The Disc Golf Monkey’s 2024 Reflection Tour Recap

It's that time of year when we say goodbye to 2024 and reflect on the Reflection tour. The DGM Tour has been up and running for 16 years now. It was another successful and fulfilling year of growth for disc golf, generosity and giving back to the community, and countless memorable moments shared amongst competitors and friends. I know there will be things left off this recap, but don’t hesitate to share highlights and pictures you have in the comments.

There would be no tour possible without the DGM tour sponsors, and I cannot thank them enough times. Without tour sponsors we would not be able to have larger payouts, good player packs, CTP prizes, worthwhile raffles that raise charitable funds, or have the funds to put on demos and clinics to grow the sport. I speak for all players, when I say Thank You to all of DGM’s Tour Sponsors for 2024:

Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Uqnlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

In 2024 DGM was part of 27 total events. The main tour consisted of 22 pdga events. Along with the sanctioned events, there were a few non-sanctioned events as well. DGM also had the opportunity to help others host tournaments, install new baskets in the community, raise funds for charity, and install an elementary school course to continue growing the sport. Every bit of hard work over the past year has been worth it. From those just picking up their first disc to those who have been playing and loving the sport for years it is my passion to share and spread the love of this wonderful sport in any way that I can.

DGM completed the second year of doing the Points Challenge Championship which was created last year by Scott Elam. The points challenge featured 4 Divisions, as well as four regions. All players were eligible and there was no cost. Players had to compete in at least one event from 3 of the 4 regions. Points were given by how the players placed. There was no minimum or maximum events that could be played, but only the best 10 tournament scores were used. Congratulations again winners.

Silver Back- Pro Men
1 Russ Burns - 669
2 Nevada McAplin - 575
3 Jackson Bekemeier - 561
4 Micah Noble - 463

Mandrill- Women’s
1 Mary Abbott - 758
2 Esmeralda Dodson - 536
3 Brandy Monnahan- 427
4 Julie Crouch - 276

Gorilla- Advanced Men
1 Jonathon Chambless - 607
2 Tyler Northrip - 563
3 Darrin Dodson - 491
4 Brad Hilton - 450

Kong- Amateur Men
1 Brian Warren - 586
2 Ian Boyer - 562
3 Justin Warren - 402
4 Jeremy Surratt - 273

To highlight the DGM journey over the past year I want to touch on some of the things that I was most excited to be a part of. We were blessed with more than one opportunity to install new baskets this year! The Lucky 13 course got all new baskets and tee pads which were finished only a week prior to the 16th Annual Lucky 13 tournament. Just in the nick of time! The historic Oak Grove course received new baskets for the first time ever since the course was installed. It was a privilege to be a part of that historic change and we hope to maintain Springfield's OG course for many years to come. A huge thank you to Rick Gilmore for funding the baskets and Craig Goldsberry for the removal and install of the baskets. A big thanks to the Springfield Greene County Parks department for assisting in the installation as well. Another EDGE assisted new course was put in at Matthew's Elementary in Nixa providing yet another opportunity to grow the sport and get youngsters involved in playing.

We continued trying to find new ways to give back to the community. It has been my pleasure and honor to work with multiple charity and non-profit organizations over the past 16 years. I have been continously blown away and truly touched by the generosity of the disc golf community. This year the tour was able to help eight different charitable organizations and raised $11,900! Thank you to all who have been a part of providing back to the community and making these charitable achievements possible!

Charity Organizations & Donations from the DGM Reflection Tour 2024
$600 - Ava Ice Bowl
$2000 - L Life Food Pantry
$1800 - Disc’n for Cheetahs
$600 - Honor Flight
$500 - Live 2 Give Hope
$2200 - Leukemia Student Austin
$3000 - Educational Disc Golf Experience (6 events)
$1200 - Children’s Day Treatment

As we fly in to 2025 I would like to invite you all to take part in everything this year’s “Full Send” Tour 2025 has to offer! The tour schedule is approved and you will start seeing the events posted on Disc Golf Scene and UDisc very soon. The new tour logo will be finished up soon as well (courtesy and thanks to Parker Assay of Fossa Disc Golf).

We hope to see you somewhere along the road in 2025 to keep discs flying, and the love of disc golf alive! May God Bless You All in 2025.

