23/ / Players Handbook MAIN SPONSOR

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1 23/ / Players Handbook MAIN SPONSOR

2 General information Rules We play by the PDGA rules. There will be NO 2-meter out-of-bounds rule in effect for this tournament. Rounds 2 minutes ahead of the start of rounds 1 and 2 there will be repeated horn signals. No practice throws are allowed after these signals. The actual round start is announced by a long horn signal. It is not allowed to start until the signal has sounded. We ask that you respect the 30 second rule ( in the PDGA rules) and the 3 minute rule ( A in the PDGA rules), so that we will be able to stay on schedule. If the tournament has to be temporarily delayed, for example in case of a thunderstorm, this will be signaled with repeated long signals. Scorecards The first player in each group is responsible for the group's scorecards. This includes making sure that the scorecards are taken with the group on the round and that the scorecards are returned to the TOURNAMENT TENT after the round, so that the staff can start processing the results. Note: It is important that you return the scorecards as soon as possible after it is signed by all players. The scorecards should be picked up at the times mentioned in the schedule from the leaderboard at the tournament center. There will be NO announcements of scorecards at the players meetings or other times before the rounds. Please review all scoring procedures in the rules ( ) to prevent incorrect scorecards and the resulting penalty throws. Processing of scores during rounds In order to be able to do "live scoring", scores need to be processed by the scoring staff after every 3 holes. This means: when you have played holes 7, 13 and 16 you need to pass the scorecards to the scoring staff in the scoring tent (on the top of the hill), who will process your scores and return the scorecards to you when you have played hole 10 there will be a staff member processing your scorecards right by the path between hole 10 and 11, when you have crossed hole 9's fairway when you have played holes 1 and 4 you need to pass the scorecards to the scoring staff in the main tournament tent, who will process your scores and return the scorecards to you Please review all scoring procedures in the rules ( ) to prevent incorrect scorecards and the resulting penalty throws. Tees All tee signs are rectangular and marked with: Copenhagen Open logo, hole number, distance, par. Please note that some of the holes for the tournament are different from the permanent course to satisfy the demands of pro touring players. It is ALWAYS the big Copenhagen Open tee sign that is in effect - not the smaller circular signs on the wooden tee poles. Like the last couple of years we have a tee pad as the tee, and therefore the players need to release the disc inside the tee pad according to > Teeing Area in the PDGA rules. There will be artificial grass mats on all 18 holes (measuring 2x4 meters). Spotters On certain holes there will be spotters to prevent lost discs and to check on blind holes and for OB's (and mandatories). Please note: The spotters have no "official-status" regarding OB-decisions and rules. This means that the groups have to make their own calls on OB's (remember to play provisional throws and note two scores for the player if the group is in doubt). The spotters will try to mark, where the discs cross OB though - to their best knowledge. No discussion with the spotters regarding any calls are allowed! Doubles There will be a common "Pick-up Doubles" tournament on Friday 22/ from 13:30. Register and pay at the tournament tent, get a scorecard, find another pair to play with and play 18 holes "Best shot" - beginning from hole 1. The fee for Doubles is 100 DKK per pair, all of which will go to the doubles prize money. There will be an Open division and a Mix division. Please hand in the scorecards right after your round AT THE TOURNAMENT TENT. Last tee-off is on 15:30, since there is also a qualification tournament going on - they reach hole 1at 15:40!

