Bryce Brinson and Gavin Bednard both surged in Sunday's finale at the Toboggan track at Kensington Metropark, erasing deficits and heading into a playoff to determine who would claim a PDGA Major title.
Noah Feil enters the final round of the PDGA Major at Toboggan with a four-shot lead, one more than he had entering Saturday's round despite a cooler round than Friday's opener.
Feil opened action at the 24th running of the USADGC with five-straight birdies on Friday, en route to an 8-under, bogey-free round at the Toboggan course at Kensington Metropark in Milford, Michigan. The Illinois native cooled slightly after the strong start, but kept it clean for the only bogey-free round in the 148-player PDGA Major field.
Two groups of players will compete for PDGA Major titles on the famed Toboggan course this year: Those competing in the 24th running of the United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship this weekend and, in August, the best players in the world at the 2026 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships.
It's going to test every single one of them.
For the 24th time, the USADGC heads to Kensington Metropark in Milford, Michigan and action kicks off Friday for the three-round PDGA Major.
For the 23rd time, the United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship is set to crown a champion looking to etch their name in disc golf history and join the professional ranks of the sport.
They'll be in impressive company.
2024 USADGC winner Ryan Monn. Photo: Justin Anderson / PDGA
2015 USADGC champion Anthony Barela. Photo: PDGA Media
Ryan Monn and Lucas Carmichael set the pace with 5-under rounds in the opening round, which featured swirling winds, sporadic showers and intermittent sunshine, for the 148 players to kick off the 22nd running of this PDGA Major.
With a history of producing the next big names of the sport, the 22nd United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship on Friday at the famed Toboggan Course in Milford, Michigan.
You know the names of the previous winners of this PDGA Major — David Wiggins Jr., Benjamin Callaway, Anthony Barela, Gavin Rathbun, Kyle Klein and Robert Burridge, among many others — and at the end of three days on the demanding hills in Michigan, you'll learn a new name.
With back-to-back clean scorecards, Mulder followed up Friday’s blistering opening round with another bogey-free day to extend his lead to five strokes heading into Championship Sunday.
Ryan Mulder tees off during Round 1 of the 2023 USADGC in Michigan. Photo: Justin Anderson / PDGA
The 2023 United States Amateur Disc Golf Championships started off hot as the top amateurs in the country played their first round on the Toboggan Disc Golf Course in Milford, Michigan. After just one round, two players have already beaten last year’s hot round to get themselves to the top of the leaderboard at the end of day 1.
This PDGA Amateur Major is one of the best chances for U.S. amateurs to perform at the highest level of competition and get a taste of professional life. Winning the USADGC has jumpstarted the professional careers of players like Benjamin Callaway (2011), Colten Montgomery (2014), Anthony Barela (2015), Gavin Rathbun (2016), Kyle Klein (2019), and Robert Burridge (2021).
Robert Burridge is the 2021 USADGC Champion. Photo: Mike Downes / PDGA
Touted as one of the last stops in the disc golf amateur ranks, the United States Amateur Disc Golf Championships has helped spark the professional careers of a number of players in its 20-year history.
We couldn’t have asked for a more exciting finish to the 2016 United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship (USADGC), although we certainly wouldn’t have minded more favorable weather. With lightning delaying the event for nearly an hour in the early stages of the day, all we could do was cross our fingers and hope for smooth sailing throughout the afternoon.
“You should be writing about the minorities here,” said 26 year old Mike Conlee #41267 after his round with a smile. “Us old guys,” he said, referring to the fact that he is one of the few in the top 15 that isn’t a teenager. Going into the final round, in a similar fashion to last year’s USADGC, the lead card consists of a 15 year old, two 17 year olds, and one 18 year old.
Round 1 of the 2016 United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship (USADGC) made one thing very clear - course experience doesn’t necessarily matter. All three of the competitors that are sharing the lead heading into Round 2 tomorrow have never played the Toboggan outside of a couple of practice rounds prior to the start of the event. Despite the course being incredibly difficult and unforgiving, players far less familiar with the course than others rose to the occasion, finishing their rounds at seven under par (55), unofficially rated at 1012.
