and consist of 25 of the new Blizzard Apes, 25 Blizzard Wraiths, 25 BB Aviars and 25 DX Flat Top Rocs. Register early to guarantee both shirt size and disc selection. Both are are first come first serve.

As mentioned a few posts earlier, another incentive to pre register is the fact that I will be giving away one of the coolest Full Color Metal Minis on the planet in another raffle for the first 40 Pre Paid Players. The mini is a full color picture of the “Nice Roc” logo. To register please follow the directions below:

For all of you who are wanting to pre register for any of my tournaments, you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me via e mail, text, or by phone and pay at the shop.
2) Go to www.paypal.com Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include tournament name, your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, shirt size, and disc selection.

Crazy Awesome Busy for DGM and all disc golfers as there are disc golf tournaments and courses going on everywhere. I am so excited to continue to be able to further this awesome sport and want to thank all of you who continue to support the Monkey!

I would like to welcome aboard Vibram as a Lucky Monkey Tour 2012 Sponsor. Along with several other large things happening, DGM was successful in teaming with Vibram. What does this mean? For my tournament players it means a lot more Vibram discs in stock, new Vibram discs upon release dates, a CTP for all using a Vibram disc, and most importantly another chance to win a Monkey Trap (The Vibram Ace Trap) that will be displayed at all Tour events! At all events there will be an Ace Hole that will be no more than 280' and hopefully around 250' (each individual course will determine the actual length). If you are using a Vibram disc (on the Vibram Ace hole), you are automatically qualified for both the CTP and a chance to win the basket with an Ace. All CTP's will be paid out at the individual event and the prize package will include a disc, mini, and a shirt or hat. If an Ace is hit with a Vibram disc on the hole that person is then qualified to throw off or be put in a raffle for the basket with the other players who aced during the 2012 Tour. The throw off or raffle will be done at the DGM Finale. If all players who ace are present, there will be a throw off. If not there will be a raffle (you do not have to be present to win). I huge shout out and “Thank You” to Steve Dodge of Vibram for help making this happen!

A quick update on Evangel and Harrison. Both courses are very close to be going in. Part of the baskets are already coated and assembled while others are being welded or at the powder coated. To Be Continued...

LUCKY 13 REPRINTED T-SHIRTS
The following players can make arrangements with me to pick up there tournament shirts now that they have been reprinted: Trevor Conquillard, Chris Johnson, JD Williams, Greg Fehenbach, Brad Peters, Travis Stand, Jay Hall, Trevor Erickson, Terry Green, Bill Adams, John McCain, Brandy Monnahan, Janey Helton, Matt Sime, Tyler Forman, and Tyler Rowe. Thanks again to all of you who helped set an attendance record for this one!

MARSHALL SPRING FLING NEXT ON THE TOUR
As I mentioned below the first two tournaments were a blast, but I am now looking forward to the next events on the tour. The Monkey's second trip to Marshall will be to help run the Marshall Spring Fling. My first trip there was delivering 18 Monkey Traps to be installed on a very beautiful and challenging course. This will be my first time playing the course. I have heard many people say that one of the courses is like a “Mini Water Works in Kansas City”. If you have played Water Works you know that being compared to a course like Water Works says volumes. Along with the great courses, the local club and City Parks Department are working hard with DGM to make this first event something special! I hope to see as many of you as possible in Marshall on the 28th of April.

PRE REGISTRATION
I am now starting pre registrations. I am so thankful that many of you did pre register for the Lucky 13. It really helps out on tournament day when pre registered players are already in the computer. I will be giving away one of the coolest Full Color Metal Minis on the planet in another raffle. Again the first 40 players pre paid registered players will be entered in to a raffle for the mini. I will be posting a picture of this on my FB page soon. It is a full color picture of the “Nice Roc” logo. To register please follow the directions below:
For all of you who are wanting to pre register for any of my tournaments, you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me via e mail, text, or by phone and pay at the shop.
2) Go to http://www.paypal.com Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include tournament name, your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, and shirt size.

MONKEY TRAPS TO BE INSTALLED SOON
DGM will be installing Monkey Traps on two campuses very soon. Both Evangel University and North Arkansas have ordered courses. The local Evangel campus course will be a small 9 hole course similar to SBU's. The North Arkansas will be a championship 18 course and will be a similar lay out to what was played at the Finale last year. The plan is to have the North Ark course host a tournament this year and next. Dates are not set, but be looking for an addition to the schedule or for a TBA date to be filled. I have been working on the baskets for a few weeks, and am almost to the welding stage. I hope to get the baskets completed and get the 15th and 16th Monkey Trap course in the ground soon!

The Lucky 13 started off with a Bang! Both the 4th Lebanon Ice Bowl and the 4th Annual Lucky 13 have set attendance records. The Lucky 13 maxed the field at 90 which was up from 57 last year, and smashed the 69 record from it's debut year in 2009! Another exciting record statistic was the number of ladies that competed. Seven women battled it out which was 5 more than ever before at the Lucky 13. A big “hip hip hurray” for the ladies!

The competition was fierce, which was not surprising due to the numbers. Brandy Monnahan shot a 143 for a convincing win over Janey Helton's 150 and Wendy Krull's 153. In the Rec division, Tyler Foreman crushed the competition after coming out of retirement shooting a 115 that beat a 120 second place performance shot by a string of competitors that included: Derek Norris, Gregg Cass, Keith Douglas, and Shane Costello. Intermediate was taken by Joplin's own Jon McCain over Jay Hall and Brad Hilton. John shot a 105 in his last Intermediate performance (congratulations and welcome to Advanced!). The Advanced Grand Masters division was dominated by Jon Parsons of Marshall (move up!). The Advanced division was the tightest of the competition with a 3 way tie for first, being won in the play off by Michael Cory over Zack Jones and Matt Christensen. There was only 4 strokes separating 1st and 8th place in this division. Shooting the hot 1st round, 10 under 44, helped Russ Burns cruise to a two stroke win over Miami Oklahoma's Travis Stand. Great job to all place finishers and congratulations to all the winners!

As promised, all players will be receiving a shirt (a re-order is on the way for those who did not get one). In the players pack, each player also took home a custom tourney stamped disc, a ticket to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and all enjoyed Domino's Pizza and McAlisters Tea for lunch! Along with this players pack, the payouts were nice as well. 1st Place finishers took home the following: Open $158, Advanced $113, Intermediate $123, Recreational $113, Advanced Grand Masters $105 and Women $72. Offering a combination of great players packs and above average payouts is not possible with out sponsors. A special thanks to all sponsors: Republic Parks and Rec, Queen City Cycle, Fimco Steel, Northside Dental, SPB Stencils, McAlisters, Domino's Pizza, Discs Unlimited, Creator Designs, Quality Trim and Sign, Millennium Discs, and Innova Champion Discs. Please thank and support all of our sponsors!

The EDGE raffle and Ace Pot Split brought in close to $300. That total was up from last year! Thanks to all of you for your continued support. Until next time, aces to you all. Thank you for choosing to be a part of the Lucky Monkey Tour 2012. I hope to see you soon!

The final count is 86. I have added two holes to accommodate up to 100 players. If you are wanting to play, you may still register through PayPal (using the directions in the post below), or come early tomorrow morning and register. Late Registration will go from 8:00 am to 9:20 am. See you in Republic, and don't forget to wear your green!!

The Lucky 13 currently has 74 players Pre Registered. The course was marked today with two holes being added if there are more than 90 players on Saturday. Earlier tonight, my daughter picked the 2nd winner of the Pre Registration raffle. Alex Newby has won a Lucky 13 Custom Blizzard disc. Congratulations Alex and thank all of you who have pre registered. This helps out tremendously on tournament day! For those of you who are still planning on coming, you can still pre register using the directions below. Also, Late registration will start Saturday morning at 8:00am and will go until 9:20am. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. See you on St. Patrick's Day...and you better wear some GREEN!!!

PRE REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

If you are still needing to pre register for any of my tournaments, you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me via e mail, text, or by phone and pay at the shop.
2) Go to www.paypal.com Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include you name, the tournament name, your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, disc selection, and shirt size.

PRE REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

If you are still needing to pre register for any of my tournaments, you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me via e mail, text, or by phone and pay at the shop.
2) Go to www.paypal.com Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include you name, the tournament name, your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, disc selection, and shirt size.

The Lucky 13 is filling up! I am excited to let all of you know there are now 46 pre registrations. Remember the T shirt sizes are on a first come first serve basis so continue to Pre Register. This morning my little girl Angelia and I had our first raffle for the new Metal Monkey Mini. The winner was Steve Hogreffee from here in Springfield, MO. Steve works at Karma, which is a local hair salon, that has sponsored several events in the past. Congratulations Steve! My girl asked that we do another raffle so I am going to raffle off a custom Lucky 13 Stamped Blizzard disc on Thursday night for all pre registered players. The record attendance for this event is 69, I would like to smash this record if possible. Please contact me if you have any questions!

PRE REGISTRATION LIST:

Russ Burns, Jake Whitehead, Kyle McClure, Kevin Carder, Derek Norris, Jeremiah Bolich, Stephen Schelp, Matt Christensen, Keith Douglas, Jacob Whittington, Jon Cook, Zack Jones, George Eudy, Brad Hilton, Kevin Feldbaumer, Rollin Clamme, Wayne Clouse, Shane Costello, Rick Nichols, Kevin Elrod, SteveHogrefee, Frank Hebert, Mike Sisco, Jessica Sisco, Gregg Cass, Michael Cory, Shayn Woltz, Matt Petris, Adam Sissel, Doug Broome, Steve Drennan, Scott Wipff, Kyle Webster, Chris Clemmons, Cory Anderson, Mark Anderson, Michael Webb, Grant Benson, Nate Love, Jon Parsons, Neal Brooks, Jaysin Smith, Chad Fisk, TJ Hahn, Donnie Gifford, Toby Rector
If you don't see your name and you paid please contact me as soon as possible! Aces to You!

The Lucky 13 currently has 32 paid registrations. If you have paid and don't see your name please contact me. The first 40 get their choice of the new Blizzard discs that have the custom Lucky 13 stamp on them. Also, continue to pre register because the shirt sizing is on a first come first serve basis. The maximum field is 90, and we had 66 at a “small” Ice Bowl in Lebanon. Let's fill this tournament up!!

Russ Burns, Jake Whitehead, Kyle McClure, Kevin Carder, Derek Norris, Jeremiah Bolich, Stephen Schelp, Matt Christensen, Keith Douglas, Jacob Whittington, Jon Cook, Zack Jones, George Eudy, Brad Hilton, Kevin Feldbaumer, RollinClamme, Wayne Clouse, Shane Costello, Rick Nichols, Kevin Elrod, SteveHogrefee, Frank Hebert, Mike Sisco, Jessica Sisco, Gregg Cass, Michael Cory, Shayn Woltz, Matt Petris, Adam Sissel, Doug Broome, Steve Drennan, Scott Wipff

If you are still needing to pre register for any of my tournaments, you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me via e mail, text, or by phone and pay at the shop.
2) Go to www.paypal.com Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include you name, the tournament name, your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, disc selection, and shirt size.

The Lucky 13 Is only two weeks away. On Saturday the 17th of March (St. Patrick's Day), The Lucky Monkey Tour's second event (and 1st PDGA event) of the year will take place at Miller Park. For the last three years Miller Park has been changed into an 18 hole course to accommodate a PDGA event. Most of the holes at Miller Park stay the same, with a few minor changes, and a welcomed extra five holes. Three of the added holes are islands and require a drop zone if the fairway is missed on the drive. The additional holes add a little extra difficulty to the course, and they have added a lot fun in the past.

The discs and shirts have been ordered and are currently being stamped and printed. The logo for this year's Lucky 13 is another one of Keith Douglas's best work. The Blizzard plastic from the #1 Disc Golf Company in the World, Innova Champion Discs has proven to be a very hot item. I am excited to announce the first 40 players to pre register will have the opportunity to choose one of these with the custom Lucky 13 stamp on them. The choices are of the four current models offered: Boss, Destroyer, Katana and Wraith. After the initial 40 registered players, there will be tournament exclusive BB Aviars, DX Rocs, and a few DX Flat Top Rocs to choose from. There will be a few extra Blizzards for sale as well. Please don't wait to register. As always, disc selection and shirt sizes are limited. Pre Paid Registrations will allow your choices to be selected and held on a 1st come 1st serve basis. If you would like to Pre Register, please follow the simple directions below.

For all of you who are wanting to pre register for any of my tournaments, you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me via e mail, text, or by phone and pay at the shop.
2) Go to www.paypal.com Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include you name, the tournament name, your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, disc selection, and shirt size.

Hope fully you have chosen to continue to read this post. My daughter and I will be doing a raffle for a new Monkey Metal Mini. The new engraved Alluminum minis are a new product offered by the Monkey in 2012. Retail on these little gems is $20. To be in this raffle you must be one of the first thirty players to pre register. If you have any questions about the Lucky 13, feel free to ask via call, text, FB, or E mail. I hope to see as many of you as possible in Republic!

The 4th Annual Lebanon Ice Bowl was a record shattering event for Lebanon's disc golf community! The sixty-six players this year nearly doubled the amount from last year's 36. The 30 extra players helped raise $1,060, topping last year's total of $576. The Lebanon Area Foundation will be presented with the check very soon along with the food that was donated. I am so excited by the over whelming support that was given to both the LAF and to DGM. I am very thankful that you chose Lebanon to finish out the Ice Bowl season. You guys are incredible. Great work and Thank You to all of you.

If the attendance and money raised for the LAF was not enough, the weather, play, and the pay out may have rounded off a near perfect day of disc golf. Rarely can this Arizona native wear a long sleeve shirt and survive in February, but the crazy warmth of this winter continued. Sunshine with a moderate wind, was a prime recipe for a beautiful day of disc golf. There were 5 divisions that included: Open, Advanced, Intermediate, Recreational, and Women. All divisions were very competitive with the biggest margin of victory being only 3 strokes in the Women's division. Melissa White from Jeff City bested Brandy Monnahan with a 137. The Rec division won by Mark Komoroski shooting a 112, was the tightest field in the tournament. Second place was a 3 way tie for second only a stroke off the pace by Tuner, Jonathan Cook, and Mike Sisco. Winning the Intermediate field was Springfield's own Nathan Clark turning in a 105 that held off Nate Love by a stick. Kyle Webster's 101 was enough for a two stroke finish over fellow Joplin golfer Frank “the Tank”. The Open division was full of excitement from start to finish. Corey's ace helped give him a considerable 3 stroke lead over Zack Jones, Shayn Woltz and myself. With a 43 matched by Mark Anderson, I was able to win by a single stroke making my 49 first round score, only one better than Mark's in the first round making the difference. For full results, click on the Tournament Tab, scroll down to Past Tournaments, and click on results.

The pay out was nothing short of amazing for the Ice Bowl. The ultimate winner was Nathan Clark winning both his division, and the custom $375 Monkey Trap that was raffled off to helped raise money for the LAF. I often tell players if they are looking for an over the top Pay Out the Ice Bowl is not one to play. This was far from the truth for this payout because of money added to the pay out by individuals in attendance. Like all DGM events, vouchers used like cash on merchandise were given out, along with a Pro cash pay out. Many players commented on how mind boggling the pay out was. On behalf of all the players, I say thank you to all the sponsors and the City of Lebanon for their support of this year's Lebanon Ice Bowl. I am looking forward to June, as the Lucky Monkey Tour will return to Lebanon's Atchley Park for the Jared Hilton Memorial Tournament.

The Lebanon Ice Bowl is this Saturday the 25th of February. This is the last weekend for the Ice Bowls of 2012, as we fast approach the tour season. I hope to see you at this event as we again raise money for the Lebanon Area Foundation. A reminder that registration will start around 8:00 in the maintenance building. There will be a free chile lunch provided. If you would like to bring your own chile to share please feel free to do so. Sears of Lebanon has offered to provide the spoons, bowls, napkins, crackers, and chips. They are also giving us a $25 gift card. Each registered player will receive one chance at winning a $375 custom colored Monkey Trap. There will be raffle tickets sold for additional chances to win. All the proceeds from the raffle, mulligans, and the $5 extra or 5 cans of food will go to Lebanon Area Foundation. Please remember that this is an Ice Bowl. The point is to give back and help the less fortunate, while playing the game we love. The pay out will be done in the same way all Monkey Events are done, by vouchers. I have received over 400 discs in the last week, and most have the new 2012 Lucky Tour hot stamp. I also have a huge inventory of tour t's, tour hoodies, and much more. If you finish on top you will enjoy what you get to choose from! Again, I hope to see as many of you there as possible! Aces and birdies to you.

The kick off to the Lucky Monkey Tour 2012 is approaching quickly. With the Lebanon Ice Bowl taking place February 25, it is time to start sweeping the cob webs off your discs and getting out on the courses and throwing. Many of you have not stopped playing through the mild winter that we have enjoyed, and I hope your dedication pays off this season. There is a lot of golf to be played with the organization of the Ozarks Disc Golf FB page. Thank you Shayn Woltz for setting up this page for us. I believe it has brought the disc golf family closer together. I'd also like to point out Jeff Beth and thank him for his dedication and support of keeping the leagues rolling in our area! I don't want to leave anyone out. I know there are others that help with the organization of the local leagues and it is so awesome to be able to play with an organized group of disc enthusiasts. Thank you all. Disc Golf is alive and well locally, and I believe the sky is the limit in the future!

I have recently put in an order and received some of the Gorilla Boy's line of bags. I have available the following: Chimp, Squirrel, Silverbach and one Kong. I also ordered Tour 2012 discs as well. I ordered 350 in 10 or more molds. This years logo is a graffiti type monkey. I am hoping these will be in before the Lebanon Ice Bowl. This will make the “Pay Out Pickings” sweeeeeeet! Along with the discs, I have ordered Tour T-Shirts again (The colors will be Black, Sport Grey, and Pink). Along with the shirts I decided to print hoodies as well. Many of you suggested the idea to me last year and I can't wait to see them. Thanks for the idea! There will be a limited number so don't wait. You can pre-order these by contacting me. Don't forget with each purchase you will receive a raffle ticket that gives you one free chance at winning the Monkey Trap at the end of the season. The Disc Golf Monkey is offering a lot of cool products, putting in a few courses, and hosting many tournaments in the area. I thank you for all the past support and thank you in advance for your support this season! Hope to see you on the course soon!

For all of you who are wanting to pre register for any of my tournaments, you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me via e mail, text, or by phone and pay at the shop.
2) Go to www.paypal.com Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include tournament name, your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, and shirt size.

Ice Bowls or “N”ice Bowls are happening all over with a lot of good publicity. Ice Bowls are a great way to keep playing in the winter, help much needed food banks and homeless shelters, and help with the reputation of our sport. Try to support as many of these as possible. I know this weekend there are two in the area. The Nixa Freeze at the Dale Robert's Memorial Course and the Miami Ice at Riverview Park in Miami, OK. The JDGC will be holding their Ice Bowl February 4th , at McClelland Park in Joplin. One week later, the Lion's Club DGC out of Rolla, will be having their Ice Bowl on February 11th. I personally can't wait to get back on that course. Keep up to date on these and other Ice Bowls by visiting www.icebowlhq.com

I met with the John Shelton, Parks Director in Lebanon, along with the “Lebanon Crew” last week. We discussed both the 4th Lebanon Ice Bowl to be held on the Jared Hilton Memorial course (February 25th in Atchley Park) and the Jared Hilton Memorial (PDGA event) that will be held in June. As you noticed the Lebanon Ice Bowl will be the Lucky Monkey Tour opener. I am thankful the Lebanon parks department was eager to support both these events this year. Lebanon parks have purchased a Monkey Trap that will be raffled to raise money for the LAF at this year's Ice Bowl. This was done last year and Gary Bramen of Camdenton turned it in to a new 10 hole course (great job Gary you are a champ!). We are hoping to get more players this year than last, and we are confident we will help the Lebanon Area Foundation out even more this year! There will be a chile dinner provided like every year. If you make a mean pot of chile, bring it...Chile contest perhaps?! I'm sure we can come up with some cool prizes for that! The Parks department has done a great job adding all concrete pads, making a huge 10 foot hill that will provide for an elevated pin placement on hole 16, and they made some beautiful additions around some tee pads that will allow for some beautiful landscaping this Spring. Stay tuned for more details on the Jared Hilton Memorial. For those of you who didn't make the Hillbilly Open last year, this event is taking it's place. It should be one of the bigger and more well funded events on the tour. I hope to see you at both!

What an incredible year 2011 was! The Evolution Tour was a great success. It never ceases to amaze me how much local player support is given to area events. Despite the hurdles we have had to continually jump over, we have successfully moved our sport forward. DGM was involved in 15 events last year in the 4 state area. The feedback about the tournaments from players has been very supportive, and with your help I plan on making things even better in 2012. I am working with a lot of return cities along with some new ones. The goal is to bring back as many past events while providing some new stops as well. I will be posting several tournaments on the schedule very soon. I am sorry for the delay in the schedule, but I am waiting to hear back from some places that will really add to the tour. I thank all of you who have taken the time to thank and voiced your support. I am excited for another year and appreciate all of you who make the choice to come to “Monkey Events”! Your support is appreciated and never taken for granted!

Along with the turn outs, sponsor support, and all the rest of what makes disc golf tournaments fun and memorable, I want to show how each of you did your part in giving back last year. The Lebanon Area Foundation, The Relay for Life, The Joplin Relief Effort (for our own JDGC members), Christian County Family Crisis Center, and the EDGE program were all supported by the players of the Evolution Tour and other DGM events in 2011. Close to $8,000 was raised and given back to the above charities. It was very tough seeing the devastation that Joplin and the surrounding areas went through and are still recovering from, but it was very moving and humbling to see how the family of disc golfers came together to show support. If for no other reason the act of giving back made the Evolution Tour successful! Your efforts have made a difference. Thanks again for your continued support of the raffles and food drives!

DGM was part of the new installation or upgrades of 9 courses last year! Posted on the Courses tab above, are the locations where Monkey Traps can be found. Our sport is growing in popularity, and so is the awareness and support of our awesome game. I almost couldn't believe it when I sat down to make the list of what all cities/states have Monkey Traps. As most of you know, the “word of mouth” is what has sold these baskets. I again owe my gratitude and thanks for all who continue to make things happen and furthering the sport! I hope all of you have a chance to play on these courses.

As for what is next for the Monkey... February 25th, is the Lebanon's Ice Bowl and will take place at the Jared Hilton Memorial Course. John, the Director of Parks has contacted me and we are working out details now. Check back often as there will be a flier for this event posted in the near future. Just a few weeks after the Lebanon Ice Bowl on March 17th, the 4th Annual Lucky 13 will be held. Republic Parks and Recreation Center has always supported this tournament. It has served well as the site to kick off the competitive PDGA tournament season. This year I have ordered little wind and warm weather. On April 28th the mobile trailer will venture to a new and highly anticipated location. Marshall, MO is a new stop that has two beautiful and extremely challenging courses. Having only delivered baskets to the Indian Foothills South course, I am eagerly looking forward to this event. There is a possibility of something else happening before these dates, but for now these are the first three events of the year and I hope you can be a part of them. See you all soon.


Stay Tuned...

The Winter Blast Disc Golf Tournament held in Ozark on the newly designed Grubaugh Park was a hit. The Winter Blast successfully provided a fun and competitive event while raising money for the Christian County Family Crisis Center (CCFCC). Thirty-Eight players came and helped raise $250 in cash and countless nonperishable food items, cleaning supplies, and other much needed items! The weather was near perfect, when considering we are only a week from Christmas. The day was sunny, with almost no wind, and it was close to 50 degrees, making it much easier to launch discs through the air. Jeff Beth's back 18 design complimented the new 18 design and made for a fun and challenging event.

There were 5 divisions with players coming from as far as Marshall and St. Louis to play. In the Recreational Division, Stephan Schelp shot a 12 down 96 to win. The Intermediate Division was taken by Chad Fisk, shooting one stroke better with a 13 down 95. In the Advanced Division it was TJ Hahn who blistered a 93, 15 down to walk away victoriously. In the Grand Master division it was Marshall's own Jon Parsons shooting a 4 down 104 to take home the title. In a remarkable display of driving and putting, it was Joplin's Zack Jones, who took over all honors in the Open Pro division. Zack held off local Aaron Ulrich by 2, shooting an 18 under 90 for the tournament. Congratulations to all the winners!

As mentioned above, there was $250 raised for the CCFCC. This was done in two ways. First we charged an entry plus 5 cans of food (or other needed items) or $5 extra. Eighteen players paid the $5 making the total $90. The second way was done in a fun Mulligan Turkey Trott Closest to the Pin game. Six mulligans were offered for $5 and allowed the player to be a part of the Turkey Trott that was sponsored by Price Cutter, who donated two turkeys for the game. How the game worked was players were given the option to use or save their mulligans. If the mulligans were saved they were able to be turned in to free throws in the Turkey Trott Closest to the Pin. Also, during the round if you had three birdies in a row (known as a Turkey), you also were given a free throw. At the end of the tournament 32 players turned in their throws during the Turkey Trott CTP which raised $160 more, putting the total at $250. The big winners of the highly coveted gobblers were Team Monkey's Jake Whitehead, and the other gobbler was one by the new and 1st time tournament player, the one and only, man simply known as... Stoney. The Winter Blast was truly a great time and an awesome way to end a fun packed year of disc golf!

As if the above were not enough, Jeff and I had the opportunity to deliver the food, cleaning supplies, and the money to the CCFCC. We met most of the Team that worked there and could see how devoted they were to their cause. All were overly thankful and were eager to show us the facility and share their vision. It was awesome to know that what was donated had the potential to change lives as it was explained to us by director Lynn Buehler Executive Director and Dawn Decker Resident Manager. Both sent their support and thanks to the Disc Golf Community. They even showed interest in the game. A big “thank you” to all who helped.

It was truly a special time of giving back and realizing that no matter what happened on the course, at the end of the day it should truly be about serving others. I am so thankful to each and every one of you who came to this event and the many others that I have ran. I am blessed to do what I do, and will never take it for granted. To all of you, my sincerest Thank You and hope to see you again in the future!

The Winter Blast Disc Golf Tournament will be tomorrow, Saturday the 17th , at Ozark's Grubaugh Park. We should be set up and ready to start registering players around 8:00 am. Registration will go until approximately 9:30 am, followed by a short players meeting, and then the START TIME WILL BE AT 10:00. It looks like we are going to be blessed with a beautiful and warmer December day. I hope you will come out and support the Christian County Family Crisis Center while having a fun day of golf with friends and disc golf family! See you there.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr... “Old Man Winter” is definitely here. With the DGM Finale last month as the conclusion of the 2011 Evolution Tour, we are excited to offer one last tournament. Before, during, and after the Finale I was asked if it would be my last event of the year, and with some gentle persuasion I decided to make one last go in 2011. It was easy deciding where to hold this event especially with the “newness” at the beautiful and redesigned Grubaugh Park in Ozark, MO. With Jeff Beth at the helm, the Grubaugh course has under gone a very successful face lift, making it arguably the best course in the Springfield area.

Jeff Beth and I discussed a tournament and agreed the Winter Blast Tournament would be a fun idea and would allow the new design to be showcased. Along with the opportunity to play the new lay out, we also agreed it would make a perfect opportunity to help a local charity (much like the Ice Bowl's). In only a short one day notice, Jeff found a much deserving charity to play for. The Christian County Family Crisis Center is local to Ozark and provides many services to the area. Lynn Buehler, one of the directors, spoke with us and thought it sounded like a great idea. Having never heard of the sport, she mentioned possibly playing in the future (when it warms up of coarse). Jeff and I are excited about this event and hope you can make it!

I hope that this will be a last “Fix” that will get people through to the Ice Bowl season. This event is designed to be fun filled, charity driven, and showcase a more challenging 18 at Grubaugh. This event will have a very fun an unique twist called the Mulligan Turkey Trott (MTT). As the flier mentions there will be 6 mulligans sold for $5. With this $5 donation (that will be given to the CCFCC) you will be entered into the MTT. For every turkey you get (Turkey = 3 consecutive birdies), you will earn a shot at a short CTP hole at the end of play. For those who wish to save their Mulligans, the Mulligans may be traded for shots at the CTP. So far we have been given 2 Turkeys to give out by Price Cutter (thanks for the leg work Jeff)! The MTT should be a great time and will allow more money to be raised for the CCFCC. As always, expect the same “Monkey Style Pay Out” which is picking your own winnings from the Monkey Mobile Store.

How can you help? First, we need to spread the word about this event and get as many players to play as possible. The more players we have, the more we raise for the CCFCC. Second, We are needing donations in one of two ways. Along with the 5 cans of food or $5 as part of the entry, Lynn has provided a top needs list for the CCFCC that include: Non perishable food (cereals especially), cleaning supplies, laundry and other soap items, and women/children's clothing (please bring gently used or new clothing items). If you have any way of getting these types of items, please bring them to the event and they will be donated. Also, we are wanting to have more than just Turkeys to give out at the Turkey Trott. Any prize type items would be greatly appreciated (these do not have to be disc golf related). The last way you can help is by letting us know if you know a business/individual that would like to be a part through a sponsorship. If you do please let Jeff or I know know as soon as possible! “Tis the season”, and our season to help others continues!

If you have questions, about this event, or the upcoming 2012 Tour (including your city being a part) please do not hesitate to contact me. See ya soon and Aces to you!

The Disc Golf Monkey Finale in Harrison, AR on the North Ark campus, was truly a memorable disc golf tournament. From the players pack, to the course, to the incredible pay out, the Finale will be a tough act to follow. Each year this event has been in a different location. The third time was definitely a charm! In the DGM's first Finale we had pretty good financial support from sponsors, but not the best course/venue. The second Finale we had a piece of land that was second to none on beauty, but little financial backing. This year both aspects were present, and it was made relatively easy to make a successful tournament.

Despite only being a PDGA sanctioned C Tier event, players were treated to an incredible players pack that included custom long sleeve t shirt (designed by Keith Douglas and printed by Creator Designs), an upper end Innova disc, a tripod stool sticker, a free sandwich card from McDonald's, and a free lunch provided by John Paul's Gathering Place...wait this is a C Tier?! The major reason for the over the top players pack was because the Harrison Convention and Visitors Bureau or the CVB supported in a huge way! Matt Bell the Director of Sports made funding this possible opening the door for a great course venue. Local restaurant owner Jamie Akers eagerly offered to supply lunch from John Pauls Gathering Place, and host a sight of the after party (this contact was also provided by Matt).

On top of the players pack, the course was a super challenging par 58 with many different types of holes: wooded, open, flat, elevated, flat, but must of all beautiful! This was the Finale and the land lent itself to a challenging and difficult course, so that is what I chose to design. Rarely does an opportunity arise like this, and I wanted to showcase the North Ark College land. I think the mission was accomplished! Although not an easy course, all who played finished and enjoyed the day of golf.

As always, the pay out was much higher than the average C tier events. With the Monkey's mobile store present, it allowed players to pick their prizes. This continued trend has been very popular by the players over the years. With the help from Dynamic Discs, Discs Unlimited, and Innova, there were a lot of several “hard to get plastic” available along with a wide variety of normal stock discs by many different manufacturers! DD and DU also sponsored CTP holes on the course for added prizes. Adding an exciting part to the pay out was a custom Monkey Trap that was raffled to one of the Amateur winners. The winner was local Female Recreational Champion Christine West! Open champion Doug Wiegand pocketed near $200. Pretty nice pay out for only 7 pros in attendance. Although it was posted $500 added, there was more than that added!

The always fun “Must Be Present to Win” EDGE raffle was held at John Paul's Gathering Place. Doug and Teresa Duff were the winners of the big ticket item, the Innova Discatcher Sport. Also raffled was the year long raffle for a Monkey Trap. This raffle was done all year offering tickets for sale and for the purchase of Tour T Shirts/Polos. This year's winner was Joplin's own Zack Jones. He has chosen to get a custom color basket, and when it is finished I will post a picture of the basket and him. I hope that Harrison, AR can be a tour stop for years to come!

Winners included: Doug Wiegand, Jake Whitehead, Bruce Heidebrecht, Shayn Woltz, Brian Lansford, Teresa Duff, and Christine West.

You can see the full results at http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/75462
Also check out the right up on Yahoo Sports: http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-10425085
Thanks for sharing Steve Kastner!!

I am working on events for the 2012 season and am excited! Now is the time to contact me if you/city is interested to be a part. Until next time Aces to you all!

We are now at 42 paid Pre Registrations, more than double what I have ever had. Thank you all for helping out and taking part in the Raffle. As you can see it looks like we are at 54 players when both lists are combined. This event is going to be awesome. You may still pre register, and continue to let me know if you are coming.

To the Raffle! I would like to say congratulations to.........Johnny Chisom! My wife pulled his number a few minutes ago. I will contact him tomorrow and post what he picks (unless he contacts me first!). Again, thanks to all you who have pre registered. Don't forget I have shirts and they are in limited sizes just like the disc selection is limited, and are on a first pay first receive basis. I know I am down to only 4 Large shirts, so continue to pre pay if you want first dibs. Good night to you all!

Just a reminder that I will be doing the second part of the raffle tomorrow evening. The first 50 Paid Pre Registered players will be eligible to win. Up for grabs is a free entry or a custom glass mini. There are now 42 pre paid players. I have also added a verbal pre register list just to let you know who is planning on coming (see below for the lists). Also, if you know you are planning on attending, let me know via text, e mail, or by phone. I am trying to get a head count so I can prepare John Paul's, who is providing lunch for us on Saturday.

I have been asked about the course lay out, length, etc. This is a temporary course, so the tee pads will be natural (be prepared with an All Condition type shoe). The course has a great mix of holes that provide a little of everything. There are short and long holes with a good split of wooded and more open. I have allowed for some possible par 4/5's or will be able to add a few holes if we get over the 90 player limit. I won't turn people away. I would say the course leans toward a longer course with some good elevation on a beautiful piece of land. I have not finished measuring the holes, so I am not able to give an exact footage. I plan on having maps with distances on tourney day. I will be setting up the course Friday, and at this time I will finish flagging, marking, and measuring the holes. If you come Friday, the plan is to have the course ready to be played minus some of the baskets.

Check back tomorrow for the Raffle Winner!

There are now 42 paid Pre Registers as of today. Several players have let me know they plan on coming but can't register until next week. With those, it looks like there are just under 45. Remember there will be another raffle for a FREE ENTRY or a GLASS MINI. The second free raffle drawing will be done in which ever comes first: 50 paid pre registrations or Wednesday the 9th. The first raffle done after the 25th Pre Registration was in was won by Zack Jones (he chose the free room at the Hotel Seville). The Hotel Seville is the tournament's guest hotel located minutes from the course and the home of John Paul's Gathering Place, lunch caterer and site of the tournament after party.

This is the current Pre Registration List:
Brad Hilton, Chad Fisk, TJ Hahn, Kevin Carder, Russ Burns, Jake Whitehead, Randal Reisner, Kyle McClure, Stan Balke, Bill Grother, Jaysin Smith, Frank Hebert, Zach Jones, Michael Cory, Andrew Jinks, George Eudy, Jacob Whittington, Josh Hurt, Mark Anderson, Cory Anderson, Steve Hare, Doug Duff, Teresa Duff, Aaron Ulrich, Nathan Clark, Chris Clemmons, Russ Rosencrans, Bryce Fisk, Brad Chisom, Johnny Chisom, Donnia Chisom, Becky Sweatman, Nathan Brown, Grant Bradfield, Jacob Bradfield, Eric Conner, Michael Davison, Isaac Davison, Keith Douglas, Jeff Beth, Jay Hall, Bruce Heidebrecht

Verbal Pre Register List: Travis Stand, Doug Wiegand, Kyle Wilkes, Taylor Sears, Gary Harrison, Trevor Conquillard, John Sheafer, Caleb Spinks, Shayn Woltz, Brian Lansford, Jordan Toebben, Kris West

The Finale Disc Choices:
Black Champion Wraiths (167-169) (5 left)
Black KC Rocs (16 left)
CFR Champion Vulcans (11 left)
CFR Champion Gators (4 left)
CFR Glow Champion Firebirds (Out)
CFR Glow Champion Boss (Out)
CFR Glow Champion T-Bird Plus (3 left)
CFR Star Cobras (Out)

The Finale Disc Choices:
Black Champion Wraiths (167-169)
Black KC Rocs
CFR Champion Vulcans
CFR Champion Gators
CFR Glow Champion Firebirds (Out)
CFR Glow Champion Boss (Out)
CFR Glow Champion T-Bird Plus
CFR Star Cobras (Out)

These are first come first serve. If you know your coming get signed up so you can get your pick of disc, shirt size, and be a part of the raffle for a free Entry or Glass Mini.

Today was an eventful day for the Finale. I was asked to be on a local news program in Harrison (Hometown TV, K26 TV) to discuss the game of disc golf and the upcoming Finale tournament! This was a great experience, and will air soon. I believe you can find it on line at http://www.k26tv.com/ . I also had an interview with the Harrison Times which is the local news paper. This was an equally awesome experience, and the article should come out early next week. The city of Harrison has done an incredible job getting the word out and supporting this event! Along with the huge sponsorship from the Harrison Convention and Visitors Bureau, John Paul's Gathering Place, the Hotel Seville, and McDonalds have all pitched to make this a true Finale. The players packs are growing with the minimum being a Long Sleeve T-Shirt, a rare/or CFR disc (pics on FB), lunch (catered by John Paul's), and more is in the works. The raffle, to be held at the after party at John Paul's in the Hotel Seville, is going to be sweet too with a lot of fun, collectible, and useable items (Championship Approved?)! Well besides all this, the course is awesome. After the 4th time of looking at the land and designing the course, I think it is ready to show case. What's it like well...bring your full bag and be ready to play, because it's going to be sweeeeeeet!

THE RAFFLE
So my daughter Angelia was sick last night and stayed home from school today. Before she went to bed early, her awesome mom (my wonderful wife Melissa), prepared the raffle. Instead of pulling out big Scorepointe cards out of an even bigger box (that would make shuffling near impossible), my wife suggested making numbered papers since I numbered each Scorepointe card (glad she thinks better than I do). So Angelia picked out #9. Drum Roll Please...The winner from Joplin, MO is... Zack Jones. If you would like to see a picture of her holding the #9 I will be posting it on Facebook shortly. Congratulation Zack. Zack just informed me that he is taking the room, so the free entry and the glass mini are still available.

Don't forget there will be another raffle at 50. If we don't get 50 Pre Registers, I will still do a drawing Wednesday the 9th. Check back soon for updates!

THE FIRST RAFFLE WILL BE DONE TOMORROW NOVEMBER 2nd (Three Spots Still Available)
Pre Register list for the Finale is at 26. I am taking the 4 players from Team Monkey out of the mix. Tomorrow I will have my daughter pull a Scorepointe card out of a box to complete the 1st Raffle Contest for a Free Registration or Free night stay at the Hotel Seville or the Glass mini.

This is the current Pre Registration List:
Brad Hilton, Chad Fisk, TJ Hahn, Kevin Carder, Russ Burns, Jake Whitehead, Randal Reisner, Kyle McClure, Stan Balke, Bill Grother, Jaysin Smith, Frank Hebert, Zach Jones, Michael Cory, Andrew Jinks, George Eudy, Jacob Whittington, Josh Hurt, Mark Anderson, Cory Anderson, Steve Hare, Doug Duff, Teresa Duff, Aaron Ulrich, Nathan Clark, Chris Clemmons, Russ Rosencrans, Bryce, Fisk

Pre Register list for the Finale is at 18 (7 more until the raffle for the Free Registration or Free night stay at the Hotel Seville or the Glass mini):

Brad Hilton, Chad Fisk, TJ Hahn, Kevin Carder, Russ Burns, Jake Whitehead, Randal Reisner, Kyle McClure, Stan Balke, Bill Grother, Jaysin Smith, Frank Hebert, Zach Jones, Michael Cory, Andrew Jinks, George Eudy, Jacob Whittington, Josh Hurt

The 2011 Evolution Tour Season Finale is set for November 12th in Harrison, Arkansas on the campus of North Arkansas. This will be a temporary course on a beautiful piece of land that the college is developing. The course will have a great mix of short, long, wooded, open, and elevation changing holes. This course will offer a challenging mix for everyone. The Finale will be brought to you by the North Arkansas College, Harrison Tourism Commission, Harrison Sports, John Paul's Gathering Place, the Hotel Seville, and the Disc Golf Monkey. There are more possible sponsors, but this event is fully funded and you can expect an incredible players pack that will have a value $35-$50 plus! The payout will be top notch as well, with a minimum of $500 added! This will be a true Finale, and one you don't want to miss!

The first 25 registered players (that have paid) will be entered into a raffle for one of the following, a one night stay at the Hotel Seville (the guest hotel for the tournament), a free entry to the Finale tournament (a refund will be given if won), or a custom Glass Mini. I will keep this list current and do the drawing as soon as the 25th player has registered. The winner will receive their choice of prizes. Once the first drawing is completed, another drawing will be done at the 50 player registered mark for the remaining two prizes. I will then put the last prize into the EDGE raffle that will be done at John Pauls Gathering Place inside the Hotel Seville Saturday night at the Players Party.

To register you may pay in cash, or check at my store. For credit card entries you can pay on line through Pay Pal www.paypal.com . If paying through Pay Pal send the money plus $2 per player (PayPal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please don't forget to put your Division, Shirt Size, and PDGA number. When I receive your entry, I will contact you and ask for your disc choice. All players pack discs will be rare, and I am currently working out the details. Check back for more information soon.

Registration is open as soon as this posts on my site, so don't hesitate. If you would like to register tomorrow, I will be at the Ace Race in Nixa ran by Disconnected. If you have any questions, please feel free to call, text, or email me. Aces to all!

The 4th Annual Jeff City Open held last weekend was the 11th stop on the Disc Golf Monkey's Evolution Tour 2011. Forty three people came and tried to conquer the Joseph C. Miller (BinderPark) course. The weather was perfect allowing players their best opportunity to shoot well. Binder is arguably the most difficult course played on DGM's tour. Allowing only 9 below par rounds (all shot by pro players), with three 4 under 50's being the “Hot Rounds”, the Binder course tests almost all your disc golf shots. If you have not been to Jeff City to play disc golf, it is a must if you are close to the area! The course looked incredible and it was evident that the JCDGC worked hard on preparing the course for this event. Thank you to the Jeff City Disc Golf Club for your hard work and hosting a fun event.

The competition was very tight in all divisions. From the 4 stroke win in the Junior division to the 2 stroke difference from 1st to 4th in the Open division, it was a tight race to the end. Congratulations to all of this year's 4th Annual Jeff City Open Champions!
Winners included:
Phil Bates (Open) 1 Stroke win over George Smith & Shawn Crowe
Adam Johnson (Adv) 1 Stroke win over Chris Neff
Brad Hilton (Int) 2 Stroke win over Chad Fisk
Dan Ensor (Rec) Won in a tie break over Tuner in sudden death
Eric Sappington (GM) 1 Stroke win over Stan Balke
Jesse Deuesplore (Jr) 4 Stroke win over Brent Alber

There is only one event left on the DGM Evolution Tour and that is the Finale to be held November 12th in Harrison, AR. This tournament is fully funded by the Harrison Tourism Commission. There will be $500 added, lunch provided, and top of line players packages. Check back often for details and ways to win discs, a hotel stay, and an entry to this event. See ya soon!

Two days away from the Jeff City Open. The discs, shirts, and food should all be picked up tomorrow. Please don't forget that the start time is 9:00! The players meeting will be at 8:30. If you have played this event before, you know the reason for the early start time change (the sun just doesn't stay up long enough for us in October!). If you would like to pre register, please look at the post below and follow the directions. Looking forward to seeing you in Missouri's capital...Jeff City here we come!

The Jeff City Open is only a week away. This year we are expecting another good turn-out. I would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to club members Mel, Tuner, and Stan for there efforts in making this year's event happen. All of them have told me the course is looking great. If you have helped in any way with course clean up, sponsorship collecting, sponsoring, or any other way, we all appreciate your help.

The discs have been ordered from Innova, and we will be offering 50 DX discs and 50 Champion discs (Champion discs are available for a $5 upgrade fee) and a t-shirt in the Players Pack. The disc choices are as follows:

DX Lep (20)
Champ Lep (5)
DX TB (15)
Champ TB (10)
DX Wraith (15)
Champ Wraith (10)
Champ Apes (25)

(There are 4 CFR Glow Xcalibers for sale for $20 if you are interested. The first 25 pre registration qualify to win a custom CFR Xcaliber.)

If you would like to pre-register you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me and pay at the shop.
2) Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, shirt size, and disc selection (these will be done on a first come first serve basis).

I am just about ready for the Riverview Open. I just received 20 Champion Fund Raiser Tee Devils that I ordered a few weeks back. As it turns out, Innova East sold out quickly and was awaiting the shipment from the West coast to fill orders. If you are wanting one, call, text, or e mail me, and I will hold one for you until Saturday. Also, I ordered nearly 200 discs today, and they will be arriving Friday. Discs by Innova, Discraft, MVP, Discmania, DGA, Millennium, Vibram, Westside, and Gateway are all on the way and will be ready for purchase/pay out in Miami. If any one is interested in a custom basket, I also have two Monkey Traps ready to take home. I have an all Black “8 Ball” basket and a Black/Green “Monster” basket both wanting a new home.

Looking forward to seeing you at this year's Riverview Open. If you have questions or would like to pre register, read the post below. Aces to you!

This year's 4 States Open was nothing short of AWESOME. The players, courses, baskets, player's packs, player party, pay-out, and everything in-be-tween, were all incredible at this 6th Annual event. Thank you and congratulations to all the Joplin Disc Golf Club and board members on a truly remarkable event. I'm sure next year will be better, but it will take some work. I know you are all up for the challenge. When are you starting Pre-Registrations for next year? Lol

The 2011 Riverview Open in Miami is here. The parks department has been getting everything ready. There are more than 45 local businesses helping to put on the tournament this year. Players packs include a t-shirt and a Pro Challenger putter. Z Nuke, Z Flick, and Z Buzz are available for a $5 upgrade. There are even some CryZtal Buzz discs with the tourney stamp for sale. One hole will have CTP shots for lifetime memberships to discgolfplanet.tv (by overall division). The overall winner by division (adv, int, and rec) will win a PAID 2012 membership to the PDGA. There will be a ring of fire and possibly a long-drive competition after the second round.
Lunch will be available on site. A local church will be grilling burgers  and have chips, drinks and cookies included for $5.
There will be a $5 ace pot (14 of the 18 holes have been hit, 11 this year).
Check the ottawa county disc golf club facebook fan page for updates as the week goes on.
Email your registration info to ocdgc@hotmail.com or ocdgc@rocketmail.com with division, PDGA #, shirt size and disc choice.
The Miami NOW Festival is going on all weekend across the river with games, food, Native dancing, a classic car show, petting zoo, and a carnival. Plenty of fun for the whole family.

The 4 States Open is only a few days away! I have been told all the players pack and other tourney stuff is in. Along with the McClelland Park's face lift sporting 27 Monkey Traps, there will also be 9 temporary Monkey Traps completing the 36 holes that will be played this weekend (Thank you guys for bringing your Traps!). This event will be the largest in our area, and credit needs to be given to the JDGC and the players who have stuck with it making both the club and The 4 States such a success! A special thanks to Todd Calhoon, Kevin Carder, Michael Cory, and Andrew Jinks for leading the JDGC in the direction that most can only hope for. I would also like to thank Pat Wooley for his efforts in bringing much needed new baskets to McClelland Park! I am honored to be a member of the club and proud to be a part of such a successful event.

