Membership • Divisions • League Standings • Doubles • Tournaments
I hope everyone is having a good offseason (if there is such a thing). Just wanted to give a heads up to upcoming changes and events happening for the 2024 calendar year. Have a look at the information below and if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any of the admin members for answers.
Membership:
Membership is now open for the 2024 calendar year. Membership is still just $10. New this year will be Junior Memberships for members age 15 and under. Junior Memberships will be just $5.
Please visit http://www.717fdc.com/membership to either join or renew your club membership for the 2024 season.
**I have not ordered tags yet, but will do so soon and start to distribute them as soon as I get them in. Tags will only be available to the 1st 100 members to join for the 2024 year.
Divisons:
With ever increasing club size, it has become necessary to increase the number of divisions we offer to encourage a fun and competitive environment. We are replacing the previous year’s division codes with new ones that align more closely with PDGA guidelines. We are adding an addition recreational division and we are also introducing a junior division to encourage members to invite their kids to join them in their weekly league rounds.
This years division codes will be MJ15, MA4, MA3, MA2, MA1OPN
MJ15 (Mixed Junior <15): is for junior members age 15 and under.
MA4 (Mixed Amateur 4): is for brand new players or players that regularly found themselves in the bottom half of our REC division in previous years.
MA3 (Mixed Amateur 3): is for recreational players. If you regularly placed in the top half of our REC division in previous years.
MA2 (Mixed Amateur 2): is for intermediate players. If you finished in the top 3-5 of our REC division, or competed in the INT division in previous years.
MA1OPN (Mixed Amateur 1 / Open): is for our Advanced/Open players. If you finished in the top 3-5 of our INT division, or competed in the ADV division in previous years.
It is the players choice as to which division they choose to play. Feel free to reach out for advice if you’re unsure which division you belong in.
League Standings:
In 2023 we averaged over 50 players getting their league rounds in each weekend. It has become very time consuming to enter each players score in to the DGScene site to calculate points and standings. In an effort to mitigate this, we will be using UDisc Standings for our 2024 Singles season. Points will automatically be calculated based upon your week’s performance. Unfortunately UDisc does not support bonus points at this time, so there will be no added points for division winners or aces.
For a better understanding of how points are calculated, please visit this page: UDisc Support – League Standings
Doubles:
We are excited to announce the return of Ditto Dubs for the 2024 season. Joey Pierce has offered up his services to run doubles for us this year and we are excited to get this format back into our weekly events.
Dubs will be run through UDisc and held on Thursday evenings staring in Mid-March and running through early October. It will be open to both members and non-members of the 717FDC. Cost to play will be $5 ($4 to payout, $1 to club) with an additional $1 Ace Pot. Payout will be 50% of the field. Aces will payout 75% of the Ace Pot with the remainder staying as seed money.
For more information and schedule, visit https://udisc.com/leagues/717-fdc-doubles
Tournaments:
717FDC will be hosting 8 Tournament events in 2024 (5 Sanctioned, 3 Un-Sanctioned). More details to come as we get closer to the tournament dates.
2/3/24 – 17th Annual Whispering Falls Freeze (unsanctioned). A doubles, fundraiser tournament to benefit local hunger relief. 1 round of 36 holes combining Grist Mill and Saw Mill layouts played in succession.
4/13/24 – 17th Annual Whispering Fall Harvest presented by Innova, i81DGS, C-Tier. 2 rounds of the Martin’s Mill Layout
5/18/24 – 2024 Rhodes Grove Rambler, C-Tier. 2 rounds of the 18 Main Layout.
7/27/24 – 2024 Ditto Duo, i81DGS, C-Tier. 1 Round of Long to Yellow, 1 round of Long to Red.
9/21/24 – 2024 Ditto Shorts, C-Tier. A new tournament format for us playing Short to Yellow and Short to Red layouts.
10/5/24 – 2024 M5 (Martin’s Mill Monster Mini Mash) presented by Innova, C-Tier. 72 Holes, 2 rounds of combined Grist Mill and Saw Mill layouts played in succession.
11/2/24 – 2024 717FDC League Finale (unsanctioned). Open to all club members who have competed in at least 5 weekly singles league events. 1 round of Grist Mill, 1 round of Saw Mill.
11/30/24 – 2024 Rhodes Grove Gobbler (unsanctioned). 1 round singles fundraiser event to benefit local hunger relief.