Recap of: The 11th Annual Bear Hollow Open in Ava Missouri

It was a cold mid-thirties day that brought us light rain, breezy skies, and multiple Ace Hits to make for a fun day in Ava!

A big thank you to our tournament sponsors Jeff Ford of Patriots Gold & Silver and Klinger-Cope Family Funeral Home for all your support in making this event possible.

A special thank you to Nick Helm and all of his efforts for this event. We will know more from Nick by the end of next week about how much we were able to raise and contribute to the Heart of the Hills Food Pantry! Also, a special thank you to Trevor Williams for the awesome trophies he made!

I also want to thank my team, both on site and off for making it all happen. Kyle, Dasun, Jonathan, and Ian were all present taking care of all the logistics on site. Kevin and the dynamic duo, Justin & Ashley, worked behind the scenes doing what they do. I’m overly blessed and thankful for my team who helps keep things going!

There were 51 players that came out to compete in this tournament, and 12 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:
MPO - Taylor Winfield -17
FPO - Mary Abbott +2
MP40 - Dasun Keylor -16
MA1 - Ben Hamilton -12
FA1- Esmerelda Dodson -1
MA40 - Roy Crouch -4
FA40 - Julie Crouch +1
MA50 - Jeff Ford -7
MA60 - Randy Richardson +2
MA2 - Jonathon Rollhaus -14
MA3 - Nile Bear +3
FA3 - Madison Feeback +18

Full results can be found at the following link: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/87454

Hottest Round of the day went to Dasun Keylor of MP40 who shot a 997 in Round 2 of the day!

In the FPO, FA1, and FA40:
Mary Abbott, Esmerelda Dodson, and Julie Crouch showed fierce competition by ending the day within one stroke of each other! Congratulations on your wins!

In MA60:
Gary Locke and Randy Richardson had to playoff to determine the winner. After 6 holes, Randy took the win after making his birdie putt on the same hole he aced earlier! Congratulations Randy!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

There were 4 Ace Hits during the tournament! Congratulations to Michael Johnson (Hole 17) and Randy Richardson (Hole 6) for their Ace Pot wins!

Shout out to the Ace Hits of Benjamin Lemon (Hole 13) and Clinton Carson (Hole 9)! Unfortunately, they were not part of the Ace Pot, but still deserve a congratulations!

Congratulations to the big raffle winner Ben Hamilton who won the basket!

Lost and Found:
If you lost anything mention it in the comments.

Thanks to Daniel Penn for finding David’s Zuca part.

Patriot’s Gold & Silver presents: The 11th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bowl Players’ Meeting

Welcome Back to all as we begin the new year of 2025! This year’s DGM Tour kicks off the with the Bear Hollow Ice Bowl that Nick Helm continues to make happen. I want to thank him for his efforts in making this a long running event on the tour. Thank you Nick for the dedication and pre-event planning!

Welcome players to the Patriot’s Gold & Silver 11th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bowl! Thank you Jeff Ford for jumping on board as the title sponsor again this year. This event is where I first met Jeff, and he was eager to find out more about sponsoring. He continues to be a main contributor every year, and I can’t thank him enough!

I am currently working on my Tour Sponsors, and I am excited to have several new opportunities. By the next event I should have the full list of DGM’s Tour Sponsors! If you want information on how to sponsor an event or the tour please contact me. We cannot do what we have done for the last 16 years without amazing sponsors.

For the Ice Bowl temperatures during play are predicted to be between 30-40 degrees on Saturday. The weather app has a 30-40% chance of snow as well. I am thinking we should be good for two rounds, but as most of us know about the weather in the Ozarks, it is a guessing game and hard to predict. On all Ice Bowl flyers I do make sure to mention that weather may cause the 2nd round to be canceled. People often ask about how decisions are made when canceling due to weather. I always want players to be safe first and foremost. If we get snow/freezing precipitation in the area and it looks like the roads could get bad, I will make the decision to end the event after the first round. My team and I will be keeping a close look at the local and surrounding area forecast. Fortunately, I have not had to cancel a second round of an Ice Bowl, and I’m hoping to keep the streak going!

