Good Morning Players and Welcome to Hanna Hills

Remember to try and check in before you get to Hanna Hills. Reception is poor on certain holes and around the place of check in:
www.pdga.com/score
The code is HHO

There will be a scorepointe with hole assignments at tournament central. There were late changes made, so please make sure you are at the right hole.

Good Luck and be safe!

Players Meeting is below this post, and is available to view at the check in table.

Hanna Hills Players Meeting:

Patriot's Gold & Silver Presents: The 5th Annual Hanna Hills Open sponsored by Innova Champion Discs Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 5th Annual Hanna Hills! We’d like to start off by thanking our tournament sponsors which include our Title Sponsor Patriot's Gold & Silver, our Disc Manufacturer Sponsor Innova Champion Discs, and a new Tournament Sponsor Grow & Throw

We also want to shout out THANKS to our Tour Sponsors:

Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Innova Champion Discs, Dynamic 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.

Carpool if at all possible. We've expanded the parking lot, but there is still limited parking. If the main parking lot is full, find Vic, Diana, Michael, or Jonathan, and they will direct you where to park. Also, please try to start live scoring before you get to the course. The cell signal is very hit and miss. Mostly miss!

Directions: From I-44 take exit 153 at Buckhorn and travel south 1.1 miles on MO HWY 17, turn left (southeast) on Hwy NN. Travel 3.6 miles on NN. Enter the course next to the historic Hanna Post Office. Follow the signs marked "Hanna Hills Parking."

Everyone needs to check in at the barn. Round 1 tees off at 9. Scores for this tournament wil be kept online at www.pdga.com/score. Code is HHO. Paper cards will be available upon request. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/67758. DGM staff will receive the online scores at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be provided by the Benteles on the grounds.

This is an incredibly beautiful and well kept private course, for this reason we ask that you bring a donation for food if you are able. 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 online and on paper.

Rules for the course are listed below. There are 4 CTP’s: Full Turn Only is hole 2. Innova CTP (any disc can win) is hole 3. MVP-only hole is hole 8. Prodigy-only hole 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 Notes
1 408 OB - Main pond, surrounded by water. If OB, proceed to DZ. Water left of road will be casual.
2 224 OB - Surrounded by water
3 234 OB - Surrounded by water
4 417 OB - Barbed wire fence
5 336
6 432 OB - Surrounded by water, barbed wire fence at bottom of cliff. If over the cliff, but in bounds, player may play from lie, or from previous lie with penalty.
7 264 Play from red/white pad (on the right). OB - Surrounded by water
8 238
9 438 Green rope on left OB. Yellow rope above it is for visual reference off the tee. Make a judgment call, benefit to the player. If disc goes over cliff, DO NOT retrieve. Vic will get it after your round.
10 330 Surrounded by water OB. If OB, proceed to DZ.
11 221
12 387
13 420 Surrounded by water OB
14 237
15 438
16 621
17 225
18 713 Play from blue/white (long) pad, near the bench that was donated by the Burns family. Fence beyond basket is OB

The 9th Annual Disc'n For Cheetah's tournament benefiting The Cheetah Habitat in Kenya did not disappoint. This year brought 20 mph winds along with 98 fierce competitiors. All competitiors enjoyed a beautiful course full of blooming redbuds, a few dogwoods, a beautiful walk along the creek, and other spectacular views.

First and foremost, a big thank you to this year’s tournament sponsors:
Sho-me pest
Justice Electric
Alpaca farm/humming acre
Big Johnsons power washing
Fletcher Farms
Rivard Heating and Cooling
Friends of the Zoo
Blackbird Blades
Fetch Pet Supplies
AH Trucking LLC
Pam and Ed Gwin
Republic Animal Hospital
Gordon's feed and pet
Ozarks coca cola bottling company
Ozarks aazk
Architectural Creations
Dickerson park zoo
Botox & Company
Woodland Whack DG
Missouri Embroidery & Screenprinting

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, Sticky Dyes, and Hunt works.

Special Thanks to Matt Corrie, Friends of the Zoo Volunteers, and the Dickerson Park Zoo staff for supporting the tournament by allowing us to use the facility for the event, helping at the event, providing lunch options, and spotting/disc recovery services to all the players!

