Monday, June 16, 2025

A tiering by the numbers

Minutes leaving work too late to join two I knew for a flex start event: 30

Years since I last practiced at Ingersol: 2

Total tee shots thrown on #6 wondering why the over the tree play no longer works: 8

Hours it took to realize the over the tree shot on #6 no longer works because the tree has grown in the past two years: 62

Holes I had birdied through 2023 being able to reach: 7

Holes I discovered I can now get within 45 feet because I throw farther: 7

Discs from players pack: 2

Holes practiced at Anna Page: 8

People in D pool that started at Ingersol: 37

Holes missed in round 1 by FPO player who got lost on way from Indiana to Rockford: 10

Round one putts taken from 11 to 33 feet: 10

Round one putts made from 11 to 33 feet: 3

Score to par: -2

Lead: 6

Minutes to play round: 93

Minutes between rounds one and two: 177

Estimated number of people at Rockford demonstration showing disapproval of the person attempting to turn the US into a Christian dictatorship: 2,000

Round two holes on east course where I threw a drive then a 50-100 foot shot to less than 10 feet: 13

Birdies/ birdie putts from 11-33 feet: 2/4

Score to par with bogey on the one bad hole the event plays on: -1

Lead after day 1: 2

Value meal main choices at Beef-a-roo: 40

Minutes in the day round three started earlier than round one round: 90

Drives to less than 10 feet from basket: 3

Drives within 11-33 feet/birdies from them: 5/1

Score to par including 38 foot birdie made: -5

Lead going into final round: 8

Minutes between rounds 3 and 4: 175

Round 4 holes I consider a par four: 4

Round 4 Holes listed as a par 4 for the event: 1

Holes on west course where plan to drive to 50-100 feet followed by an approach turned into par: 8

Putts for 2 attempted/made: 4/2

Distance of #6 where I threw a roller to 12 feet: 255

"Birdies" on a hole I call a par 4 that the TD called a par 3: 1

My total to par/ PDGA app to par: -2/+1

Winning margin: 11

Total winning margin of last two events: 29

Fewer total shots taken than expected: 4

Total C1X putting for event: 11/27 40.7%

Number of IOS events played before winning first one: 36

Number of IOS events won in a row: 2

Opposed events won in 2025/more than one round: 4/3

PDGA rating from most recent update: 897

Total below 900 among 5 rounds whose ratings will be dropped for being over a year before event: 92

Total above 900 shot for the weekend: 28

Estimated rating as of the event: 900

Rating of round played on 7/4/24 that will be dropped after I play worlds: 939

Holes birdied over weekend that I had not birdied before: 4

Total unique holes birdied: 983