If you have played this event before, you know and would probably agree this course can test your skills with the terrain being it's biggest challenge. Rolling hills spread throughout the course with mature trees everywhere. There is a great mix of short and long holes and just enough OB to make things interesting. If this is your 1st time playing this course/tournament I am sure you will find McClelland and the 4 States Open a venue you will probably return to! I hope to see you in Joplin on Friday or early Saturday morning! Good Luck!

It was a very cool, wet, and windy Puttin' Monkey Challenge today. Despite the poor conditions, 16 people came out and battled the elements and the course at the Disc Golf Monkey's 19th Hole. The scores reflected the conditions being significantly lower than those of the last challenge. The Tomb hung tough giving up a few baskets, but no one threatened the “4 for the Trap”. Winners included Russ and Aaron in the Advanced Division, Bryce, Chad and Mark in the Intermediate Division, and Derek, Justin and John in the Recreational Division. Congratulations to you all. By the way ladies, Kristen would like more of you to come and join her next time. Thanks to all of you for coming out, and I'm looking forward to the next one... in the dark, Halloween, costume party (Who knows)...? Stay Tuned.

This Sunday at 1:00 will be another fun time at Disc Golf Monkey's 19th hole. There will be another Puttin' Monkey Challenge that will feature a new addition. There will again be the opportunity to make four putts “Out of the Tomb” and win a Monkey Trap. The Puttin' Challenge will again consist of 3 divisions: beginner, intermediate, and advanced and will have two rounds of 10 holes. The top 45% will be paid out through vouchers that may be used in the shop. I have about 150 discs coming in this week to prepare for the 4 States Open, so come take advantage of the new plastic. There will be a sale on some DX and CFR discs, bags, and more!

If you notice I added the “What Do You Got” statement in the title. This has a double meaning that includes your putting skills, but more importantly, I am going to have my disc collection on display for sell, trade, or just to talk about... kind of like a disc “show and tell” with the option to buy or trade. I am encouraging all players to bring “What You Got” to sell, trade, or just show and tell others about how you acquired them and the memories you have about the time you picked them up. I have managed to pick up a pretty cool collection over the last 20 years and wanted to let people see and feel some plastic (that they may never have not seen before) and do the same with what others have. I like to consider it a Disc Golf Swap Meet. Feel free to bring any disc golf gear or discs you may want to get rid of. Remember your junk may be someone else's treasure. Remember if you have used plastic for sale or trade there is a huge field in front of my house that is perfect for test runs (it was mowed last week too). I will have tables available to display your stuff. As far as what will be on display from the Monkey: there will be some awesome stamps from many past tourneys, both local and far away. I will also have some old school CE plastic: Eagles, Valkyries, Rocs (including a rare and highly coveted '01 Roc and a 1st run Valkyrie), and much more!

Remember you are not obligated to play if you come. It is just an excuse to get together, chat, practice, teach, learn, compete if you want, but most importantly to have fun on the best putting facility around! Although I here Bolivar's new installment of baskets rivals my place Lol! I hope to see you there!

On September 10, 2011 a couple amazing disc golf events took place in our area. A weekend of near perfect weather provided an incredible day for both playing at The Dale Roberts Memorial and working in McClelland Park replacing all 28 baskets with Monkey Traps. If we could have ordered weather straight from Heaven, I doubt anyone would have asked God for anything more. Sunshine, cooler temperatures, an ever so slight breeze...Wow, what a day!

Fifty players came to show their respects and to compete at Dale's course on the McCulley Park grounds. As mentioned the weather was awesome and made throwing very enjoyable. Both rounds went very quickly with nearly everyone finishing the first round by noon. Pizza was provided to the players from the Little Caesar's Pizza in Nixa (Thanks Zach and company for the hook up). If any of you get pizza from Little Caesar's ask for the manager, mention the tournament, and thank them for the discount! The second round played equally fast finishing before four o'clock. The Ace throw off, ring of fire, and raffle were all done before crowning the champions. Winners included: Josh Hurt (Branson, MO) Recreational, Shayn Woltz (Springfield, MO) Intermediate , Jake Whitehead (Fair Grove, MO) Advanced, and Russ Burns (Springfield, MO) Open. The scores are posted and were placed on the PDGA website www.pdga.com .

Another part of September 10th 2011 was the removal and replacement of the 28 baskets at McClelland Park in Joplin, MO. Approximately, 10 players helped in the project, and the work was completed in one day. On behalf of the JDGC and myself, great work and thank you all for your help. There are many people that are even more pumped about the 4 States Open happening in less than two weeks (September 23-25, 2011)! I hope to see a ton of you there!

I wanted to mention that September 10th will always be a bitter sweet day for me. It was September 10, 2001 when I helped install my very first disc golf course. Tom Watkins disc golf course in Springfield, was installed after many players donated money, time, and hard work 10 years ago to the day. I remember how happy I was getting to play and watching others play on the new baskets. I also remember being excited about going to work the next day and share what was accomplished with my co-workers and students, only to hear the horrific news on the radio about the terrorist acts of September 11, 2011. I don't remember even mentioning the installation of the Tom Watkins course that day because of the miserable feelings of emotion after watching the devastation of New York and our great Nation. I am so thankful for each course that I am a part in some way, but even more thankful to live in America. To all of you who serve or have served in our United States Military, Thank You and God Bless You! America...One Nation Under God...!

Dale Roberts Memorial Player's Pack:

There will be shirts the day of for the 1st 72 Players

Also, there will be a disc for every player that attends. The choices will be from the following:
DX Aviar Driver (The Big Bead)
DX T Bird
DX Roc (both Regular and Flat Top)
Star Roc Plus
Star Vulcan
Champion T-Bird Plus
The last three are in very limited quanities so register quickly!

If you would like to pre-register you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me and pay at the shop.
2) Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, Phone number, shirt size, and disc selection (these will be done on a first come first serve basis).

The 5th Annual Dale Roberts Memorial is less than a week away. On Saturday September 10th we will come together in Nixa to remember a man who was a true ambassador to the sport by playing disc golf on the course that he was passionate about. If you had the pleasure of knowing Dale, you would know that he worked hard at everything he did, and this course was no exception. Dale was a major part in getting Disc Golf into McCulley Park. After putting in the initial 9 holes, he was determined to complete the 18 hole course, as he added 3 holes at a time. After 15 were in the ground, he designed the final 3 holes that included his favorite hole number 6 (which is the favorite of many who play). His plan was to install the final 3 holes on a Monday, just before he was to be the Tournament Director of Nixa's first PDGA event. Sadly and very unfortunately, Dale was unable to to see the course complete or TD that event, as he passed away the Sunday before. The Nixa Center was quick to complete the course and name the McCulley disc golf course after him in his honor and memory. Each year we all have an opportunity to remember or pay our respects to the man and family who was instrumental in establishing this challenging and fun course. It is my pleasure and honor to be a part, and hope that you will be able to attend this 5th Annual Dale Roberts Memorial and the ones to come.

If you would like to pre register for this event securing your spot and getting first dibs on your shirt size, please follow the instructions in the previous post by either contacting me and coming to the shop to pay or paying through Pay-Pal. If paying through Pay Pal please provide me with your shirt size along with the other information in the Pay Pal Memo. Thanks and see you in Nixa!

The 5th Annual Dale Roberts Memorial is fast approaching set for Saturday, September 10th. The discs have been ordered and should be in the mid part of next week. Come play one of the nicest courses in the Springfield area.

If you would like to pre-register you may do so in one of two ways:
1) Contact me and pay at the shop.
2) Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, and Phone number.

Check back for more details that will be coming soon... Possible give-a-ways...? Aces to you!

Looking forward to the Puttin Monkey Challenge. I mowed the greens and fairways, installed the teeing bricks, and put up the banners. As I mentioned there will be three divisions, so don't be afraid to come out and try your putter out on the only putting course around! Everyone will have the opportunity to win a custom Monkey Trap by making all four putts from the “Tomb”! There will also be other awards for making all four putts from other holes as well! This will be a great time for practice, learning, getting better, and a great time to hang out. I have an arcade with Pinball machines, arcade games, a dart board and a regulation 9 foot pool table that will all be available through out the tourney. Start time is 1:00, and you can register any time between 1 and 5. Hope to see a lot of you there.

The 4th Annual Little Big Show was a hot one! Nearly 60 players came to Neosho Saturday and were forced to deal with Morse park and the Heat. Hot, muggy, and little to know wind made for a very long day of golf. Lots of liquid drank and an occasional dip in the creek helped players battle through. After the 1st round of competition was completed, players were treated to a delicious lunch prepared and delivered by Suzie, owner of Sam's Cellar! Thank you.

Congratulations to the winners of the day: Elijah Sheafer, Brodie Hebert, Casey Smith, Gabriel Gilbert, Kevin Carder, Chris Shelton, Jose Mendoza and Over all champion Chris Eads (with a -20, 88). After the 2nd round the Ring of Fire lived up to it's name (Hot as fire!). Quickly following the R of F was the Ace throw off, and then the awards were held. After the event about 25 players went to Sam's Cellar where they enjoyed some more great food at the after party at Sam's Cellar. The EDGE Raffle was also held. Teresa Duff from Tulsa, Ok took home the finale prize the Innova Discatcher Sport basket from Innova! You lucky dog Doug! The Little Big Show was another fun event, if you weren't able to make it this year, I hope to see you next year.

Next on the schedule is another fun Puttin' Monkey Challenge. Next Sunday the 28th from 1:00 to 5:30, at the the Disc Golf Monkey's 19th Hole, will be the day, time, and site of the event. The “Out of the Tomb” will be the ultimate challenge for the ultimate grand prize...Four made putts from the tomb equals take home a Monkey Trap. Only $10 to register and there will be 3 divisions. Come ready with your putters on fire! See ya soon!

The Little Big Show is tomorrow. The word is, the city mowed the long holes (that are often neglected), and the others holes look pretty good. This means the course is ready for us to take it down! I'd like to see some low scores tomorrow. Anyone game?

There are near 40 players pre-registered, and I don't mind taking more into the night. Remember you can use Pay Pal by following the directions a few posts down. If not, no worries you can register tomorrow morning starting at 8:00 am.

For those of you who like making purchases using Credit Card, I am up and running again and am able to take Credit Cards. Thank You for your patience!

See you all at the Show...in Neosho!

Congratulations to Austin McBride and Michael Cory for winning the "Give me my black disc!" texting game in the previous post. They each won a custom Star disc disc. Michael Cory was first and chose the Boss, and Austin will receive the Destroyer. Keep coming back for your chance at winning!

Don't forget to register. It looks like a larger than normal Advanced field is shaping up. See ya at the Show!

It's hard to believe that the 8th stop on the Evolution 2011 Tour is only a few days away! The 4th Annual Little Big Show is this Saturday August 20th. Morse Park will again present it's challenges to all who play; paths, creeks, roads, trees and rail road tracks, will all come in to play. A special thanks to the Scheafer family for their clean up efforts last week, and for reminding the Parks Department to mow. I'd also like to thank our sponsors; Mr. Disc Golf www.mrdiscgolf.com/ , Joplin Disc Golf www.joplindgc.com/ , K&S Coins www.kandscoins.com/ , Sam's Cellar www.samscellar.com/ , and the Scheafer Family. Please visit our sponsors web site and thank them!

The tournament discs should be in Wednesday or Thursday. I have ordered BB Aviars, Flat Top Rocs, a few Roc +, and Champion TB +. No up charges, but all are limited so first come first serve (actually first to register get their first choice). I have ordered 5 Black Destroyers and 5 Black Boss. I am giving one of each a way to the 1st person who texts me the following: Give me my black disc! (you must be present at the Little Big Show to collect!). Also, don't forget the bounty on the Disc Golf Monkey Hole #18. If you ace it while wearing any monkey apparel or using a monkey stamped disc you receive $100 in cash (you do not have to be in the ace pot, and this is separate from the ace pot).

If you have any questions about the event, don't hesitate to call. Don't forget the following Sunday, August 28th, is the Puttin' Monkey Challenge with the premier of the “Out of the Tomb” hole. Come take your crack at winning a $400 custom Monkey Trap! Registration is only $10 and there will be 3 divisions for the 1st time!

Back by popular demand, the Puttin' Monkey Challenge is set to return on Sunday August 28th at the the Disc Golf Monkey's 19th Hole. As many of you know, my yard has been a 9 hole putting course for some time. I am excited to announce that there has been a 10th hole added. This hole is unique in every way. Borrowing from the fun “Putt Putt miniature golf courses”, the number 10 hole is the last hole that allows you to win something if made. Named “Out of the Tomb”, the hole shoots out of a cellar that is about 7 feet under ground. If you make all four of your putts on the Out of the Tomb Hole during your round, you will win a $400 custom Monkey Trap! WARNING this hole is not easy, nor is it meant to be! If you make all four, you will have earned the basket. In saying this, it is very possible as I found out on my first attempt with four putters. I made two of four with the other 2 putts hitting the basket.

There will be 3 Divisions: PRIMATE (Beginner) EVOLVING (Intermediate) EVOLVED (Advanced)
The entry fee is only $10 and I will be giving free putting tips and demos before, during, and after. Pay out will be done like all my events through vouchers, with the top 40% being paid out. Come enjoy a great time of disc golf with friends and family of the Monkey! If you have any questions check the flier or contact me. If you would like to see the holes or practice let me know. Until then keep puttin'!

My apologies on the lack of a flier, I am having some technical difficulties at the moment. The start times will be the same as my other tournaments: 8:00 Registration Starts, 9:30 Players Meeting, and Tee Off around 10:00. I should have the Flier up soon.

There are 2 ays to Pre Register:
1 contact me, pay and sign up at the shop
2 Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, and Phone number.

Some of you enjoyed the Neosho Course for the Ace Race and Summer Sizzler yesterday. I hope you will come back and play the Little Big Show. There will be a bonus $100 given out if the #18 “Disc Golf Monkey Sponsored Hole” is aced by someone sporting any disc golf apparel or using any 2011 Tour Disc (this includes hot stamps from this year's tour). Good Luck and see you at the “Show”!

I would like to thank all the people involved in the Pitt Open: Kevin Elrod (the man who makes it happen), Larry Jump (responsible for the awesome logos, signs, banners, and more), our sponsors (Joplin Disc Golf Club, Wheat State Pizza, Fat Daddy's, State Farm Insurance, Comfort Inn, and the Pitt Disc Golf Club), anyone who took the time and effort to bring baskets and pick them up, Team Monkey, Gregg and Linsey Cass, Kevin Carder, all the players, and anyone else who had a hand in this years 70 player Pitt Open! I hope we can do it again next year!!!

Hot and humid followed by hotter and more humid were the conditions for the day, with a temporary cool down shower that ushered in the "Ring of Fire" and Long Drive contest after the rounds. A very mild wind blew, but never long enough to give much relief. There was plenty of water on the course thanks to Kevin Elrod and the Pitt Disc Golf Club.

There was a tight race in most divisions, with the over all best score (9 under 99), being shared by both the Open Champion Adam Hunt, and the soon to be "Lion Tamer" Kevin Jones (Advanced Champion). Other winners included: Advanced Master Champion Chris Sheafer (winning by over 20 strokes), Intermediate champion (posting back to back wins) Steve Kastner who won in a 3 way play off against Springfields TJ Haun and Lebanon's Brad Hilton, and Steven Medeiros winning the Recreational Division. Congratulations to all of you and time for you to "Move Up"!

The State Farm Insurance Long Drive Competition was interesting in that the two farthest drives were thrown by Am players. Both Chris Shelton and Kyle Webster bombed 513'...craziness! Travis Stand won the Open division over 2nd place Kyle McClure. Watching this was a true added bonus! Thanks to State Farm and Kevin Elrod!

The event ended with an After Party at Fat Daddy's. Players enjoyed appetizers and drinks along with a fun time of socializing and discussing what they all "could have shot". The EDGE Raffle was also held with Zack Jones winning his 3rd basket! Thanks for all the players that bought tickets and any one who donated things to the raffle. There was almost $250 raised. This brings this years total to $850. This is awesome considering one event's donations went to Joplin and the atttendance being a little down. Keep up the Great work!!

I hope to see you all in Pitt again soon. To all locals in the Pitt area, Kevin Elrod needs help to push for a new course there. Ask him what you can do, or if you know someone(s) that can help financially this would benefit all disc golfers!

See you in Neosho for the Little Big Show on the 20th!

We are down to single digits for the 1st 45 Pre-Registers who will get the bonus in their players pack. Don't sweat it though, there are plenty of spots for the tournament. It is exciting to see that there are 10 Open players pre-registered along with a strong Recreational and Intermediate divisions shaping up. There are about 6 Advanced so far, and I think this number will grow. If your not registered look down at the previous post, and follow the directions. It's easy and painless. If you hit an Ace on one of the 3 Monkey Traps while wearing a 2011 Tour T, or 2011 Tour Polo, or hit the ace with a 2011 tour disc, you will enjoy a crisp $100 bill. Good Luck!

If any of you have items to put into the EDGE Raffle, it would be greatly appreciated. There is a basket as always (Innova Discatcher Sport) and an Innova Carrier bag up for grabs along with several other prizes. I have been asked multiple times how people can help out...This is an easy way for players to give back to the an awesome cause of promoting disc golf. I wish I had a dollar every time I heard someone say, “I wish I would have started playing when I was younger!” We can't go back, but we can give kids now a chance to do just that! Almost all of us who have played several tournaments have things we don't need or use; discs, shirts, minis, towels, bags, baskets (ok the basket is pushing it but you know what I mean). Here is the chance. Bring donations for EDGE. I truly believe EDGE is helping promote the sport at the right level...to our kids! Thanks for all you who support!

If there is anyone in the area close to Lamar, MO who is interested in teaching kids disc golf, Kevin Elrod, Kevin Carder, and myself will be instructing nearly 90 kids from the AOK camp the sport of Disc Golf. We will be at the City Park in Lamar from 9 to about 12:30. If you think you can help please give me a call.

See you all at Pitt!

A reminder that the 2nd Pitt Open is quickly approaching! I would like to invite all discgolfers to come play the 2nd Pitt Open in Pittsburg, KS this coming Saturday the 30th, at the temp course at Schlanger Park. There will also be Friday night doubles at Lincoln Park (this is not the location of the main tournament). Start time is 6:00 and the club Ace Pot of $125 is up for grabs (short course lots of Ace opportunities)! For details call Kevin Elrod at 620 249 8747.

In addition to the doubles and the tourney, there will also be a 2 Division Long Drive Competition ($100 added from State Farm Ins.), lunch provided on Saturday by Wheat State Pizza, and an after party at Fat Daddy's where the EDGE raffle will be held.

All players will receive a custom players pack , but ONLY THE 1ST 45 will receive the bonus in their pack.

There are three ways to Pre Register:
1) contact Kevin Elrod (his number is above) and work out a time to pay and sign up
2) contact me and pay and sign up at the shop
3) Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, PDGA # (if you do not have one add the $10 PDGA fee), address, and Phone number.

See you all in Pittsburg!

As many of you know, I have been silent when it comes to voting on issues or people in regards to the PDGA. This year I have chosen to break my silence because I have had the pleasure of getting to know one of the candidate who is running for a board. Mike Solt, or as most know him as just “Solt” , has been a friend for the past few years. Although we met years ago in Kansas, it has only been a few years that we struck up a cyber friendship that has grown into an almost brotherhood relationship. Sharing many of the same views and being passionate about the sport of Disc Golf, was the start of us hitting it off. Solt's great attitude, listening skills, problem solving ideas, and great personality have helped me personally look at things in new light and have helped me personally and my business. For this I am forever thankful!

Mike reached out to me and “picked my brain” about events, merchandising, and a few other subjects that pertained to Disc Golf. Solt quickly jumped in holding a couple events, launching a web site, and starting his company Mr. Disc Golf. I don't think I had a lot to do with his leaping, because he was eager to do something in the very first time we spoke. His tournaments are incredible according to the numbers, quick pre-registration filling, and being a part of them. He has found a balance of taking care of the Ams, while still attracting the attention of the Pros. I found it surprising how many people Solt new in the Disc Golf community even before he was running events or had started Mr. Disc Golf. I often comment to friends that he knows more people and has more contacts than any one I know in the game. I think this is a great asset for a board member.

I pointed out on my web sight that he was the true driving force that helped me organize the Joplin Relief Effort, and with out him I don't think it would have been as beneficial for the 5 disc golf families. He never passes on a chance to help proving that not only does he love the game, but he is morally sound as well!

Solt is a Husband, Father, Disc Golf Enthusiast that I see as a player, tournament director, business owner, and a true all around Ambassador of the game. What is amazing is how well he does them all! If you are unclear about who to vote for, or you are just going to vote for the sake of doing so, I would encourage you to vote for my friend Mike Solt for a board of directors spot.

The 2nd Annual Pitt Open is coming up very soon. As mentioned on the flyer, this will be at Schlanger Park again this year on the same temporary course. A proposal has been given to the city for permanent baskets here, but there has been no official word on how this is going. We hope to have another good turn out in hopes of letting the city of Pittsburg see the benefit/potential of a solid 18 hole disc golf course.

There will be custom discs given out to all players. There will also be a bonus for the 1st 45 players packs. You may register at the shop or through Pay Pal as always. If you would like to register through Pay Pal follow these directions:
Send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, PDGA #, address, and Phone number.

This event, like last year, will have another awesome players party afterward. There will be a long drive competition that has $100 added to the winner ($75 Pro $25 Am). Come check out this fun and exciting course that can only be played once a year...for now!

See you all in Pittsburg!

The 2nd Monkey Trap Open is fast approaching. There will be a "Pick Your Own Partner" Doubles Friday night that will have a Flex start. The fee will be $20/ Team Kyle McClure will be running this event. For more infromation call him at (479) 790-9312.

Don't forget you can still pre register through Pay Pal (for directions look two posts down), or register from 8:00 - 9:30 Saturday morning. The Players Packs have some awesome custom stamped plastic that include: Pro, Champ, and Echo Star Wraiths, Pro & Black Star Destroyres, Star Archons, and Black Echo Star Boss. I also have 3 types of CFR discs available for an $8 upgrade fee (Star Cl Cobras, Ch Glow XD's, and Ch Glow FB). Pre Register to get your 1st pick!

See ya at Sports Life!

The 2011 Evolution Tour T's are here and ready to ship. There are 3 colors this year (black, red, and pink) and pictures are posted in the Gallery.

If you would like a chance at winning a custom colored Monkey Trap Basket here is your chance! Simply buy a 2011 Evolution Tour T and get a raffle ticket for the drawing. The drawing will be held November 12, 2011, at the last tour stop, The Finale. You do not have to be present to win, but if you want me to send it to you, shipping is on you. Shirts are $15 shipped, or $10 if bought from the Monkey's Mobile Store. Last year Bryce Fisk from Mt Wernon, MO won the Custom colored Innova Pro target. Who will win this year?

First if you would like to Pre Register there are two ways available:

Come by the shop, fill out the form, and pay. OR

Using Pay Pal send your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, PDGA #, shirt size, address and Phone number. All discs are Pro, Champ, Star, Echo Star or CFR. I do have some black Echos again so register early.

The Monkey Trap Open is Saturday the 16th, just over a week away. We again have NNWA as a title sponsor, and will have another awesome player's pack and another great Monkey Pay Out! The Player's Pack discs are the largest variety so far. Boss's, Destroyers, Wraiths, Archons, (different plastics) and CFR's will be available for Upgrade or for sale (5 Glo XD's, 5 Glo FB, and 5 Star Cobras). The discs will be at my shop on Wednesday the 13th. If you want to pre register and pick up your players pack feel free to give me a call.

