TST Hacker Championship

[onthehunt526]

I have had this idea floating around for a bit.

I know Erik and Mike love their Newport Cup...

I thought we could attempt to organize a Hacker Open... The format would be Modified Stableford (not the International's old scoring)... Scoring would be as follows.

Doubles and blow-ups: 0 pts

Bogeys: 1 pt

Pars: 2 pts.

Birdies: 4 pts

Eagles: 7 pts.

Double Eagles: 10 pts

Condor: 15 pts. (Though that would be a Net 1 on a par-5)

It would be handicapped for anyone with a verifiable GHIN handicap a letter from a course official if you don't have one is fine as long as we don't turn this into the Sandbagger Championship.

Would anyone be interested?

We'd then prove, highest score wins 

Edited November 4, 2015 by onthehunt526
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[WUTiger]

We could always dovetail this with the John Deere Classic held each July* in the Quad Cities area.

In conjunction with the JDC, the Quad Cities advertise they have 35 golf courses in the area.

The Quad Cities would be a fairly central location for TST (USA members), and decent motel rooms can be had for less than $100 a night.

@onthehunt526 , could we get Tour Edge to be a co-sponsor with TST?

*Note: The 2016 JDC will be played Aug. 8-14 to coordinate better with the year's Olympic games.

[onthehunt526]

8 minutes ago, WUTiger said:

We could always dovetail this with the John Deere Classic held each July* in the Quad Cities area.

In conjunction with the JDC, the Quad Cities advertise they have 35 golf courses in the area.

The Quad Cities would be a fairly central location for TST (USA members), and decent motel rooms can be had for less than $100 a night.

@onthehunt526 , could we get Tour Edge to be a co-sponsor with TST?

*Note: The 2016 JDC will be played Aug. 8-14 to coordinate better with the year's Olympic games.

That's a GREAT Idea!!!! Especially if we can get Tour Edge involved... If Erik and Mike would go with it... I think David Glod would jump at the idea... especially considering they'll be right there, For the John Deere Classic anyway, they could swing on by or give us all a Tour of the facility.

[mcanadiens]

We did something like this with a regional outing that Eric put together for us in Norwalk, OH earlier this year. It came off really well from my perspective. 

[onthehunt526]

It would be a fun experience if we could get enough guys together, maybe the CONUS level is striving a little far... But hell, we can dream right?

[onthehunt526]

Well this is probably a stupid thought (but no one has thought of it)... 

Erik and Mike have the Newport Cup for the guys who are basically 70's shooters. (It's a great concept, and love the idea, so I'm borrowing it)...

Maybe us 80's and 90's shooters (and players with scores all over the lot) should have a Hacker's Cup (It sounds rubbish, if you have a better name for it let me know)...

Same concept as the Newport Cup, except with 80s and 90s shooters, (hell if your a high 90s shooter, I'll take you) 

(as long as the East can wear red like the NHL I'll be happy)...

If interested let me know... Any suggestions would be great too, 8-man teams would be fun...

Thanks,

Shane

[mcanadiens]

A cup for those who suck. I guess that's a bit harsh.

If it's in my tri-state area (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana) I'd be interested. I can't afford much more travel than that.

[iacas]

Didn't we have this thread already?

Yeah, merged. @onthehunt526, if you want this thread to be renamed, please let me know.

[billchao]

6 hours ago, onthehunt526 said:

Same concept as the Newport Cup, except with 80s and 90s shooters, (hell if your a high 90s shooter, I'll take you)

If you just want to get an outing together, I don't see why you can't try to drum up some interest and go from there. A lot of regional TST outings happen throughout the year in different places. I suppose you could have a trophy for it and everything, too.

[CarlSpackler]

Sounds like fun. 

[onthehunt526]

Erik, 

How bout just The Sand Trap Hacker Outing... We'll iron out the format later...

[No Mulligans]

I'm in if it's in San Diego.  

Seriously though, it could be scheduled for the winter at a place where people would enjoy traveling too.  Perhaps a lot of folks in cold weather climates like to make golf travel plans in the winter.  (Not necessarily San Diego, though I vote for San Diego).

[treebound]

Subscribing just to follow along while I daydream of the 2016 season.

Edit: I just checked and it looks like the John Deere Classic is in Silvis, Illinois. A bit over 200 miles for me which makes the daydream a little more viable. Time to visit the range.

Edited February 20, 2016 by treebound
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