Are there any 1000 rated TD's ?

[ziggy]

So I got to talking with a friend about how being a Tournament Director does not get as much recognition as a 1000 rated player.

Most of the good TD's I know are not 1000 rated. They spend more time promoting than practicing.
One thing led to another and thought this was worth asking to you all.

Are there any 1000 rated TD's out there ?

[WesV]

Jim Oates, who runs the pro shop at Shady Oaks DGC in Orangevale, CA, is a 1010 rated TD. Plays Open Masters.

He is one of the TDs/event organizers for the St. Patrick's Day Classic.

[ferretdance03]

Craigger from MD is the first to come to my mind. He has run at least one event so far this year, and has run an A-tier for 20 plus years I believe, although this year he is handing over the reins.

[Fritz]

TDing hurts your rating
It takes so much to plan tournaments, especially A Tiers.
I'd be surprised if there were more than 10 TD's that have a 1k + rating.

[Chuck Kennedy]

The Non-Stop Disc Golf Tour guys are running events as they cross the country. Timmy Gill used to be over 1000 and ran many events in cluding the MN Majestic NT/A-tier. Dan Ginnelly has been the long time TD for The Memorial and was over 1000 most of the time and usually still averages that when he plays in it. Greenwell is TD for the US Masters this year and has run many events in Louisville in the past. Dr. Rick has run big events in Bowling Green. Darrell Nodland (who? look him up) has run amny of the events over the years in North Dakota. J. Gary Dropcho has been near or over 1000 and run many vents in Pittsburgh. Steve Brinster has run events in NY/NJ area.

[JR]

How about a breakdown of highest ratings of TDs of events of different caliber? Worlds/USDGC, majors, NT, A tier and so on. The bigger the event the more difficult it is to practice and compete to keep up the skill level.

Jussi Meresmaa was pretty highly rated when he was the co TD of The European Open 2009 and organization manager at the 2011 EO. Past 1020 last year and he might have been beyond 1030 in 2009. That is a pretty tough act to follow and i'm not surprised that he didn't compete in many events running his company at the same time. He and his team have put in dozens of courses in that time period too. And at least this winter they have been DG ambassadors around the globe. At least Taiwan and Australia have been some stops.

[ziggy]

The Non-Stop Disc Golf Tour guys are running events as they cross the country. Timmy Gill, Darrell Nodland (who? look him up)

Thanks Chuck!
The nonstop tour is what brought up the convo.
I'm aware of Nodland thanks to his surprise placement at the usdgc one year.
Timmy Gill was in our convo since his rating declined as he focused more on promotion/growth aspect of the game instead of competing.

Dana Vicich is Putting on tourneys as well. Turned 1000 rated last year.

It's so much easier to recognize our 1000 raters but how do we recognize our bonafide TD's?
Usually word of mouth if they have done this before. Surely there needs to be a way to rate our TD's in their ability to put down a good shindig.

[Chuck Kennedy]

Figuring out a fair way to rate TDs/host clubs is a project Andrew is working on at PDGA HQ.