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How To Watch The 2020 Idlewild Open

How To Watch The 2020 Idlewild Open

Get back into the woods at this weekend's Disc Golf Pro Tour stop

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 17:13

James Conrad runs it out of the rough at the 2019 Idlewild Open. Photo: Alyssa Van Lanen

Since its emergence on the professional scene in 2017, Kentucky's Idlewild Open has served as the de facto entrance into the season's wooded stretch – and it marks that entrance with a vengeance.

Idlewild is widely viewed as one of the most difficult courses on the annual Disc Golf Pro Tour circuit, featuring labyrinthine tunnels, winding creeks, and signature artificial turf greens. The other signature at the course? Victories, especially for James Conrad, who ousted Paul McBeth at the event's DGPT debut three years ago, and Kevin Jones, who rebounded from a late-round collapse in 2018 to take home a classic finish in 2019.

So, who's turn is it to etch their name in DGPT lore this year? We'll find out with a full slate of coverage from the Disc Golf Network, several post-production crews, and more. Here's what you need to know to take it all in from Friday through Sunday:

Instant Scoring

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With more stats than you can shake a stick at, keep an eye on UDisc Live all week for in-the-moment moves from the tournament's stacked DGPT field. 

Tee Time & Round Ratings

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Official scores, tee times, and round ratings can be found at the official event page on PDGA.com

Live Video Coverage 

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The Disc Golf Network (DGN) is the new home of live disc golf. Built by the Disc Golf Pro Tour, the DGN is a subscription streaming and on-demand platform much like Netflix or Disney+. Covering the world's best players competing in the sport's elite tournaments, a subscription includes post-produced coverage of select disc golf tournaments as well as exclusive disc golf shows, touring pro interview series, podcasts, and other segments only available on the Disc Golf Network. The DGN offers a PDGA Member discount of 50% to all active members, bringing the cost down to $4.49/month.

The first two rounds of live coverage for the Idlewild Open will be streamed on the Disc Golf Network, with Jamie Thomas anchoring coverage and multi-time PDGA World Champions Nate Doss and Valarie Jenkins providing color commentary. The DGN will also stream some content for free on the platform, including the final round of the tournament.

Action kicks off every day at 1:35 p.m. ET. Be there.

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In addition to the DGN, Sunday's final will be simulcast on the DGPT Youtube channel. Crave the banter between those watching live? Head over and chat in the comments!

Post Production Video Coverage 

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Open lead card 

JomezPro will be on hand at every DGPT event in 2020 to bring their eye-catching stylings to the Open feature and lead card each day, putting post-produced coverage of the world's best disc golfers in front of more than 200,000 subscribers. Yes.

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Open Women's lead card 

GK Pro will be covering nearly all of the lead women’s cards for the DPGT this season. Paige Pierce popping off again? It'll be on GK Pro. 

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Open chase card 

Normally the DGPT's sideline commentator, Terry Miller (aka The Disc Golf Guy) is stepping back behind the camera this weekend for chase card coverage.

Articles

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Yep, we'll have you covered here with daily round recaps and other coverage from Idlewild. So, if you're here already, you might as well stay.

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Or, you can head to the Disc Golf Pro Tour's home on the internet for daily coverage, too. As a famous meme asks, "why not both?"

Photography

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Now in her fifth year of touring, Alyssa Van Lanen has become the preeminent photographer when it comes time to get the right disc golf shot. From in-your-face action to candid reactions, Van Lanen will have photo galleries from each day of competition available on the DGPT Flickr page, as well as her website and social media channels.

DGPT & PDGA Social Media

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DGPT Media will be on the ground all week bringing the sights and sounds from the event. Whether it's behind the scenes shenanigans on Instagram stories or photos and interviews on Facebook, they’ll be communicating across all of their platforms for the week. Plus, be sure to subscribe to the Disc Golf Network and the DGPT YouTube channel, where the live coverage will be simulcast as well!

PDGA

Be sure to tune in to the PDGA's social media channels for any updates from disc golf's governing body and extra highlights you might have missed. Got headphones? Check out recaps of each tournament on the weekly PDGA Radio podcast!