New names emerged at the top, but the leaderboard remained tight at the 2023 PDGA Masters Disc Golf World Championships.

Hot rounds and big jumps highlighted round two on Thursday in Flagstaff, Arizona. Twelve of the 25 divisions feature a new leader or, in the case of five of those divisions, co-leaders.

The entire field will return to the first-round courses on Thursday and here’s a look of the action heading into Round 3:

Johansen, Leiviska Stay Put; Finley Rises

Michael Johansen and Cale Leiviska kept their spot at the top of the MP40 leaderboard and Holly Finley caught fire to become a co-leader as well.

Holly Finley went bogey-free on Wednesday.

Finley dropped a 990-rated 50 at Little America Crew, the hottest round by four strokes on Thursday to pull to a tie with Ohn Scoggins, who had the second-hottest round at 54. Stephanie Vincent and Sandi Hendel kept their spot on the lead card.

In MP40, Johansen and Leiviska were two of five hot rounds to keep their spot up top. Joe Rovere matched that round of 51 and is one stroke back in third. Josh Anthon will round out the lead card at 15-under, tied with Martin Hendel and three back of Johansen and Leiviska.

There's a four-way tie at the top in FP60. Photos: Justin Anderson / PDGA

More Ties at the Top

• Kathy Hardyman, Pam Reineke, Andi Young and Peggy Berry are all square in FP60, setting up an exciting third round. Berry made the biggest jump with the hot round of 60 at Northern Arizona University. Hardyman had the hot round on Tuesday at McPherson.
• It’s a brand-new set of co-leaders in MP55 with Michael Ynfante, Patrick Brown and Mark Kilmer now sharing a slim lead at 8-under. Ynfante and Brown had the hot rounds of the day, Kilmer was two strokes back at 58 and Hank Kirwan kept his spot on the lead card with a 60 at Little America Long.
• FA40 featured a big shakeup, but still a two-way tie for the lead. That now belongs to Casey Kroll and Janae Chaney. Viktoria Kossenkova had the hot round of 54, a 925-rated score, 124 points above her rating. The Estonian is one stroke back. Melody Hanford kept her spot on the lead card.
• In MA75, Rob Lee turned in the hot round to tie Donald Parker.

Hot Rounds

• Tim Keith scorched Little America Long to grab a solid seven-stroke lead in the 44-player field. The two-time defending MP60 World Champion shot a 1021-rated 55, the hottest in the field by two strokes.
• Tom Raub had a share the hot round, a 971-rated day, to take a one-stroke lead in MA60.

New Leaders

• Sean D’armi pulled ahead by one in MA40.
• Debbie Polkinghorne broke a four-way tie and leads by one in FA50.
• Janice Jones leads by two in FA60.
• Mark Hauser took the lead in MA65

PDGA Live Scoring

• Am Masters Worlds
• Pro Masters Worlds

Post Production Coverage

(all coverage will be available on the PDGA's YouTube channel)

Gatekeeper Media

• MP40 Lead Card

Ace Run Pro

• FP40 Lead Card

Sky Hyzer Productions

• MP50 Lead Card