Everyone needs to check in at the pavilion.
Round 1 tees off at 10. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is ICE. By PDGA rule, everyone is required to keep score. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/87454. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, you're on your own for lunch. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and Round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Rules for the course are listed below. There will be a CTP on Hole 2 and any disc can win. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Course distances and OB rules: All concrete and walking paths are OB. In most cases, simply refer to the posted sign for rules

You may register here:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Patriots_Gold_and_Silver_Presents_The_11th_Annual_Bear_Hollow_Ice_Bowl_2025/register

Hole Number
Distance
Notes
1
200
OB - Path, water, basketball court
2
185
OB - Path & beyond
3
364
OB - Path, road & beyond, pool fence
4
235
Mandatory right of backstop. OB - water
5
236
OB - Playgrounds, path, water
6
187
Tee is behind big rocks. OB - Water
7
215
OB - Water
8
208
OB - Street & beyond
9
145

10
127
Island hole. If island not made, 1 stroke penalty and play where it lies
11
171
OB - Water
12
363
OB - Water, flower beds, path & beyond
13
243
OB - Flower beds
14
337
OB - Path & beyond
15
221
OB - Path, baseball field fence, street & beyond
16
240
OB - On path, pavilion, roads and beyond (left or long).
17
250
OB - Baseball field, path & beyond, road & beyond
18
250
Play from forward tee pad. Regular pad will be too slick. OB - Water, path & beyond, road & beyond

Hole Number
Distance
Notes
1
248
Anything short of, left of, long of, or on the walking path is hazard. Play where it lies, or move to nearest grass AWAY from basket. Receive 1 penalty stroke.
2
260
Play as directed by sign.
3
262
Play as directed by sign.
4
218
OB - Painted line left, short of walking path. Proceed to drop zone. Any further misses, play as hazard.
5
240
Island hole. Anything outside island is hazard.
6
261
Play as directed by sign.
7
189
Double Mando. If missed, proceed to DZ. OB - Walking path on and beyond.
8
253
Island hole. If island missed, proceed to DZ. Play further misses as hazard.
9
227
Play as directed by sign.
10
274
Island hole. Tee from marked tee on path. If island missed, proceed to manhole cover DZ. Play further misses as hazard.
11
264
OB - Fence row right, on pavement, painted line long. If missed on tee, proceed to DZ. Further misses, play as hazard.
12
265
Play as directed by sign.
13
253
Double mando. If missed, proceed to DZ.
14
279
Play as directed by sign.
15
393
OB - tall grass/painted lines left, right, and long.
16
375
OB - tall grass/painted lines left and right.
17
222
Island hole. Any misses, play as hazard.
18
228
Play as directed by sign.

The 14th Winter Blast is Coming Up Soon and We Need Your Help Disc Golf Family!

For the past 13 years the Winter Blast tournament has been a chance for the tour to give back in a big way. Twelve years in a row we helped Freedom’s Rest Women’s & Children’s Shelter, but they have since closed their doors. It is very important that we share generosity and kindness to children and families, and we have been given the opportunity to help for a second year with the Burrell Children’s Day Treatment (CDT). The CDT is a treatment program that helps children ages 3-6 who are often delayed, neglected, abused, or a combination of all. Most of the kids in this program have little to no social skills, and for this reason are unable to attend pre-school. The staff teaches the children to play, work together, and display positive social skills. The staff leads by example demonstrating an amazing amount of patience, positive reinforcement, compassion, encouragement, and loving skills that have often never been shown to these children.

Burrell’s CDT has had many success stories through the year’s. As many of you may remember from last year, my wife is the director of CDT, and she has been a part of the program for 24 years. She has a very special gift of heart to do what she does, and I am amazed she has been able to continue year after year. If you have met her, or have ever seen her interact with children, you know how gifted she is with kids. I’m blessed to have her in my life, and I know she is a blessing to each and every kiddo and family she has worked with.

We will be doing the same things we have done in the past which is donating a small part of the entry fee, having a raffle, and asking for donations to help provide things needed to keep the CDT program going strong.

Here is the “Wish List” of items needed that would be a huge help to the program:
Crayola art supplies
12x18 construction paper
24 and 48 piece table puzzles
Treasure Box toys, stickers
Books (easy read)
If you are more of an Amazon type shopper here is a link to the CDT Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/8SH0J64B8L5?ref_=wl_share

We hope this will make things easier for those who want to contribute and may not be able to make it to the tournament, or for those who simply like shopping from the comforts of their own home.

