Recap of Elephant & Castles 20th Annual Dale Roberts Memorial Recap:

Hot, HOT, HOT, HOT, AND MORE HOT sums up this tournament. I am impressed that so many people came out despite the severe heat advisory we were under. I was equally impressed with the incredible play by every division represented. Great Job to all who were able to start and finish! That was a victory in itself!!

On behalf of the Robert’s Family, I want to say thank you all for continuing to support this Memorial tournament in Dale’s honor. The family expressed their appreciation and wanted me to pass that on. Thank you all again!

I’d like to thank Doug Bowen of Elephant and Castle Fine Arms for his title sponsorship. We definitely missed him on site today, but the heat was a little much!

Thank you to our Monkey Magic Tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

Again, I want to thank Andrew Presnell for helping us speed the custom discs process at Discraft. I also want to thank Team Monkey and Kenny Hunt for helping with the set up of our water stations and clean up! Thanks to Amy Roberts for the incredible Chiefs tickets for the raffle. Dakota Baker and Chase Marcus, thank you for your raffle donations!

There were 69 players who came out to try and survive the heat at this event, with 8 divisions represented.

First-place results in each division are listed below:
MPO: Andrew Presnell -25
FPO: Esmerelda Dodson -1
MP40: David Lynch -18
MA1: Dakota Baker -13
MA2: Jonas Taylor -13
MA3: Leam Evans -10
JRM: Callen Cramback +22
JRF: Austyn Davis +75
Full results are available at the following link: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/88144


Highlights:
Hottest Round of the Day:
MPO Champion, Andrew Presnell, and Runner Up, Ben Lemon, shared a -13 score in the 1st round (1045 rated).

There was an incredible play off that lasted 6 holes between Major Cardin and Dakota Baker. You guys both did amazing. Congratulations on the above and beyond effort and pulling off the “W” Dakota!!

Leam Evans won his first ever tournament in MA3. He told us in between rounds that he started playing disc golf at Dillon Clinks EDGE summer program!

There were 2 Juniors that played that were both under 13. To me they deserve a shout out and congratulations for being able to play and finish both rounds! Great job Callen Krambeck and Austyn Davis!!

Congratulations to all players who cashed!

There was no Ace hit. $205 will be rolled over to the 2nd Tar Creek Open in Miami, Oklahoma.

Congratulations to CTP Winners:
Innova - Rylan Stamback
MVP - Justin Warren
Trilogy - Blake Pettigrew
Prodigy - Dakota Baker

Congratulations to Chase Marcus who took home a basket in the raffle!

Also for the biggest Raffle Winner, Jeff Ford, who took home the Chiefs vs. Colts tickets!!

We hope to see you soon at The 4SO at the end of this month. You may register here:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/21st_Annual_Four_States_Open_2026/register

Welcome to the 20th Dale Roberts Memorial, brought to you by Elephant & Castle Fine Arms.

On behalf of the Dale Roberts Family, I want to thank you all for continuing to support this event in Dale’s memory. If you knew him you were lucky, but even if you didn’t, you still get to play disc golf where he initiated the first course in Nixa. You will forever be missed and remembered!

I want to shout out a thank you to Matt Crause for helping keep Dale Roberts memory alive by allowing us to have another DRM event!

We would like to thank 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.

Thank you to our Monkey Magic Tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

Andrew Presnell thanks for the help with the, rule/OB sheet, clean up on some holes, and helping get Discraft as the manufacturer sponsor. Parker Asay (Fossa Disc Golf), again did the stamp this year that features Dale & his father Butch fishing for the commemorative 20th year. Thank you Parker! Trevor from AC3D Trophies has some fun trophies ready to go! Thank you all fellas!

Round 1 tees off at 9:00. Scores for the tournament need to be kept on the PDGA website. Players will check in on the back side of the Center under the patio. Player course and hole assignments will be posted by the time registration closes Friday nightathttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/106904. 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.

After the round there will be a chance to win a Discraft Grip Bag, Discraft Basket, and a pair of Chiefs vs. Colts tickets (w/parking pass) at Arrowhead and much more!

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 that day.

Rules for the courses are listed below. Unbranded CTP (sponsored by Innova) is hole 4. Trilogy-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.

