Cooks Pond Disc Golf Tournament (Worcester Ma.) Feb. 19th

[Matt Buono]

matt buono pro plZZ & thZZ

[Steve Economos]

ready to Rock and Roll!!!

see everyone bright and eary

[Josh Connor]

Anyone have an extra pair of yaktrax by any chance? Tried EMS tonight, but they didnt have any in stock...sucks

[Dave Jackson]

my 235 lb body was post-holing thru some deep snow in a couple spots today.
Soooooooo, bring an extra pair of sox if you can. Maybe some Gators. Maybe yaktrax, which are ok, but Strands Ski Shop has some sweet studs for your shoes/boots you can pull right over your shoes. Maybe extra shoes or boots.

Course was fun as hell, at least the holes I played today.

People bring baskets, it's wayyyyyy cooler to have extras than one short. Did I mention that the course was fun as hell and Stephen, Nicholas and George, as well as the other Economos family have done lots of work to make this a great bash.

You know I'll be there bright and early at the trough filling my belly and doing yoga. I've been practicing this new pose, the hurling broken disc golfer. I've almost perfected it.

Jason is signed up to play. Did I mention maybe to bring extra sox?? and to CARPOOL.

Yep, CARPOOOLIO.
Jerel wins it, by 2.

[Dave Jackson]

cuz I let him

I know, YEAH RIGHT!!!!

[Paul Sullivan]

I've seen people drop out of tournies last minute because it was to cold, to hot, to wet and to much snow. Wonder who on the list is going to stay home today because it's to WINDY See you there.

[Gary Cyr]

Welcome Cyr to the P.U.P. list. Physicaly Unable to Perform. This blows!!!

[Jim Wills]

I hear there was a little NASA love going down on Cooks pond today, surprised the
ice didnt melt from all the heat. Nice throwing today Mike

[Dave Boliver]

Mike nice 47 in the first round, and hanging in there for the win........no flash in the pan today.

[Mike Cormier]

Great job today guys. A lot of fun. Steve winning the Ace Pot CTP was a perfect ending to a great day and he deserved it after all of the work he did.

[Tim Carter]

Thanks Steve George Nick and everyone else who contributed. What a great job putting together the course.

Brain storm from someone in my group in the first round: Tourney in the summer where you throw your drives to and from the islands and then swim down the fairway and putt on the land? (and carry your discs in your teeth of course.)

[Steve Economos]

Thanks everybody for coming, that was so awesome, way more than I ever expected. Just want to say thanks to Rick Mahoney for helping cook breakfast. Also thanks to Shari O'Connor and Rachel Economos for cooking food up for lunch. Thanks to everyone who help tally scores. Nice shooting everybody.

PRO:

Mike Andrews 47 51 / 98 $210 sweet trophy
Billy Dunne 50 49 / 99 $140
Aaron Ala 50 56 / 106 $100
Jason Southwick 53 54 / 107 $80
Jerel Davis 54 56 / 110 $70

Matt Buono 60 51 / 111
Shaun LaForce 60 51 / 111
Joe Yaskis 55 56 / 111
Jason Powers 59 53 / 112
Matt Sroka 60 52 / 112
Don Boutin 58 54 / 112
Cuzz 54 59 / 113
D. Libby 57 56 / 113
Paul Sullivan 58 55 / 113
Mark Valis 59 54 / 113
Steve Economos 56 60 / 116
Keith Burtt 57 59 / 116
Bob Direnzo 60 56 /116
Matt Heenen 66 50 / 116
David Hoey 61 56 / 117
Dave Boliver 61 56 / 117
Mike Cormier 66 52 / 118
John Williston 58 62 / 120
Eric Kaplan 61 60 / 121
Jon Gordon 61 60 / 121
Bill Person 64 59 / 123
Mark Lyons 58 66 / 124
Dave Hickson 68 63 / 131
Dave Jackson 68 -- / DNF

AM:

Jared Secor 57 57 / 114 $90 ?? (I forgot, sorry...)
Chad Hall 57 60 / 117 $40 ??
Josh Connor 62 56 / 118 $30 ??

George Economos 62 58 / 120
Nick Economos 63 59 / 122
Ceasar 59 66 / 125
Keith Clark 66 61 / 127
Chris Kort 70 57 /127
Jeff P. 64 64 / 128
Taylor M. 65 63 / 128
Tim Carter 67 64 / 131
Jason Quinn 69 63 / 132
Mike Brennan 71 62 / 133
Dave Stidham 69 65 / 134
Eric O'Connel 70 65 / 135
Chris O'Connor 74 63 / 137

(probably should have payed out more for am sorry, it was confusion at the end a little)

NOVICE:

Evan Arteaga 64 56 / 120 $50 ?? (something like that, kinda forgot also...)
Luke Brennan 64 60 / 124 $35 ??
Jack Gallagher 65 65 / 130 $15 ??
John O'Donnell 68 63 / 131 $10 ??

Kai Griffiths 67 65 / 132
Rick Brierly 68 64 / 132
Scott LaMarche 64 68 / 132
Joe Piskala 67 68 / 135
Jeff Consolmagno 70 65 / 135
Adrian Demers 72 64 / 136
Kes Roberts 73 -- / DNF

WOMEN:

Wendy Boutin 64 62 / 126 $40
Erin Tivnan 65 70 / 135 $10

Katie Thompson 75 64 / 139
Michelle Smith 76 70 / 146
Jenilee Desrosiers 83 72 / 155



Thanks everybody for coming,
See ya,
Stephen

[Mike Dussault]

Only paid out 15% or so in pro is low also. Wish I could have been there, but to encourage ams stepping up to play pro, I hope more TDs pay a bit deeper. At least 30% seems right.