My hope for this event is together we can pool our generosity and kindness to provide as much support as possible to the children and the families helped by the CDT. If you are able to do any one or multiples of the following please let me know:
1. Round up your friends and have them sign up
2. Donate items from the CDT needs list above
3. Bring raffle items
4. Find potential sponsors
5. Sign up to bring Turkeys & Hams for the Turkey Trott
6. Bring a little extra money for the raffle.

I thank you all in advance for your support for this year’s Winter Blast. I appreciate the continued support of my tours, and I look forward to adding this events success to my 2024 Reflection Tour Wrap Up!

See you December 14th in Ozark, Missouri for the 14th Annual Winter Blast!

Register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/13th_Annual_Winter_Blast_2024/register

RECAP of: The 7th Annual DGM Encore - Featuring Elephant & Castle’s 16th Annual Lucky 13

I want to start by thanking several people for helping give the Lucky 13 course a much needed upgrade. First on the list to thank are: Garrett Cline, Brad Stulce, Dalton Welch, and the rest of the Republic Parks & Rec for the great communication during this project. Second, is Craig Goldsberry of 8 Up for always making things look great. It’s always a pleasure partnering up with you Boss! Last, but definitely not least, Craig and I want to thank the volunteers who came out to help with the project: Mark Anderson, Scott Kisling, Dan Routh, Rick Gilmore, Christopher Clay, Joe Likinns, and Peter Michalak. You guys are Rock Stars. We appreciate you very much! The team effort was made just in time to have an awesome tour Reflection Tour Encore.

I want to give a huge shout out to Doug Bowen (who was probably up in a tree stand during the event) for being our title sponsor. We appreciate you and Elephant & Castle’s commitment to the tour. We also want to give a big thank you to all our tour sponsors as well: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

The Lucky 13 started off windy, overcast, and cold making the first round tough to score well for most. The sun came shining through for the 2nd round, but the wind did not let up. The new design, baskets, tee pads, and temp signs were well received.
Every player who came out received a Custom Embroidered Lucky 13 Hat, and a custom stamped Halo or Champion Glo disc in the players pack along with a ticket into the raffle for an original Lucky 13 basket! The new course layout and first concrete pads were well received by competitors!

There were 81 players that came out to compete in this tournament, and 9 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:
MPO - Andrew Presnell -21
FPO - Esmerelda Dodson +8
MP40 - Derek DG Green -9
MA1 - Zeke Rissler -17
MA40 - Michael Cory -1
MA50 - Andre Anderson +5
MA60 - Brad Hilton +7
MA2 - Kevin Shrauger -2
MA3 - Skylar Yakich +2

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78363

In MP40 there was a playoff to determine the winner after a tie between Justin Mount and Derek Green. Derek Green won after a second sudden death hole and claimed victory!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to the basket winners of the day:
Eian Darwin won the Lucky 13 Original Basket.
John Corriston won the Innova Basket the prize for the year long CTP Challenge.
Caleb Graven won the Prodigy Basket Winner of the year long Brand Exclusive CTP.

Congratulations to Brad Hilton for his big raffle win and taking home a fire pit!

There was no Ace hit today, so $300 dollars will roll over for the Winter Blast!

We hope to see you all at the final tournament of the year that will conclude another amazing and the end of the 2024 Reflection Tour. The 14th Annual Winter Blast coming up on December 14th, will benefit the Children’s Day Treatment Program at Burrell Behavioral Health. Registration will be open soon, and will be available on my website:
http://www.discgolfmonkey.com/

Lost and Found: If anyone found a jawbreaker passion: clear, white, and green, please get a hold of Josh Odom or myself.

The 7th Annual DGM Encore - Featuring Elephant & Castle’s 16th Annual Lucky 13
Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 16th Annual Lucky 13! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors.

Our tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver,, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Everyone needs to check in at the main building. Round 1 tees off at 9. Official scores for this tournament will be kept at pdga.com/score. The code is L13. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78363. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. Everyone is required to keep score. When round one is finished, you are on your own for lunch. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Once the second round has finished, the EDGE raffle and payout will be held in the big room in the main building.

