Shelby Cowen and Parker Austin started strong in Austin, Texas and left the 2025 GameProofer NADGT North American Disc Golf Championships on top.

Final Results on PDGA Live »

More Coverage on the NADGT Facebook »

Both completed wire-to-wire victories; Cowen winning by two strokes in FA1 after a furious final-round push from Hannah Kellar. Austin jumped out early with a four-stroke lead after the first of four rounds before cruising to a 10-stroke win, a year after he finished in second place at the NADGT finale.

Parker Austin took down the MA1 title at the 2025 NADGT North American Championships.

Jayden Torres

Noah Feil

Austin averaged a 1024 rating over the four rounds, highlighted by a 1043-rated second round at Sprinke Valley that gave him an eight-stroke lead after two rounds. 2024 champion Jayden Torres and Noah Feil finished tied for second.

Shelby Cowen

Hannah Kellar

Ari Timm

Kellar, from Washington, closed the gap on Cowen early in the final round with four-straight birdies to start and got to within two strokes through 15 holes before inclement weather scrapped the final three holes of competition. Ari Timm finished the shortened round at 2-under to jump one spot into solo third place.

There were plenty of close finishes throughout the 15 divisions competing in Austin:

• Jackson Beals held off a strong finish from Paul Williamson for a one-stroke win in MP50.
• Monte Bruington pulled away from Bob Ball in the final round for the MA40 win.
• Robin Hoffman took a one-stroke win over Rene Gibson in FA50.
• In the 12-player MA70 field, Michael England took a playoff win over Robert Merritt.
• Ohio's Sara Pelfrey had the hot round on Saturday in FA2 and won in a playoff over Robbyn Atkins.
• The entire podium in MA3 made moves in the final round with Jory Barker taking the two-stroke win.

Here are the podium finishes from the 2025 NADGT National Championships: