Hanna Hills Recap - Apr 18th, 2024

Hanna Hills Open Recap:

We recently had the 6th Annual Hannah Hills open! This course was recently named one of the best courses in the entire World (84th). We were treated to beautiful scenery, the sound of wild peacocks, and super challenging fairways!

First and foremost, a big thank you to the sponsors of this tournament:
Title Sponsor Patriot's Gold & Silver, our Disc Manufacturer Sponsor Innova Champion Discs, and Grow & Throw!

Also a big shout out of thanks to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage, and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you to the Bentle family for hosting the tournament, providing lunch to all the players, and sharing such a beautiful course for us to play on!

Also, a big thank you to Kenny Hunt and Hunt Works for your enormous help during the tournament and the beautiful wooden mini trophies!

Thank you to Team Monkey: Kyle McClure, Jonathon Chambless, and Justin Hare for all your help. Also, a big shout out to Michael Bentle, for helping out the team! you guys rocked it!

There were 90 players that came out to compete in this tournament and 10 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Dallas Whittle -14
FPO- Brandy Monnahan +10
MP40-Corey Riley -5
MP50- Russ Burns -13
MA1- Andrew Ellinghouse -13
MA40- Michael Bentele +9
MA50- Terry Wood +3
MA60- Stan Balke +7
MA3- Louis Belamour +3
FA3- Erika Wood +48

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78325

We got to see truly talented competitors that are worth mentioning!

In the MPO Division, Zackriath Johnson shot a 1021 in Round 1!

Also in MPO Dallas Whittle shot the only bogie free round of the day, and ended up winning the MPO Dvision!

In FPO, Mary Abbot threw 230 foot upshot that skipped right into the basket in Round 1 on Hole 9! Great shot!

In the MP40 division, Corey Riley and Matt Christensen ended the day with a playoff hole for the win after battling it out. Corey Riley ended up victorious!

In the MP50 Division, Russ Burns took the win with a 999 2nd round to finish 13 down combined. Russ shot just 1 stroke more than the winner of MPO.

In the MA1 division, Andrew Ellinghouse shot two rounds in the 50’s for a -13 as well, taking down his field!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Full Turn CTP Hole 2 - With no participants, everyone missed an opportunity to throw some great discs from Full Turn!
Innova CTP (Any disc) Hole 3- Gary Saurez for his Ace! Can't get closer than that!
MVP only CTP Hole 8- Alec Reven
Prodigy Only Disc CTP- Hole 17- Chris Hutchinson

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner Alex Herrera who chose the Hydro dipped Zuca cart to take home as the grand prize!

Congratulations to the only Ace hit of the day Gary Saurez and his $280 Ace Pot win!

I hope to see you all at the next stop on the Reflection Tour at Elephant & Castle’s 12th Annual North Ark Open on the beautiful Pioneer Disc Golf Course in Harrison, Arkansas.
You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Elephant_and_Castle_presents_The_12th_Annual_North_Ark_Open_2024/registration/edit


LOST AND FOUND ITEMS: There was a trifold chair left

  • Innova Disc Golf
  • Elephant & Castle Fine Arms
  • Dynamic Discs
  • Patriots Gold and Silver LLC
  • Fossa
  • Creator Designs
  • Millennium golf discs
  • Discmania
  • Discs Unlimited
  • Intuitive Body Works & Massage
  • Greazy Dyes
  • Todd Exteriors, LLC
  • Kinney Billiards and Games
  • EDGE