The disc golf world has watch Anthony Barela grow up on the course.
From his PDGA Junior and Amateur World Championships to his dominance on the Elite Series, Barela had his PDGA Major breakthrough on Sunday at the 2025 United States Disc Golf Championship.
Competing with those he grew up watching and idolizing — like Paul McBeth and Ricky Wysocki — Barela had his eyes set on this one, and delivered a sterling performance on the green and in the fairways of Winthrop to become just the 15th different winner in 27 years of the USDGC.
Barela moved to 51-for-51 inside the circle — and was solid in just about every other area of his game — on Saturday to jump two spots to the top of the leaderboard with a two-stroke lead with one lap to go at Winthrop University.
Wysocki kept the pedal down on Friday to the tune of a scorching 13-under round to jump six spots into a tie at the top with McBeth, who followed his Major-opening 10-under round with a 9-under day in Round 2. Wysocki had an eagle on Hole 10 on his way to an 11-down score through 11 holes. He went 10-for-10 from C1X and connected on 5-of-6 attempts from C2, including par savers on Hole 6 and 16. He added an exclamation point with a 55-foot hit on Hole 17.
A steady breeze welcomed players to Winthrop for the start of the 2025 United States Disc Golf Championship and Throw Pink Women's Disc Golf Championship on Thursday in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Paul McBeth navigated the wind-aided OBs of Winthrop to start the final PDGA MPO Major of the year in double-digit fashion. McBeth went bogey free — highlighted by a 4-of-5 showing from Circle 2 — for 10-under opening round and a two-stroke lead. McBeth was steady in every area, turning to OB shots into pars on Hole 11 and then again on 16, which came via a 45-foot connect. His lone Circle 1 miss came on 18.
Below you will find important updates from the 2025 USDGC and Throw Pink Women's Disc Golf Championship, which kick off Thursday, October 9 in Rock Hill, South Carolina:
WEDNESDAY — OCTOBER 8
10 a.m. — Player Check-In
6 p.m. — Opening Ceremony and Awards
6:30 p.m. — Disc Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
A thrilling, action-packed week of competition came down to a playoff in the morning for the FA1 title and just a few hours later, the MA1 crown was decided on the infamous 18th at Harmony Bends.
With two rounds to go, we have a three-way tie for the lead in FA1 — with two players within two strokes and two more within four — and a one-stroke lead in MA1 with five players within four strokes.
Taking on the woods of Joseph C. Miller in Jefferson City, Therese Cuevas continued her stellar week so far, taking the outright lead with a share of the hot round — 5-under — and was the only player to keep her spot on the lead card heading into Round 3.
History was already made when the first disc was thrown on Wednesday in Finland at the 2025 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championship.
The finale just put the ultimate bow on a record-setting and history-writing World Championship.
As is has since its inception, The Beast in Nokia, complimented by The Monster in Tampere, delivered a thrilling finish that went down to the wire.
Ohn Scoggins, the five-time and reigning PDGA Masters World Champion, became the oldest FPO World Champion in history in a playoff against the Finnish phenom, Iida Lehtomäki, who introduced herself to the disc golf world in the biggest way and was aiming to become the youngest FPO World Champion in history, in a playoff.
15-year-old Iida Lehtomäki will lead the FPO final card of fellow Finns Henna Blomroos and Eveliina Salonen as well as 5-time PDGA Masters World Champion Ohn Scoggins. Blomroos is one stroke back, Scoggins four and Salonen six in the anything-can-happen track in Nokia.
Iida Lehtomäki and Ohn Scoggins enter Round 4, where action shifts back to The Beast in Nokia for the finish in Finland, tied at the top with a two-stroke lead while Ezra Aderhold clings to a one-stroke lead over Niklas Anttila and three more players within three strokes.
Buckle up, it's going to be a battle to the very end for a PDGA World Championship title.
Nearly 15 hours after it started, Round 2 of the 2025 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships delivered a thrilling day at The Monster in Tampere in Finland.
Two new leaders emerged and, just 36 holes in, it's abundantly clear that this will be a battle of survival to the finish.
Day one of the historic 2025 PDGA World Championships is in the books in Finland and what a day it was for the first PDGA World Championship to be held in Europe.
The 44th running of PDGA Pro Worlds in Finland boats the largest global field in history with 45 countries represented and the storylines heading into what promises to be a legendary week are abundant.
Will Eveliina Salonen defend her PDGA World title on her home turf? Will it be Finnish superstar Niklas Anttila becoming the first European MPO World Champion? Isaac Robinson looks for the three-peat. Gannon Buhr and Kristin Lätt, the top players in the World, look to etch their name in the history books, as does Paul McBeth and Paige Pierce.
The show that is the European Disc Golf Festival went out with a bang.
Estonia's first PDGA Major, held on the historic and cultural site of the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, delivered electric finishes in both the MPO and FPO divisions. And historic ones too.
Calvin Heimburg and Silva Saarinen both became first-time Major winners in battles that came down to the very end — Heimburg finally adding a Major title to his name and Saarinen continuing her meteoric rise in her young career.
Kristin Lätt continued her rise to the top of the leaderboard and has a three-stroke lead in her home country's first PDGA Major. In MPO, things are even wilder as Gannon Buhr and Isaac Robinson enter the final lap around the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, Estonia tied up.
Lätt finished with an 8-under round on Saturday — one off the hot round of 9-under from Ella Hansen, who jumped 16 spots into a tie for third with Valerie Mandujano — to grab her first lead of the weekend. She leads Silva Saarinen by three strokes and has a five-stroke cushion over Hansen and Mandujano.
Isaac Robinson added an exclamation point to keep his spot on top of the leaderboard and continue his knack for showing up in the biggest way at PDGA Majors.
The four-time Major champion exited the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, Estonia with a three-stroke lead after walking off with an ace on the 18th for a 15-under, 1101-rated round.
The first PDGA Major held in Estonia arrived and that first card out on the Song Festival Grounds in the FPO field set the pace.
Like the host city Tallinn, Latvia's Sintija Klezberga made her Major debut and she made the most of it. Klezberga was the first clubhouse leader with an 8-under, 1020-rated round and, after a loaded field navigated the Rockstar track on the hallowed grounds, the opening round ended with the Latvia native on top of the leaderboard.
Just over a week ago, more than 100,000 Estonians gathered at the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, Estonia, continuing a powerful tradition, awakening, and celebration that dates back to 1869.
Ohn Scoggins reclaimed the lead by just one stroke over Jennifer Allen in what has been a back-and-forth week between the two in Minnesota. Scoggins led after the first round, Allen after the second, and they were tied after round three before their final round at Kaposia on Friday.
Well, Round 4 has arrived and it's time to make a move before 26 PDGA World Champions are crowned in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
Ten of the 26 divisions have new or outright leaders heading into the fourth of five rounds, including continued shakeups in MP40 and FP40.
Joe Rovere had a share of the hot round at Kaposia on Thursday to jump into solo first place, one stroke ahead of Paul Oman, who also torched Kaposia to the tune of 12-under par.