Course distances and OB rules for the course:
Hole Number Distance OB Rules
1 341 OB - Sidewalk on and beyond, walking path on and beyond, concrete gully.
2 435 OB - On path, pond, over fence.
Well, concrete beside well, and path away from well are safe.
3 217 Island hole. If island is missed, proceed to DZ.
4 248 OB - Sidewalk and beyond, road and beyond, on concrete patio, on building
5 301 OB - Sidewalk and beyond, road and beyond
6 380 OB - On road, sidewalk, or path, over fence. Creek is casual
7 226 OB - Path and beyond. Creek is casual
8 369 OB - Sidewalk and beyond, walking path and beyond
9 217 OB - Fence and beyond, walking path and beyond. Creek is casual.
10 310 OB - Beyond property line (marked w/paint & flags) walking path and beyond, sidewalk and beyond.
11 212 OB - Beyond chain link fence, road and beyond, access road and beyond.
12 288 OB - Sidewalk and beyond, parking lot
13 184 Both paths on either side and beyond are OB
14 288 OB - On or inside walking path peninsula, sidewalk and beyond, over fence.
15 340 OB - Walking path and beyond, sidewalk and beyond
16 381 OB - Walking path, walking path and beyond (to left of basket), on concrete drainage behind basket
17 241 OB - Sidewalk and beyond, on walking path.
18 402 OB - Walking path and beyond, sidewalk and beyond, concrete gully.

Players Meeting for SoundEnvision & Slim Chicken’s 4th Mother Road Open sponsored by Dynamic Discs

***Friday Flex Start BYO Partner Doubles is from 3:00-5:30***

Welcome to the 4th Mother Road Open! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our title sponsor: SoundEnvision. SE is a local business that does about anything with home & car stereos and the same with graphics: signs, stickers, vehicle wraps and more! Look them up and tell Luke the Monkey sent you. Thanks to Parker Asay (owner of Fossa Disc Golf) for the art work and to Dynamic Discs for bringing his art to life on the custom tournament players pack discs. For the 3rd year, we are happy to have our food sponsor back! Slim Chickens of Lebanon will provide all players lunch. A big thanks to Marc Baker (Parks & Rec Director for the City of Marshfield) and the Parks & Rec Department for the upkeep of the course and the support of this event. Last, and definitely not least, we appreciate Patrick Porter, who is responsible for getting the local hole sponsors again this year.

To our Tournament Hole Sponsors we say thank you. All of you have made this event a step above for our players!

Mother Road Hole Sponsors:
Marshfield lumber & Supply Company, 417 Softwash, Keystone Ridge Insurance Group, Brooks Gas, Marshfield Community Center / Retro Zone, Custom creations, Grass Roots, DML mowing & Landscaping, Replogle Pump Service, Diehl Excavating, Southern Bank, Stockman's Bank, Roast ready mix, Crawford Tires, Sheila's place, Hurricane Bay Car Wash, Don Vance Ford, Coltrane Asphalt, Marshfield Electric, Marshfield Buildings, Donco 3, Sound Envision, Slim Chickens,Patch

As always, I want to thank our tour sponsors and never want them taken for granted. Without them we couldn’t run the level of events that we do. Thank you all:

Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

All the above have allowed us to give a players pack to every player and add an additional $1,000 to the purse ($500 to the Pros & $500 to Ams)! This is on top of the PDGA’s $750 cash added to the Pro purse B Tier Requirement!

Everyone needs to check in at the pavilion. Don’t forget there is a $5 Cash Only Ace Pot. There is currently $135 in the Roll Over Pot. Scores for the tournament should be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted Friday night athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/104291 The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/ (https://pdga.com/score/). The access code is MRO. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. Round 1 will begin at 9:00 a.m. When round one is finished, please stay close and join us for free lunch catered by Slim Chickens. Round 2 should start at 1, but will be determined by the last card in. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com. Per PDGA rule, if anyone should require a paper scorecard, they can be made available by DGM staff.

Rules for the courses are listed below. MVP/Axiom CTP is hole 2. Trilogy CTP is hole 3. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 5. Unbranded CTP is hole 6.