Also, a special thanks to Rick Gilmore, Charles Smith, Neil Seaman, and Justin Hare for all the hard work and man hours put towards making the course look amazing for the big day.

Thank you to Team Monkey: Greg and Linsey Cass, Ian Boyer, Dasun Keylor, Kevin Carder for all your help. Thank you for the tournament director services put in by Brent Hilliard. It takes a lot of people coming together to make tournaments possible, and I appreciate all the help and support!

Thank you to all players who participated in the raffle. Money from this tournament’s raffle will be donated to the Cheetah Habitat in Kenya. We will have an exact figure on what was raised very soon. Matt mentioned that we have raised just under $20,000 total in the previous 8 years!

The 98 players that came out to compete made up 13 divisions.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Phil McGuire -15
FPO- Mary Abbott +13
MP40- Keo Sabengsy -17
MA1- Tyler Northrip -6
FA1- Julie Crouch +5
MA40- Toby Rector -3
MA50- Mike Abbott +2
MA60- Bradley Hilton -2
MA2- Christopher Brawn -6
MA3- Ian Boyer -1
FA3- Ashley Love +34
MJ18- Jackson Fisher +21
FJ18- Ashley Carder +100

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament.

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78323

The hottest rounds of the day came from the MP40 division by Keo Sabengsy (The Snake Tamer) and Dasun Keylor who both shot -10 in their second round! Keo came out on top taking 1st place in his division and best score overall of the day!

In MA3, Ian Boyer and Jacob Woolston needed an extra hole to decide 1st place. Ian Boyer nearly aced his tee shot just narrowly missing hole 1. Ian took the win with a solid birdie tap in for the win!

In MA50 Mike Abbott and Darrin Dodson also required an additional hole to decide 1st place. An unfortunate skip landed Darrin Dodson in OB trouble. Mike Abbott took the victory with a tap in bogie.

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Any Disc Innova Hole 13- John Corriston
Full Turn Only Hole 1- Bryan Pitman
Prodigy Only Hole 4- Carson Rees
MVP Only Hole 18- David Savage

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner Patrick Price who chose the Monkey Baskey to take home as the grand prize!

There was a trio of Aces. Way to snag some cash fellas!
Roy Crouch- Hole 18 round 1
Jacob Woolston- Hole 19 round 1
Ian Boyer- Hole 19 round 1

Thank you to all players for keeping the course clean and making the day fun and memorable! I hope to see you all on April 13th at The 6th Annual Hannah Hills Open in Laquey MO!

You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_6th_Hanna_Hills_Open_sponsored_by_Innova_2024/register

LOST AND FOUND ITEMS:
There were several discs pulled out of the pond by Keo. Feel free to mention what you lost in the pond in the comments. Jeremy Surratt lost a blue G Star Boss that has Iceberg written on it. It was left on hole 19 in the Bamboo. If you found it contact him or you may drop it off at my place.

The 16th Annual Lebanon Ice Bowl definitely lived up to it's name this year. Icicles could be seen hanging from the baskets with snow flurries giving everyone a great wind read!

First and foremost thank you to the sponsors of this tournament Lebanon Parks & Rec and Patriots Gold & Silver!

A special thanks to John Shelton (Lebanon Parks Director) for all his support. Thank you to Brandy Monnahan, Rollin Clammie, and Amanda Donnelly for all your help at the event. Thank you to Team Monkey: Jonathon Chambless, Kevin Carder, Justin Hare, and Ashley Lucas for helping with the tournament. Thank you to all who brought food to provide lunch to the players and all who donated to the raffle!

I am very grateful for the generosity of the players that came out Saturday and helped by making donations, putting in for the Ace Pot, bringing canned goods, and buying raffle tickets! Collectively we were able to raise $2,000 dollars that will go to benefit L-Life Food Pantry! When I told John Shelton how much we raised he said "Wow great job. This tournament has been such a great help to the community and the support of the parks. The play that the disc golfers bring to the park is crazy. Everyone is talking about it." There is a lot of heart in the disc golf community and I'm so glad we can come together for these events to share the sport and give back to others.

