SMALL FIELD READIES FOR 2013 TPC

In danger of being cancelled, this year’s Players Championship will take place after all, and returns to Las Vegas this weekend. For the four charter members in attendance (John Frost, Patrick Bird, Martin Witt, Tim Joe) Saturday’s tournament will hold some added significance. Ten years ago to the day, the MGM Tour was launched with its very first tournament, the Dinty Moore Match Play Shootout.

Angel Park again plays host to the TPC, but in a significant step up in difficulty, the field takes on its full regulation course. In attendance will be the Tour’s current top 3 players. Defending champion John Frost, whose legendary performance last year cemented its place in the annals of MGM Tour lore, was asked if he planned to replicate his winning formula from 2012. “Perhaps. I’ll just have to wait and see how I’m feeling when I get there, and how the booze is tasting at the time.”

Start List for the 2013 Players Championship
Angel Park, Mountain Course
Saturday June 1

John Frost, defending champion
Doug Vargas, current Tour #1 player, 2 wins
Patrick Bird, Tour #2 player, 2 wins
P-Jay Fidler, Tour #3 player
Martin Witt
Tim Joe
Walter Vargas

FORMAT:

Players receive 1 automatic par on the front and back 9, but must decide at the conclusion of a hole if that is the hole they receive their par.  At the conclusion of the round a player will decide to roll either 1, 2, or 3 die. The number that comes up corresponds to the hole they receive an additional par.  Max scores on par-5’s will be 12, 10 on par-4’s, and no max on par-3’s.