The Tour 2011 shirts are available in black, red, and pink. They are only $10 ea. for a 3 color tour schedule back and a one color massive monkey front! If you hit an Ace during either round at the Monkey Trap Open and are wearing one, you will receive a crisp $100 bill! I will be posting pics of the Tour T's soon on my Gallery link. Get Your Soon!

If you have any questions feel free to call me!

The first Hillbilly Shoot Out will be the last, says John Shelton (Lebanon Parks and Rec Manager). The name was a disguise for what will now be known as the Jared Hilton Memorial Open for years to come. Both the course name and future tournament name was unveiled for all to see including Brad Hilton (Jared's Dad) who was completely moved by the events. Many of the Hilton family, friends, and course sponsors were on hand to take part in the short, but moving ceremony. Wes Hilton (Brad's nephew and head of the fund raising efforts) and Mr. Brown (Owner of the local Budweiser company and large contributor) both spoke sharing the memories of Jared. This course and event will now have even more meaning for years to come.

After the ceremony, the discs started to fly on the all new Jared Hilton Memorial Disc Golf Course. Not only the name was new, but there were new Monkey Traps (black & yellow), new signs, and new 5' X 12' tee pads. The course played and flowed great with the 44 players that attended. The event gave us a solid foundation to build and grow on. There are already plans for next year.

Despite the 40% chance of rain predicted by the local news stations, rain fell for only about 10 minutes total the entire round. The dark skies gave way to the hot sun that made the air extremely humid. The wind picked up some the second round making it a little less humid. The Pro Open division was won easily by Springdale, AR native Dasun Keeler. He shot two great rounds that totaled 96. This was 4 better than 2nd place. Dasun said this win was “Well over due!”. Other winners included: Melissa White (Int Women), Zach Jones (Advanced), Steve Kastner (Intermediate), Isaac Davison (Recreational), and Bruce Heidebrecht (Grand Masters). Congratulations to all of you! For all the scores please visit the PDGA website http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/72631 .

Coming up next will be the 2nd Annual Monkey Trap Open in Springdale, AR! Hope to see you there!

George and the Lebanon Parks crew finished installing all 18 tee pads today at Atchley Park (this included a "Drop Zone" pad on hole #11). After the long morning, George and Wayne came to Springfield and picked up the rest of the Black and Yellow Monkey Traps! These will probably be traded out with the Red ones tomorrow. I can't wait to see this course finished on Saturday! Thanks to all involved.

The Hillbilly Shoot Out discs and shirts are both done. There are 90 players packs, and I hope we can give them all out. For those of you who are interested, there are about 30 Pre-Registered players. If you want to register give me a call.

Schedule:
8:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-9:55 Course Dedication
10:00 Players Meeting
10:15-10:30 Tee Off
Lunch 1 hour after last card is in
1:30 Aproximately 2nd Round Tee Off
Ring of Fire (weather permitting)
Raffle
Pay Out
On the Road 5:00-5:30 is the goal!

SEE YOU IN LEBANON FOR THE 1st HILLBILLY SHOOTOUT

It's crunch time and everything seems to be falling into place. The city of Lebanon has decided to put 18 tee pads instead of the initial 9 that were planned. The path will no longer be used as a teeing area and teeing will be done from individual 5 foot by 10 foot concrete pads! There are only a few left to finish (way to go George, Wayne, Rollin, and Brad). The last 9 basket tops were picked up from the Powder Coater a few days ago. They are now all put together by Kyle (thanks kid and good job!) The buckets are in Joplin to be coated Wednesday or Thursday just in time to be intalled. The signs, designed by Keith Douglas, are also due in the same day (nice work as always bud). Borrowing from the old 80's classic A-Team quote "I love it when a plan comes together!".

If you have any questions about the Hill Billy Shoot Out please feel free to cotact me!

The Hillbilly Open that is set for June 25th, in Lebanon, Missouri is just a week and a half away. If you have played Atchley Park recently, you know that all the baskets are in (not matching yet), but the course is under construction. The tee signs and pads are not in making it difficult to follow the lay out. The great news is I was informed today that the tee signs should be done in time, the concrete pads have been started and should be complete, and the matching baskets are finished being welded and will be delivered to the powder coater tomorrow and all should be done by tournament time!

The City of Lebanon, local businesses, the local disc golf crowd, and Disc Golf Monkey have been working hard together to make this course and tournament something special. If you have not had a chance to play the course at Atchley Park, you will be in for a treat. The course has a great mix of shots: short, long, elevated, tight, open, and everything in between. Come prepared for a great time on a challenging course...and this time there are no mulligans available (for those who don't know, all the other tournaments here have been Ice Bowls where mulligans have been offered to raise money for the local charity).

The Tournament registration will go from 8 to 9:30, followed by a short ceremony, a players meeting and tee off no later than 10:30. The field is limited to 90 and there will be players packs for everyone with the first 25 players getting first choice of the commemorative 1st Hillbilly Open custom stamp disc. There will be CTP's, Ring of Fire, and an EDGE raffle with awesome prizes including a basket.

TO PRE – REGISTER
You can sign up at my shop by simply calling and setting up a time. I can take cash, check, or credit card.

You can also sign up by paying on Pay Pal by sending your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, PDGA #, shirt size, address and Phone number.

See You All In Lebanon!

I am completely amazed and humbled by the huge response from the disc golf community. The donations that have come in have been from all over the nation. The contributions have come from individuals, clubs, and disc companies. The support fo the 5 club members has absolutely blown me away. For all of you I say thank you on behalf of all of them!

Contributions continue to come in and many have chosen to give anonymously. I do want to list the states that donations have come from. I may miss some because a few of the Pay Pal donations that were given didn't have an address and a few packages had no return address, but here is the list: Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, and Wisconsin. If you don't see your state and you helped shoot me an e mail, and I'll add it.

The JDGC and I are working on exact totals but I know we have in the neighborhood of $2500 to $3000 in cash. On top of this there has been discs, clothes bags, and anything else you can think of disc related that has been given as well. For the overwhelming support, again I Thank You. It is awesome to see the Disc Golf community pull together even closer like a family!

THIS TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS

PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP! THERE WILL BE NO TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND AS POSTED.

SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIECE, BUT PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS INFORMED US THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THIS EVENT HAPPEN

For more information please call Randal Reisner at (479) 787-0400

The 4th Annual Lake Bella Vista Open was an amazing success despite being forced to move to a course in the neighboring city of Springdale. The newly designed and added holes to the JB Hunt course was enjoyed by all 79 players that attended. The course played extremely tough with the wide variety and mix of holes that challenged all. The best score of the day was a 4 under par. This was shot in the 1st round by the young gun Advanced winner, Kevin Jones. Later the 50 was matched in the 2nd round by the Open Champion, Devon Owens. For complete results go to the PDGA website http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/67284 .

This year's LBV Open was a charity event benefitting the Northwest Arkansas Suicide Prevention Charity. Although overshadowed by the recent Joplin storms, $400 was given to the charity in the first year teaming with the group. We plan to continue to support this charity and make the tournament much bigger next year with ideas to make this happen already in the works. To all the sponsors and players, Thank You for supporting such a great cause!

On another bright note equalling the turn out and money raised above, was the generous support that was given to the players of Joplin that were devistated by the destructive and deadly Tornados. As mentioned in the previous blogs, there were 5 known players who suffered loss/injuries in the storm. A Joplin Tornado Relief Raffle was held to raise money for these players. Of the five, two were present and competed; Pat Wooley and Isaac Davison. These players enjoyed getting away from the devistation for a short while. Isaac even won the Recreational Division! Congratulations Isaac! In all the tournaments I have run I have never seen as much money raised in a raffle. $856 was brought in bringing the total to just under $2,000 raised in one short week after the storm! To this, I say thank you, on behalf of the players who were given an equal portion of the money raised. For all of you around the country and locally who have contributed (there are now 15 states representsd by donators to the cause), you all totally ROC!

Both the Joplin Disc Golf Club http://www.joplindgc.com/ and Disc Golf monkey are still taking donations for the Joplin Players. Again thank supporting the Evolution Tour, as well as the Joplin Relief Fund.

The next stop on the Evolution Tour will be held in Lebanon, MO where they are enjoying their new 18 hole permanent Monkey Trap course at Atchley Park. You don't want to miss this Grand Opening Innogural event!

The course at JB Hunt is primed and ready to host the Lake Bella Vista Open because of the flooding. There will still be Bring Your Own Partner Doubles on Friday night that will start between 4 and 5. You will be paired with another group and sent out when ready. There are again 2 Divisions Pro and Am and the cost is $10 per player or $20 a team. If you have any quetions about the tournament please e mail, text or call!

An update for the Tornado Disaster in Joplin:

Unfortunately there are names to addd to the list who have been effected by the storm. Uriah Johnson is currrently in a Springfield hospital with internal bleeding and swelling on the brain. Please pray for his recovery and for the entire family. More details will come as we know them. Michael and Isaac Davison's home was hit by the tornado as well. The extent of the damage is not yet known, but but please remember all in your thoughts and prayers.

If you are interested in helping, there are several ways to do so. First, we will be having a raffle at the LBV Open this Saturday. We are asking players to bring things to make this raffle as big as possible Our hopes is to raise as much money as we can and give it to directly to the families listed above. Second, please buy raffle tickets if you are able to come and can afford it. There will be a slew of prizes. This is a time that you know exactly where the money is going and who the money is going for. Third, you can donate money by sending it via Pay Pal to discgolfer8@yahoo.com or to officers@joplindgc.com . Checks can also be filled out directly to the names of the players above.

The updated Joplin Tornado Disaster information was provided by the JDGC http://www.joplindgc.com/ . Thanks gentleman.

As all of you are well aware of, there has been severe and deadly storms that have devistated our area. The Tornado in Joplin has been nothing short of horrific for so many. Flooding is happening all over the tri state area that include Miami, OK, the Lake Taney Como area in MO, and North West, AR (I'm sure there are more areas as well). The Bella Vista course has again flooded and unfortunately has caused the 4th Annual Lake Bella Vista Open to be moved to the JB Hunt course in Springdale.

We have received permission from the city of Springdale to hold the LBV Open at JB Hunt and are extremely thankful. We initially wanted to re-locate to the new course in Rogers, but due to flooding damage on that course as well, this was not an option. Players can anticipate the same type of event that the Disc Golf Monkey Crew puts on. Tourney discs, shirts, and great pay out will all be there!

There are only two main changes for this event. The change to the JB Hunt course is definitely the biggest. The other change is that we will be raising money to give to fellow golfers in Joplin, MO who have been effected by the tornado. I know for sure that Pat Wooley and Zack Jones have severe damage to there property. The details are still coming in, and I am in contact with both of them. There may be more that have been hurt in this storm as well. If you hear of any other golfers please let me know.

If you can and want to help, we are asking for donations for the raffle. We will be donating the proceeds to the two golfers above. If you would like to donate directly, you can do it via check made out to them or paypal to discgolfer8@yahoo.com (simply put "Tornado Relief Fund" in the message). A special thank you to Nathan Straz for his donation this morning all the way from Maine! If we all do a little, we can help a lot. All prayers are excepted! I would also like to thank Mike Solt of Mr. Discgolf for his help in this cause (You are the Man Mike)!

If you have questions about the event or the relief effort, please do not hesitate to call me at 417 818-7165 or email at russ@discgolfmonkey.com .

DIRECTIONS TO JB HUNT:
From the North: I 540 South exit Wagon Wheel rd. Turn Left to Wagon Wheel rd. Turn Left on Wagon Wheel rd. Turn Right on Silent Grove rd. park on Left just past water treatment plant.

From the South: I 540 North exit Wagon Wheel rd. Turn Right on Wagon Wheel rd. Turn Right on Silent Grove rd. park on Left just past water treatment plant.

The Lake Bella Vista Open is set to be held on the Bella Vista Course next Saturday the 28th. Again this is a One Day C-Tier changed from a 2 day B Tier do to the flooding (that initially closed the park). Please click on the flier to check entry fees, they have been lowered because of the switch form B Tier to C Tier status.

You may Pre Register through Pay Pal by sending payment and information to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Simply send your registration plus a $2 Pay Pal fee (and $10 PDGA fee if not a current member), name, division, pdga #, shirt size, and disc selection. If you have problems please call me. You may also stop by the shop and register. Discs available are BB Aviars, Flat Top Rocs, and Yeti Pro Aviars (the Yeti's are availble to the 1st 25 pre-registered players).

There will be a Bring Your Partner doubles round Friday Night. The cost will be $10/player or $20/ team. Teams will sign up with Kevin Carder or myself from 4:00 to 6:00. Once there are two groups ready they will start. There will be 2 Divisions Pro and Am (Pros will play for cash Ams for prizes).

See you in Bella Vista!

The 4th Annual Lake Bella Vista Open is around the corner. There have been some changes due to the extreme weather (flooding) in the area. The LBV Open is now a ONE DAY PDGA C - TIER set for Saturday the 28th. This is changed from a 2 Day PDGA B - Tier. The reason for the change is because the City of Bella Vista has actually closed the Park until June 1st. We have been in discussion with the city about re-opening it early, and it looks like tis will happen. The course is drying out nicely with no major issues (with the exception of a downed basket that Randal will be re-planting soon). We are 90% sure that the event will be at the Lake Bella Vista course (The flyer reads TBA). If the event is moved to another location, there will be an announcement made. The Event will still be held on one of the local courses in the Rogers/Springdale area. Please check back for more information.

If you did not know, there are two new courses in the NW Arkansas area. The City of Rogers has put in a new 18 hole course next to Rogers High School. The baskets are Navy Blue Monkey Traps. Heath Whitley has been indirectly in charge of this course and has put in countless hours/money making this course special. His ideas for raised pin positions are awesome! Thanks for the hard work Heath! I also want to thank Andrea at the Rogers Parks & Rec for getting this course in the ground! It has been a pleasure working with you.

Harbor Meadows, in Springdale is a new private 9 hole course that was installed the same day as the Rogers course. The shiny new Red & White Monkey Traps pop in the beautiful Harbor Meadows community. Kyle McClure designed and helped install this course. A special thank you to both Kyle, his brother Ryan, and Marcus Purdy on helping with this project! Great job guys. We are working on a way to allow all golfers to play this course, but right now you do need to be with a resident of the Harbor Meadows.

The 2nd Annual "Wipe Out Cancer" Relay for Life tournament was another hit on Ozark's Grubaugh Park! Sixty-one players turned out to show their support for the incredible cause that the Relay for Life supports, Cancer Awareness. With the Wipe Out Cancer Team and the Disc Golf Monkey joining forces for the 2nd straight year, the players anticipated more, and they were not disappointed!

The weather was near perfect with temps in the 70's, winds fairly mild, and literally only a couple of drops of percipitation. With mulligans being used (as a way to raise money) the scores were very low in all divisions. This year's winners included:
Sabrina Backlin 112 Women
Austin Smith 107 Junior
Shawn Collins 87 Recreational
Philip Backlin 83 Intermediate (score would have won Advanced and finished 2nd in Open...Wowza Move Up)
Frank "The Tank" Hebert 85 Advanced
Russ Burns 79 Open
Congratulations to all the winners of this year's event! For a full look at the results, click on the Tournament Tab and scroll down until you see the Relay fo Life Results.

The Ring of Fire and the Raffle were nothing short of mind boggling. There were so many things given away this year courtesy of our awesome sponsors! The Raffle raised $425 in which everyone was hoping to hear the right # when the Custom Relay for Life Monkey Trap was offered up. After a long delay, Brad Hilton from Lebanon, MO was victorious taking home the much talked about Blaze Illusion Purple Top Monkey Trap! Congratulations Brad and I know it is right next to your bed as I am typing this up!

Although not official yet, I am estimating that near $1,000 was raised for this year's Relay for Life event. Check back and I will update this paragraph when I hear the final tally from the Wipe Out Cancer Team. Great job!

Like always, Thank You all who came out and supported this great cause and supporting the Disc Golf Monkey. I am fortunate and blessed to have been a part of this tournament. Thank you Wipe Out Cancer Team. See you all next time!

What: The 2nd Annual "Wipe Out Cancer" Relay for Life Disc Golf Tournamet

Where: Grubaugh Park in Ozark, MO http://www.pdga.com/course_directory/course/grubaugh-park

When: This Saturday the 30th of April. Registration 8:00-9:30, Players Meeting at 9:45, and Tee Off is at 10:00.

How: Simply come out, sign up, and Play!

Why: Any excuse is good enough to play disc golf, but taking part in fighting cancer is a great added incentive! Not to mention there are so many prizes to be given out for pay out, Ring of Fire (a free putting contest for all), and a Raffle that will include the Grand Prize custom colored and wrapped Relay for Life Monkey Trap!

COME HELP US FIGHT CANCER WHILE PLAYING ONE OF THE GREATEST SPORTS ON THE PLANET DISC GOLF!!!

I have 25 1st Run CFR Archons with the World's stamp coming with my custom Relay for Life order. If you are interested, simply call, e mail, or text me to reserve yours! They should be in Wednesday or Thursday.

We just found out that we received another late sponsor in Branson. A two night stay at the Holiday Express in Branson will be given away. Thanks Danny Price! We have more prizes for "Ring of Fire" and the Raffle than any of my past tournaments. By the way, I received the custom top for the Relay for Life Basket. It is Blaze Illusion Purple, and it is incredible! I will post pictures when I get it finished! Hope to see you there!

The 2nd Annual Wipe Out Cancer Relay For Life Disc Golf Tournament is only a week away! This year's event has been supported by many more sponsors and people this year. It is exciting to see the support for such a wonderful cause. Because cancer effects everyone at some level, the Relay for Life cause is a charity I feel fortunate to help in a fun and competitive way. As part of the Evolution Tour this year, I am hoping to top the 74 contestants we had last year. This is a tough goal, but even if we do not the players that will be there will reap some awesome benefits.

As mentioned below, we have several sponsors and a lot of added prizes that we did not have last year. I have also made possibly the sweetest Monkey Trap to date. The colors of this gem of a basket are Purple (Blaze Illusion), Navy Blue, and Red with a custom Relay for Life Wrap job done by the Boys of the Line out of Tulsa, OK. This will be featured on one of the holes. Along with this there are many other prizes including: car speakers, flat screen TV, Relay for Life afghan, show tickets, local restaurant gift cards and much more! Thank you to the following sponsors: Professional Answering Service, Clearview Window, Grimescrubbers, Bixler Inc., Car Fi, Sunshine Lanes, News Streaming, Wipe Out Cancer Team, and many more. Please support and thank these businesses/people!

To Pre Register, scroll down and follow the simple instructions. There is a bonus for the 1st 25 players that Pre Register. Looking forward to joining you as we support the Relay for Life.


THERE ARE 28 PAID PRE-REGISTERED PLAYERS:
Frank Hebert, Kenny Barrett, Tim Quinn,
Tim Brooks, Shawn Collins, Elliott Kestner,
John Chandler, George Eudy, Josh Cantrell,
Scott Grahm, Justin Hare, Jordan Hink,
Brock Kennedy, Steve Hare, Derrick Bostrum,
Michael McClernon, Jake Whitehead, Robert Gasman,
Brent Breshears, Nick Helm, Josh Given,
Ethan Hampton, Nathan Clark, Danny Price,
Steve Hogrefee, Russ Burns, Randal Reisner
Kevin Carder

If you have Pre- Registered and don't see your name, call me immediately. Thanks

The Puttin Challenge last weekend was a battle of who could putt the best in the windy conditons that day. Gusts up to 30 mph (according to the local news) plagued scoring. Other than the wind it was a sunny beautiful day.

There were two divisions the Primate (Beginner) and the Evolution (Advanced). There were 14 in the Primate and 4 in the Evolution. Because of the large scoring gap, I will be offering 3 divisions at the next one. The top 3 finishers in the Primate division were Steve Hare turning in an impressive 32 (that would have taken 2nd in the Evolution division), followed by Nate Love's 28, and Justin Hare's 27. The Evolution division was lead by Russ Burns's 44, followed by Lebanon's own Max Coryell turning in a 28, and then another Lebanon represenative, George Eudy with a 26. For a look at the full results, click on the Tournament tab then scroll down to the Past tournament results.

If you have not been to one of these you should try to make one. YOu receive putting instruction, tips, and a competitive yet fun putting practice on the only Putting Course in the area. The course is designed to test all possible putts including the often dreaded Turbo Putt. Look for the next one and come on out.

Thank you to all and hope to see you again!

Back by popular demand, the Puttin' Monkey Challenge will return this Sunday. The start time will be aproximately 1:00-1:30. Like always you can show up any time between 1:00 and 5:15 to play. It only takes about 15 to 25 minutes to play the two rounds required. The pay-out will at 5:30.

If you have not played it is simple. Bring two putters and you will play through the 9 hole course twice. You get two shots from each tee pad. The scoring is based on the following: 1 point for metal (basket and above), 2 points for hitting chains, and 3 for making the putt. Because you have two shots from each tee pad, the point total for each hole is 6. Each person will play 18 holes making the total possible score 108. There are two divisions: beginner (Primate) and Pro (Evolution). The payout is done by vouchers that can be used in the Monkey's shop.

If you have problems with your putting, this is a great time to come and get pointers from myself and other players. Altough, there are better putters out there, I am confident I can help with your putt if you are struggling. As a member of Team Innova, I am excited to offer my expertise in the best part of my game, the putt. I have plenty of putters, and I will loan them out if you need. Also, getting help with your putt is free, and you are not obligated to play! So come out and enjoy the best/only putting skills course in the area (that will test all types of putts)! Enjoy a fun, yet competitive form of putting practice.

The winner in the Primate Division will receive an Innova 1st Run Ape on top of the 1st place voucher!

This will be a great time to sign up for the 2nd Annual Wipe Out Cancer Relay for Life tournament. There are 10 players pre registered. Remember the 1st 25 will receive 1st choice on the discs.

Also, I am placing an order with Gorilla Boy and will be offering one of every bag at a discount the day of this event only! These bags are a "Rolls Royce" of bags. I have used one for the last 5 years, and have never had a problem despite playing in every possible condition. I hope you will take advantage of this offer and become an owner of the best bags on the market Gorilla Boy!

If there are any questions please give me a call. Thanks and see you Sunday.

Wowza! The Wipe Out Cancer Team has done an amazing job on getting sponsors. On top of the financial backing for another great players pack with a custom shirt and tournament disc and first place trophies, the Wipe Out Cancer Team has also received a boat load of merchandise that will be given away in the "Ring of Fire" and Raffle. To list a few: a 19” Phillips LCD TV, a Pair of Jenson car speakers, a woven Relay for Life afghan, plus a slew of tickets to shows in Branson and other local attractions. There are also several gift certificates to restaurants as well. On top of these prizes, there will be another opportunity to win a Custom colored and wrapped Monkey Trap! IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER POSSIBLE SPONSORS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. There is easily over $2,000 worth of merchandise, but we'd like to have more to give out to support this great cause! Come ready for an incredible time of golf, and support for Relay for Life. Stay tuned for more information.

There will be a couple of ways to Pre-Register for this event:

First, you can sign up at my shop by simply calling and setting up a time. I can take cash, check or credit card.

2nd, You can pay on Pay Pal by sending your entry fee plus $2/ Player (a Pay Pal Fee) to discgolfer8@yahoo.com . Please include your Division, shirt size, address and Phone number.

3rd, You can call and pay with Credit Card.

All players will receive a custom player pack with shirt & disc, and the first 25 will receive a higher end disc and your shirt size will be guaranteed. Register early! Last year we had over 70 with only a month notice of the event.

I will be giving an update soon on how this event will be bigger and better than last year. The Raffle and Ring of Fire are going to be NUTS (thanks to the Relay Team and this year's sponsors). Stay Tuned!