3 Tournament tent The tournament center is located at the TENT ON THE COURSE. Everything from players meeting, handing out scorecards, and a kiosk/disc sale shop to lunches and the prize ceremony will take place here. The tournament tent will have an information board with all changes/updates regarding the tournament. THE INFORMATION ON THIS BOARD IS ALWAYS CORRECT AND SHOULD BE FOLLOWED - PLEASE CHECK THIS BOARD REGULARLY! On-site tournament registration No on-site registration is needed prior to the tournament, but please pick up your players package when you arrive (not earlier than on Friday 22/ though). Also remember that the players meeting is mandatory please. Results The results and groupings will continuously be updated on the magnetic and on-line leaderboard and, if necessary, printed out. This website will inform about links to PDGA results and ratings in the evening following each day's play. Warm up/practice The full course will be up on Friday 22/ at 12:00 (probably before). Note though, that there will be Doubles on Friday 22/ between 13:30 and 19:30, so please respect this and give these players room to play. There will be plenty of room close to the tournament tent to practice. Drinking water and toilets There will be drinking water containers at the tournament tent and in the scoring tent on the top of the hill. There are two toilets close to the tournament tent (here drinking water can also be tapped from the sinks). Merchandise Disc Connection will be selling discs and other merchandise during the tournament at the tournament tent. We urge all players to support this dedicated Danish disc selling company, which has done a lot to support the sport in a small market. We also urge you all to buy tournament related merchandise in the tournament tent kiosk to support the tournament and prevent a deficit for the host club, putting up the tournament. Sudden deaths Sudden deaths are played to resolve ties for trophy candidates in all divisions and possible split first places. Sudden deaths are played on holes until a winner is found. For trophies, there is CTP on hole 10 though, if a winner is not found after the first three holes. Hole-in-one and Closest-to-pin - HIO is awarded during all rounds. All HIO will receive sponsored merchandise prizes. - CTP is played during the 2 Saturday rounds on hole 12. There will be a separate CTP competition for the Open division and one separate for the Other divisions (all the "Other" divisions together). - The two winners will receive sponsored merchandise. If a hole-in-one is made on the CTP hole, it will count as a hole-in-one, and not as a CTP. You will therefore get the prize for the hole-in-one instead. Prizes for ALL hole-in-ones and closest-to-pin will be distributed at the prize ceremony after the tournament! Dress code At Copenhagen Open Classic presented by DGA we follow the dress code as stated in the PDGA Competition Manual item 3.4. Here are the most important points: All violations of the Dress Code Policy shall be considered a Courtesy Violation under Section of the PDGA Official Rules of Play. All competitors and staff are required to wear a shirt. All competitors, caddies, and staff are required to wear shoes or other foot coverings. Players will not be allowed to play in bare feet. Sandals or slides are allowed. All players must wear a shirt covering their upper chest area. A well-tailored shirt with a collar and sleeves covering the upper arm shall be considered acceptable. Tank tops are not allowed for any competitor, but women may wear sleeveless shirts with collars. Women may also wear well-tailored one-piece tennis dresses with minimum 1 inch wide shoulder straps. No tee shirts will be allowed, except for competitors in the Junior and Amateur divisions during preliminary rounds only. Juniors and Amateurs shall not wear tee shirts during the last round. Crew neck or v-neck shirts made of high-performance or high-tech materials, such as Dry-Fit, Cool-Max, and others will be allowed. No ripped shirts, shorts, or pants will be allowed on the course. This includes unhemmed, torn or cut "vents" at the shirt collar.

4 Staff Tournament Director, webmaster, course design: Sinus Frank, - phone: Assistant Tournament Director, economy, prizes, co-planner: Morten Ivø. Beverages, food/snacks/fruit, merchandise, co-planner: Søren Ivø. Scorecards, accomodation manager, printing, co-planner: Carsten Jørgensen. Course manager, co-planner: Jeppe Ask Sørensen. Printing: John Madsen. Assisting course designers: Karl Johan Nybo, Christian Rehder and Jeppe Ask Sørensen. Course map, tee signs: Christian Skriver. Important phone numbers Hotel Scandic: Taxi: or Emergency: 112 Schedule Wednesday, 20/ : Course open for practice (tee signs, fences and other small things are not up until Friday noon though) Friday, 22/ : Full course with all tee signs, OB etc. is open for practice (probably before) 12.30: Pick-up Doubles, 18 holes best-shot, starts - on hole 1 (registration in the tournament tent) 15.30: Pick-up Doubles, 18 holes best-shot, last group's latest tee off (because of sunset) Saturday, 23/ : Players meeting 08.00: Scorecard pick up and warm up 08.30: 1st round - 18 holes 12.30: Lunch 13.15: Award of prizes (Doubles) 13.30: Scorecard pick up and warm up 14.00: 2nd round - 18 holes Sunday, 24/ : 3rd round - 18 holes golf start (staggered start) for ALL players. Scorecard pick up at the tournament center 10 minutes before tee-off 11.00: Lunch starts 12.00: Last group tee-off, Open : Lunch ends 16.45: Prize ceremony Lunch Lunches will be served in the tournament center between rounds on Saturday and Sunday for players who have ordered and paid via their registration fee. Both days with fruit and a soft drink (included in the price).