Rules for the course are listed below. Innova/unbranded CTP is hole 1. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 16. Everyone has two chances to win. Both winners from first and second round will win and be added into the drawing for the Brand Specific CTP challenge for the basket. Good Luck.

If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Course distances and OB rules: All curbs, concrete, paved paths, fences, driveways, paved parking lots, and playground equipment are OB.


Lucky 13
1 240 OB – Path & beyond, sidewalk & beyond, and Pickleball courts
2 278 OB – Path & beyond and drainage ditch with rocks (painted and flagged)
3 276 OB – Path & beyond and drainage ditch (marked with paint & flagged).
4 200 OB - Path & beyond and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
5 370 OB - Path and beyond
6 337
7 286 OB - Path & beyond and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
8 341 OB - Road & beyond, path & beyond. If OB, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty.
9 262 OB - On path, road, in garden area, concrete drainage area and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
10 455 OB – Pickleball court
11 461 OB – Path, road and beyond.
12 240 OB - Baseball field, parking lot, on any sidewalk or asphalt
13 300 OB - Road & beyond
14 243 OB - Road & beyond, path & beyond. If OB proceed to the DZ with stroke penalty.
15 236 OB – Path & beyond, on road or path leading to building, all grass in same area as tee 18. Maintenance gravel parking lot is OB. If OB, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty.
16 250 Island hole. If island is missed, play as hazard. (Play from like with stroke penalty)
17 192 OB - New gravel path & beyond, on top of building.
18 262 Mando left of marked tree. If missed, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty. OB - On road, garden.

The 16th Annual DGM Finale - Featuring The 8th Annual Lost Woods Open Sponsored by Greazy Dyes
Players’ Meeting

There will be $500 added to the purse. An extra $250 will be added to the Pro Payout making it $1,000, and $250 will be added to the Am Payout!

Welcome to the 16th DGM Finale and the 8th Lost Woods Open! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors:
Country Apron Bakery
CF Meats and Coffee
Hilltop Mini Golden Doodle
BF Byproducts LLC
VFW Isabella
Drips and Dips
Donnelly Feed
Dustin's Body Shop
Friends Lawn Care
Westgate Realty
H&W Automotive
Guy Reesh DDW
Fyre Fries
Farm Bureau
Bill and Debbie Agee
Theodosia Car Wash
Shilling Smith Enterprise real estate
Lake Time Resort
Bull Shoals Lake Package and Outdoor sportsman
SDS excavating
Cross county Septic
Construction
TriRivers Real Estate.
Protem pioneer store
Lake time Pizza Pub
Country Real Estate
oily apes Garage
Wallace Insurance
Nagel
Mike O construction
Theo vapes& Tobacco LLC
Theodosia hardware Store
Cody construction
Derrek Putnam Construction
Heide Bannick Duerst
J's Grill Food truck in Gainesville,Mo

Also a big shout out of thanks to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

A biscuits and gravy meal with coffee or orange juice will be served Saturday morning for $4. Lunch is free to the players: Pulled Pork sandwich, beans, chips, & cookies.

Everyone needs to check in at the pro shop. Round 1 tees off at 9. Scores for the tournament need to be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted after registration closesFriday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78362. Everyone is required to keep score. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is LWO. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be at the pro shop. Round 2 should start at 1, but will be based on end time of the first round. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com.
Rules for the courses are listed below. Unbranded CTP is hole 8. Trilogy-only CTP is hole 7. MVP-only CTP is hole 10. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 16. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Lost Woods Rule/OB Sheet
1 420 OB – Cart path
2 303
3 360 OB – Path and beyond.
4 300 OB - Golf green
5 954 OB - Golf green, cart path and beyond
6 253 OB - Pond
7 210 OB - Golf green, cart path and beyond
8 246 OB - Golf green, cart path and beyond
9 657 OB - Cart path and beyond
10 254 OB – Golf green
11 662 OB – Path and beyond.
12 300 OB - Golf green, cart path and beyond
13 409 OB - Pond
14 329 OB - Pond, golf green
15 316 OB – Golf green, pond
16 299 OB - Golf green
17 486 OB - Pond, cart path and beyond
18 358

Patriot’s Gold & Silver and Liberty Utilities present: The 5th Annual Ozarks Dam Open Players’ Meeting

You may still register here: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournament/Patriot_s_Gold_and_Silver_presents_The_5th_Annual_Ozarks_Dam_Open_2024

Doubles is from 2:00- 5:00 Friday on the Temp Course. Cannonball James Roberts will be running it.

