The Flight crew headed to Walla Walla Washington for the Aloha Sushi Classic PDGA B tier disc golf tournament April 30 & May 1st. Can you say road trip? Flight Crew team mates Cindy & Emma met up in Portland on Friday with Rebecca Duffy of Disc Golf Planet Fame. Yes we carpooled with the “Fräulein of the Fairway”. It was a fun trip with lots of great Oregon & Washington scenery from gigantic windmills to miles of Poplar forest (spooky). Also on Friday Flight Crew team mates Little Joey “Bag O Doughnuts” & Medium Dan also carpooled from Portland on Friday morning. All of us left early, so we could play the courses Friday. The girls started out on the back course, and we were fortunate to have a local guide to show us the way. (Thanks, Boller). Then we all played the random doubles on the blue course. We finished off the evening with a very nice dinner at Applebee’s thanks to our awesome server Christian. Christian now knows all about disc golf. Then it was off to our accommodations for the weekend the Travel Lodge, which was quite nice. Also we had some super cute Oregon disc golf boys in the room next to us Brody, Sean, and McGruber.
The Fräulein of the Fairway.
Emma Rose putting.
We were all pumped in the morning for our first round on Saturday. The weather was dry, but windy for the morning round. We all played in different divisions Emma FPO (professional women), Cindy FW1 (advanced women), and Rebecca FM1 (advanced masters women). Joey & Dan both played in MA1 (advanced men). The ladies played the morning round on the Blue course. I played well in that first round, and ended up tied for the lead after the first round. Both Emma and Rebecca stayed close in their division, and the Boys were also near the top in their group on the black course. After Lunch the girls moved to the black course, and the boys moved to the blue course. It was sunnier & less windy for the afternoon round. I played one of my best rounds ever, and pulled ahead by 6 strokes. Emma & Rebecca stayed within striking distance, and the boys stayed near the top of their division.
Let's Simo Putt (where eveyone putts at the same time).
The awesome group of ladies I palyed with in the first round.
The title sponsor of the Aloha Sushi is yup Aloha Sushi, so of course the player’s party was held at Aloha Sushi. They closed the restaurant down to the public for the party, so the place was packed with disc golfers. Our sushi chef Paul was awesome, and he happened to be the owner of the place too. We had an amazing time eating sushi, and drinking sake bombs. “SAKE BOMB”! If you are ever in Walla Walla you need to check out Aloha Sushi you won’t be sorry. We turned in pretty early because we all had a big final round to play on Sunday.
Outside Aloha Sushi the title sponsor of the tournament. Check out all the baskets piled in that truck. Yup we are at the right place.
Yum sushi!
Our awesome sushi chef & owner of Aloha Sushi Paul. Yup that is a disc he is proudly holding that is signed by Avery Jenkin's one of the best disc golfers in the world.
Sunday was super sunny for our final round, so we all slathered on the sunscreen before our rounds. That was such a nice change to the rainy could spring we have been having in the NW this year. Emma played solid in the final round, and took down 3rd. I have to give a shout out to Jessie Westphal who won the open women’s division she had one of the most amazing rounds ever posting HOT 47 par is 54, so she shot 7 down SICK! Rebecca took down 2nd in advanced masters, Dan finished 2nd with Joey right behind him for 3rd in advanced men, and I managed to hold on for the win in advanced women. Yay Flight Crew taking home some hardware.
The Open ladies group posing with the Aloha Sushi mascot YoYo.
Tournament Central. Yup pretty sure Brody made that putt.
The Advanced ladies group.
This was such a well run event with awesome courses, amazing player’s pack, raffle, sweet trophies. I played with some amazing ladies thanks to Shawna, Tanya, Lesli, and Jenny you guys were awesome, and I hope we can play together again soon. Thanks to Kris Bland the tournament director & his amazing team for yet another amazing Aloha Sushi Classic I can’t wait for next year. Also thanks for my travel buddies Rebecca & Emma you guys are the best. We left Walla Walla little sunburned, but a lot happier with our wonderful memories of an awesome disc golf adventure.
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