The Monkey Trap Open to be held in Springdale, AR has been changed from July 9th to July 16th. A scheduling conflict with the Shiloh Christian Football Team was the reason for the move. There is a new Sports Activities Director at the First Baptist Church Springdale and this contributed to the conflicting date. Altough DGM's switch would have resulted in an overlap of the Disconnected's Disc Olympics, we are pleased to announce that we have simply switched dates (thanks Rick and Aaron). This will allow players who want to make both events the opportunity to do so with out making a choice (the goal of our planning in the beginning of the year). The Disc Olympics will be held on July 9th, instead of the 16th. We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing you at both events!

For any questions please contact me. Thank You

Disc Golf Monkey made an unexpected stop in Fayetteville, Arkansas this past Saturday, on the U of A Razorback campus. The U of A Disc Golf Club, asked the Monkey to help run the event because of some merchandise issues (having to do with logo permission). The opportunity to help the U of A Disc Golf Club Team was gladly excepted and was an overwhelming success! Ryan Black, the club president, said, “...I would have to say that this Razorback Classic was likely our best tournament and turnout.”! For this I am thankful to all of the 69 players who came to play. Thank you to each of you who supported the club in the Raffle as well! The U of A thanks you as they prepare and head to the Collegiate Disc Golf Championship!

The record field of 69 players was a surprise to most. Speaking briefly with Ryan on Monday the estimation was around 50. There were several Pro players including 9 Open and 5 Pro Masters. The rest were in the Amateur divisions splitting up into Advanced, Intermediate, and Rec. The day was near perfect with temperature in the mid to upper 70's with a gentle breeze. The divisions leaders battled in a very tight race in most divisions with several ties! Winners of the 2011 Arkansas Razorback Open were: Teresa Duff (Adv Women), Kevin Jones (Adv), Roberto Hernandez & Joseph Brandenburger (Int Tie), Arnulfo Manjarrz, Daniel Kuhen, and Jamie Hernandez (Rec), Joe Huss (Grand Masters), Jose Mendoza (Pro Masters), and the Monkey himself, Russ Burns (Open). Congratulations to all of you!

With over $900 in merchandise being fronted/donated to the event by DGM, and a few hundred more being donated by players, the U of A collected the amount they needed for their funds to be matched by the school. The Razorback Raffle, partial entry fees, and half the Ace Pot brought in the donation. Thank you for supporting the Razorback Classic. On behalf of the U of A Disc Golf Club and the Disc Golf Monkey we say THANK YOU and hope to see all of you next year!

The Results are posted and can be seen on the Tournaments tab, under the Past Results section.

This year's Razorback Classic, held on the "Old Main Lawn" (near Ella's Restaraunt), on the University of Arkansas campus is this Saturday April 2nd. The 7th Annual Classic tournament will be hosted by the U of A Disc Golf Club, and ran by the Disc Golf Monkey and his Team. This is a very exciting and unexpected venue that I am honored to be a part of! Thank You U of A Disc Golf Club for letting us be a part.

This is a non-sanctioned event that will be played on 18 temporary holes. This tournament is designed by the U of A Disc Golf Club to raise money for their club to travel and compete in the Collegiant Disc Golf Championships. Donuts will be provided by Old Tyme Donuts while they last. Thank you Hunter Wright. There will be 2 rounds of 18 holes, and lunch will be provided to all players. The first 50 players registered will receive a disc. There will be a "Ring of Fire" followed by a "HOG RAFFLE" with ALL the proceeds being given to the club. Disc Golf Monkey is donating an Innova Discatcher Sport and some other prizes. We ask that those of you who are attending bring something to donate to the HOG RAFFLE. We want to raise as much as we can to send the U of A club to the championships!

The address is near the Ella's Restaraunt which is at 465 N Arkansas Ave. Fayettville, AR 72701. Please don't park in this parking lot though. Thank You.

For more infromation or directions to this event, please call Ryan at 314 518 9239.

Sorry for the problems with the flyer. The entry fees are $15, $20, $25, and $35. Thanks

The Disc Golf Monkey and good friend Mark Anderson, loaded up 14 Monkey Traps and headed to Clearwater, Kansas to install another disc golf course. The Chisolm Trail Disc Golf Course is on the dual properties of the Chisolm Trail High School campus and on the local city park in Clearwater (just a few minutes from Wichita, KS). This course was set up with an educational perspective in mind, along with a community focus of adding another activity for people to do in Clearwater. Both of these were accomplished while still providing a challenging course for the disc golf enthusiast.

The 9 hole layout with a putting practice basket, offers a mix of short and long holes. The course also has two pin position options and two tee pads per hole. The course was designed by Jerry Steele, Bill Paulson and finalized by Pep Grant Manager Randy Vogel. The remaining four baskets were placed into a "Skill Shot" teaching area that will allow teachers and students to take part in an outdoor "hands on" disc golf classroom. Teachers will teach students the skills they need on a disc golf course in a condenced area. This brilliant and well thought out area was developed by Bill Paulson (Great Job Bill). This project is going to be utilized for years to come. A special thanks to Randy, Mark, and Jerry for their hard work in getting the course in the ground. This was truly one of the best of times.

There are currently 3 more courses being worked on by DGM. Two in Arkansas, and one in Missouri! Let the good times continue to fly! Keep coming back to see what is NEW!

The 3rd Annual Lucky 13 proved to be another fun event. The weather was much better than last year with warmer temperatures and very little rain. Despite the rain, the natural tee pads held up with minimal slipping. 57 players battled and several new champions were crowned.

Frank Hebert had the shot of the day with a Tomahawk Ace on hole 15. This $155 toss was heard all over the course. Great job Frank! Winners this year were: Jessica Sisco (Rec Women), Norine Gaskill (Int Women), Austin Mcbride (Rec Men), Gage Gillum (Intermediate Men), Bruce Heidebrecht (Adv Grand Masters), Zack Jones (Advanced Men), Kevin Hart (Pro Masters), and Russ Burns (Open Men). For the full results, visit www.pdga.com or go to the tournament tab above and scroll down to past events and click on results. Congratulations to all winners!

The biggest win of the day was not done on the course. Instead it was won as part of the EDGE Raffle! Because all of the EDGE loot was not in, Disc Golf Monkey tried to get players to buy into this year's Lucky 13 Raffle by offering a custom colored Lucky 13 Monkey Trap (check it out on my Gallery). This $400 custom colored and wrapped basket was 1st offered as a $5 ace on the 213' hole number 13. When it failed to be hit, the basket was then put into the EDGE raffle as designed. With very few tickets being purchased initially, the chance at winning the Trap made many players open their wallets. $225 was raised for EDGE! This is an incredible start to the season. Thank you to all, and congratulations to TEAM MONKEY'S, Kyle McClure, for winning it with his $5 ticket purchase (SICK)!

The players packs were again beefy as all players received a custom disc, shirt, and lunch free of charge. A special thanks to our sponsors: McAlister's Deli (what a lunch), Complete Accounting, Queen City Cycles, and Northside Dental! Remember if you find sponsors for my events, it will benefit you greatly this year!

The Evolution Tour has had two stops, and has given away 2 Traps. The next will be in Ozark for the 2nd Relay for Life tournament, and yes, there will be another Trap to be given away there too! Looking forward to seeing you all there!

The Lucky 13 is only a few days away. Over 30 players have pre-registered, and many more have confirmed coming to this event. The forecast is calling for 50 degrees warmer than last year! Shirts are now in, so all of the players pack can be picked up at my shop for those who are interested.

It's going to be a blast, hope to see you there!

The Lucky 13 is approaching quickly! I would like to announce that there was a mistake made on entry fees. The Intermediate Division fee is NOT $40, it is $35. I apologize for that oversite. Also, there is not a $10 fee for any Junior divisions.

The Lucky 13 Monkey Trap is complete. I should have pictures up in the Gallery tomorrow. Come and find out how you may win this beautiful commemorative basket from the 3rd Annual Lucky 13!

Don't forget there are several ways to pre-register. See the below post for details. So far, players have taken advantage of all 3 ways and have had no issues. If there is a problem don't hesitate to text, call, or e-mail me.

The Lucky 13 custom discs should be here Tuesday and the shirts will be available on Thursday. Every player will receive one each of the above along with lunch provided by McAlister's Deli in another awesome Player's Pack! All this is courtesy of our sponsors! To guarantee shirt sizes and disc selection pre-register.

The course will be set up the same as last year with 3 island holes with "Drop Zones" and 5 baskets being added to the 13 making the course 18 holes. If you would like to see the layout map, request one at the front counter at the course.

Stay tuned for more!

The discs have been shipped by Innova and should arrive on Tuesday. A change had to be made, and that is why I did not post the selection. Now that they have been stamped, this is what will be offered: The new Star Vulcan, the Star Destroyer, the new Yeti Pro Aviar, and the DX Roc. There are no upgrades, but only 25 star discs will be offered in the players packs. So register early and get first dibs!

I was asked if you have to pre-register through the PDGA. The answer is absolutely not! You may send your money through pay pal adding $2 per entry (to discgolfer8@yahoo.com , like last year), or you may pay at my shop using cash, check, or credit card. You may also call in your registration using your credit card as well (Merchant Warehouse is my provider). I only offered the PDGA registration as an option, personally I rarely use this method, but some players are familiar with this and it saves them time.

This year's Lucky 13 will be another opportunity to win a custom Monkey Trap, but this time, it will be the first custom wrapped Monkey Trap courtesy of the Line! Hope to see you all in Republic.

Please call, text, or e-mail with any questions. Aces to You!

You may pre register for the 3rd Annual Luck 13 at www.pdga.com. Although this tournament has not ever filled, it has averaged around 70 players the first 2 years. You can guarantee your shirt size (the shirt will again be black with an incredible logo done by Mr. Frog, Thanks Keith) by registering early. There will also be a custom, one of a kind, Lucky 13 Monkey Trap. The basket colors with the custom wrap job by The Line, will be black, green, and yellow. Everyone will be given the opportunity to win this $400 basket.

Sponsors this year, along with the Tour sponsors that are listed on the top and bottom of this page are: Queen City Cycles, Complete Accounting, Northside Dental, and McAlisters Deli. There will again be Lunch and Tea provided by McAlisters Deli. There will also be custom shirts donated by the Republic Parks and Rec. Discs will be provided by the sponsors noted above and the Disc Golf Monkey.

If you know of any potential sponsors, please let me know. I am currently putting together a contest for the people leading me to the most money raised for the 2011 Evolution Tour...yes there will be a custom Monkey Trap involved, and more! If you, or someone you know, has thought about sponsoring any of my events, now is the time! Brad Hilton is in the lead bringing in $250 to the Lebanon Ice Bowl (Great job Mr. Hilton a.k.a. Blue Bird champ!).

Discs will be ordered Sunday night. First paying players will receive first dibs. There will be 75 discs that will be offered with no upgrade charge. DX, Pro, Champ, and Star plastic will be available until the 75 are gone (if there are more than 75 players this number will be raised). The plan is to reward those who register early. The sooner you register, the better your selection.

If you have any questions feel free to call or email me! Check back for more on this event and others...!

Number 2 basket at McBride is missing. As many of you know, this was one of the two Monkey Traps that was purchased by the Springfield Greene County Park Board who have made an effort to help with course upkeep. It was a red top and black bucket basket basket. I received a text and a call on Tuesday letting me know the bad news. Both reports say that there was just a hole there, and one player said it looked like it was dug up with a shovel! I reported this to the SGCPB and hope they will report to the police. It would be great for it to be found and replaced soon.

If you have any information on where this basket may be, or who may have taken it please call the Springfield Greene County Park Board at (417) 864-1051. Please help stop this distruction, so that all who love the sport of disc golf can continue playing in parks that are free!

I am looking forward to another Lucky 13 to be held again at Miller Park on the Lucky 13 Disc Golf Course in Republic, MO. Jared Keeling (Parks Director), has again been hugely supportive of this event. Along with the help of the Republic Parks, several sponsors have renewed, and this means more of the same; great players packs, awesome raffles, and killer pay outs.

More information about this event and others coming soon...!

After a not so pleasant 2 hour down poor, the Lebanon Ice Bowl started (a bit late), but no rain fell during play. Tee pads, fairways, and every player's shoes were saturated! Despite the soggy mess, 35 players came and played all 36 holes, on the soon to be permanent 18 hole layout, at Atchley Park.

The Lebanon Area Foundation will be getting a check for $576 that was raised during the event. Mulligans, partial entry fees/raffle money, and an Ace Pot that was not hit (sorry for the spash out Kyle) all contributed to the total. Thank You to all of you for another successful Ice Bowl. The boys in Lebanon will be getting a total weight of food that were donated soon.

Congratulations to all winners Wendy Krull (Wn), Lee Griffits (Adv), JD Williams (Int), Keith Eberhardt (Rec) and Russ Burns (Open) and the big winner was Gary Braman who won the Monkey Trap that will be customed colored Purple and Yellow that he says he wants to donate to the city in hopes of making their local course a full 18 holes!

For the full Results: go to Tournaments tab and click, then scroll down to the Past Tournaments, Click on the Results for the Lebanon Ice Bowl.

Mext stop on the Evolution Tour is in Republic at the Lucky 13! This will be the 1st PDGA event of the year. See ya there and until then Aces to you!

Hope to see as many of you at the Lebanon Ice Bowl as possible! Good luck to all of you who are wanting to win a custom Monkey Trap. If you win it in the raffle, you pick the color(s)! Good luck and see ya there!

It was brought to my attention that I had listed the Relay for Life tournament on a Tuesday. Oops. Thanks for pointing that out Tim! The date is corrected to April 30th. Also, the Hill Billy Shoot Out will be on June 25th. Sorry for the errors.

Don't miss your chance on the oppotunity to win a $375 portable Monkey Trap in your favorite color. Every player entered will receive one chance at winning just for showing up. Raffle tickets will be sold through out the day and the drawing will be after the event. You will not have to be present to win, but you do have to register for the tournament.

Don't forget this event is for charity. We are again teaming with Missouri Eagle to help the Lebanon Area Foundation. The last two year's have been very succesful in raising food and money for the LAF. Our goal is to out do last year. Come take part in this event and try your luck at winning your custom Monkey Trap!

The city of Lebanon and the Parks Department have truly stepped up and are supporting Disc Golf in a big way! Not only are they replacing their home made baskets at Boswell Park with new approved baskets, they are also helping fund an awesome course at Atchley Park (the site of this year's Ice Bowl)! The baskets are currently being made, and will be delivered very soon.

Please plan to take part in the Disc Golf Monkey's only registered Ice Bowl! If you have any questions feel free to contact me! For a full schedule of this year's Disc Golf Monkey Evolution Tour 2011, click on the link in the previous message. Good luck in the Snow and Ice!

As many of you know, I have been dealing with some family health issues for about a month now. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Because of this, I am only going to be holding one Ice Bowl this year. It will be in Lebanon, MO on February 19 at Atchley Park. This is the park that we have set up the last 2 years and had good turnouts and charity support.

There is great news from Lebanon to report. Approval for a new 18 course from the city of Lebanon has been granted, and funds for the equipment are nearly in to complete the course at Atchley Park. There will be a new 18 hole Monkey Trap course in very soon! Local sponsors have teamed with Lebanon's Park Department to help install this eagerly awaited course. More information to come very soon!

Click here for the 2011 Evolution Tour schedule!

This has been the most busy and memorable Christmas ever. After the Get Trapped Tour ended, I was thrown in to a whirl wind of many things to do! Between making and delivering baskets; my dad, cousin and I drove to Roswell, New Mexico and moved my Grandparents to the Ozarks! This was quite a task since they had lived there for over 50 years! I am so thankful to all my family and friends that helped in this move! Thank you all. I'm sure this first Christmas together in Springfield will be special!

To disc golf news! DGM made and delivered 9 green/yellow Monkey Traps to Bolivar, MO. The city is planning on installing them in the Spring! DGM also made and delivered 18 purple baskets to Marshall, MO where they were immediately installed. These Monkey Traps turned their current 18 hole course into a 36 hole paradise. Great job Jon and company! I can't wait to get back and play the course once it is completed! Most recently, DGM delivered 9 Navy blue/yellow Monkey Traps to the Oral Roberts University campus. This course should be in the ground by New Year's according to the installers. Three courses in less than two months was a true test and I believe all parties are proud of their Monkey Traps!

Needless to say, this winter has started off busy, and I am so thankful! I have 3 more courses that I am working on that will hopefully be completed by Spring. If all goes well, they will be in three different states! How exciting to end the year with 3 courses and then to start off the new year with 3!!! This could be a great way to bring a very Happy New Year for all discgolfers.

From all of us at DGM and it's TEAM members: Have a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! Remember Jesus Christ was born so that He could provide us all a way to live in paradise with him for eternity! He is the true reason for the season!

Wow! What a Finale at the Souuthern Missouri Off Road Ranch. If you missed it, you truly missed a beautiful and challenging course. Along with the course, the SMORR hospitality was 2nd to none. Thanks again to Mike and Brandon Powell (owners of the ranch) and Jimmy Whitehead for making it happen!

The course proved to be a challenge as the best score carded was only 4 under (Adam Hunt, Open). Conditions were cold, damp and windy which didn't help attendance. 48 people did come to experience everything that was offered. With hills, trees, and length the course made for a tough two rounds. After the rounds, there was a play off for the Ace Pot, followed by a huge Ring of Fire (with close to $1,000 worth of merchandise), the fat EDGE Raffle, The Custom Innova Discatcher Pro target Raffle and then awards.

Congratulations to Adam Hunt for taking home the over all champion honor in the Pro division. He was able to hold off Team Monkey member Kyle McClure, who made a good push (with his 50 score) in the 2nd round. Great job to both of you. Other winners included:
Aaron Ulrich Adavanced
Shayn Woltz Intermediate
John Sheafer Recreational
Minna Dennis Women
Stan Balke Advanced Masters

To all of you great job!

For those of you who would like to know about the EDGE...We did meet our goal!!! With only 48 players we still averaged over $5/ player putting the total at...drum roll please...$2,579! Thank each and everyone of you who contributed. I plan on providing a final update of what has been done in the 4 state area, where the money was distributed. I will do this as soon as I receive the information from Jay and Des Reading.

Again, Thank you to all of you who supported the Tour in any way. I am hummbled to think that so many of you took the time, spent the money, and chose to play in my events! For this I am deeply thankful. See you this winter at the Ice Bowl and keep checking back for more Monkey events!

All is about ready for the DGM's Finale! Tomorrow we will be setting up around noon. We will have a doubles round that will start at 2:00. For those who would like to play, there will be 2 divisions an Am and a Pro. The cost will be $10/ player. All are welcome to come out and play the course, but remember it is $5/ player to get on to the SMORR property.

I received a huge order from Innova that included 250 discs! Along with this order I received enough shwag to make any disc golfer look the part! I have beefed up the Raffle and the CTP's and can not wait to see the faces of the winners! Remember the stuff in the Raffle is awesome, but if you participate you are moving the sport forward by promoting the EDGE program in many schools! I hope you will all help in the goal of reaching the $2,500 mark!

If you are looking to sign up see the post below. Thanks for supporting the Monkey and I am eagerly waiting for the Finale at SMORR!

As most of you know, the DGM Open "Finale" will be November 13th. I have been getting many calls, texts, FB messages, and e mails about what to expect the course to be like. My answer to this is, all who get to play will be thankful they did! This land will shock you! I can not wait to play this course and please don't miss out on this opportunity. Pre Register for this one. There will only be 90 spots available because of time restraints. The course is a bit longer than most and I believe this one will fill up.

Registration can be done at my shop or simply send the amount (plus a $2.00 Paypal fee / entry) through paypal to my account discgolfer8@yahoo.com. You will find the entry amounts on the flier (to the right under the Tournament Schedule heading). Name, Division, PDGA # (if you are current), and shirt size. If you have any questions please feel free to call me (417) 818-7165.

We will be having one of the largest raffles with many prizes including stuff signed by, several World Champions (Eric McCabe, Des Reading, Juliana Korver, Dave Feldberg, Avery Jenkins, Ken Climo, and more) an Innova basket, a Coors golf bag, a Hooters pack, a $100 Keen shopping Spree, 50% off Maui Jim Card, a sweet Sterling Silver necklace provided by Aaron Ulrich, and much more! THE GET TRAPPED TOUR HAS RAISED $2,294. With the Finale left, how bad will we smash the $2,500 goal by? Its up to all of you!

The Finale Raffle for the $400 Red Topped Innova Pro target will also be given away at the Finale.
REMEMBER YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN THIS BASKET...TO GET QUALIFIED YOU MAY ALSO BUY THE RAFFLE TICKETS FOR:
1 for $5
3 for $10
7 for $20
If you are out of state and want to register to win simply call and give me your information and I will get you entered!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ON THE NICEST LAND IN THE AREA! ACES TO YOU ALL!

There was a record turn out at the Jeff City Open! Seventy-four players took advantage of this year's event and were treated to a beautifully prepared course courtesy of the Jeff City Parks Department and the local club! Thank you all, the course truly looked outstanding.

The EDGE raffle was again a success with $235 being raised. The pot continues to grow! Thanks to all the people who see this program as a huge way to grow the sport and contribute!

Along with the well kept course the weather was near perfect as well. A brisk morning gave way to a warm and comfortable day. George Smith, defending champion came out with a one stroke lead after the first round, and he never looked back. I witnessed one of the most beautiful drives to have ever been thrown at Binder Park. George put his drive about 15' away from the basket (that was in the long position) on hole 18. Remarkable George, congratulations on back to back wins in the Open division.

Other winners included:
Brenda Lowe
Rebekah Kersey
Dan Loomis
Eric Lewis
Tyler Eads
Bill Hecht
Ty Brix
Randy Slaughter
Congratulations to all of you!

A special thanks to all of our sponsors, the Jeff City Parks, this year's players, and the JC Club for making the 3rd Annual JCO a huge success!

The Southern Missouri Off Road Ranch in Seymour, Missouri has offered to host this year's 2nd Annual Disc Golf Monkey Open. There has been talks of a permanent course at this site, and this will be a test to show off some of the most amazing land in Missouri. Offering everything from water, elevation (3rd highest point in Missouri), woods, and amazing beauty...the SMOR Ranch also offers, electricity hook ups for RV's, heated showers and bathrooms, primitive (tent) camping areas, a kitchen that serves food all day, a large pavilion, and the hospitality is truly second to none! Check out their web site at www.smorr.net

There will be a flyer and a lot more information about this tournament coming soon...so check back! See you at the Friz followed by Jeff City!

This years Jeff City Open is fast approaching. Stan & Todd, club officers, have reported great things. The park and rec deartment has done a lot of work preparing the course. The course is in it's best condition ever according to both. Also, the word has been spread early about this tournament. It has been posted on multiple web sites and courses. We are definitely expecting a record turn out at this years JCO.

Registration can be done at my shop or simply send the amount (plus a $2.00 Paypal fee / entry) through paypal to my account discgolfer8@yahoo.com. You will find the entry amounts on the flier (to the right under the Tournament Schedule heading). Name, Division, PDGA # (if you are current), and shirt size. If you have any questions please feel free to call me (417) 818-7165. You may also contact Todd Hohenstreet (JC president) for any questions as well (his # is on the flier).

Kevin Carder picked up the signs, banners, and the Zorrell Dry Fit textured t-shirts yesterday. Everything is looking great. Players will have their choice of blue or red Zorrell shirts (while they last). The discs for the rest of the players pack should be in Thursday.

Don't forget about doubles Friday. This is going to be a fun and competitive event with cash added! For more information on the 5th Annual 4 States Open, visit the Joplin Disc Golf Club site featured on my Links page.

See ya Friday!