Welcome to the Ozarks Dam Open! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our title sponsors: Liberty Utilities for the financial support, the bonus course and always keeping their course well manicured (Hats off to Randy Richardson the Plant Manager). We also appreciate the continued support from Patriot's Gold & Silver. Jeff Ford and his family continue to help make the tours a success!

This year we have 19 Hole Sponsors courtesy of Brad Philpott’s recruiting skills! A big thanks to Cannonball James Roberts for designing the signs as well. Here are our sponsors: Green Line K9, The Guy Handyman LLC, Bailey’s Property Maintenance, Shirley’s Kitchen, Apex Lawn Services, Swan Valley Brew Co. & Flea Market, Forsyth Welding, Veterans Memorial Museum, Finish Line Performance Service, Taney County Fitness, Lee Croft LLC, Mathenia Real Estate, Cutting Edge Solutions LLC, Branson Cell Phone Repair, Corcoran Family, Grid North Drone Photography LLC, Mountain William Pizza, Snack Shack, & Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church

We’d also like to thank the tour sponsors this year: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Thanks to all who loaned us baskets for the temp course: Craig Goldsberry, Eddie Uhlman, Scott Kisling (Swing Right Golf), Andre Anderson, Bob Gasman , and Rick Gilmore (who also loaned me the trailer to haul them).

There is currently $515 in the current Reflection Tour roll over Ace Pot. It is worth mentioning that there are at least 9 legit Ace opportunities on the Ozark Dam course alone. The Ace Pot is a cash only contest and is completed separately from your entry. You must put your money in the Ace Pot bag and put your full name on it. Best of Luck.

Everyone needs to check in at the building closest to Hole 10’s tee off. Round 1 tees off at 9. Scores for this tournament will be kept online. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is ODO. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/73522.

There will be two pools and will e split between the two courses. Please be aware that there is a good chance that the pool playing the permanent dam course may finish before the other pool. This may cause this pool to start the 2nd round before the pool playing the temp course. Please watch for the start times for your pool on the pdga tournament website.

On hole 17 please be careful walking along the road as there is often traffic on this road. Remember there is a 3 minute rule when looking for a disc once the entire group is looking for it. Note that there is a drop zone for a lost disc on the long hole 23.

The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. Please remember that all players must keep score. After the first round, we will break for lunch. Round 2 SHOULD start around 1:00, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Rules for the courses are listed below. All CTP’s will be on the Dam course: Unbranded CTP is hole 9, Full Turn-only CTP is hole 10, Prodigy-only CTP is hole 13. MVP-only CTP is hole 18 If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.


Empire Park
Hole OB Comments
1 Asphalt & beyond, surrounded by water
2 Culvert(metal and concrete), asphalt & beyond, guard rail and beyond
3 Road and beyond, tall grass marked by paint, surrounded by water, temporary parking area(marked by stakes and paint)
4 Path and beyond, surrounded by water. If surrounded by water, go to drop zone in front of alternate tee pad. You may also opt to throw first throw from the alternate concrete tee pad with a 1-throw penalty.
5 Path and beyond, surrounded by water
6 Tall grass marked by paint, asphalt & beyond
7 Tall grass marked by paint, asphalt & beyond. If OB on drive, proceed to DZ.
8 Path & beyond, surrounded by water. If surrounded by water, go to drop zone. You may also opt to throw first throw from the drop zone with a 2-throw penalty.
9 Surrounded by water or asphalt
10 Path, surrounded by water
11 Path & beyond, surrounded by water
12 Path & beyond, surrounded by water
13 Surrounded by water
14 Surrounded by water
15 Wall & beyond, road & beyond, fence & beyond, asphalt path
16 Road & beyond, path & beyond
17 Road & beyond, path & beyond
18 Path, surrounded by water



Temp Course
Hole OB Comments
19 Road and beyond
20 Road and beyond
21 Road and beyond
22
23 Retaining wall and beyond, on or under any building. There is a Drop Zone for a lost disc.
24 Long, marked by white paint
25
26
27
28
29
30
31 Island hole. If island is missed on drive, proceed to DZ. OB - Asphalt road and beyond.
32 On green house
33 On garage or house. Please don't fall off storm shelter.
34 Roads and beyond
35 Roads and beyond. Water in ditch is casual. Be careful on road!
36 Retaining wall and beyond, inside brown fenced area.