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

North Park
Hole Distance Comments
1 320 Double mando. If missed, proceed to drop zone. OB - Road and beyond
2 155 OB - Water and beyond, road and beyond, shelter on or in
3 192 OB - Road and beyond
4 387 OB - Road right and beyond, creek left and beyond (marked by paint and flags), property line long
5 221 OB - Road right and beyond, creek left and beyond (marked by paint and flags), bridge
6 256 OB - Road right and beyond, property line long (marked by paint and flags)
7 173 OB - Road long and beyond
8 236 OB - Property line right
9 220 OB - Gravel road left and beyond, paved road and beyond, past barrier. If OB on the left, play from drop zone with one stroke penalty.
10 197 OB - Property line long and beyond
11 491 OB - Property line right and beyond, road left and beyond
12 201 Double mando. If missed, proceed to drop zone. OB - Property line right and beyond, road long and beyond
13 255 OB - Road right and beyond
14 148
15 240 OB - Road right and beyond
16 225 OB - Road right and beyond
17 433 OB - Road right and beyond, road long and beyond
18 322 OB - Creek right and beyond, shelter long on or in

2026 Return of the Little Big Show Recap:

The 10th Annual Return of the Little Big Show was one of the hottest days of this event’s history. With real temps hovering in the mid 90’s, and nearly no shade, the “feels like” temps were around 100 degrees. There was a small breeze that helped some throughout the day, but toward the end it was just brutally hot! Despite being moved back a month it was a scorcer!

A special thank you to Frank Hebert who made his final showing as a RotLBS tournament staff member. Thanks for all the years of making it happen. Jared Brown, who was unable to make the event, is also stepping down. You guys built it up and kept it going. Thank you guys.

To the City of Neosho & The Parks & Rec Department, thank you for the financial support, park maintenance, and upkeep. The course looked great.

Another thank you to the following for their efforts in making this year’s event happen:
Frank Hebert, Jared Brown, Haven Kooken, Matthew Kissel, JD Kappel, and Ian Boyer for their efforts in prepping for this event.

I want to recognize Ian Boyer and his dad Luke Boyer for taking videos. Ian and Lucas Deal will be editing their coverage and Disc’n Deals will be posting the videos at some point. This will take some time, so please be patient.

A big thanks to our Monkey Magic Tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

There were 56 players and 7 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Ben Lemon -22
MP40- Andrew Jinks -16
MA1- Dylan Millikan -4
MA60- Randy Richardson +7
MA2- Gunnison Borges -4
MA3- Randy Stoner +6
FA3- Ashley Selig +28

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/104285

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to the CTP winners!
Trilogy - Michael W
Innova CTP- Jeremiah Collier
MVP CTP- Randy Richardson
Prodigy CTP- No Winner (Dom Bradley a Justice is not made by Prodigy).

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner, Josh Williams who took home a Blue Monkey Trap!

There were no Aces hit, so the pot will roll over to the Mother Road Open in Marshfield on the 8th. I hope to see you all in Marshfield!

You may register here: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_4th_Mother_Road_Open_sponsored_by_Soundenvision_2026/register

The 17th Annual Monkey Trap Open Recap

Hot, Hot, and More Hot described this year’s Monkey Trap Open in Springdale. Normally disc golfers don’t like wind, but the second round breeze was definitely welcomed.

I want to thank Jeff Ford owner of Patriot's Gold & Silver again for the title sponsorship. Also, a shout out to Kyle McClure of Kick'N Sound DJs and Dasun Keylor for all the work on course prep and sponsoring the
event!

Another big Shout Out to Trevor Williams (owner of AC3D Trophies) for his creative and incredible trophies.

Thank you to our Full Send Tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

There were 81 players with 10 divisions that competed this year

Here are the 1st place finishers:
MPO - Chris Eads -19
MP40+ - Yasha Koman -5
MP50+ Tim Broadway -12
MA1 - Dakota Baler -15
MA40+ - Kenny Hansen -1
FA 40+ - Kimberly Hansen +25
MA60+ - Randy Richardson +6

MA65+ Doug Bowen +9
MA2 - Thomas Pirisi -3 MA3 - Joseph Davis +6


For full results click here: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/104283

Congratulations to all players who cashed!

The hot round of the day was a 46 (1033 rated) shot by MA1’s Winner Dakota Baker in the 2nd Round. Move Up!! (Too Soon??)

1st Place Open winner Chris Eads came out of semi retirement to make a great showing. Congratulations!

