The winners of the first DGPT+ event of 2024 – Kristin Tattar and Gannon Buhr. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT
Technically, the Disc Golf Pro Tour – Prodigy presents WACO event was the second stop in the 2024 pro tour season. But, viewers in-person and on-the-flatscreens alike witnessed a number of firsts…
The first event for 2023 PDGA Major grand slam owner Kristin Tattar;
The first multi-course event of the season;
The first 4+ round event of the season with increased DGPT championship points available;
The first missed-cuts for big names in both divisions;
Kyle Klein led the MPO division at 19-under-par when Friday's second-round play was suspended with a single group left on the Lake Waco Golf Club course.
After a break-of-day thunderstorm cleansed the skies, the FPO field spread out across a new series of challenges as, for the first time, the Disc Golf Pro Tour – Prodigy Presents WACO tour stop incorporated a second course – the Lake Waco Golf Club.
The first four-round Elite+ event of the pro tour season began with wind howling and rain threatening at the Disc Golf Pro Tour – Prodigy presents WACO, as usual, on the Brazos East layout in Waco, Texas. And, while play will incorporate a new course for days two and four of the event, the “BEast” showcased its familiar quality of birdie-streaks interrupted by bogey-snares. Despite the conditions, multiple players started fast in the season’s first Thursday of action.
Ella Hansen and Holyn Handley, two close friends on the tour, are tied at the top in FPO and in prime position to take down what would be the first Elite Series win for either.
At the forefront of DGN's recent migration to Insys Video Technologies as the network's service provider and an enhanced partnership with Amazon Web Services is the chance for disc golf fans to choose from multiple subscription plans as well as continue their benefits as an active PDGA member. DGN will now offer three plans: DGN Basic, DGN Standard and DGN Pro.
The Jonesboro Open started as a PDGA B-Tier in 2017 and moved up to an Elite Series event in 2018. Now in its seventh year, the 2023 Jonesboro Open will be the fifth Elite Series event of the season.
The Music City Open was first held in 2010 and was on the PDGA National Tour in 2021. In 2022, the MCO was a Silver Series event and now returns as the fourth Elite Series event of the 2023 season.
While the Open at Austin provided a unique challenge for the MPO and FPO fields as they competed on a brand new course, players returning to Mill Ridge Park for the 2023 MCO will be familiar with many of its holes.
The second stop of the 2023 season promises better weather and the return of a couple of familiar faces. While the Las Vegas Challenge forced players to contend with cold temperatures and ripping winds, calmer conditions in Waco will give players the opportunity to focus on shaping their shots through the woods and showcasing their distance in the open along the Brazos River in central Texas.
Catrina Allen kicks off her 2023 season as the defending Las Vegas Challenge FPO champion. Photo: Disc Golf Pro Tour
Buckle up, the 2023 Disc Golf Pro Tour and PDGA Elite Series season has arrived.
What promises to be another action-packed season kicks off Thursday in the desert at the Las Vegas Challenge presented by Innova and the storylines are everywhere heading into 2023.
Drew Gibson is the defending MPO champion. Photo: Disc Golf Pro Tour
The Disc Golf Network is pleased to announce its live media plan for the 2023 season, which will feature a significant increase in the volume of live content delivered to subscribers. New to Disc Golf Network in 2023 is expanded coverage of DGPT Silver events and the addition of select PDGA Euro Tour events to the live broadcast calendar. Both DGPT Silver events and PDGA Euro Tour events will see complete tournament coverage and will be exclusively available on Disc Golf Network.
As a part of your PDGA membership benefit package, all active PDGA members are eligible for a discount on a monthly subscription to the Disc Golf Network (DGN). Now, with the launch of DGN 2.0, the DGPT is pleased to offer a 50% discount to PDGA members on both the monthly and yearly DGN memberships. Discounts on 2024 subscriptions will also be available for both the monthly and yearly options.
In addition to the PCS Open, which will return to the DGPT schedule as an Elite Event, the Disc Golf Network will now produce full-scale live broadcasts at a majority of 2023 Euro Tour events. The events added are as follows.
Rock Hill, SC - The United States Disc Golf Championship has partnered with the Disc Golf Network to execute its pay-per-view (PPV) live broadcast for the 2021 edition of this PDGA Major Championship. The Disc Golf Network has locked in a 20% discount for its subscribers, and the broadcast will stream exclusively on the Disc Golf Network platform and through its apps for those who purchase the PPV.
Jeffersonville, VT – After months of troubleshooting, and due to a lack of service at Delaveaga Disc Golf Course, the Disc Golf Network can confirm that live coverage will not be an option for this weekend’s Santa Cruz Masters Cup, a PDGA National Tour event. After significant testing and efforts to implement solutions on site, the final call was made late last week to suspend attempts to run a partial broadcast with unreliable service.
With live coverage from the Disc Golf Network and a full-slate of post-production coverage, 2021 Majors and Elite Series events will have an unprecedented amount of coverage. Photo: Alyssa Van Lanen
Day 2 of Disc Golf Network's coverage of the 2008 Tupelo Bay Open in Myrtle Beach, SC brought to you by Innova Discs and Revolution Bags.
The 2008 Tupelo Bay Open was contested on Dec. 13-14, 2008 in scenic Myrtle Beach, SC and the Disc Golf Network was there to capture all of the action for PDGA TV. Will Avery Jenkins conquer the famed Tupelo Bay course with his patented power game to capture his first Tupelo Bay title, or will one of the host of other top level players from the PDGA Tour prevail? (Part 2/2, 60 min.)