Nice win Stands with...

[George Economos]

Its kinda weird you say that about tds paying more in pro to step up the ams, cause ive seen a lot of the field in pro yesterday play in the am div. recently. if ten players had been pd yesterday, tenth place would have won, what, ten bucks. is that what inspires players to improve their game? i personally do not play golf to win money at this point. I do however play am1 every tourney, with hopes of placing first. I have been playing for six months, and my love of the game is greatly strengthened by improvement. I have cashed in seven tourneys. Five of them i have donated back the money and the other two i gave to my sons who also play and love the game. I love and appreciate when a td pairs am with pro, so i can learn and challenge myself against pro ability. That may be a little selfish, because in reverse, a pro playing with an am could step down their game. However, I will definitely play in the pro div. as soon as i think i can play well enough to not discourage my love of this game by seeing my name at the bottom of the pro list. Maybe next time you'll play pro and take it down..
Respectfully,
George Economos

[Gary Cyr]

It took all of 2 throws to realize that I couldn’t play. After I withdrew I went to the car to leave, sitting there for 10 min. But the addict in me needed to get his fix. I just needed to see some discs fly. Hopefully the annoying spectator that I am, didn’t take anybody to far off their game!

Such an interesting course designed on the pond. It reminded me of the famous Canoe hole back in the days of the Frozen Fruits.
It was great to watch Mike shot what was really a mistake free first round. Even better was watching him hang tough after NEFA’s #1 Amature put the charge on and erased the 3 shot lead and even pulled ahead with a hot run of 2’s to start the second round.

Seeing many people I’ve not seen in weeks was also a huge plus as I was standing around freezing.

But best of all, I think it’s great to see some new people take on the challenge of running a tournament (which is never easy).

So sorry I missed it,…but really,…I didn’t.

I miss throwing and hope to do so again soon.

Great win Mike!

Nice job George E. and all your crew that put this on. I hope you do it again next year. I was really looking forward to playing on a frozen pond.

[Keith_Clark]

Thank you Steve and all involved to make it happen it was a blast, definately a unique experience. I want to add I like being pair up with the pro's, like George said it's a great way to learn.

Thanks again,
Keith

[Steve Economos]

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[Shaun LaForce]

Huge thanks to the Economos family and everyone else who lent a hand on the course.

Pretty crazy experience in some tough conditions. Definitely a great time.

Well done on your project Stephen.

[Evan Arteaga]

Hey Fellas,

AMAZING tournament yesterday. That was like nothing I have ever played before and ive played a lot in the winter. I saw some discs do some [bleep] that has to be seen to be beleived. I am in next year.

- Evan

[Matt Buono]

Hey thx for letting us all crash your great chill spot... had a great time hanging with everybody..dam that one stoke... o yea thx to yak 4 putting us up

[Mike_Andrews]

I'd like to thank the entire Economos Family for their unbelievable hospitality yesterday. I thought the course was a lot of fun and the food spread was outstanding. I can truly appreciate the amount of work it must have taken to pull it all together.

Special thanks to Gary Cyr for spotting all day and generally helping me stay on track. Although, it was funny to watch him walk up ahead as he got deep into his second 2 liter of Grenades:)

I felt pretty lucky to get to play with Billy, Jason, and Aaron in the final round. Thank you boys!

Billy, thanks for letting this old man have his one shining moment....

Stands With

[Jason Southwick]

Outstanding effort Economos Family. Steve, great job and way to step up and make it happen, with some stellar support from Mom and Dad and brother Nick and the tall guy with the mustache who helped with the cooking. Isn't it mind-boggling how much there is to do when you run a tournament?

And when you add an excellent breakfast spread that lasted through lunch! Everyone who came could see that your main goal was to show everyone a great time. Fascinating, challenging course with disaster lurking everywhere. We'll be talking about it for years.

Mike Andrews, way to "ice" the victory, ha ha.

It was a special day, with special hosts. Thank you thank you thank you.

[Billy Dunne]

What an amazing day!

Great course, fair for all playing styles, and clean tee pads! Great job Steve and the Economos family.

Congrats on the big win Mike. Enjoy that sick trophy.

[Jeni Desrosiers]

What a fun day (even if I played horrible)! I did however throw my furthest drive ever (~700 ft)thanks to the wind/ice combo.. too bad it was in the wrong direction.

Thanks Economos family!! Great job!

Thanks Michelle for the new shoes after falling through the ice and Congrats to all the winners!

[Dave Boliver]

Anyone find a blue glove?

[Dave Jackson]

To the entire Economos family, what a fantastic tournament you ran this past weekend. Every person was smiling and having a good time.
To Rachel and George, great job with the kids. They seem to have turned out to be awesome kids. Responsible, intelligent and super nice. However you've done it, for all these years, you've done a terrific job. It showed in how this disc golf tournament was run. Fun, fun, and great food.
It was sooo cool seeing several players I've missed over the past few years. Then getting to play with Matt B and Jerel and George was awesome. Man did the wind, I mean, man did I blow. Fun nonetheless.
Great win Mr.Andrews

....and in some pretty adverse conditions I'll have to say.....

A dude in our group had his disc roll like 600' away. Cuckoo-kachu. I got a grey hair just watching it

[Matt Buono]

it was fun listing to worm go down memory lane with george and ask if so and so still lives in this house or this person in that house....etc.....

showed me what a nice community you guys have there.. thanks for sharing the great hang spot u guys got... c u next year?????

[Bill Person]

awesome time Economos family, shot horrible had a blast. did you by any chance get my eagle off the roof? its got Hicksons name on it.