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Announcements for the PDGA Amateur and Junior Worlds

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 - 22:03

Updated Friday at 6 PM CST

In accordance with the PDGA Mid-Event Suspension & Cancellation Guidelines Policy, this is a message alerting you that the Air Quality Index in the Peoria, Area has risen about the 100 level, which indicates that the AQI is “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups.”

PDGA and tournament staff will continue to monitor the AQI. Stay tuned to your email, the official tournament app and PDGA.com for the latest updates.

Updated Thursday at 8:14 PM CST

Updated schedule released for Thursday through Sunday

Updated Thursday at 3:05 PM CST

All play at Northwood is scheduled to resume at 3:45 PM.

Play will resume at Washington at 4PM.

Wildlife and Eureka will begin no earlier than 4 PM.

Updated Thursday at 2:45 PM CST

MJ15's round at McNaughton will begin at 3:30 PM.

MJ12's round at Bradley will begin at 3:45PM.

All other divisions will continue their round no earlier than 3:30 PM. Other divisions and pools can expect an update soon. Our plan is to get other courses restarted as soon as it is safe to do so.

Updated Thursday at 2:05 PM CST

Lightning delay: all divisions will start / resume play at 3:00 PM at the earliest.

Updated Thursday at 1:56 PM CST

All Junior rounds for Thursday afternoon are officially delayed until 2:30 PM at the earliest. Stay tuned to the event app and your email for more information.

Updated Thursday at 12:20 PM CST

All Junior rounds for Thursday afternoon are officially delayed until 2 PM at the earliest. Stay tuned to the event app and your email for more information.

Updated Thursday at 7:15 AM CST

Good Morning,

After evaluating current trends and data, play will resume this morning as previously announced at the 2023 PDGA Junior and Amateur World Championships. Event and PDGA staff have worked tirelessly over the last 36 hours on this issue to allow competitors the ability to play as much disc golf as possible at this event.

The PDGA Mid-Event Suspension & Cancellation Guidelines Policy references that Tournament Directors “can use a resource like AirNow.gov to stay informed about air quality.” This is the resource that event and PDGA staff initially used to suspend play.

Once play had ended for the day, staff began to more closely review this data to ensure that we had the most up to date information. Upon further review, event and PDGA staff learned that the primary sensor that was being used was in Normal, Illinois, some 35 to 55 miles away from our courses. While we continued to use this resource to make our decisions, on the evening of June 27, we began to track data from other resources such as Accuweather.

During the day on Wednesday, June 28, AQI index resources that event and PDGA staff reviewed continued to show elevated levels in the AQI index. As the afternoon progressed into the evening, resources such as Accuweather began to show a sharp decline in the AQI index for the various communities where our courses are located to levels in the 150 to 170 range. The data from resources such as AirNow.gov showed numbers that were slightly elevated from those figures.

Event and PDGA staff continued to monitor data overnight, and beginning around 1 a.m., the AQI numbers began to fall considerably in our region and across the entire state of Illinois. By 3 a.m. the numbers across multiple resources, including AirNow.gov and Accuweather, showed an AQI level that was acceptable for competition to continue. The PDGA’s referenced policy on Mid-Event Suspension & Cancellation Guidelines does require Tournament Directors to notify competitors when the AQI level exceeds 100. The level does currently exceed 100, though with the recent 6 a.m. update, the numbers have fallen again and based on the forecast from AirNow.gov, language from the IL EPA and the most recent update from the National Weather Service that “conditions will continue to improve on Thursday”, we do not expect additional AQI suspensions for the duration of this event.

Let's play some disc golf!

Updated Wednesday at 3:15 PM CST

All competition has been suspended on Wednesday. See the official announcement and revised schedule for the week here.

