Check in day

Today Jason and I woke up around 10 am and we headed into downtown Kansas City to check into the tournament we felt confident on being able to get there quickly since we made the adventure the day before. Our goal was to try and get there early to check in so that Jason could secure any blue discs but when we got there the line was already 40 people deep and was not moving very quickly. There was two lines to check in at, A-L and M-Z. Guess which line had no one in it? Yep my line was the line that was 40 deep and A-L had a few people in it. After waiting for 25 minutes we made it to the front of the line and we receive our player check in card and head into the meeting room to get our player pack.

Players Pack Photo:


Players Pack:
Full Color Tournament Program
Black and White Players Guide
Discraft Sticker
Free pizza coupon at Pizza Shoppe
Coupon for a 20th Anniversary Special Edition Star San Marino Roc
Ching Power Genesis Disc
DISCRAFT Stalker special stamp
DGA Shockwave 2009 Worlds Stamp
Gateway Appache
Lightning #1 Flyer
Beer Coozy
Custom nametag
2009 Worlds Towel
Dri-Fit Worlds Shirt
Innova Dri-Fot Shirt
Ching Small Bag, with worlds stamp

We also had our picture taken so that the PDGA could add our pictures to our PDGA member page. It would have been nice to know that though before showing up, I am sure mine looks like roadkill as I was dragging from the day before. The sun really wore me out but I was not dehydrated. I am just not used to being in a UV index rating of 10 and with not much shade makes for a good way to turn a little red. So in retaliation I took their picture to get them some camera time.



We hung out, met some people and I chatted with Brian Graham and John Duesler for a little while as Jason was trying to get his player pack. When we received our player packs they were already pre-sorted so no chance to pick what you wanted but Jason lucked out and got a blue Lightning #4 driver. We looked around through the merchandise and then stepped back out into the Hotel Lobby to look through our stuff. Jason went right to work and started trying to trade for blue discs. I was shooting some pictures as Jay Harbour ran into me and we started chatting. We grabbed a seat and Liz Car joined us, I think she had been hanging out with Jay Harbour for the day. We all hung out for a little while and then they took off to go play Thornfield and Jason and I headed into the mall to get some food. We finished eating and headed to the car. We had been waiting around for Jeff Hagerty to get into town so we could all meet up and play Water Works. With Jason and I getting antsy about playing we headed over to Water works before Jeff called us.

The park was pretty full and parking was an issue but we found some curb side in the shade and called Jeff, he was off the plane and getting his rental car. We let him know we were going to start playing and to find us on the course when he got there. We had to wait as the <16 Juniors who were playing in the Worlds Doubles Championships were playing from 18 through to hole 1.

Hole 1


This little kid steps up and rips a forehand shot down hill and in the middle of the fairway. It was a great shot and perfectly placed. His partner was stoked as they were on round two and playing alternate shot. We teed of shortly later and had a nice guy named Kenny from Illinois join us for our round. Jason and I started of really slow and played below our ability. Jason pulled out to an early 3 stroke lead and started playing solid golf. Jeff gives us a call and joins us on tee 6 and begins to tear up Water Works. He teed off on hole one and parked the 508 foot downhill shot and then walked over to hole 6 to join us. He then threaded the tight hole 6 fairway and get the par while we all 4'd it then he throws the low ceiling smashing roller up 7's uphill fairway and parks the hole for a drop in 2. It was fun to have Jeff join us because he was attacking the holes unlike any of us were, not necessarily better but just more aggressive and it was working. I was playing very sloppy and it was showing on my score card. By hole 13 Jason had me by 8 strokes and it was time to try and real it in.

We got up to hole 14 which is a 485 foot slightly down hill and I new that a good drive here could spark my game.

Hole 14


First to tee off was Kenny and he simply crushed his drive and it was flipped over on a nice glide pattern when it comes back right for the basket but it goes over the basket and skips off the OB road behind the basket. The Jeff Hagerty throws a BSF Glow Destroyer a little soft after seeing Kenny's throw and it land about 30 feet short and 80 feet to the left of the basket. Jason throws and it flips over a little bit but never hits its pattern and it falls left about 150 short. The I throw my trusty Glow Orc and flip it up into its glide pattern and it glides out to a stable finish about 40 short and 10 feet left of the basket. I ended up getting up and down on this fast green for par and Jason ends up going OB on his approach and get the 4. I get another stoke back on 15, we then push on 16 and on 17 Jason throws OB and I land inside the putting circle. Jaon goes OB on the upshot as well and I cut his lead to 3. Unfortunately for me I go OB off the tee on 18 and he laced his drive for the easy par. Jason took me down with a five stroke win. For the round we played Jeff Hagerty shot a -1 for 14 holes, Jason shoots +7 and I shot a +12, Ouch!!!!!

After the round we headed to the hotel to check in and drop off our stuff. Unfortunately when we got there the roll away bed we requested was not available so after we chilled out a bit we head to the store to buy an air mattress and a sleeping bag. We ended up at a Walmart and I found a 10 dollar air mattress and a 9 dollar sleeping bag, problem solved. We then headed to a local favorite BBQ joint to check out some KC BBQ goodness. The food was good and the company even better. We had a great server who took care of us and hooked us up with some free drinks.

We then headed back to the hotel to get some sleep and get ready for the Blue Valley
11,000 foot monster.

Well that's it for tonight!!