UPDATE - THERE ARE 93/95 SIGNED UP, SO THERE ARE TWO SPOTS LEFT. YOU MAY REGISTER HERE:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Elephant_and_Castle_presents_The_18th_Annual_Dale_Roberts_Memorial_sponsored_by_Innova_2024/register

ONE HOLE WILL BE ADDED MAKING 2 ROUNDS OF 19. 11B WILL PLAY AS AN ISLAND. IF MISSED PLAY FROM WHERE IT LIES AND ADD A STROKE.

The 18th Annual Dale Roberts Memorial
Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 18th Dale Roberts Memorial, brought to you by Elephant & Castle Fine Arms. A big shout out to Matt Crause and his staff for the remodel and upkeep of the park, and letting us have another DRM event.

As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors:

First and foremost, we'd like to thank our title sponsor, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms. Doug Bowen, owner of E & C, has been a long time supporter of this event. We appreciate you Doug. Also, we’d like to thank Discraft who stamped the custom discs for this year’s event. They did a great job.

Our Tour Sponsors are awesome, and we thank them for their huge efforts in making the DGM tours a success!
Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

I want to give a big thanks to Andrew Presnell for the new course design, as well as, the map and rule/OB sheet. I wanted to commemorate his efforts so I asked if I could use his logo on the hot stamp. He agreed, and also helped with ordering the custom Discraft discs. Thanks for everything PREZ!

Round 1 tees off at 9:00. Scores for the tournament need to be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted by the time registration closes Friday night athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78347. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is DRM. All players are required to keep score. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be on your own. Round 2 should start at 1:00 but will be based on last card from the first round. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com.

All disc golfers please remember that this park is alcohol-free and smoke-free. No smoking of any type is permitted during this tournament. Matt Crouse, the Nixa Parks director, is letting us know that there will be police patrolling the area the day of the event.

Rules for the courses are listed below. Unbranded CTP (sponsored by Innova) is hole 4. Full Turn-only CTP is hole 12. Prodigy-Only CTP is hole 14. MVP/Axiom CTP is hole 17. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.


1:
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.
Concrete gully and rocks are OB.

2:
On walking path is OB.
Pond is OB.
Over fence is OB.
NOTES:
Path connecting the well to main walking path is SAFE.
The well next to basket is SAFE.
Concrete gunite beside well is SAFE.

3:
Island Hole.
Any shots coming to rest outside of the island defined by walking paths goes to Drop Zone.
NOTES:
From Drop Zone, normal OB rules apply.

4:
On or beyond sidewalk or road is OB.
On concrete patio is OB.
On top of building is OB.

5:
On or beyond road is OB.
On or beyond sidewalk is OB.

6:
On road is OB.
On walking path or sidwalk is OB.
Over any fence is OB.
NOTES:
Creek is CASUAL

7:
On or beyond walking path is OB.
NOTES:
Creek is CASUAL

8:
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.

9:
Over any fence is OB.
Over walking path is OB.
NOTES:
Creek is CASUAL

10:
Beyond property line is OB.
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.

11:
Over chain-link fence is OB.
On or beyond road is OB.
On or beyond access road is OB.

11B:
Play as an island. If island is missed, play from where the disc lies and add a stroke.

12:
On or beyond walking path on right is OB.
On sidewalk running from parking lot to walking path corner is OB.

13 Short:
On or beyond any walking path is OB.

14:
On or inside walking path peninsula is OB.
On or beyond sidewalk by road is OB.
Over fence is OB.

15:
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.

16:
On or beyond walking path is OB.
On or beyond road is OB.

17:
On walking path is OB.
On or beyond any sidewalk by roads are OB.

18:
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.
Concrete gully and rocks are OB.