There were 78 players that came out to compete in this tournament and 10 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Allen Heston -16
FPO- Brandy Monnahan +12
MP40- Russ Disc Golf Monkey Burns -6
MP50- Chris Neff -4
MA1- Matthew Williams -7
MA40- Joe Linkins +1
MA50- Darrin Dodson +4
MA60- Stan Balke +6
MA2- Justin Warren -1
MA3- Chase Greazy Dyes Marcus +4

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77384 (https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77384)

Congratulations to the hot round shooters of the day! Allen Heston shot a 1030 in the 1st Round on Jared Hilton Memorial and won the MPO division! Micah Noble also had a hot round and fought his way into second place by shooting a 1030 in Round 2 on Winfrey!

Matthew Williams and Christian Polovich were neck in neck battling for first place in MA1 the entire tournament neither yielding to the other. In the end a playoff hole was needed to decide the winner and Matthew Williams came out on top!

Congratulations to Justin Warren on his hot start to the season by getting his second tournament win in a row for MA2!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Womens CTP- Esmerelda Dodson
Any disc CTP- Jacob Eaves

Also, Congratulations to Chris Ryan who was the big raffle winner and took home a Prodigy Basket!

There were no aces hit today, but the Ace Pot roll over for the next tournament will be $535!

I hope to see you all on March 16th at the The 1st Tom Wolfe Memorial Open- Benefiting the Honor Flight-VFW in Monnett MO!

You may register at the link below:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_1st_Tom_Wolfe_Memorial_2024/register (https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_1st_Tom_Wolfe_Memorial_2024/register)

The 16th Annual Lebanon Ice Bowl Players’ Meeting

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

Tournament sponsors include: Lebanon Parks & Rec & Patriots Gold & Silver

A big shout out of thanks to this year’s Reflection Tour Sponsors:
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.

Everyone needs to check in at the Winfrey house. Pro players will be paid via PayPal unless other arrangements are made. Please be sure that the address that is used to sign up with is the e mail you want your money sent to. If not, let me know the address you want used before you leave the event. Amateurs you will be paid out with a voucher that may be used in the trailer just like cash. Six players will be allowed in the trailer at a time to shop. If you receive a voucher, it must be redeemed the day of the event unless special arrangements are made. Simply come talk with me if there is a circumstance in which you need to leave before shopping. You may have someone shop for you.

Round 1 tees off at 10. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is LIB. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at http://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77384 (http://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77384). The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, a chili lunch will be served 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.

There will be a $5 (Cash only) Ace Pot going on as well. Don’t forget to sign up buy putting your name on the Ace Pot bag and putting your $5 inside. The current roll over Ace Pot is at $390! Good Luck!!

As many of you know, there has been construction on the road between the two courses. The city has been working on widening the road. There is equipment and other things that have been in the field of play on holes 2, 3, 4, & 18. John Shelton, Parks Director, has said that most of it should be moved. Saturday morning during check in if there are rule/OB changes they will be printed out and posted.

Rules for the course are listed below. Unbranded CTP is hole 17 at Jared Hilton. MVP-only CTP is hole 14 at Winfrey. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 5 at Jared Hilton. Women only CTP is hole 4 at Winfrey.

Park bathrooms are closed, but there are porta potties on the courses. 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.

Play well, have fun, and thank you for being a part of helping the L-Life Food
Pantry as they help the less fortunate and hungry!!

Swing Right, Q-102, and Dynamic Discs present: The Presidential Cup IX Players Meeting

Welcome to the 9th Presidential Cup! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors. A big thank you to our Title Sponsors Q-102 and Dynamic Discs. We also want to thank Scott Kisling and Swing Right Golf for their continued support of the tour and disc golf as a whole!

Our tour sponsors this year are: 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.

Everyone needs to check in at the pro shop.
All 100 players will receive a players pack consisting of a custom disc and shirt. Don’t forget to sign up for the $5 cash only Ace Pot. This year we will continue doing the Roll Over Ace Pot if no Ace is hit. The Ace pot will be
rolled over to the next event unless the tournament is benefitting a charity, in which case, 1/2 will roll over and 1/2 will go to the charity. Last year the Roll Over Ace was very exciting as it reached over 2,100! Best of luck.