Updated Wednesday at 12:45 PM CST

After reviewing the most recent data, we have made the determination that play will not resume at all courses and pools before 4PM. We will have an additional update at 2:30PM. The event pro shop will continue to be open at Five Points (indoors) and this evening’s optional ancillary activities at Five Points, including our Food Vendors, Flymart, Ice Cream Night, Band Performance and Swinging Basket competition will continue as scheduled. Based on air quality recommendations and guidelines, the festivities at Five Points are not considered strenuous outdoor activities and we are comfortable moving forward with these events.

Updated Wednesday at 10:45 AM CST

After reviewing the most recent available data, we have made the determination that play will not resume at all courses and pools before 2 p.m. We will have an additional update after 12:30 p.m. Trends are beginning to turn positive, so we are hopeful that we can continue play later today.

The event pro shop will reopen at Five Points at noon and this evening’s optional ancillary activities at Five Points, including the Flymart, Ice Cream Night, Band Performance and Swinging Basket competition will continue as scheduled. Based on air quality recommendations and guidelines, the festivities at Five Points are not considered strenuous outdoor activities and we are comfortable moving forward with these events.

Updated Wednesday at 7:50 AM 

After reviewing the most recent available data, we have made the determination that play will not resume before Noon at any course. We will have an additional update after 10:30AM. We are hopeful that we can restart play later today.

Updated Wednesday at 7:25 AM 

Play for Wednesday June 28th has been suspended for all pools and courses due to air quality conditions. PDGA and event staff are currently evaluating conditions on the ground, assessing contingency plans, and reviewing air quality data to determine when we can resume play. We are advising players not to go to their courses. We will be giving players a minimum of one hour's notice for a restart time. 

Updated Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.

Due to poor air quality in the Peoria, Illinois area on Tuesday, the following changes were necessary to continue play at the 2023 PDGA Amateur and Junior Disc Golf World Championships.

The goals for the following adjustments to the FA1 and MA1 fields are to have every player complete 36 common holes in a manner that creates the fairest opportunity for each player, while also returning the field to the normal schedule on Thursday.

A Pool

After delays, this pool has completed their first round at Wildlife and will play at Northwood Black on Wednesday. Players will play with their first-round groups and at their first-round tee times at Northwood Black.

B Pool

Players who were on the course, but did not finish, must return to their last lie and will restart play at the designated time. There will be a two-minute warning before restarting play. Upon completion of the round, these groups will then play Wildlife, with the same groups and at the same tee time they started play on Tuesday.

The four groups that did not start their rounds will tee off according to this schedule:

  • The Tuesday 2:39 PM group will now tee off on hole 1 at Northwood Black at 7:20 AM on Wednesday.
  • The Tuesday 2:50 PM group will now tee off on hole 1 at Northwood Black at 7:30 AM on Wednesday.
  • The Tuesday 3:01 PM group will now tee off on hole 1 at Northwood Black at 7:40 AM on Wednesday.
  • The Tuesday 3:11 PM group will now tee off on hole 1 at Northwood Black at 7:50 AM on Wednesday.

Upon completion of the first round, these groups will then play Wildlife, with the same group and at the same tee time they were originally scheduled to play on Tuesday.

The groups that completed their first round at Northwood Black on Tuesday will play in the same group and at the same tee time they played on Tuesday, but at Wildlife.

C Pool

Players who were on the Northwood Blue course, but did not finish, must return to their last lie and will start play at 7:20 AM. There will be a two-minute warning at 7:18 AM. Upon completion of the first round, these groups will then play their second round at Northwood Blue, with the same groups and at the same tee time they started play on Tuesday.

The groups that completed their round at Northwood Blue will play in the same group and at the same tee time they played on Tuesday.

J Pool

Players will return to their lies on the Goodfield course to resume play at 9:00 AM. There will be a two-minute warning at 8:58 AM. The second round for the J pool originally scheduled at Washington at 9 AM will be moved to 2 PM in the afternoon, where the players will join the 20 competitors in the K pool who were scheduled to play the 18-hole course at that point. The J & K pools total 60 players making this an easy change.

D, E, F, G, H, and I Pools will continue their original scheduled play on Wednesday.

Direct any schedule questions to events@pdga.com

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