The 5th Annual 4 States Open is next weekend (September 25th & 26th). With $1,000 added to the Pro purse and $500 added to the Am payout the excitement continues to mount (this is corrected from lastnight as I accidently said $1,500 to Pro, but it was $1,500 over all). The City of Joplin and the Joplin Disc Golf Club (JDGC) have tried this year to set a new standard by funding this event heavily. It will be Joplin's best event ever, and possibly the biggest event on the Get Trapped Tour 2010!

The JDGC received a large grant from the city, and they have used the money for players pay out, lunch, and after party. They used money to advertise in the Disc Golf Magazine as well. Along with the grant money they have received 27 other sponsors, at different levels, making this year's pay out the best ever. The players packs will be sweet too (including a Zorrel Dri Fit, disc, and more)! If you have to miss one, this is NOT the one to! Be there or chalk it up to a huge BOGEY.

If you have any questions please visit the JDGC website that is on my "Links" page. See you in Joplin!!!

Forty-eight players and some of Dale's family, enjoyed the near perfect weather Saturday as The 4th Annual Dale Robert's Memorial was played. Although the overcast sky threatened some bad weather, the clouds broke and the sunshine and breeze was well received.

Winners included: Casey Smith (women), Nathaniel Merideth (Junior), Chris Dangler (Recreation in a tie break over Nathan McAtee), Andy Snyder (Intermediate), Jake Whitehead (Advanced) and Russ Burns (Open). Congratulations to all of you.

After the round there was a "Must be Present to Win" E.D.G.E. after party at Hooters. The raffle has again proved to be very successful in raising money toward the goal of $2,500 for the Educational Disc Golf Experience. $320 was raised putting us over the $2,000 mark! A special thank you to everyone who took part by buying tickets and attending the after party!

Again thank you to all the players and the wonderful sponsors! See you at the 4 states September 25th & 26th!

This Saturday on the 11th, is the Dale Robert's Memorial. This is a time to honor Dale. He truly is the reason disc golf is what it is in Nixa. Come pay your respects while playing an awesome PDGA event (the first since his passing). Everything seems to be in order for the event. Don't forget you can pre register at my shop or through Pay Pal by following the directions in the previous update.

There will be an after party at Hooters for all players where the "Must Be Present to Win EDGE Raffle" will take place. Lots of loot including some new loot from Coors. Thank You Elise for hooking us up!

A special welcome and thanks to our following Cash sponsors: Elephant & Castle, McDonalds, ODG (Nixa), Doty Financial Group LLC, Karma, Healing Hands, and Coors! Thank these guys for making it possible to have all the extras for this event (including the players packs)!

There will be two rounds of 18, followed by and Ace Throw off (if the ace is not hit), a ring of fire, awards, then to Hooters for the after party. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

The Dale Roberts Memorial is shaping up with many players eagerly awaiting this local event on one of the best 18 hole courses in the area. I have had many calls and emails about registration so here are the directions:

Registration can be done at my shop or simply send the amount (plus a $2.00 Paypal fee / entry) through paypal to my account discgolfer8@yahoo.com. You will find the entry amounts on the flier (to the right under the Tournament Schedule heading). Name, Division, PDGA # (if you are current), and shirt size. If you have any questions please feel free to call me (417) 818-7165.

The 3rd annual Little Big Show had a smaller turn out than expected with 42 participants. Despite the smaller field, the fun and copetitive golf was still had by all. Kyle McClure took 1st, in a hard fought battle to the end, in the Open division. Only 4 strokes seperated 1st and 4th. Kyle's 25' putt on the 18th hole kept the tie break away, with Russ Burns only 5 feet from the hole and only trailing by one. Great job Kyle!

Other winners included:
Doug Wiegand MAST
Trevor Conquillard ADV
Jordan Hinck INT
Justin Dominguez REC
John Sheafer JR
Elijah Sheafer JR
Congratulations to you all!

$204 were raised in the EDGE raffle. The Sheafer family took home the Innova Discatcher Sport.. This was only fitting since the Sheafer's had spent countless hours making the park look amazing! Thank you guys and enjoy the basket.

Looking forward to seeing you at the Dale Roberts Memorial on the 11th!

Thanks to Chris Sheafer and his family, the North Morse Park has not looked as good in some time. Thanks to all of you and I hope that the good deeds bring you great Karma during the Little Big Show Saturday the 28th!

The shirts and discs are in. If you have not registerd please do so by calling, texting, or following the on line Pay Pal registration directions below. Shirt sizes will go quickly. Also, there are 7 models of discs. With the entry free you get a dx Aviar, Aviar BB, or Roc. There are two options for upgrades: the T-Bird plus is a $7 upgrade. I have CFR Champion Gators, Champion Katanas, and glow Champion Gazelle discs that you may get with your entry by adding $15 (basically saving you $5 on a CFR disc). Don't forget to fill out your CFR cards that you receive when purchasing a CFR disc. Aaron Ulrich has won loot again from Innova by sending in his card.

If you have any questions about the tourney contact me! See you all there!

There were several sponsors that came through this week. The discs for the LBS will be in next Wednesday. The shirts should be ordered Friday. Everything is shaping up nicely. We are still looking for more tee sign sponsors. If you have leads give me a shout.

Thanks to the Shaefer family, the course is shaping up nicely. If you go check out Morse Park you will be amazed. Chris and John have put in many hours and are still working hard so that everyone can play on the beautiful course that we have come to enjoy at Morse Park! Thank You guys. Shoot Chris a call if anyone would like to help, or contact me and I will put you in touch with him.

Don't forget that you can pre register via pay pal like always. Simply follow the directions in the 2nd blurp down. Looking forward to seeing you all in Neosho!

Today was phase one of the two part process of putting in 9 new Monkey Traps on the grounds of Kirksey Middle School, in Rogers, Arkansas. This course will soon be named the "Grove" by the staff who are all eagerly awaiting their new course! The Grove is a great beginner course that is plenty technical which balances the lack of length. Heath Whitley (the main designer) with the help of Team Monkey's Randal Reisner, used the heavily treed area very well forcing a variety of shots off the tees. Great work fellas! There will be another 9 added across the street once the ground is cleared with a controlled under burn, says Deb Walters (Kirksey Scools).

The Kirksey Physical Education staff helped Randal Reisner and myself auger holes for the baskets. Later Randal and I set the poles for both the baskets and the tee signs today. We were also able to stake down rubber mats for the teeing area. As it stands now, the course should be open to play Tuesday afternoon on August 10th. This is when the baskets will be finished being powder coated Razor Back Red.

Look forward to seeing you on Arkansas's newest Monkey Trap course. "Get Trapped"!

August 28th the Little Big Show returns to Neosho. There are several returning sponsors for this event along with some new ones. We are still looking for more, so if you know of any drop me a line. I have received several inquiries about this tournament in the last couple of weeks, and I am looking forward to another great event. Several of these calls have been from Master players (both Advanced and Pro) so if you all come, we should have a strong field in both!

Registration can be done at my shop or simply send the amount (plus a $2.00 Paypal fee / entry) through paypal to my account discgolfer8@yahoo.com. You will find the entry amounts on the flier (to the right under the Tournament Schedule heading). Name, Division, PDGA # (if you are current), and shirt size. If you have any questions please feel free to call me (417) 818-7165.

CARousEl Kids camp took place this past Wednesday in Neosho, MO. The camp for foster kids gives them a chance to come and enjoy fun activities at a camp that provides strategies that build self worth and raise self awareness. This year disc golf was introduced at the camp and the kids seem to love it. It was a perfect fit and a great addition to the camp activities.

Timing could have not been better, since the Little Big Show is only a few weeks away in Neosho. It would be great to see some of these young adults turn out on tourney day. Cody Crocker and myself set out 5 baskets making a small fun course for the kids. Despite nearly a 100 degree day, the kids eagerly anticipated getting out to play their first round of disc golf on baskets. Cody and I gave a short introductory on the sport showing the kids the different discs and how to throw different types of shots. After the introduction the round began.

The round started with kids on every hole! I wintnessed a girl on her 4th hole (she had never played before) hit the pole on her drive from about 150' away! It was awesome to see her face light up as the others gasped in amazement! After the round we ran a Ring of Fire using awards donated by Innova. The kids enjoyed this and many seemed like they would play disc golf again if given the chance. Mission accomplished! Thank you Cody and Tara Crocker you guys are the best!

Well I guess the Lord heard all the griping about the rain last year and gave us the opposite, HOT! I'm not sure what the temperature was today, but it felt like 100 or better! Fifty-five players came out to play and enjoyed a beautiful day on a beautiful temporary course at Fantastic Caverns!

Congratulations to the winners: Michelle Snyder (Women), Peyton Turner (Junior), Landon Ward (Recreation), Eric Eastwood (Intermediate), Aaron Ulrich (Advanced), and Russ Burns (Open).

There were no aces yesterday so the $70 that was collected went to EDGE puting the total at $210 raised yesterday! Congratulations to Adam West for winning the Discatcher Sport in the raffle. To all of you who took part, thank you.

The temp course that will be used at Fantastic Caverns tomorrow is marked and can be practiced today. The 1st hole Tees close to the Exit sign by the wooden fence. You will find two flags for the tees and one where the basket will be. If you are playing and are going to arrrive early, call me and I can get you your admission ticket into the Caverns today.

I am very happy with the buzz about the tourney. I am expecting 50 - 75 players. I still want to make clear that this is not a PDGA sanctioned event (so there is no $10 fee for anyone), nor is it part of the DGM 2010 Tour. The only "players pack" item is a pass to the caverns that is included in your entry. The fee for this will be taken out of the entry money and given to the Caverns for the use of the land. If you are coming for the sole reason of having a chance at winning and collecting a high pay out, please save yourself a trip. If you want to play an incredible course and help future events at this location come and join us!

It has been confirmed that the Fantastic Caverns is going to let me make this a tour stop next year!
I'd like to thank everyone who has let me know they are bringing baskets! If you have an extra basket throw it in your vehicle, we may need it. See you all tomorrow and expect it to be HOT (there will be 4 water jugs, but don't depend solely on them for your hydration)!

The Fantastic Caverns is only one week away! Everything is looking good. So there are no surprises, the entry fee will be split between pay out and the discounted ticket prices that each player will receive. This is how I was able to get the land this year. What this means is the pay out will not be as high as a standard PDGA event. Again, this is not a PDGA event therefore there are no $10 PDGA fees! You will still experience a professional run event, pick your own prize pay out, free CTP's & Ring of Fire, and a play a course that will be set up on some of the best land in the Springfield area. Bring your "A" game!

The main reason for agreeing to this tournament on such short notice is to hopefully make this an annual event and permanent tour stop. In talks with the Caverns represenative, if the numbers are there "to make this successul" for them, they are willing to let me do exactly what I wanted! With the green light to add to the tour, I will be able to get sponsors and believe it will be one of the biggest events next year on the monkey tour!

If anyone would would like to donate to the Ring of Fire or CTP's or knows of any potential sponsors, feel free to contact me. Also, if you have a basket you wouldn't mind letting us use for the day let me know! As always thank you for supporting Disc Golf Monkey!

Tournament Entry Fees:
All Pro Divisions $40
All Other Divisions $35

Back by popular demand the Fantastic Caverns Open will be held on July 31st. In case you missed it last year, the Fantastic Caverns land is prime disc golf land. We again will be setting up 18 temp holes and will be playing two rounds of 18. It is not often that we have the opportunity to play on such prime land in Springfield. Come and check this course out!

Many have asked why this was not put on the "Get Trapped" tour schedule this year. It definitely was not because of lack of trying! The Fantastic Caverns was going through a management change in January when the schedule was made. Unfortunatly, I could not get it ok'd by anyone at the time. The good news is that on the 31st we have been given permission to use the land for the second year in a row.

This will be an unsanctioned event (no $10 PDGA fee). With your entry fee you will receive a Pass good from the July 30th (the Friday before the event for people who pre register) through August 6th to tour the caverns. Tickets can be bought at a discount rate the day of the event as well for friends and family ($15.50 Adults and $6.00 for children). I am hoping people can make a weekend trip with their families to the Springfield/Branson area and include this as one of the activities.

Be looking for a flier very soon. I was just given permission yesterday (July 14th) and am working on the details now. Hope to see you all there!

The 1st Puttin' Monkey Challenge will be this Sunday. From 12:00 to 1:00 I will be giving demos and lessons free to anyone who wants the help. You may register any time between 1:00 and 4:30. It will only take about 20 to 30 minutes to finish. Awards will handed out at 5:00 (you do not have to be present to collect. The voucher can be redeemed for a week after. Come see how your putting really stacks up.

Seventy players were in attendance Saturday at the 1st Monkey Trap Open. I really don't think it could have been a better day for disc golf in July. The day was near perfect with little wind, no precipitation, and the high only in the mid 80's! The accommodations were second to none at this event with the unbelievable hospitality provided by the 1st Baptist Church of Springdale. Ashley, Greg, Chris, Kyle, and many others planned out a near perfect lunch and awards ceremony. Hats off and a special thank you to all who helped!

The announcement was made in the player's meeting that the Monkey Trap baskets were official. The baskets were approved by the PDGA on the 27th of June. I chose to make the announcement at this event because the Sportslife disc golf course is home to the 1st Monkey Traps ever installed. They were well received, and were complimented through out the event. Three Traps were also given away in the award ceremony ($1,200 worth!). There was a very tight race in the Open division. Taylor Sears pulled off the win over Coda Hatfield in the third hole of the play-off. There 89's were followed close by Chris Eads 90 and then a four way tie with 91's by: Keyler, Convers, and Wilkes!

Other winners included: Dave Wise (Open Masters), Matt Scott (Advanced), Kevin Jones (Intermediate), Adam Meacham (Recreation), Hannah Powell (Womens Recreation), John Sheafer (Junior Boys), Phoenix Rogers (Junior Girls), Shelly Smith (Advanced Women), Teresa Duff (Advance Master Women), and Heath Whitley (Advanced Master). Congratulations to all of you. Tayler, Matt, and Heath I hope you enjoy the Traps for years to come.

I was very pleased and amazed by the support for the EDGE program at this event as well! Four Hundred dollars will be given to EDGE from this tournament. It will be ear-marked to the Arkansas EDGE program. This is almost enough for a starter package for a school! Thanks to all for your support! We are now above pace to reach the $2000 goal that was set. The kids are the future of our sport. We all know the sooner they are introduced to the sport the better chance they will have of throwing bombs! Awesome stuff keep up the support!

The next event, the Little Big Show, will be in Neosho, MO on the 28th of August. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Over 40 Pre Registered and several "Put me down's". All is shaping up well. Just so everyone knows, breakfast and lunch are taken care of for all. Olde Tyme Doughnuts and Madd Pizza are taking care of the "Eats"!

There has been some question on the basket that will be given away in the Open division. The basket is simply a real expensive trophy for the division. The winner will still get a cash pay out, because that is what pros play for. You will also receive a players pack and a Stainles Steel trophy bag tag for winning. If you win, it will be a good day for you! Courtesy of all of our awesome sponsors. I hope this takes care of all the questions. Feel free to call me if not.

Don't forget doubles tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing you there. Again, don't forget your "Get Trapped Tour" T shirt! You may be lucky if your wearing it!

Take I 540 to the 412 Exit and Go EAST. Go to Johnson St. and turn Right. Look for the 2nd entrance into the First Baptist Church Springdale on Shiloh Christian's Campus. You will then see beautiful Red Monkey Traps! Sorry this information was was left off the flier.

I hope everyone's Independence Day was awesome! There will be doubles on Friday night. Kyle McClure will be starting registration for doubles around 5:15. It will be $20 per team. This is a bring your own partner best shot round. There will be a Pro and an Am field. Come out and practice on the Monkey Traps!

Although the Riverview Open was a disappointing turn out, there is no time to dwell! I am excited about what I have been hearing about this event. Pre Registrations are going well. If you would like to pre register online, the directions are below. For any questions feel free to call! See ya in Springdale.

If you have a Monkey Trap or a Get Trapped tour shirt make sure you have them!

On July 10th in Springdale, AR, the 1st Monkey Trap Open will be held at the Sports Life course. Sports Life is the first course that has installed the Monkey Trap baskets. If you have not played on them, you are in for a treat! I guarantee one thing, "It is better for a basket to Trap than to catch!" Experience the Monkey Traps at the self titled tournament!

Registration can be done at my shop or simply send the amount (plus a $2.00 Paypal fee / entry) through paypal to my account discgolfer8@yahoo.com. You will find the entry amounts on the flier (to the right under the Tournament Schedule heading). Name, Division, PDGA # (if you are current), and shirt size. If you have any questions please feel free to call me (417) 818-7165.

I will be giving three (3) Monkey Trap baskets away at this event valued at $1,200!!! Here is how they will be given away. The first place finisher in the Open and Advanced Men's Division will receive one. The Open champion will pick the one he wants followed by the Advanced champion. The third Trap will be given away in a raffle. All other division winners will be placed in a (hat, box, or bag) and who ever is drawn will win. I really don't know of any other tournament that has ever given out 3 baskets at this value! I'm sure it may have happened, but for a "C" Tier!?

Get registered early, and come see what the hype is all about...Get Trapped!

Pat Wooley captures the title in the 2nd Riverview Open in a tight race to the finish. Pat's 101 was just enough to hold off Dasun Keyler by one stroke. Other winners: Andrew Jinks (in a play off over Zack Jones) was the Advanced winner, Corey Anderson took the Intermediate title, Steve Watson (in his first tournament) won the Recreational division, and Jonathan Furman was the Junior Champ. Congratulations to all of you!

Although the numbers were very low due to scheduling conflicts, I would like to say despite the attendance over $200 was raised for EDGE! Thank you all who were generous in your giving! We are still on pace to give over $2,000 to EDGE!

See you July 10th for an Amazing tournament in Springdale, Arkansas on the Sports Life course! Three monkey trap baskets valued at $1,200 will be given away! Check back for more details, and you better pre register for this one!

Things are ready to roll next Saturday (the 26th) in Miami, OK. The discs have been in for a week. We have BB Aviars, Flat Top Rocs, and star Katanas ($8 upgrade) for the player's packs. Like last year, there will be lunch available for $5 that will include a fire grilled hamburger, chips, and a drink. There will be extra burgers available too.

Like every Monkey event, we have a great EDGE Raffle ready to go with prizes donated by Innova (Discatcher Sport and more), Keen, Maui Jim, Coors and more. If you know of anyone who wants to contribute to the raffle or ring of fire let me know. The goal is $2,000-$2500 for EDGE this year. You all have done great so far and we are well on the way to making this goal a reality. Thanks!

If you would like to pre- register give me a hollar. (417) 818-7165. See ya Saturday.

Wow! What an amazing vacation/tourney. My hat is tipped to Mike Solt for putting on one of the best tournaments I have ever been too. If anyone ever has a chance to play the Great Pocono Open (GPO), do it.

Set in the Pocono Mountains of PA, as the locoals refer to Pennsylvania, both courses are very different. One course is in the woods (and more technical) the other a course you would expect to see in Flagstaff, Arizona full of blind holes. The mix of shots was amazing.

Casa Del Solt Suites was my home for five days (Mike's House). I played my A game in PA finishing 4th behind Brinster (who slaughtered the field) and Moser both of Team Innova. A local took 3rd. I pulled off a 982 round and 3 1000 plus rounds. This was my best finish in an A Tier event.

Mike and Melissa, thanks for the hospitality and making PA a true home away from home!

The flyer is up and ready to view, print, and post on your local course boards. Sponsors are rolling in, the hot stamp has been ordered through Innova (for the custom discs), and the shirt design is ready to roc! Thanks Keith for all the artwork.

Don't forget you can pre-register at my shop in Springfield, or register online through Pay Pal by sending your entry amount (plus a $2 Pay Pal Fee/ entry) to my account at discgolfer8@yahoo.com Please add your full name, address, division, shirt size, and PDGA # if current.

Looking forward to seeing you in Oklahoma for the 2nd Riverview Open!

The 3rd Annual Lake Bella Vista Open was a smaller field than expected this year, with a field of 54. Despite a smaller field, the players were treated to two days of discgolf on the nicest and most challenging course in Northern Arkansas (and possibly the state)! "The course was as nice as I have ever seen it" was mentioned many times because of the grounds keeping work put in by Randal Reisner, Kyle McClure, Chris Sheafer, and the City of Bentonville. Thanks to you all, the course looked amazing! Along with the well manicured course the weather was near perfect with a very light breeze and nothing else but a lot of sunshine.

After 2 tough rounds of golf all players were invited to Gusonos Pizza for the EDGE Raffle dinner party. The party was one of the best with incredible Chicago style pizza being served! Almost $200 was raised there for EDGE, with a little more than $50 being added from the Ace Pool that was not hit. Adding to the $435 from the first two events, this puts the EDGE total at $685! At this pace, we will have no problem reaching the $2,000 goal set for the year. If you are not familiar with EDGE please visit their site at edgediscgolf.org . This is the best disc golf program for the future of our sport going today. Please support whenever you have the opportunity!

Congratulations to Chris Eads (Open Champion 172 Rd Ttl), Brian Guthrie (Open Masters Champion 178 Rd Ttl), Hunter Wright (Adv Champion 169 Rd Ttl), Bruce Heidebrecht (Adv Grand Masters 209 Rd Ttl), Chris Sheafer (Adv Master Champion 189 Rd Ttl), Kevin Jones (Int Champion 179 Rd Ttl), and Greg Westmoreland (Rec Champion 197 Rd Ttl). Notes to point out: Hunter Wright's 169 was the best of all divisions, 3 over top pro winner Chris Eads! 13 year old Kevin Jones not only won the Int division, but was only one stroke out of cashing in the Open Division (Great Job kid, keep up the incredible play)!

Again thanks to all, and I look forward to seeing you at the next stop on the Disc Golf Monkey Tour in Miami, OK June 26th.

The 3rd Round of the 3rd Annual Lake Bella Vista Open will begin at 9:00 am! See ya there!

The course is shaping up nicely thanks to a lot of hard work by Randal Reisner, Chris Sheafer, and Kyle Mclure. The "taking one for the team" effort is much appreciated by all. Thank you guys. The city was out mowing earlier today as well, so it should be much better than it was a week ago.

Another great late sponsor has stepped up. Gusano's Pizza will be hosting the EDGE Raffle Party Saturday night! All food is free with a purchase of a large drink or an adult beverage! Way to stick with em' Randal.

Signs are in, banners are picked up, shirts will be ready tomorrow, and 300 discs will be in Thursday including a stack of Flat Topped Rocs! You can pre register and get your shirt size and take your pick of color and weight choice of disc. Follow the directions below to pre register. If you have any questions feel free to contact me!

This year's Bella Vista Open event will again be two days. Late Registration will take place from 8:00 to 9:30, followed by a players meeting, and tee off at 10:00. The second day will resume with a 3rd and final round that will start at 9:00. Don't forget you can pre- register (pre-registration directions are in the post below). Looking forward to seeing you at one of the most challenging courses on the DGM Tour 2010!

The 3rd annual Lake Bella Vista Open is the next stop on the Monkey Tour 2010. This will be the Monkey's first two day event. Several of the same sponsors are on board again with some new sponsors as well. The event is shaping up nicely.

On line registration is available just like last event. Simply send the amount (plus a $2.00/Am & Jr and $3/Pro player for the Paypal fee) through paypal to my account discgolfer8@yahoo.com You will find the entry amounts on the flier. Add your information with the payment: Name, Division, PDGA # (if you are current), shirt size. We will have 100 players packs with a shirt and an Innova Flat Top Roc. If you have any questions please feel free to call me at (417) 818-7165. See you in Bentonville!

There are 47 Pre Registered players. That means 3 spots left for players packs. Also, not sure how many will be coming but the incredible pre-registrations makes me have to mention that the field is limited to 90. If you have questions feel free to text, call, or e mail. See ya in Ozark!

