Players’ Meeting For The Elephant & Castle’s, 5th Annual Breaking Chains Open sponsored by: Dynamic Discs

YOU MAY STILL REGISTER HERE:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_5th_Annual_Breaking_Chains_2025/register


Welcome to the 5th Breaking Chains! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our title sponsor: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms. Doug Bowen, the owner of E&C, continues to support many of the events on the DGM tour. Head out to see him and check out his awesome shop!

A special thanks to: Travis Baker, Pastor Brad McAtee, and Shane Stanford for for welcoming us, tournament preparations, and the food for lunch!
On the menu from Travis:
Two choices that I know people will like:
Pulled pork casserole and chicken fajita casserole

We’d also like to thank Parker Asay for another sweet logo. Also, a big thanks to Dynamic Discs for being our disc manufacturer sponsor. They did another great job on the discs.

Last but certainly not least, a shout out to our Tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Grip EQ, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Everyone needs to check in at the pavilion. Check in begins at 8:00. Tee off is at 9:00. Don’t forget to pay your $5 cash and get into the Ace Pot before the first round starts. There is $1,300 on the Roll Over Ace Pot!!

Scores for the tournament should be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/88143 The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is PC18. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be provided in the church. Round 2 should start at 1, but will be determined by the last card in. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com. Per PDGA rule, if anyone should require a paper scorecard, they can be made available by DGM staff.

Please keep in mind that all players must keep score. This system is excellent allowing immediate correction for any different score.

Rules for the courses are listed below. MVP/Axiom CTP is hole 2. Dynamic Discs CTP is hole 7. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 9. Unbranded CTP is hole 16.

**Even if not specified, tall grass and beyond on all fairways is hazard. Play from where it lies with one stroke penalty. There is no relief from this, except to rethrow from the previous lie with a stroke penalty. In general, the forested area is NOT hazard or OB, unless specified. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. Remember that the benefit should go to the player. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

PC18
Hole Distance Comments
1 282 Hazard - Tall Grass left and right (and beyond) of fairway. Double mando is marked. If missed, proceed to DZ. OB - road and beyond. If beyond road, do not retrieve. It will be returned later.
2 213 Hazard - Tall grass left and right (and beyond) of fairway.
3 367 Hazard - Tall grass left and right (and beyond) of fairway.
4 318 OB - Road and beyond
5 190
6 308
7 243 Hazard - Tall grass right (and beyond) of fairway. OB - Blackberry thicket by 8 tee box.
8 548 Hazard - Tall grass left and right (and beyond) of fairway.
9 171
10 223
11 292 Hazard - Tall grass left (and beyond) of fairway.
12 371 Hazard - Tall grass left (and beyond) of fairway.
OB - Blackberry thicket by 13 tee box.
13 413 Hazard - Tall grass left and right (and beyond) of fairway. OB - Road and beyond, fence and beyond.
14 551 Hazard - Tall grass in middle and right (and beyond) of fairway. OB - fence and beyond.
2 meter relief from barbed wire.
15 151
16 148 Island hole. If island is missed, play from lie as hazard.
17 404 Hazard - Tall grass left and right (and beyond) of fairway.
18 433 Hazard - Tall grass left (and beyond), right(and beyond) , and middle of fairway.