Beaumont rescheduled - June 10 - Registration Now Open

[DavidWallace]

All long drivers:
The players have spoken and chosen June 10 as the date for the Battle at Beaumont. Thank you for voicing your opinion and selecting the date.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

CHANGES
Club specifications now allow 50 inch (LDA measurement) with conforming USGA heads for this event.

Where:
PGA of Southern California, 36211 Champions Drive, Beaumont, CA 92223

When:
Saturday, June 10, 2006. Competition begins at 10:00AM.

Who:
Competition is open to all golfers 18 years and older.
OPEN DIVISION
SENIOR DIVISION (45 years +)
AMATEUR DIVISION (may compete in OPEN or SENIOR division)

Entry fee: Includes trophies and range balls
OPEN DIVISION - $500.00
SENIOR DIVISION - $350.00
AMATEUR DIVISION - $200.00

Entry deadline:
All entries must be receive no later than May 31. Entries received after May 31 (space available) will be charged a $25 late fee.

Equipment:
All clubs and tees must conform to the USGA specifications and be listed on the conforming equipment list (updated every Monday). 50" length using LDA measurement will be used for this event.

Contact:
Kyle Wilson - (714) 856-6336
kylewilson@ldgatour.com
David Wallace - (714) 963-4406
davidwallace@ldgatour.com
Web:
www.LDGATour.com

[Kenny]

Isnt that the weekend of the Tenn shout out ?

[dogputts]

Isnt that the weekend of the Tenn shout out ?

Yes, it is .  However, it is not our intention to compete with the Tennessee shootout.  We put a vote out to let the players choose what date they wanted to compete and the majority chose june 10 so that is when we are going to hold it.  We are trying to get the players more involved with our tour and we feel this is one way we can do that.

Regards,
Kyle Wilson

[Rock]

Kyle not to stir anything up but how many people actually voted?  If you are looking to have more then 25 guys at the event you might want to look at another date.  The Tennesse shoot out is consider one of the top events of the year.  Most of your population of long drivers that are willing to travel for an event will be at Tennesse.  Either way it is up to you.

Rock

[CaseyD]

Let the people that want to go to Tennessee go and the people that want to stay will go to Beaumont.  LDGA cant keep changing the dates because someone else is using the same date.  in all fairness if the organizers are supposed to or are trying to stay of each other toes the LDGA did have this date out there over a month ago for the voting, granted it was part of a 3 date vote but why didnt the Tennessee guys go for the 24th?  its a big enough event that they would have still collected the big hitters.

[Kenny]

Isn't this the very reason why the other event was cancelled and guys lost the money for there plane trips?

Kenny

"Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me"   (Gomer Pyle)

[Rock]

Casey the Tennesee shootout has been June 9-10 for over a year Bart announced it a couple of weeks after last years event in June of 05.  The only thing that I'm saying is that if they want a full field the LDGA should consider another date.

Rock

[CaseyD]

Rock, thats my bad, i didnt how long the event had been posted on here.

This situation is kinda what i was getting at a while back when the LDGA first started, they asked if they should pay less positions more money or more positions less money.  if the organizations made entries a little less and then paid farther down the line more guys could afford to hit in more than one event a month.  everyone jumped on me that i would be diluting the sport, but thats not what i meant.

[Swingfast]

You guys should look into some more dates as well. I dont think there is anything set in stone for OCT 24-28th. That was a little sarcasm for you. Although you could probably fill that one up!

[Rock]

Casey having two tournaments a month is possible if they are at least two weeks apart.  The majority of guys work full time jobs to support this habit and makes it hard for time off.  However the sport is not big enough to have two tournaments the same date if you are wanting to have a full field of 30 plus hitters that are willing to travel and pay entry fees.   The first tournament was moved because of the Texas shoot-out The Tennessee shoot-out is an established tournament that has a full-field and guaranteed first prize of 10,000.  My question was how many people voted for June 10?  Reason for the question is if you had 30+ people vote for June 10 more power to you have a great event if you only had 10 to 15 vote you might want to look at another date.  Sorry for the rant just trying to point out the obvious.

Rock

[todorgan]

If you guys would like to start a tour, please do and choose dates that you like.  These guys took a diplomatic process to choose the date for their tournament.  I'm sure that there are plenty of guys on the west coast who have no intention of flying out to the Tennessee shootout.  Why is everyone so intent on trying to make one of the few good things for the sport of long drive fail.  If anyone can answer this honestly, please do.  Every new endeavour has its bumps on the road; pointing out every downfall is nothing but bad publicity.

[dogputts]

The Tennesse shootout is a 48 man field, which is not full yet by the way, and there are pleanty more long drive guys out there to fill up a field of 48. We are not trying to compete with them rather just trying to put on a good event.  There are always critics out there and thats fine.  We just lay it out on the table and say "  We're offering a lot of money to be won here, its up to you the players to do the rest and sign up"  We can guarantee monthly events with large purses, but again its up to the players to sign up.  Basically if the players want a full time tour to compete in then they need to step up and sign up.  Thats all we can do.  I really hope everyone realizes this and at least gives it a shot.  It will work if everyone wants it to.

Kyle Wilson

[Rock]

I love how that when you make a post on this site to have a coversation that if it does not go with the flow that you are pointed out as someone that is pointing out the downside.  My only reason for posting is to bring to light that you might possibly be running into the same issues you had with the last event.  I am not trying to discredit or get in the way if you can believe this I am actually trying to help.  Trust me there are very few events this year and I would not want to be a hindrance to any.  I have heard good things about the LDGA and even was planning on attending one this year.  Trust me there are not enough competitors to run to large events at the same time.   i.e.  the Diamond in the desert was the same weekend as metter.  Metter only had 25 guys there but Gary was fine with that because he wants it to be a small event.  If you are looking for a 30 or 40+ event good luck there are not enough crazy people out there that will fly across the country and spend a grand to possilby only hit 12 balls then go home emptied handed.  This is my last comment on this matter take what you want but please do not intrepert this has a hindrance.

[stroz]

Kyle- I competed in the first event of yours. You did a great job-except for a some very minor Hic-ups which is to be expected. However I sent my survey back and tried to point out to the LDGA that the 10th was the same weekend as barts event. I also believe that bart will allow more then 48 hitters if they sign up-I may be wrong but I believe that last years field was larger then that.

I was hoping to compete in another event but due to my shoulder surgery I will not. I agree with Rock on the Full time guy and the number of weekends in which we can compete along with still trying to qualify for worlds.

Don't take this a as a negative comment use this to make things better. I came to the first event to help you guys-from the midwest in march. I wish that there had been more west coast guys there. You have great idea and I appreciate all of the LDGA's efforts. But to compete against a 6th annual event you may want reconsider so that your numbers maybe large for the event and the purse.

I'm off my soap box. Sorry for the long post.

Once again thank you for the events the LDGA has put on so far. Even if I could have it I would have been at Barts event. Which would cost me the same to travel to either place-so that is not he issue at hand.