5 Course The course is a varied and very challenging course featuring both long, open and narrow holes. The par for the course is 65 with a total length of 2600 meters. There is in total eight par 3 holes, nine par 4 holes and one par 5 hole, which gives an average hole length of 144 meters. Course rules for Copenhagen Open Classic presented by DGA: On ALL holes this year, we play by the normal OB rules (see D in the PDGA rules) - except for the island hole; hole 10. Here your tee shot needs to land inside the island. If not, the next shot - which will be the third shot (1 tee shot + 1 penalty shot) - should be taken from the drop zone. All OBs on hole 10, except the tee shot (the very first shot), are penalized by the normal OB rules. Please look in the Players Handbook, and on the tee signs, to be sure where OB is. Note: The paving stones between the grass and the road on the right side of holes 5 - left side of holes 6 / 7 - are NOT OB; only the road itself (and beyond) is OB! Note also that there are mandatories on holes 1, 5, 6 and 14. There will be clearly marked arrows ony the respective trees, clearly marked mandatory lines on the grass and marked drop zones for missed mandatories on hole 5 and 14. On hole 1 and 6 the dropzone for the mandatory is the tee (hence a missed mandatory is a re-tee).

6 Course - holes 1 to 2

7 Course - holes 3 to 4

8 Course - holes 5 to 6

9 Course - holes 7 to 8

10 Course - holes 9 to 10

11 Course - holes 11 to 12

12 Course - holes 13 to 14

13 Course - holes 15 to 16

14 Course - holes 17 to 18

15 Tournament area map and directions Plan your route to the tournament center or course by car or foot using the map below. To get to the course by public transportation, there are several bus choices: - Bus 3A is closest to the course and runs very often. The stop for 3A can be found at the entrance to the park. - The number 10 bus runs from the Copenhagen Central Station and the Copenhagen Town Square (Rådhuspladsen). The stop for number 10 can be found 300 meters further down the road from the 3A-stop: At the corner of "Stubmøllevej", "Hammelstrupvej" and "Mozartsvej" (by the icon for "Groceries"). - Bus 4A runs from the Valby train station to "Mozarts Plads" (another 500 meters further down the road from the number 10-stop), where you can transfer and take the 3A bus the rest of the way. From the preferred accomodation partner Hotel Scandic Hvidovre, you should first take the 1A bus to the crossing "Vigerslevvej / Vigerslev Allé" and then take the number 10 bus towards "Rådhuspladsen". Get off at the stop mentioned above. From the airport, you should first take the 250S bus to "Amagerbrogade" and then take the 4A to "Mozarts Plads", followed by the 3A. The trains are also a very good choice of transportation. You can plan travels by bus and train at Input the addresses seen below to find your route. In the "To"-field: - Hammelstrupvej 100, 2450 København SV for the course - Julius Andersensvej 25, 2450 København SV for the tournament center In the "From"-field: - Kettevej 4, 2650 Hvidovre for Hotel Scandic Hvidovre - Rådhuspladsen 1, 1550 København V for the city town hall square - Københavns lufthavn, Kastrup, Terminal 3 for the airport to get directions Taxis from Hotel Scandic Hvidovre to/from the course cost about DKK 150 and about DKK 200 from the airport to/from the course.

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