Forty-five players weathered the storm for the 1st Pitt Open. The day started with howling winds and the wet stuff. The rain steadily fell throughout the first round mixed with wind. The second round was much nicer with no rain and only a slight breeze.

The course played rather tough with OB's on many holes. There was a wide mix of holes making Shlanger Park an excellent choice for a course. We are still waiting for a word on whether or not the Grant for a new course has been approved.

I would like to thank everyone who supported this event in any way. Also, a special thanks to those who supported EDGE. $185 was raised by this smaller field of 45 players. After the first two events, we are on pace to raise over $2,000 for the EDGE program.

Congratulations to all of the winners! Please take time to look at the results on the PDGA website http://www.pdga.com/event?TournID=9995. I hope to see you all again at the next stop on the "Get Trapped" Monkey Tour 2010 on the Lake Bella Vista course in Bentonville, AR for my 1st two day event! Randal Reisner has again worked hard in getting some great sponsors!

Here we go again! The Pitt Open is less than two weeks away. The 2nd stop on the Get Trapped tour is ready to roc. A reminder that there will be doubles on Friday followed by a pre-registration party (food is provided to all players). On line registration is available just like last event. Simply send the amount (plus a $2.00 Paypal fee) through paypal to my account discgolfer8@yahoo.com You will find the entry amounts on the flier. Pay for doubles separately the day of. Add your information with the payment: Name, Division, PDGA # (if you are current), shirt size, and disc selection. If you have any questions please feel free to call me. Available discs:
DX Aviar Drivers, Destroyers,
PRO Boss, Destroyer, Katana, R pro Boss
Champ 5 Boss, 5 Destroyer,
Star 10 Boss, 10 Destroyer
There are 15 CFR Upgrade Champion Katanas $15 extra. The money raised by these will go toward the pay-out
There are limited quantity on all models, and they are on a FIRST PAY FIRST TAKE basis. Pre Register early to guarantee your selection. See ya in Pitt!

The 1st Pitt Open to be held on a temp course at Shlanger Park in Pittsburg, Kansas is shaping up nicely. The second stop on the “Get Trapped” Tour is going to be unique in a few ways. There will be all the great things you have come to expect fom a Monkey Event, such as; incredible players packs, lunch provided, huge raffle prizes (approx $800 worth of merchandise), and awesome payouts, along with some cool new ideas and bonuses. Thanks to several local sponsors we will be having a Doubles Tournament the night before with a Pre/Registration party/dinner provided for all players! The Comfort Inn & Suites will be running a special on rooms for players ($85 a night for up to four people). That's only 20 bucks a head if you have four players in a room, not bad for a nice motel.

The Pitt Open has several sponsors helping out on top of the seven “Get Trapped” sponsors listed above and below this page. First Edition, Fat Daddy's (Pre/Reg Party host), Friendly Tavern (Lunch), Papa Johns, Wheat State Pizza (EDGE Raffle After Party), Joplin Disc Golf Course, Del Rio, Chatter's, Derailed Commodity, Cicero Liquor, and Redd's are all helping to make this 1st Pitt Open a success. We are still trying to get more sponsors so let us know if you have a possible lead for us. Check back for more updates!

Despite miserable conditions, 66 players showed up and battled the elements! I want to say thank you to all who participated! You guys are truly awesome for showing up in such a weather nightmare! Also thanks for supporting EDGE in the raffle. I'm sure we are off to a good start.
For those of you who like to see their players ratings, they have been up since 9:00. Congratulations to all the winners:
Open: Kyle McClure
Adv: Rick Nichols
Adv Masters: Chris Sheafer
Adv Master Women: Teresa Duff
Int: Bryan Gaskill
Int. Women: Norine Gaskill
Rec: TJ Hahn
Jr: John Sheafer
Also, congratulations to Zack Jones on winning the Innova Discatcher Sport in the EDGE raffle. I hope to see you all at the Pitt Open in Kansas! It will be sweet and history making on a fun and challenging temp course. The grant proposal has been turned in to make this a permanent 18 hole course!

We have hit 60 Pre Registers!! The discs & shirts are in, and they are Rocn'! About our weather departments in Missouri; everyone knows they are wrong 90% of the time so why stress! See ya in Republic!

About 70 have let me know they are coming! Come early if your not paid up. We should get rolling by 8:00. See ya all there!

There are now 53 people pre-registered! If you have called, texted, or e mailed me your spot is secure, but your players pack selection is not. Everyone will get a shirt, disc, and lunch, but first choice goes to the players that pay first. Thanks to all of you have paid at the shop, but an even bigger thanks to those 20+ that have tried out paying by Pay Pal. This seems to work well! If you want in this tourney please contact me soon.

Over 30 players have pre registered. Don't miss out on getting your shirt size and disc selection! Contact me soon. Read below for more information. Thanks

Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to Pre Register. Just to save time, when you text, e mail, or Facebook me, add your Name, Division, PDGA # (if your current), and shirt size. Just so you all know, the Lucky 13 tourney discs from Innova will be in Monday. These will be given out on a first come first serve basis. So whoever pays me first gets their choice. What are the discs you ask? Well there are 25 BB Aviars, 25 New Champion T- Birds (said to be a new mold), 15 XG Boss (a new gummier Champion plastic), 5 R Pro Boss in Max Weight, and 15 Star Boss. So there are no surprises, The XG Boss will have an $8 upgrade, but all the other discs Champion and pro discs included are free with your entry. I also have 10 CFR Champion Maxs that will be sold for $25 ea. You my pay through Pay Pal if you would like.

Only two weekends away from the start of the "Get Trapped" Monkey Tour 2010. March 20th in Republic will be the 2nd Annual Lucky 13 Open at Miller Park. To pre register simply contact me by e mail, text or phone. I am getting many calls and hope to fill this year. Last year we had 69 players so it could definitely happen. Expect a lot of the same in terms of players packs (shirt, disc, and lunch), but you will be blown away by what I am offering in pay out! I have many new items, and all will be debuted at the Lucky 13. If you have any questions please contact me.

I would like to say thanks again to all who took part in any or all of the Ice Bowls! What an incredible time. I am proud to announce that just over $4,000 and 1,700 pounds of food were distributed to charities in the four state area! In a time when the economy is hitting so many hard, it was a pleasure being able to help the less fortunate while playing a wonderful game. I am blessed and honored to be a part.
For those of you who have not heard, James Favor from Bolivar, Missouri, won the points series racking up over 500 points! His donations of over 100 cans of food, at three different events, helped him in his goal of taking home the 1st "Iced" Monkey Trap! Congratulations James and thank you for the food. With the Ice Bowl Series behind us, the attention turns to the "Get Trapped" Monkey Tour. The tour will start March 20th in Republic. I hope to see you there!

Benefitting the Victory Mission
46 Players
Temperature: In the 50's
No Snow
$850 raised and 375 lbs of food was donated (James Favor had another huge food donation!)
Congratulations to Johnny Oak Grove for winning the Run for the Roses taking home the Innova Discatcher Sport, and Kyle McClure for winning the Ring of Fire taking the Innova Discatcher Traveler!
Congratulatins to Kyle McClure, Corey Anderson, and Aaron Mastrioni for there wins!
To James Favor a special congratulations for winning the Overall Points and taking home the Iced Monkey Trap!!

With all but one Ice bowl wrapped up, the Springfield Ice Bowl is only two days away. If you have been keeping track, the DGM Ice Bowl Point Series has helped raise over $3,000 for charities in the four state area. I want to send out a large thank you to each and every player, TD, host, sponsor, donor, or anyone else I may have missed with these titles. I thank you for letting me play a part in events that are truly special! We don't know how much we helped each of the charities, but it is a wonderful feeling knowing you did your part.
I am still working on sponsors and will continue until the day of the event. Expect nothing less than what the Monkey does best at this last event. I will be giving away prizes from McAlisters, Hooters, Creator Designs, Innova, and EDGE. I will also be giving three baskets away including a Discatcher Traveler (canvas style), a Discatcher Sport (Metal Basket), and the #1 point series prize the “Iced” Monkey Trap. This is almost $750 worth of baskets! There are some points leaders, but there is no winner until the awards are ready to be handed out. So if you forgot how to gain points, scroll down and view the post. Until Saturday, enjoy that last bit of frigid practice!

Benefitting the Lebanon Area Foundation
22 Players
Temperature in the high 30's - low 40's
Approx 2" avg of snow on the ground
$500 Raised and we are guessing around 300 lbs of food thanks in large part by another large donation by James Favor! (An exact total will be provided soon)
Congratulations to Jake for another Run for the Roses Innova Discatcher Traveler basket win.
Congratulations to Kevin Hart, Cory Anderson, & Wayne Clouse on their wins!

Lebanon's 2nd Ice Bowl will again take place in Atchley park on a temp course this Saturday February 13th. This is the proposed lay out for a permanent course that was presented to the Parks Department. Missouri Eagle (Budweiser) will again be sponsoring this event. There will be another basket given away plus a lot of other things in the CTP and Raffle or Run for the Roses (weather will determine which we will do). This course has a wide mix of holes so be prepared to bring all the shots! A side note, I have just received a huge batch of monkey apparel to go along with my Tour T's and Hoodies from my sponsor Creator Designs. Your pay out selection will be 2nd to none! If you have questions please contact me.

The DGM Ice Bowl Point Series will be in Jolpin this Saturday at McClelland Park. Random payout and a ton of prizes to be given away! Check out the press that the SEK Ice Bowl received at www.icebowlhq.com! Hope to see you there!

Benefiting NWA Foundation
8 Players
Temp. in the 20's
3/4" Ice 6-8" snow
$324 and 38 lbs of food donated
Congratulations to TJ Hahn on winning the Innova Discatcher Traveler in the raffle.
Barry Joe and Russ Burns won the two divisions

The Sports Life Course is adding another permanent hole. Just in time for the Ice Bowl, there will be 14 permanent baskets. Four more permanent holes will complete the 18, and they should be in this Spring. We will be setting up 4 temp holes for the Ice Bowl. Kyle has been rounding up sponsors and has done a great job. The most exciting item is a dual signed Champion Eagle donated by World Champion brother and sister Avery & Valerie Jenkins! He also has a signed disc by Barry Shultz, Christian Sanstrom, and Markus Kalstrom! Several other prizes from local business will be given away as well. This should be a true "Ice" Bowl and we are looking forward to it. See you there!

SEK Ice Bowl Update:
Benefitting the Wesley House & Project Warmth
31 Players
Temp: In the 40's
No Snow
$563 and 128 lbs of food
Congratulation again to Jake Whitehead for winning the Innova Discatcher Traveler in th Run for the Roses. Also congratulation to Russ Burns, Zack Jones, Gary Wright, and Luke Carter on there wins!

Bearcat Ice Bowl Update:
Benefitting the Bolivar Ministerial Alliance
39 Players
Temp: in the 50's
No snow
$550 and 325 pounds of food
Jake Whitehead winner if the Innova Discatcher Traveler basket in the Run for the Roses contest!
Congratulations to Kevin Hart, Aaron Ulrich, Zack Layer, and Aaron Merideth on their wins!

With Bolivar's successful Ice Bowl behind us, it is time to focus on the S.E.K. Ice Bowl in Pittsburg, Kansas. Like Bolivar's, the S.E.K. has been backed by a dedicated disc golf enthusiast who is eager to promote the sport of disc golf. Kevin Elrod, who is the head of the local club in Pittsburg (Pittsburg Disc Golf Club), has rounded up over $1000 in prizes to be given out at this event. He also has lunch provided for all players! He said the focus is to raise as much for the two local charities that we are playing for, Project Warmth and the Wesley House, as possible. My goal is to help him go above and beyond while putting on a great tournament. If possible come to Pittsburg and support this event. You will not be disappointed! Kevin is hopeful that a good showing at this event may help in the process of getting a new 18 hole course added at the location where the Pitt Open will be held in April. Here is the list of sponsors so far: Ace Hardware, Jocks Nitch, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Mall Deli, Applebees, Long John Silvers, Freddy's, Fat Daddy's, Chatters, Cafe Del Rio, Sonic, John's Sports Center, Chili's Sears, JC Penny, Family Video, Mazzios, El Charro, Holiday Lanes, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Bob's Grill, Holiday Inn Express, Ron White Kempo, Wheat State Pizza, Eagle Beverage and Lamp Lighter Inn!

Exciting news for the Bearcat Ice Bowl in Bolivar! Roger a local golfer has went above and beyond gathering sponsors for this event. If you have played the course, you know that it is lacking tee signs. Roger Abbott and Walt Tredway (SBU Book Store Manager) have decided to use the the first tournament as a way to raise money for charity, scholarship fund, and some course improvements including new signs. Roger has sold all but one sign (and has hopes of selling this one today), this means there is $200 to add to the purse. This is nothing short of amazing for an Ice Bowl. We tip our discs to you Roger “Rabbit”. On top of this there are many sponsors including: Disc Nation, Gotta Go Gotta Throw, Ching, Huk Lab, SBU Book Store, The Carriage House, Wal Mart, Wal greens, Java Station, El Rodeo, Commerce Bank, US Bank, Hutchesen/Coker Real Estate, Paul Long, John Forkner, Keith Allen, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Breadeaux Pizza, Subway, Dairy Queen, and he is not done yet! There WILL BE A PLAYERS PACKAGES, plus a ring of fire, CTP, and a raffle. Hope to see you in Bolivar. Sign up will start around 8:00 – 8:30 in the dining hall. Call for more information.

Miami Ice Bowl
Benefiting the Ministerial Alliance
11 Players
8-13 degrees -13 wind chill
6-8” of snow
$135 and 21 cans of food raised
Innova's Discatcher Traveler Basket won by Kevin Elrod in a Run for the Roses Contest!
Congratulations to Zack Jones, Danny Booth, and Travis Stand on their wins!
MPO = Pro Division MA2 = Intermediate Division MA4 = Novice Division

2009 POINT SERIES
Every year disc golfers come together in January and February to play in the world wide and ever growing Ice Bowl disc golf tournaments. The goal is simple: supporting those who are less fortunate. How we do this is by raising money and canned food for local food banks. Disc Golf World, in Kansas City, has done a great job promoting the “Ice Bowl” events, keeping up with the results, and posting the results in the Disc Golf Magazine.
This year in hopes of bringing in more players, food, and money for charity, the Disc Golf Monkey is sweetening the pot by giving away an Iced Monkey Trap basket (A $400 value) to the cumulative points leader at the last tournament in Springfield, Missouri.

The points will work as follows:
1 point for participation in each ice bowl you play in
1 point for every person you beat in your division
1 point for every person you bring in your vehicle
1 point for every “newby” you bring to a Monkey Ice Bowl in 2009 (Newby = someone who has not played in a 2009 Monkey Ice Bowl)
1 point for every mulligan you buy that you don't use
1 point for every extra can of food you bring
1 point for every extra $1.00 you contribute to the local charity

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The Ozarks Disc Golf Club will be having a charity benefit tournament this Saturday in Republic at 9:00 am. The focus will be on raising funds for charity on a less competitive stage. This tournament will be done with an experimental payout. The "Random Lottery payout" mentioned on the flyer simply means that all names will be put into a "hat"and the places will be drawn for. This means everyone has a chance at 1st no matter how well you throw or don't. The reason for this payout, as discussed in the ODG club meeting, is to attract players that don't normally compete because of their lower skill level. Also, we wanted to focus more on giving back than holding a serious competitive tournament. As for the charity, we are picking 3 charities and then voting for one to give our contributions to. The Winter Charity event should be a lot of fun, benefiting a great cause, with discgolfers giving back. Hope to see you in Republic

I am excited to have Innova on board with this event. What does this mean for the players? First, there will be two divisions instead of one! Second (in both divisions), I will be giving away a Discatcher Sport Basket for 1st, a Discatcher Traveler for 2nd, and a Competition or Carrier bag for 3rd! Third, I am paying out 50% of the field from merchandise donated by Innova, Coors, Hooters, McAlisters, and any other donations I get! Last, if the above is not enough for a $20 entry fee, everyone wins because they will receive a custom Puttin' Monkey Challenge Big Bead Aviar! So come celebrate a crazy awesome season at the Disc Golf Monkey's 19th Hole!

The answer to this is most definitely. I am currently working with 6 – 8 different cities from Joplin to Lebanon putting together an “Ice Bowl Series”. So far it looks like the minimum number of events will be six, and the maximum will be nine. I am trying to coordinate them all to have a point system with an overall winner. Although the details are still being worked out, I am confident it will be a fun way of raising money for charity! For those who can only make one or two of these events it will be just as fun as those who try to make them all. I am working with my basket Powder Coater trying to come up with the perfect overall Ice Bowl point leader trophy! I should have the complete schedule up by the end of the week.

As for now, don't miss Joplin's Club tournament this Saturday at McClelland Park. See their website for more details on my Links page. Also, the Ozarks Disc Golf Tournament is scheduled for December 12th. The tournament is scheduled to be held in Republic. When this becomes final, I will post a flier. The following day, the 13th, The Puttin' Monkey Championship (sponsored by Innova) will be held! This is something you do not want to miss! I am currently working with Innova on the details of their sponsorship. The goal is to have two separate divisions. Initially the championship was posted as being one division only. Look for the flier and the prizes to be given out Wednesday or Thursday!

The weather was absolutely perfect Saturday the 14th for the season finale Disc Golf Monkey Open tournament in Springfield, MO. No clouds, no rain, no wind and close to 75 degrees. Who would have ever thought this could be possible in November? A field of 78 took part in the last tournament of the Disc Golf Monkey Tour 2009. This was only two players shy of the tour average, 80 players. The tournament flowed fairly smooth considering all holes were filled with at least 4 players.

Adam Hunt, took home over all honors shooting an 11 under in a come from behind birdie shoot out. The last 9 holes was an incredible display of golf by both Adam and 2nd place finisher Kyle McClure. Other winners included Kevin Hart in the Pro Masters, Mike Nower in Advanced, Stan Balke in Grand Masters, Trevor Coquillard in Intermediate, Adam Meecham in Recreational (Meecham won over Adam West in a play off), and Gina Williams in the Womens division. Great job and congratulations to all of you.

I would like to thank all the sponsors who helped make this event so successful: The Fisk Family, Creator Designs, Karma Salon, Commerce Bank, Northside Dental, Quality Trim & Sign, Hooters, Gateway Disc Sports, Discs Unlimited, Doty Financial Group, McAlister's Deli, Ozarks Disc Golf, and Innova Champion Discs. Because of these sponsors we were able to continue handing out players package that were 2nd to none at this level of tournament. Lunch was supplied by McAllister's and the Dinner After Party was supplied by Hooters & the Disc Golf Monkey. Thank you to all!

Just three more days until the Disc Golf Monkey's Tour 2009 Finale (The 1st Disc Golf Monkey Open)! What to expect? Like always, there will be an incredible players pack consisting of a shirt, disc, lunch, and an invitation to the “Must be present to Win” Raffle at the Hooters after party! Speaking of the Raffle, we will again be selling raffle tickets to raise money for this year's charity the EDGE Program (Over $1,600 has been raised thus far); Hooters, Coors, EDGE, Innova, McAlisters Deli, and Karma have all donated merchandise. There is more stuff to Raffle at this event than any other in the past (would you expect anything less for the Finale?). We will be playing 1 Round, breaking for a McAlisters lunch and playing the final 18. After the rounds, we will have a “Ring of Fire” sponsored by Gateway. Awards will follow, and then we will head to the after part at Hooters (there will be free food for all players). If you have not attended any of the DGM's Tour 2009 events, this will be an amazing 1st for you! If you have come to one or several of my events, my hope is to make this one the best one of 2009! If you have questions, don't hesitate to get a hold of me. See ya there!

The Recyle Open set for November 15th has officially been canceled due to flooding. Efforts to relocate have failed. The Sunset Park in Branson has been holding water for over a month. This is unfortunate, but we had no other option. The PDGA was notified and has put on the schedule that the event is cancelled. I apologize to all who were looking forward to this event. Next year we plan on trying again. Thank you for all your support. If you have any questions feel free to call me.

The Halloween Throwdown discs are in! Don't miss out on this fun night of costumes, course spooktacular, and night discgolf with a twist of Halloween spirit. Just a reminder it will start at 7:00 at 1st Baptist Church Springdale in Arkansas. See ya there!

The Star Mako is one straight flying piece of plastic.

As for the Pro Boss, it has a much larger dome than the Champ and star plastics. It also seems to be a little more overstable.

The Star San Marino Roc...well it's a Roc!

The Star Mako, Star San Marino Roc, and the highly anticipated Pro Boss are in at the Monkey's 19th Hole! Come and get'em!

The 2nd Annual Jefferson City Open was the 7th stop on the Disc Golf Monkey Tour 2009. Despite the frigid air and neighboring tournaments in Olathe, KS and Jasper, Arkansas, the 51 player field was a welcomed success. George Smith from Columbia, Missouri, took home the top honors winning the Open division with a 101 score (9 under). All scores and other winners can be viewed at www.pdga.comhttp://www.pdga.com/event?TournID=9600. The course was in great playing condition despite rain in the days before before the event. Thank you to Todd Hohenstreet and the Jefferson City Club Members that helped get things in order. On top of the “pick your own prizes” payout (standard for the DGM Tour 2009 events), local club member Kevin Myers provided all divisions with 1st place trophies that were greatly appreciated! Thanks Kevin.

All players were again treated to a players pack that was second to none. The pack included; a tourney shirt, tourney disc, free ring of fire, free CTP, and lunch! We also had a raffle to benefit the EDGE program. Over $150 was raised! This brought the total for the Disc Golf Monkey's Tour 2009 to $1,600! Over $500 in prizes were donated by Hooters, Innova, EDGE, and the Disc Golf Monkey. I would like to thank each of you for your continued support in the EDGE sponsorship. There was also another fund raiser collected on a somber note. A commemorative Tye Disc, provided by Tony Hulin, was auctioned and a donation was taken for local disc golfer Dan Clarke who passed away a week before the event. Over $220 was raised. This was greatly appreciated by Dan Clark's family.

On behalf of the Jefferson City Disc Golf Club, TEAM Monkey, DGM's tour Sponsors; Innova, Discs Unlimited, Quality Trim & Sign, Creator Designs, Coors, Hooters of Springfield, and Gateway, I would like to thank all participants, volunteers, and sponsors which included the following; Columbia Disc Golf Club, Cremin Family, RSM Inc., el Jimador, Hohenstreet Insurance, Bee Line Snack Shop, Wallstreet Insurance Group, Coca Cola, JCMG, Schultes Fresh Foods, Neff Family, Mid-MO O &P, Jefferson Bank of Missouri, Braun Plastering Co. Inc., Balke Family, Jefferson City Parks & Recreation, Turn-Key Mobile Inc., and the Jefferson City Athletic Events Committee. Thank You!

Please come take part in our last 2 events on November 14th in Springfield and November 15th in Branson. These are separate tournaments. See you there!

If you didn’t make it to the Missing Links Fall Rhythmic Journey you missed a very unique weekend. There were many events going on including live music both Friday and Saturday night, camping all weekend, and of course disc golf on Saturday and Sunday. The weather was nice both days and nights. The live music opened up Friday night with Meridian Shift of which 3 of the 5 band members are disc golfers themselves (Brandon Duncan, Adam West, and Kyle Sunde).
The course was 19 holes and although it was on the shorter side in length, it was very challenging. Russ Burns was given a very rough piece of land to work with and somehow managed to create one of the most interesting courses I have ever played. The reports from those who played the course were definitely positive. Thank you Russ for all your hard work and dedication. If your drive didn’t stay on the fairway there were probably thorns in your future. There was considerable blood shed on this course as well as many lost discs.
In Saturdays tournament Russ Burns won the open division. Mark Anderson and Aaron Ulrich had a playoff for first in the advanced division were Mark brought home the victory. Jaysin Smith took top honors among the intermediate players and Kyle Sunde blew away the competition in beginners.
On Sunday 2 rounds of double were played. The first round was random draw doubles, Russ Burns and Rick Nichols won that round shooting a -17 with an ace. The Second round was pick your partner and Aaron Ulrich and Rick Nichols shot -16 that round. During the second round of doubles 2 set of chains (The Missing Links) were hidden on the course. Prizes were awarded to the lucky ones (Lee Griffits III and John Baird) who located them. This was the first of hopefully many Roots Deep music festivals to come where disc golf is involved. Thanks to everyone who came and those who helped, we hope you had a great time, and look forward to the next event.
Rick Nichols

Fourth Annual Four States Open is Best Ever, The Monkey Does It Again!