There were two Aces hit: Chris Goodman hit the beautiful hole 11 in the first round and Kenny Hansen drilled hole 18 in the second round. They both split the Roll Over Ace Pot combined with the event ace Pot together there was $790 total! Awesome Drives fellas!!

CTP Winners
Kyle McClure: Unbranded Innova
Dakota Baker: Prodigy
Randy Richardson: Trilogy
Joseph Davis: MVP

Congratulations to Kevin Carder for taking home the basket as the big winner in the raffle!

We look forward to seeing you in Neosho, Missouri at the Return of the Little Big Show next weekend. You may register here: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_10th_Annual_Return_of_the_Little_Big_Show_2026/register

17th Annual Monkey Trap Open Players Meeting

Welcome to the 17th Annual Monkey Trap Open! A Big Shout Out to Jeff Ford, owner of Patriot’s Gold & Silver, our title sponsor. We also want to thank Kyle McClure of Kick’N Sound DJ’s for all his work on course & tourney preparation.

We’d also like to thank all of our tour sponsors this year: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

Everyone needs to check in near hole one by the trailer. There will be a $5 cash Ace Pot available on the check in table, with $535 rolled over from the previous two events. If no Ace is hit, 1/2 of the days pot will go to EDGE and the other 1/2 will roll over to the next DGM event.

Scores for the tournament should be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/104283. Round 1 starts at 9. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is MTO. Everyone is required to keep score. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, everyone is on their own for lunch.

Round 2 should start at 1, but will be determined by the last card in. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com. Per PDGA rule, if anyone should require a paper scorecard, they can be made available by DGM staff.

After the round there will be a raffle and awards will be handed out. Pros will be paid out using PayPal using the e mail used to sign up. If you wish to have another e mail used or a different form of payment let me know. Amateurs will be paid with a voucher that must be used the day of or special arrangements can be made upon request before you leave. There will be 6 players allowed in the trailer at a time.

Rules for the courses are listed below. Unbranded CTP is hole 2. Dynamic Discs-only CTP is hole 18. MVP-only CTP is hole 7, Prodigy-only CTP is hole 13. 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.

JBeast
Hole OB Comments
1
2
3
4
OB - On or across path
5
OB - On or across path
OB - On or across path
7
OB - On path
8
9
10
OB - Surrounded by water OR across creek to the right. On or across walking path next to woods. Road is safe until white line. Road is OB after white line (must stay to the right). Past the white line, road becomes on or over.
11
12
OB - On or across path at the bottom of the hill
13
OB - On or across path
14
15
16
Island hole. Island is defined by the flags, concrete path, and road. A disc that comes to rest outside the island is considered OB. If tee shot does not come to rest on island, play from last in bounds (where it crossed OB) with penalty stroke.
17
OB - On or across road (left, on or across path (right). Mandatory: Must pass to the
right of the mando. If missed, proceed to drop zone. Path is OB the entire way.
18
OB - On or across road on the left

Recap of the 16th Annual Jared Hilton Memorial Open:

Similar to last year we started the day with the Pro and Advanced players starting on the Jared Hilton Memorial course, and all other divisions starting on the Winfrey course. It was a faithful day with moderate temperatures. I will take that kind of weather in June any time!

First and foremost I want to thank all the people who helped set up the course and tear everything down. This often gets over looked, but is a huge part of every tournament. From the Wyota Chain Banger Club, to Team Monkey, to all the players who just came up and asked if we needed help, we appreciate your all your efforts! Brad and Rollin, thank you both for keeping us hydrated and getting all the last minute things done! Brad your Raffle did not disappoint!

Thank you to the title sponsors of this tournament: Missouri Eagle, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, and Slim Chickens. Thank you also to our manufacturer sponsor Innova Champion Discs for custom discs!

Thank you to our tournament sponsors as well: Mike-Red Dragons, Chris Ryan, Angela Adkins, Brad Hilton, Court Probationary Services Inc., Lowe’s Home Improvement, Hanna Hills, and All-Rite Fabrication.

And a big thank you to our Monkey Magic Tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

A special thank you to Amanda the GM at Slim Chickens for having set up a perfect timing delivery and providing a much appreciated delicious lunch right at the end of Round 1! This is twice in a row that Slim Chickens has provided lunch for players.

There were 122 players who came out to compete in this tournament, with 10 divisions represented.

