News
So gang, here are the changes for The Masters this year.
Thanks to everyone that sent emails and talked to me in
person. Your help was invaluable.
First, we are going to keep the Pro/Sportsman format. I
would have loved to eliminate the Pro Class because it
would make everything much more simple. But that would have
meant that all you guys who have worked so hard all these
years to win the Sportsman title would no longer be able to
win it. Entry fees will stay the same.
Second, the match format we shot last year will stay the
same. If it ain’t broke, don't fix it. But we ARE planning
on changing target layout on at least one stage of the
Action Event, and going back to the six-shot maximum with
seventh-shot penalty for the Action Event overall. That’s
the way the electronics are set up anyway.
Third, The Long Range portion will definitely be freestyle,
like last year. What a blast.
Next, since Revolver Category competitors shoot a different
course of fire in the Long-Range Event, they will compete
for the Revolver Master title only. Payout for revolver
competitors will come out of their entry fees only. No
prize table.
Finally, you can shoot in one, two, or three Categories
(Open, Stock, and/or Revolver), but you can only go to the
prize table once, either with your Open or Stock gun score,
whichever ranked higher. And, based upon the current number
of entries, whoever wins the Masters title will receive a
check for $1000 and will be eligible for a check for
winning the High 16 Shootoff, but will not be eligible for
a check for winning any of the three individual Masters
Events. Those checks will go to whoever wins each Event, or
places second to the Master in those Events. The amount The
Master wins is based on the current entry figures and
sponsorship and can flex with any increase or decrease in
those numbers.
With these changes we will have larger prizes on the prize
table and hopefully larger checks to write.
Lee Atkins, Masters CEO