After the tournament, amateur players receiving a payout will line up at the back of the trailer and six people will be allowed in the trailer at once to shop. All Amateur Players Please Note: All vouchers must be used the day of unless arrangements are made before you leave. You may have friends use your vouchers for you.

Round 1 tees off at 10. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is PRES. There is a new rule set by the PDGA: EVERY PLAYER MUST 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/77382. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, there will be chili for lunch. If anyone would like to bring an extra pot, please do! 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.

As many of you know, Dynamic Discs was bought out, and there have been changes made. I’m sad to say that one of the changes this year is they have done away with the 5K/10K Challenge. We hope after this year they will bring it back.

Rules for the course are listed in the Gallery. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 1. MVP-only CTP is hole 2, Women only CTP is hole 19, and the unbranded CTP is hole 20.

The Reflection Tour is officially underway as we completed the 10th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bowl this past weekend!

First, a big thanks to Jeff Ford, owner of Patriots Gold & Silver for being the title sponsor. Thanks to Nick Helm for spearheading this course and his continued dedication to making this a great tournament. A special thanks to Jonathan Chambless, Dasun Keylor, Jacob Whitehead, and Kevin Carder for all the help they put into making the tournament possible both behind the scenes and at the event. Thank you to all who participated in the tournament as charitable donations from players provided money and canned goods to the Heart of Hills Food Pantry and Thrift Store. Total Donations will be announced by Nick Helm on the Bear Hollow Ice Bowl page when completed.

A total of 45 players came out to brave the frigid below freezing temperatures and be the first to get points for the season!

Ice Bowl was definitely the right name for this year’s Bear Hollow tournament as the temperature off the tee for Round 1 was a bone chilling 9 degrees. By Round 2 temperatures had only rose to 19 degrees, but the sun was out and it was still a great day to play!

There were 10 divisions represented, and first place results are listed below.

Division winners:
MPO - David Savage -16
MP40 - Russ Disc Golf Burns- -12
MA1 - Patrick Hoffmann -9
FA1 - Esmerelda Dodson +7
FA40+ - Julie Crouch +13
MA40+ - Brad Philpott -3
MA50+ - Jeff Ford +6
MA60+ - Bradley Hilton +2
MA2 - Brian Warren -5
MA3 - Andrew Schrautemeier +5

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/76794

Congratulations to all those who cashed!

We did have one exciting Ace hit today! Congratulations to Ace Pot winner Daniel Penn, MA1, who hit an Ace on Hole 18 in Round 1 of the tournament!

Congratulations to both CTP winners of the day Tyler Northtrip and Daniel Penn!

Congratulations to the big raffle winner of the day Joshua Jarvis, MPO who won an Innova Disc Golf basket.

I hope to see you all at the 9th Annual Presidential Cup next month on February 10th in Springfield Missouri!

Written by: Ashley Lucas & Justin Hare (Thank you both so much)


https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_9th_Annual_Presidential_Cup_Sponsored_by_Swing_Right_Q102_and_Dynamic_Discs_2024/register

Patriot’s Gold & Silver presents: The 10th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bow Players’ Meeting

Welcome Back! As 2023 left, 2024 arrived with a vengeance bringing freezing temperatures that will be remembered for a long time to come. This year’s Reflection Tour kicks off the year with the Bear Hollow Ice Bowl that Nick Helm spear headed 10 years ago. He continues to make it happen, and I want to say thanks for all the behind the scenes work you put in. Thanks and great work!

Welcome to the Patriot’s Gold & Silver 10th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bowl! Thank you Jeff Ford for jumping on board as the title sponsor again this year. Worth mentioning, this event is where I first met Jeff. He was eager to help out sponsoring, and continues to be a main contributor every year since!

I am currently working on my Tour Sponsors and am excited that I 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, contact me. We cannot do what we have done for the last 15 years without sponsors.

The temperatures will be very low Saturday. The weather itself looks to be clear. People have asked what constitutes cancelling the second round. My answer is this: I want players to be safe first and foremost. That said, if there is a chance for Icee precipitation during/after the 1st round, I will 100% cancel the 2nd round. I want players to get home safely. Fortunately I have not had this happen, and with the clear but cold forecast Saturday, I am planning on two rounds. Dress and prepare accordingly.

