Not heading to Amateur Worlds this year? IOS #4 @ Rockford, IL is going to be monstrous and a must play Midwest event. Mark July 29th (Adv/Pro) or 30th (Int/Rec/Jr) on your calendar for this Am/Pro B-Tier event. Last year 167 players played this inaugural event ranking it tied for 13th of most attened PDGA events in 2005. IOS attendance has skyrocketed this year up 55%. If the trend continues over 250 players will be at Rockford. On average there have been 23 pros, 54 advanced, 44 intermediate, and 46 recreational players at each of the first three events. There have also been approximately 15 women at each event playing various divisions. Two pools of 72 players on both courses will limit play to 4-somes each day. 42 holes will be played and there will be a Final 4 Safari for the top 4 Open players. IOS #4 is an Am Nationals qualifying event (www.amnationals.com). The ace pool will be starting at over $500.00 on the 29th. Marshall Street (http://www.marshallstreetdiscgolf.com) has sponsored 18 items as CTP's for the weekend. Thank you Marshall Street! Combining the Marshall Street CTP's with our usual CTP's there will be approximately 50 CTP's split between the 2 days. We strongly encourage you to preregister for this event. Register here-> http://store.discontinuum.org/product_info.php?products_id=35 . The PDGA Tour page is updated daily with current registered players. Check www.brasscash.com (http://www.brasscash.com) for more details.

Illinois Open Series #4 @ Rockford, IL
PDGA Sanctioned B-Tier, $250 added to pro purse
July 29th--Adv/Pro
July 30th--Int/Rec/Jr
Anna Page Park--East & West Course
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This event is the premier event of the Illinois Open Series. We are expecting well
over 200 players for the weekend. Both courses will be played. 6 temporary holes
will be added for a total of 42 holes played. There will be a final 4 safari for the
top 4 Open players.

Marshall Street has supplied 21 CTP items. Thank you Marshall Street!!
http://www.marshallstreetdiscgolf.com/
Combined with the usual IOS 2nd round CTP's there will be easily 50 CTP's during the
weekend.

IOS #4 is an Amateur Nationals qualifying event for the advanced division. There are
already 40 advanced players registered. At least nine will qualify for Am Nationals
and spots will go deep because of previously qualified players. This is one of the
last chances to qualify for one of the best amateur events. Check
www.amnationals.com (http://www.amnationals.com) for more information.

The Ace Pool will be $750.00. Last year Shane "Sleepy" Rose hit an ace on hole #4 of
the East course for $750.00. There has already been a $750.00 ace this year at
Crystal Lake.

There are currently 88 players registered for this event. There are 5 states
represented so far. There are 9 women registered in various divisions. You can check
links below for daily updates of registered players.

Saturday 7-29 (Adv/Pro)
http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=5687

Sunday 7-30 (Int/Rec/Jr)
http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=5688

You can listen to some information about the IOS and Rockford on PDGA Radio. Week of
July 17th. http://www.pdga.com/pdgaradio/index.php

We are strongly encouraging pre-registration. Check website for details.
www.brasscash.com (http://www.brasscash.com)

We hope you join us for an exciting weekend of disc golf.

Pre-registration is now at 94. Two courses. Plenty of room. Lots of volunteers, too. I'll volunteer and not play, if necessary.

The ace pool will definately be capped at $750. Even if it gets hit, the Sunday ace pool will still be $400 or more, unless there are three aces.

We will probably be qualifying 14-20 players for am nationals. Because of spots bumping down, 25th place will likely qualify.