If we played Jolly is September the parks would expect us to pay to get in. Plus there's a good possibility there would be fishermen all over & people parked on fairways.

If there is any way to expand Oxford, it should be considered.

Actually, I think it would be better to have 2 separate 18 hole courses (like the Monroe/Turtlecreek format) to accomodate everyone who shows up for sure. Some spots at Oxford cause bad bottlenecks/delays and can make for a long round - 2 rounds of 24, with 5-somes could take us into glow golf. If it rains, it could be VERY slow!!! As I recall, last year's Ox tourney was a LONG day - did we even play 24?
I suggest we choose 2 - 18 hole courses for our BID/CCS tourney.
The question is, which 2?
Think it over...

Mt Airy on Easter. Good thing I skip Mt Airy each year anyway :think

There were people Fishing and in the fairways last year at AJ Jolly, and the tournament was in October, so moving it up a month shouldn't make that much difference. Did anyone consider the low attendance possibly being due to the month of the tourney rather than the location? Winton and other courses charge for passes too. Are you sure the parks would make us pay anyway? I love the idea of a campout/glo round of the weekend of the tourney, Liz. I don't know, maybe it's just that AJ is one of my personal favorites and one of the most scenic courses, but I would hate to see it dropped. However, if you guys choose to drop it, I won't make a big stink out of it or anything. I know you guys are just trying to mix things up for a change and do something new for the club and I can respect that. It's good to have officers and club volunteers who want to try new things and ideas from time to time. It shows that you care about club progress. Also, I'm with Bob on the CCS tournaments being held on Saturdays.

Matt,
Thanks for taking on this endeavor - I know it is not easy.
Try not to take the suggestions personally - you will hear MANY!!!
You are right, we have sooooo many courses, we have to rotate.

Here is another scenario to consider...
We could get more than 120 folks wanting to play at Oxford.

What's wrong with March 22nd?

If we are going to try and work with dayton and have combined Course Challenges than we don't need to schedule on the same days.

Next year I would like to see dayton wait longer before making out the schedule.

We as a club have members who play the pdga events and we have to wait for the pdga schedule to be complete. Dayton does not have nearly as many members who play pdga events though and it does not effect them nearly as much as it does us to schedule early.

We can go maybe Sunday March 16th than.

As much as I hate to say it, I agree with big Keith on this one. I know a ton of Columbus people don't make the trip down to your CCS's much but Oxford has always been one of them that I try to make. I thougth I was goign to die after last years and my parents were in much worse shape than I was. It was a long tiring day with two rounds of 24 there and I think adding 3 more holes would drive away a pretty good chuck of your people. I know I was too tired to play off for the 1st place tie in advanced so I ended up losing in sudden death paper, rock scissors

Just my 2 cents

We are doing that for our Monthly in April. All of our monthlies are PDGA sanctioned though. Riverside drive is a B tier which is why it is being split up w/ AMs on Saturday and Pros on Sunday.

I think I went with paper just because it was the easiest one to put up. My arms were dragging on the ground by the time I was done :)

yeah most definitely... I have already started training for Worlds this year so that won't be a problem any more. I just don't do well with heat, us big guys have the disadvantage when it gets hot out.

You don't have to lug around 250 pounds all day :shame

As Homer J. sez "Go rock, c'mon rock!" Last year at Oxford we only had 74 people and 24 holes weren't needed at all. Fivesomes on 18 holes isn't unreasonable is it? Why even think about 27 holes that is absurd. As for course choices I think mixing it up from year to year is best espescially with all the variety we have. I for one hope the sport grows enough to hold two tournaments on the same day in the Greater Cincy area and have them both fill with no whinning at all. As for Williamsburg- I think it is time to stop bashing on the guy who has transformed that course into something quite nice. Yes, he needs to be more professional with tournaments; i.e. when he has a conditional prize based on reaching a certain amount of players that needs to be spelled out more clearly(yes-he did mention that on this site, look it up Jeff V).