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. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/76794. 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 two CTP’s (Hole 1 & 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_10th_Annual_Bear_Hollow_Ice_Bowl_2024/register

The Disc Golf Monkey’s Jungle Run Tour 2023 Recap

(Check the first picture for the DGM Tour 2024 - Big thanks to Jack Lowe our State Coordinator for keeping everything organized)!

2023 is in the books, and it was definitely one to remember. In this 15th consecutive year of running a tour, DGM continues to make memories while pushing the sport forward. “Growing the Sport” is what we have been doing before the saying was adopted. So many players, sponsors, clubs, schools, churches, camps, etc. have been a part of watching the disc golf movement grow in our area, as disc golf has boomed world wide. Today is definitely an exciting time to be involved in the sport we all have come to love.

There is simply no way to give the following group a big enough thanks. Without the DGM tour sponsors, we would not have such an incredibly strong tour, filled with amazing tournaments that is the foundation for all local events. I speak for all players, when I say Thank You to all of DGM’s Tour Sponsors:

Innova Champion Discs, Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Dynamic Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Todd’s Exteriors LLC, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes

The above sponsors allow us to do many things: larger payouts, solid players packs, exceptional CTP’s (including manufacture CTP’s from Innova, Dynamic Discs, Prodigy, and MVP), large raffles (that raise money for charities), host demos/clinics, and the list goes on. Having partnerships with quality companies has been key to the success of DGM.

In 2023 DGM was part of 27 tournaments. The main tour consisted of 20+ pdga events. Along with the sanctioned events, there were a few non sanctioned that included two school tournaments. One was at the John Thomas School of Discovery in Nixa and the other was at Grace Classical Academy in Springfield. DGM also helped others host tournaments as well. No matter how small or large the events were, the effort put in to make them happen was well worth it. It’s so awesome seeing and hearing the continued appreciation, excitement, and fun being had by players of all ages and skill levels!

One of the additions to the 2023 was the introduction of the Points Challenge developed and run 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 divisions. 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. Trophies were 3”x2” metal basket pendents with the 1st place being sand casted in pure silver. These were made by Jeff Ford, owner of Patriot’s Gold & Silver. Other prizes are also being given for the top 3 as well. Below are the top 3 point winners in each division. To view full results visit www.discgolfmonkey.com , click on tournaments, and select from the division you want to view on the top. Congratulations again winners.

Pro Men
1 Micah Noble - 675
2 Nevada McAlpin - 549
3 Russ Burns - 535

Women’s
1 Mary Abbott - 603
2 Brandy Monnahan - 524
3 Esmeralda Dodson - 439

Advanced Men
1 Darrin Dodson - 544
2 Johnathan Chambless - 466
3 Brad Hilton - 436

Amateur Men
1 Davis Ford - 514
2 Mike Haralson - 480
3 Justin Warren - 448

This year was exciting as we continued to make baskets, improve corses and install new courses in several cities in two states. We had projects in Arkansas and several here in Missouri. Agee Park in Alba, Transland Trucking in Strafford, Fox Run Greenwood, AR, Laurie at the Hillbilly Disc Golf Course, Dr. Korn in Columbia, Marshfield’s Mother Road, VFW in Monett, all have either upgraded, added to, or have new courses. The excitement of being a part of watching baskets go in the ground never fades

There were a lot of highlights and I definitely want to elaborate on a few. In May, we had another fun end of the year party/tournament at Nixa’s John Thomas School of Discovery headed by Joe Shawnassey and Matt Baker. The Mother Road Open, the first PDGA B Tier was held in Marshfield back in August. In October we did a doubles event with the kids at Grace Classical Academy, where David Hyde and I installed a small 9 hole course. In November the DGM Encore was held at the Tom Wolfe Memorial course at the VFW (installed by Derek Mulvaney). So much can happen in a year and my mind can’t remember them all. It goes without saying that the more courses going in means more players will be playing! We look forward to installing more baskets in the near future.