First-place results in each division are listed below:
MPO: Andrew Presnell -27
FPO: Hanna Huynh -12
MP50: Russ Burns -11
MA1: Henry Reeves -18
MA50: Tim Knopf -7
MA65: Doug Bowen -2
MA2: Connor Clime -13
MA3: Cody Bradly -2
MJ18: Cooper Hill +3
MJ12: Nathan Ilakhunov E


Full results are available at the following link: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/99390#MP50

The Hot scores of the first round were shot by Andrew Presnell and 17 year old Calvin Hensley. Oth shooting 41’s (1055). Andrew went on to shoot a 1060 to win by two strokes. Hottest Round of the Day in the Women’s division was Hanna Huynh’s 968 rated 48!

Connor Clime and Dalton Adkins had to settle their division in a play off. Connor Clime took it in the playoff.

Cody Bradley and Seth Lemon went into a tie break after Seth jumped from 12th to tied for
the lead after the second round. They both parred hole 1 and Cody birdied 2 for the win.

Rick Kapalko and Russ Burns played 3 playoff holes on Winfrey. Both parred the 1st, birdied the 2nd, and then Russ made a 35’ uphill putt to win on the 3rd.

Congratulations to all players who cashed!

A big shout out to Brad Philpott for
Axing the “hill hole” #16 on the Jared Hilton course. Despite the Ace $345 will be rolled over to the Olde Glory Days as Brad did not
Put in to the Ace Pot!

Congratulations to CTP Winners:
Calvin Hensley: Unbranded
Daniel Penn: Prodigy
??????????: Dynamic Discs
Zack Diemler: MVP

As mentioned above there was another huge raffle. Brad’s winnings throughout the 2025 season were on display. It’s always impressive to see how well glue continues to do each year. Thanks for the loot! Congratulations Don Buttman on taking home the Monkey Trap!

We hope to see you soon at The 3rd Annual Olde Glory Days that is just around the corner on June 28th! There will be $500 added to the doubles round on Friday, and an extra $750 to pros and $500 to Ams for the main event! You can register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_4th_Annual_Olde_Glory_Days_Open_sponsored_by_Prodigy_2026/register
The very next day we will be going to the 1st Camp Creek Open for a one round C tier at Micah Nobles private course, in Appleton City. The course lols beautiful and challenging. I can’t wait to see it in person. You may register here for that one:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/NWS_presents_The_1st_Camp_Creek_Open_2026/register

Missouri Eagle, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms & Slim Chickens Present:
The 16th Annual Jared Hilton Memorial - Driven by Innova Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 16th Annual Jared Hilton Memorial!

A big shout of thanks to the following people for their work on the courses: John Shelton & the park crew, Brad Hilton, Red Dragons, Rollin Clamme, and Brandy Monnahan.

We again have three Title Sponsors and our Manufacturer sponsor represented on the custom discs. Thank you to all four: Missouri Eagle, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Slim Chickens, and Innova Champion Discs.

We'd also like to thank our other tournament sponsors:
Mike-Red Dragons, Chris Ryan, Angela Adkins, Brad Hilton, Court, Probationary Services Inc., Lowe’s Home Improvement, Hanna Hills, All-Rite Fabrication, and DaVinci’s

We also give a big thanks to our Tour Sponsors. Without them we couldn’t make the tours happen:
Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

Round 1 tees off at 9. Don’t forget there is a Tour Ace Pot. It is a $5 cash only contest, and you must pay at check in. The course assignments will be announced Saturday at check in. The reason for the delay is to make sure we split the field the best way possible given the divisions and numbers of players in each. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is JHM. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/99390. All players are required to keep score. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, Slim Chickens will provide lunch at the Winfrey house. 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. Unbranded CTP is hole 17 at Jared Hilton. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 5 at Jared Hilton. Dynamic Discs-only CTP is hole 14 at Winfrey. MVP-only CTP is hole 2 at Winfrey.

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.

Recap of the 9th Annual Dragon Ridge Open:

This day in May started out with sunshine, but soon the sky turned dark and the rain started. Shortly after we had two lightening strikes close together with in 6 miles, so we had a 40 minute weather delay. The rest of the day was warm and muggy, but we finished in plenty of time before dark.

