I attended days 1, 2, and 4 of DGLO this year--finally, my home DGPT stop! Day 3 was interrupted to attend the Michigan vs. Texas football game, which we won't discuss any further : -(
Days 1 and 2 provided picture-perfect late summer Michigan weather and some exciting disc golf.
On Thursday, Brian and I spotted hole 1 all day then did crowd control for an MPO feature card that featured defending DGLO champion Simon Lizotte, Mr. 18-Down himself Paul McBeth, two-time defending Worlds champion Isaac Robinson, and arguably the most exciting young player on tour in Anthony Barela. Isaac got off to a hot start, and Hole 16 still was causing fits as the feature card went a combined +6 over, with all receiving bogey or worse. McBeth made a point to let Nate Heinold know his thoughts on the walk to Hole 17. Shout out to Holen's Party Store for the great sub sandwiches in the afternoon!
On Friday we did scorekeeping for FPO chase card, with Kat Mertsch, Missy Gannon, Holyn Handley, and Anniken Steen. Shout out to Kat for being her friendly and welcoming self, reminding me that the pros "won't bite too hard". Then in the afternoon it was scorekeeping for MPO lead card, with Simon Lizotte, Calvin Lonnquist, Calvin Heimburg, and Isaac Robinson. Things got interesting right off the bat with scorekeeping, when one Calvin picked up the other's disc on accident....
Sunday we were back in action with scorekeeping FPO lead card, watching Holyn Handley take down another DGPT win. This was especially cool to see since she had such a brutal round on Friday when I was scorekeeping for her previously.
The afternoon brought yet another victory for Gannon Buhr in a four-round tournament. Since we were scorekeeping for MPO chase, I didn't see his final found but did see some phenomenal disc golf from Evan Smith.
Congratulations to Gannon Buhr!
You can see that I did a lot of scorekeeping for this tournament as opposed to the crowd control I usually do. All I can say is scorekeeping is where it's at! You're up front right with the card and often working in tandem with another scorekeeper. One of you stays up front where the shots land (often close to catch cam, but not too close!) and texts the other that's back by the card where the disc landed. Putting in these stats for the players is so critical to give accurate information to both the players and broadcast, and we all notice when scorekeeping isn't there. Interestingly it lags behind crowd control and spotting in volunteer interest, so I'm taking this minute to promote it!
I also feel like I'm contractually obligated to mention the hills at Toboggan. They're no joke! Here's my Apple Watch readout from Sunday. 66 flights climbed! Until next time...get out and throw!
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