Since the beginning of the DGM Tours, we have looked for ways to give back to communities who have invested in disc golf. In the fifteen years I am proud to have worked with many charity and non profit organizations. Our local disc golf family has been remarkable at teaming up and coming together when there is a need. Along with helping out multiple organizations, the players supporting the tour, have helped out several of our own in their time in need as well. This year the tour continued to give back in a big way. Seven different charitable organizations were helped with over $10,000 raised. A huge milestone was met as well, as we broke $40,000 in contributions to the EDGE program. To all of you who have been a part of the DGM events, take a bow! On behalf of all the charities and friends that have benefitted over the years, I say thank you so much for making so many things happen in our area through the sport we love so much!

Charity Organizations & Donations from 2023
$800 Ava Ice
$2,600 L Life Food Pantry
$1,400 Disc’n for Cheetahs
$3,010 Educational Disc Golf Experience
$860 K-9’s for Vets
$600 Veterans Foreign Wars
$1300 Children’s Day Treatment (CDT)

DGM has been in business since 1999. In 2007, 16 years ago, I took a scary leap to make DGM my full time gig. I wouldn’t trade a thing, and have very few regrets. Having run 213 PDGA events and countless non sanctioned tournaments, it was quite exciting being told by the PDGA that I am in the top 10 of running the most PDGA events by a Tournament Director. I honestly didn’t even know there was such a list, but it’s definitely a great honor. Without players, sponsors, and family support, I would not have accomplished any of this. Thank you all so much for the opportunity be a part of the Disc Golf Boom over the last 24 years!

As I was reflecting on 2023, I’m humbled and amazed by how much the sport has grown in popularity. I can’t help but think even further back when I came to Missouri back in 1992. Seeing the area go from having one course (Oak Grove), to having so many options in Springfield to play is incredible. Even better, is nearly all the small cities surrounding Springfield have a course as well. It has been fun watching new players start the sport, get involved in local events, improve their skills, and move on to getting sponsored and even touring! Being a part of this is very rewarding. There is truly something special about Disc Golf… gripping, ripping, and watching a disc fly… it doesn’t get much better!

We will see you somewhere in 2024… Keep on Flying… And Aces To You All!

Jungle Run Tour Points Series Recap & Winners

The 2023 DGM Tour brought an experimental point challenge that proved to be fun and it functioned well. The Ford family and several others, asked that some kind of points system be implemented for the tour. This added push, helped me reach back out to Scott Elam, PDGA #53939, who came up with the points system. Scott resides in North Carolina, where he is very involved in the disc golf scene. We had talked about it a couple of years back, and he actually had the time and was eager to put it all into action. He worked countless hours on the spreadsheets and compiling all the data after each event. I want to give a big shout of thanks on behalf of all the players for making this a success. We appreciate all the effort Scott!

This year was an experimental test year as mentioned. After our initial review of the data and results: Scott Elam, Kevin Carder, and I believe it worked well. The points, amount of tournaments that must be played, and having to play one event from 3 of the 4 regions proved to work well. This year the first 3 players in each division will be getting a sweet metal bag tag that was promised at the beginning of the year. The 2nd & 3rd place tags were made by Kyle Potter, owner of Lazer Lab Creations (www.lazerlabcreations.com and @lazerlabcreations). These were made of stainless and bronze. The first place tag were made out of pure silver casted by Jeff Ford,
Owner of Parriot’s Gold & Silver! These are sweet and are definitely worth some bragging
rights. The first 3 places will also receive prizes along with the tags. 1st place had the option of a Lite Basket (DD, MVP, Discmania, or Innova) or a $150 gift card. The 2nd and third place will get Jungle Run Tour Discs and apparel.

In 2024 we will be doing the point challenge championship again. We plan on making it more exciting by recapping more often, raising funds for bigger & better purses, and hopefully being able to pay further into the field.

For the Official and Full Results:
1. Visit www.discgolfmonkey.com
2. Click on tournaments
3. Click on the division you would like to view.

Below are the top three in each division. Congratulations on being the first DGM Tour Point Champions!!

Pro Men
1 Micah Noble - 675
2 Nevada McAlpin - 549
3 Russ Burns - 535

Women’s
1 Mary Abbott - 603
2 Brandy Monnahan - 524
3 Esmeralda Dodson - 439

Advanced Men
1 Darrin Dodson - 544
2 Johnathan Chambless - 466
3 Brad Hilton - 436

Amateur Men
1 Davis Ford - 514
2 Mike Haralson - 480
3 Justin Warren - 448