Thank you to the volunteers that helped with the new line on 5 and the tourney prep: River Flagg, Troy Eisner, Triston Stark, JC Vest, Dylan Cash, and John Gibbel.

There was a full field of 90 players who came out to compete in this tournament, with 12 divisions represented.

First-place results in each division are listed below:
MPO: Jake Hebenheimer -8
FPO: Alexis Kerman +11
MP40: Andrew Jinks -4
FP40: Mary Abbott +26
MP50: Dasun Keylor -4
MA1: Henry Reeves -3
FA40: Kimberly Hansen +30
MA50: Thad Taylor +3
FA50: Tina Giltrap +35
MA60: Stan Balke +10
MA2: David Claycomb -1
MA3: Matt Loaney +7

Full results are available at the following link: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/88137

The Hot Round of the Day: MP50+ winner Dasun Keylor shot a 1028 rated 2nd round to
pull off a one stroke win. He also Aced the last hole to gain the one stroke “W”. Congratulations, Dasun!

The Hot Round of the Day for the ladies was Alexis Kerman’s +5. This event has become one of her favorites having multiple wins. Congratulations, Alexis!

Jeff Ford won the Monkey Trap in the raffle!

Top score of the day was Touring Pro, sponsored by Prodigy Discs, Jake Hebenheimer with a final score of
100 (-8).

Congratulations to all players who cashed!

As mentioned above there was an Ace by Dasun Keylor who took home the $335 in the roll over ace pot along with the tourney pot!

Congratulations to CTP Winners:
Dylan Giltrap: Unbranded Innova
Andrew Griffith: Prodigy
Dakota Baler: MVP

We have 3 great events coming up! You may check them out and register below:

The Jared Hilton Memorial - https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Missouri_Eagle_and_Elephant_and_Castle_presents_The_16th_Annual_Jared_Hilton_Memorial_sp_by_Innova_2026/register

Olde Glory Days Open - https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_4th_Annual_Olde_Glory_Days_Open_sponsored_by_Prodigy_2026/register

The 1st Camp Creek Open (Hosted by Micah Noble on his private course) - https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/NWS_presents_The_1st_Camp_Creek_Open_2026/register

The 9th Annual Dragon Ridge Open Players Meeting

Welcome to the 9th Dragon Ridge Open! I’d like to start by thanking all of you for filling this tournament once again. The Dragon Ridge course and tournament have proved to be a big favorite on the tour!

I also want to thank River Flagg and any one else who did a bunch of work on hole 5. There is now a fairway to the right that has been opened up. I definitely eager to play the “Suckers Route” for a chance at birdieing it!

I always like to mention Gary Braman. Gary pushed to get this course in years ago, and did an amazing job on the design. Although he had moved to Jeff City, I believe be still deserves a mention. Thanks for one of my favorite courses!!

We want to thank our Title sponsors as well: Patriots Gold & Silver, Discmania & The City of Camdenton. Disc Mania has been our manufacturer sponsor for all 9 years. They continue to do a great job on the custom discs. The City of Camdenton Parks & Rec, ran by Travis Brock (parks director), have continued to support this event every year. It has truly been a pleasure working with them. The partnership between us has generated 9 straight filled up events! On behalf of Disc Mania and Travis Brock, Thank You for your continued support!

A big thanks to our Tour Sponsors. Without them we couldn’t make the tours happen: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Work & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and AC3D Trophies.

Without these sponsors, the tour would not be what it is today! Thanks for believing in what DGM does, and supporting us each year!

Everyone needs to check in near the trailer under the canopies. Don’t forget there is $335 in the Roll Over Tour Ace Pot. It is cash only ($5). Every player will receive 1 premium plastic custom disc. Ams will receive another item of their choice on a first come first served basis. 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 after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/99388. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is DRO. Everyone is 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. 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 course are listed below. MVP-only CTP is hole 11. Unbranded CTP is hole 15. Trilogy-only CTP is hole 16. Prodigy-only 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.

Hole Number Distance OB Rules
1 270 Inside softball Field. Retrieve through gate.
2 365
3 205
4 229
5 360
6 280
7 392
8 335
9 280
10 338 Road on right side, on and beyond
11 197 Inside tennis court fence
12 300 Parking lot of water park, beyond fence long
13 325
14 274 In or over fence & fence line
15 190
16 228
17 250
18 258 Parking lot behind basket