This year's tournament was a Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) C-Tier sanctioned event. At least five states were represented by 112 disc golfers that day. In addition to Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas being represented, there was also at least one player from Iowa that made the trip for this annual event. The golfers played two rounds of 18 holes, taking advantage of our 27 permanent baskets and teepads, and also playing nine temporary holes set up specifically for this event each year. Players competed in 10 different divisions, ranging from Juniors to Grandmasters (50+) to Professional division. All players received as part of their “player's pack” a commemorative shirt and disc. Players were also able to take advantage of a nearly-free lunch sponsored by Schlotzky's, and an after party sponsored by Coors.

Russ “Disc Golf Monkey” Burns was able to take top prize, edging out the 46th ranked player in the world to do so. His final score of 94 (-16) included the two best rounds thrown. The other winners were: Advanced Division – Ty Fansler, 96; Advanced Masters (40+) – Brian Hoi, 111; Advanced Grandmasters (50+) – Bruce Heidebrecht, 108; Intermediate – Michael Cory, 102; Intermediate Women – Sarah Slane, 127; Recreational – Derik Jones, 104; Recreational Women – Christine West, 136; Junior Boys – Eric Brock, 138; Junior Girls – Phoenix Rogers, 135.

The players packs, new tee signs, tournament prizes, and lunch were all made possible with the help of local sponsors, including Miracle Ear, Wells Fargo, Schlotzky's, Pittsburg Disc Golf Club, Frack Chiropractic, Performance Coatings Plus, Ottawa County Disc Golf Club, Lowe's, HealthePath, Jukebox Saturday Night, Jinks Greenhouse, A1 Climate Control, the Schmidt Family, Quizno's, Hackett Hot Wings, Bicycle Specialists Extreme, Software Center, Parsons Disc Golf Club, Ozarks Disc Golf Club, Northwestern Mutual, The Disc Golf Monkey and Black Dog Productions. Also contributing as “Monkey Tour” sponsors were Coors, Hooters, Gateway Disc Sports, Discs Unlimited, Innova, Quality Trim & Sign, Creator Designs, and the PDGA.

Next year's tournament looks to be even bigger and better. The City of Joplin has taken a proactive role in improving the course, and helping us to incorporate more of the city's resources into the upcoming events. We hope that we can count on you to help us make the Fifth Annual Four States Open even better! Kevin Cardert prizes, and lunch were all made possible with the help of local sponsors, including Miracle Ear, Wells Fargo, Schlotzky's, Pittsburg Disc Golf Club, Frack Chiropractic, Performance Coatings Plus, Ottawa County Disc Golf Club, Lowe's, HealthePath, Jukebox Saturday Night, Jinks Greenhouse, A1 Climate Control, the Schmidt Family, Quizno's, Hackett Hot Wings, Bicycle Specialists Extreme, Software Center, Parsons Disc Golf Club, Ozarks Disc Golf Club, Northwestern Mutual, The Disc Golf Monkey and Black Dog Productions. Also contributing as Monkey Tour sponsors were Coors, Hooters, Gateway Disc Sports, Discs Unlimited, Innova, Quality Trim & Sign, Creator Designs, and the PDGA.

Next year's tournament looks to be even bigger and better. The City of Joplin has taken a proactive role in improving the course, and helping us to incorporate more of the city's resources into the upcoming events. We hope that we can count on you to help us make the Fifth Annual Four States Open even better!

Kevin Carder

DISC GOLF MONKEY'S “MONKEY TRAPS” ARE IN IN SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS

September 2009 was the beginning of the first Disc Golf course installed with the new Monkey Traps (MT's). Monkey Traps were designed, built, and assembled by Disc Golf Monkey. Monkey Traps offer a unique top offering an improved chain assembly which creates smaller gaps (allowing fewer spits and cut through putts). Along with a the improved chain structure, the MT's also offer a powder coating option allowing customers to customize their baskets in almost any color! These unique features combined with careful handcrafted workmanship made in the USA are truly a special blend of Durability, Quality, Excellence, and Art. Please take the time to try out these Amazing Monkey Trap baskets.

In one short month this course was installed by a team effort from the First Baptist Church Springdale (FBCS)staff and the Disc Golf Monkey. I received a phone call from Kyle McClure a few days before the World's informing me that the FBCS was interested in a Disc Golf Course. Two days later he was wanting me to print out an invoice! What an incredible blessing. The next few weeks were spent building baskets. I am proud to say that the first Monkey Traps turned out nothing short of breathtaking. Ashley Patterson, the Director of SportsLife, requested Red and did she ever pick right. I have received many phone calls, e mails, and text messages letting me know that the baskets are beautiful and they catch amazingly well.

The installation of this course started with the holes being drilled by several volunteers from the FBCS, home of the SportsLife Disc Golf Course. Jake Whitehead (Member TEAM MONKEY), Ashley Patterson, and Myself (Russ Burns), set the posts in concrete finishing just after night fall. Several of the the Tee Signs were also placed in the ground that evening by Kyle McClure (Member TEAM MONKEY & FBCS). The rest of the project was completed on Saturday September 12th , by several more eager church attendees including Minister of Children Greg Westmoreland and iSite Minister Chris Swain. The much anticipated course was played that same day by several of the volunteers and other excited players. I would like to thank all who made this project happen; Jesus Christ (who in everything I know I am blessed), My girls (wife Melissa & daughter Angelia), SBC staff, Kyle McClure, Rick (Performance Coating Joplin, MO), Mike (Amazing Chaney's Auto body & Paint), Zach (Lowe's of Joplin, MO), and Jake Whitehead. To all of you I am indebted and I thank each of you for allowing my dreams to become reality!

Five states were represented by an eighty-one player field with participants coming from all over Missouri as well as Arkansas, Oklahoma Kansas, and Nebraska coming in to show off their skills in the tournament's second year event. Two rounds of eighteen holes were played by participants in six different divisions ranging from Juniors up to the Professional division. All tournament players received a souvenir event t-shirt, disc, and lunch and dinner provided by tournament sponsors Sam's Cellar & Coors.

Russ Burns Tournament Director from Springfield, MO took down top overall honors in the Men's Open division with a total cumulative score of 95 for the 36 holes (-15). Other winners included: Advanced Division ("Home Boy Hero" Cody Crocker - Neosho, MO 103), Advanced Masters Division (Stan Balke - Eugene, MO - 115), Intermediate Division (Jerod Hay - Neosho, MO - 108), Recreational Division (Johnny Wynne - Webb City, MO - 111), and Juniors Girls Division (Phoenix - Siloam Springs, AR - 147).

The players package and tournament prizes were all made possible by local sponsors including: Innova, Quality Trim & Sign, Creator Designs, Discs Unlimited, Gateway Disc Sports, Coors, Joplin Disc Golf, Workmans Mini Mart, Sam's Cellar, Southwest Missouri Bank, Fly By Nite Music, Neosho Graphics, and Wildcat Wireless.

Once again, we would like to sincerely thank you all for helping make this event such a tremendous success and we look forward to doing this again in 2010 for the 3nd Annual Little Big Show.

If you have not played Morse Park lately, it now has nice metal full color tee signs. Thank you to Michael Cory, Andrew Jinks, Cody Crocker, Quality Trim & Sign, the city of Neosho, and our Sponsors! I do want to let all of you know that I currently have 40 pre registered players for this event. I plan on 50 by tonight, because I am going to Neosho for league and taking pre registrations there as well. If you are coming please e mail me your information soon. Remember 90 is the cap. Although everyone will receive a shirt & disc, sizes & type of discs are first sign up first serve. See ya there!

DGM is a proud contributor to the EDGE program. This Kansas City Chief colored basket was raffled with 20% of the profits going toward the $1,500 goal set at the beginning of the DGM Tour 2009. We are half way to our goal, and we still have several more tournaments to go! The Little Big Show in Neosho, Missouri is next on August 29th. Hope to see you there.

Above: Proud winner of the unbelievable catching Monkey Trap. If you would like details on the new Monkey Trap baskets e-mail or call. We can custom powder coat in almost any color!

July 25, 2009 marked the first Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) tournament in Springfield since 2005 (Sunburn Open). The Fantastic Caverns Open was held on the beautiful grounds of Fantastic Caverns. Despite less than desirable weather to start the event, people came from all over for a chance to play the unique and challenging course. Six states were represented including; Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Idaho! Seventy-eight players creating 10 divisions were in attendance which made for a huge field with foursomes and fivesomes on every hole. The Fantastic Caverns Open was a Monkey Tour record for female participants with 10 in three seperate divisions. Thank you for your attendance ladies!

As mentioned earlier, the day started with some severe weather including lightening and heavy rain. The severe weather left, but the rains continued all day. The rain kept most players from shooting their best, but St. Louis native and Open Professional player Bryan Johnson had little trouble shooting an incredible 43 & 45. Both rounds were 1000 rated rounds. With his 20 under 88 score, Bryan destroyed the field by 14 strokes! Other winners included, Alicia Johnson (Junior Girls), Shana Swanson (Open Women), Becky Schoenberg (Recreational Women), Chad Chadwick (Advanced Men), Cory Anderson (Intermediate), Frank Hebert (Recreational Men), George Skinner (Advanced Grand Master), Andrew Williams (Junior Boys), and Mark Martin (Pro Masters). Congratulations to all of you on a great played tournament.

After the awards were handed out all participants were invited to an after party at Hooters sponsored by our newest Tour Sponsor Coors! Thank you Coors for being such an incredible sponsor! Disc Golf Monkey looks forward to working with you as often as possible. Over 60 people attended the after party and enjoyed free salad, wings, hamburgers, and hot dogs. Everyone in attedance was able to participate in the "Must be present to win Raffle" (benefiting the EDGE program). Prizes were donated by; Hooters, Coors, Wal Mart, EDGE, and the Disc Golf Monkey. They included discs, shirts, backpacks, games, a basket, and a Nintendo Wii! I am proud to announce that we raised over $400 for EDGE puting us closer to the $1500 goal in which DGM will purchase a 9 hole course, 150 discs, and a disc golf curriculum guide for a local school. Remember that we all have a hand in growing the sport we love. Thank you for your contributions.

A special thanks go out to the Fantastic Caverns and their wonderful grounds crew for going the extra mile in preparing the land for the event. As always nothing would be possible without supporters of the Disc Golf Monkey Tour 2009. Sponsors for this event were Hooters, Big Whiskeys, Coors, Karma Salon, & Amazing Chaney Autobody & Paint. Tour sponsors included Innova Champion Discs, Discs Unlimited, Creator Designs, Quality Trim & Sign, and Gateway Disc Sports. Until next time, August 28, 2009 (Little Big Show in Neosho), keep playing, recruiting, and furthering our sport!

Disc Golf Monkey is gearing up for the 1st PDGA event in Springfield since 2005's Sunburn Open). The Fantastic Caverns Open to be held on the July 25th was a bit of a surprise location to everyone involved. Making a long story short, after the Tom Watkins course idea was turned down by the Springfield Greene County Park Board, Fantastic Caverns was asked if a tournament on their property could be held. The idea was received with open arms by Fantastic Caverns. The site is truly one of the most beautiful pieces of land used for a tournament in the Springfield area. The course will offer a great mix of rolling hills, short and long shots, and beautiful mature trees will serve as great challenges to all. Several new sponsors have been added for this event, including Amazing Chaney Autobody & Paint, Educating Disc Golf Experience (EDGE), Hooters, Coors, and Karma. A special thank you to all my supporters including, sponsors, players, and staff. You are the reason for it all!

This event will again follow the same tournament plan of incredible players packs, awesome pay-outs, and a whole lot of fun. There will be a raffle benefiting EDGE offering discs, shirts, a basket, and much more. All players will receive a discount on tickets to the Caverns (family members are included and rates are $15 for adults and $6 for kids so bring the family). Also, players will enjoy a disc, lunch, and an invite to a Hooters after party (where there will be free wings provided and sponsored by Hooters, Coors, and the Disc Golf Monkey)! The 1st 72 players will also enjoy a commemorative shirt as well, so sign up quickly! A word of caution must be addressed, there is NO ALCOHOL allowed on the property of Fantastic Caverns. Fantastic Caverns does enforce the no alcohol rule, and for this reason we have offered the after party with free wings and anything else you wish to purchase at Hooters. Thank you for your cooperation, and we ask to please abide by all PDGA rules so Fantastic Caverns will invite us back for many more tournaments. Thank You and I will see you at the Cave!

The 2009 2nd Annual Lake Bella VistOpen hit maximum capacity! Six months of preparation payed off for this years event as 94 people from 7 states came to play a beautiful course in Bentonville, Arkansas. California, Colorado, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma were represented. Randal Reisner, (course designer, fund raiser, and Co TD), held nothing back for this event. Blazing the the sponsorship trail, teaming with the Disc Golf Monkey, and building on a great Inaugural event put on by Twisted Flyer, was a combination for success.

The first 72 players received a tournament T-shirt, the first 90 a custom stamped disc from Innova, and everyone received a great lunch provided by local restaurant, Firehouse Subs! Along with this players package, there was a CTP for every division, a Ring of Fire, trophies, and $1,200 added to the payout being split between the Pro and Am fields! All the extras were made possible by both local sponsors and the Disc Golf Monkey's Tour sponsors. To all of you: Firehouse Subs, Tanksley's, Gusano's Pizza, the Tree Guy, Inn at Carnall Hall, Marathon Metal, Lewis & Clark, Phat Tire, Randy's Barber Shop, Discs Unlimited, JDGC, Wolfe Boat Works, American K-9 Academy, WAFDA, World's Gym, Play it Again Sports, Rush Running, All State Insurance, Oreilly Auto Parts, Innova, Gateway Disc Sports, McAlister's Deli, Creator Designs, and Quality Trim & Sign, we say Thank You for allowing this event to be nothing short of awesome!

31 Pros and 63 Ams were treated to a beautiful sunny day. With little wind and the lake down several feet, the stage was set for a record to be set. Only 16 players beat the par 60 Bella Vista course. For those who have not played it, LBV is a great mix of tight woods, water hazards, and huge boomer holes. This course demands skill, endurance, and mental toughness. Chris Smitt course record holder had all of these as he shredded the course and the field shooting a 7 down 53 followed by a course record 9 down 51! Great job Smitty! Other winners included Shana Swanson (Pro Women), Sam Nielson (Pro Masters), Darryl Johnson (Pro Grand Masters), Corey Duncan (Advanced Men), Erica Nolan (Advanced Women), Dan Doke (Advanced Masters won in a sudden death playoff), Teresa Duff (Advanced Women 135 destroying all other women's scores), Ben Mortachai (Grand Masters), Derik Green (Intermediate Men), Juli Wagonor (Intermediate Women), Don Foree (Recreational Men) and Alex Foree in Juniors. Won other happy winner was Springfield, Missouri native Mark Anderson who was the only Am to take home cash as he sank a 188' ace on hole 2, one of the tightest holes on the course, banking $280! Congratulations to all of you for a job well done. Congratulations to TEAM MONKEY'S Kyle McClure and Randal Reisner 2nd place finishes in the Open and Pro Masters Divisions. Also, great job Jake Whitehead who is competing in the Advanced Division in his first year of playing. Keep up the great work and wonderful job running the event. You guys are who make it happen!

Randal and myself are already working on next years event. We plan on making it bigger and better!

There was a lot of excitement and anticipation for the 1st Riverview open. Gregg Cass part of the local Ottawa County Disc Golf Club (OCDGC) of Miami said, "It would be great if we could get someone on every hole". Well, with 68 players in attendance, this wish was reality. Players representing eight states including; Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado, Washington, Texas, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma all arrived in Miami as early as Thursday to prepare for the tournament. With 40 pre-registered players, the buzz was good on line and the players came to enjoy the second Monkey Tour 2009 event.

It was amazing how well the course looked despite it being under water just a week prior! This can be contributed mainly to the miraculous answer to prayers, the hard work of the OCDGC, and the Park Board mowing just a few days before the event. Thank you from all the players. The tournament kicked off on time without a hitch. There were 10 divisions including; Open (Pro), Pro Masters (40+), Advanced Men, Advanced Grand Masters, Advanced Grand Masters (50 +), Advanced Women, Intermediate Men, Recreational Men, Recreational Women, & Juniors. All players played from alternate tee pads the first round. The weather was beautiful for the first round of play. Blue skies, hot sun, and very little wind for Miami, OK. Little did the players know what was to come in the second round!

After the first round was completed, all players enjoyed a well deserved break. Lunch was prepared by the Fire Department, and was sold to the players for $5. Part of the proceeds went to the OCDGC, part went to the Disc Golf Monkey's 2009 Tour Charity Fund benefiting the EDGE program (EDGE or Educating Disc Golf Experience is a school program through Innova Champion Discs that allows schools to buy equipment, lesson plans, and teaching supplies at a low cost. The goal being to promote the game of Disc Golf.), and the rest went to the Fire Department to help their cause. Awesome job Fire Fighters thanks for the food, but more importantly for the job you do! The second Round kicked off at 2:10. Ten holes were played and the heavens opened! Severe wind, lightening, and torrential down poor rain hit. Play was suspended for about an hour before resuming. After the storm, the course was left very wet, slick, and muddy. The remembarence of the beautful groomed course of the first round was a long ago memory to the players. The show did go on, and the tournament was finished with all 36 holes being played. Surprisingly there were only three players that did not finish.

Winners included; Kyle Wilkes (Tulsa OK) Open Pro, Mark Martin (Ottawa, KS) Pro Masters, Ron Klein (St. Louis, MO) Advanced Masters, Tariq Stand (Quapa, OK) Junior, George Skinner (Glenpool, OK) Advanced Grand Masters, Travis Jarmin (Joplin, MO) Recreational, Michael Adams (Bartlesville, OK) Intermediate, Bonnie Douglas (Springfield, MO) Recreational Women, Mary Whitehead (Springfield, MO) Advanced Women, James Patton (Glenpool, OK) Advanced. A special thanks to the City of Miami the OCDGC & all of the following sponsors for making this an incredible 1st ever Professional Disc Golf Association event; Booth & Booth Electric, Joplin Disc Golf Club, Welch Bank, Security Bank, Miami Tru Value, Ace Hardware, Eye Associates, Stumps R Us, Express Cellular, Miami Glass & Mirror, Westco, Hometech Computers, Vance Ford, Okie Burger, Elmwood Properties, Osborn Drug, Discs Unlimited, Innova Champion Discs, Quality Trim & Sign, Creator Designs, Gateway Disc Sports, Ottawa Tribe, Tractor Supply Co., Miami 1st National Bank, Pizza Hut, Charley's Chicken, and the Bargain Center.

The Riverview course is ready to host the Riverview Open in Miami, Oklahoma. Despite flooding, God has allowed the waters to recede and the course is drying up rapidly. There will be no change in venue as of May 17th. The Ottawa County Disc Golf Club is marking the Alternate 18 Tee Pads on Sunday the 17th. Pre Registration is available via phone (417) 818-7165 or email discgolfer8@yahoo.com Registration will also be available at all the leagues in Springfield, Nixa, and Joplin this week. If you choose to Pre Register at league it would be helpful to print and fill out Registration form found on the tournament schedule tab. Custom Tournament Stamped Discs are in and an Upgrade disc is available to the first 25 players (details available on sign up sheet).

Ozarks Disc Golf Club merchandise is in! Stickers ($2), Stash Minis ($5), & Bag Tags ($5) are now available at the Disc Golf Monkey's 19th Hole Pro Shop. All items will be made available at leagues. Please remember that you must be a current paid member to purchase a Bag Tag (ODG membership is $25). Bag Tags will be distributed Monday May, 18th at the league in Nixa. After this they will be sold consecutively on a 1st come 1st serve basis. Let the bragging rights begin!

Gearing up for the Riverview Open & the Lake Bella Vista Open, the Disc Golf Monkey has received over 400 discs and many new items this past week. Take advantage of his 900 disc inventory! There are Champion Fund Raiser Discs available now. Remember the profit on these discs goes directly into the tournament payout! Low prices & best selection in the area. If we don't have it, we can usually get it in at know extra charge. See you soon.

Despite the "Doom & Gloom" weather forecast from local news stations, 27 players came to play in the Ozark Disc Golf Club's second tournament. Several cities from around the area were represented including; Aurora, Mt. Vernon, Springfield, Branson, Ozark, Nixa, and Willard. The furthest traveled players were from St. Louis and Pittsburgh, Kansas! The competition was held at

Baldwin Park the proposed site for a permanent Disc Golf course. Eighteen portable Pole Holes were put out for the tournament on a course designed by Russ Burns owner of Disc Golf Monkey. There were several divisions which included Professional, Intermediate, Recreational and a Junior division. Rick Nichols from Nixa took home top honors with an eleven under par 96 to hold off Russ Burns by one stroke in his first professional division victory. Chad Fisk demolished the Intermediate field by more than 10 strokes (move up in divisions Chad). Chris Dangler, who canned a 75' putt in a three way playoff won the Recreational division over local Bryce Fisk, and Brad Hilton (from Lebanon). Bruce Heidebrecht of Willard, took home top honors in the Masters division by six over Tim Arndt from Springfield. In his debut tournament, Luke Carter took 1st in the Junior division.

Both rounds were played in a mild wind that was almost rain free. Although the day was dark and dreary, the conditions proved to be great considering the potential poor weather threat. Along with great weather, there was an eager and excited buzz about the land, layout , and potential for a permanent course at Baldwin. Trent director of Parks and Recreation along with his wife walked with one of the Professional groups taking photos and getting familiar with the sport. A special thanks to the wonderful Aurora Parks and Recreation staff who helped clean up and prep the course, as well as, letting us play on such a beautiful piece of land!

Welcome to the Home of the Disc Golf Monkey. This site is relatively new, and we will be adding things all the time. I would like to start by saying a special thanks to my brother Gerald (the head monkey known as cwm) for all his work on the web site and the countless hours he has put into the designing of logos for my disc golf gear. You are the Ultimate Monkey bro! I would also like to say thanks for all my supporters through the years. Thanks for continuing to "Monkey Around".

As many of you know, I am now doing the Disc Golf thing full-time. This has allowed me more time to focus my efforts on tournaments, inventory, and many other things I have wanted to do for a long time. We will have our discs and gear for sale on the website soon. As for the tournaments, the 2009 Monkey Tour is on it's way.

The Lucky 13 Open was the official kick off event of the year. The opener was held in Republic, MO on a course I designed and installed back in December. This event was nothing short of awesome thanks to the Republic Parks & Recreation Department (director Jared Keiling), local sponsors, sponsors from outside the area, the Monkey Team, and all the players who came out to play. Sixty nine players from four different states took part in the event.

On May 23rd, the Monkey Tour will take us to Miami, OK for it's first PDGA event. The 1st Riverview Open will be held at Riverview park. The Ottawa County Disc Golf Club (OCDGC) has been diligently raising money for the event. The following weekend on May 30th, we will be headed south to Bentonville, AR for the 2nd Annual Lake Bella VistOpen. Randal Reisner (part of Team Monkey) has started the ball rolling and has come up with quite a few sponsors. We will be adding $500 cash to the Pro payout and the same amount will be divided in the Amateur fields! Both events will be well worth the trip. Hope to see you there.