The United States Disc Golf Championship is a disc golf tournament held at the Winthrop Gold Course,[1] on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The professional event has been held annually as a PDGA sanctioned Major since 1999.[2] Along with the PDGA World Championships, it is one of the most prestigious major tournaments in disc golf. The primary sponsor for the event since its beginnings in 1999 has been Innova Champion Discs, a prominent disc manufacturer. Ken Climo currently holds a record five US Disc Golf Championships. The 2016 USDGC champion, Jeremy "Big Jerm" Koling, was leading the tournament after the third round. He was declared the winner when the fourth round was canceled due to inclement weather produced by Hurricane Matthew.[3]

The 2011 USDGC was played in a different format to the previous twelve events. Each player was assigned a projected score on each hole based on their PDGA Player Rating. The player's official score was how they played in comparison to their projected score.[4] For example, if a player had a projected score of 90 and they finished their round at 81, their official tournament score was a -9. The player with the best official tournament score across all four rounds was John Key [5] [6] who scored -16. Because of the change to the format, Key is often omitted from the list of USDGC Champions.

USDGC Champions

Year Date Champion Hometown Margin of Victory Payout First Runner Up Second Runner Up Results
1999 October 7–10 Ken Climo Clearwater, Florida 15 $1,400 Alan Schack Craig Gangloff PDGA
2000 October 12–15 Ken Climo (2) Clearwater, Florida 5 $2,000 Alan Schack Ron Russell PDGA
2001 October 11–14 Barry Schultz Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 1 $8,000 Ken Climo Larry Leonard PDGA
2002 October 17–20 Ken Climo (3) Clearwater, Florida 6 $8,000 Barry Schultz Mike Young PDGA
2003 October 16–19 Barry Schultz (2) Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 0 (10 Hole Sudden-Death Playoff) $10,000 Ken Climo Scott Martin PDGA
2004 October 14–17 Ken Climo (4) Clearwater, Florida 5 $10,000 Darrell Nodland Cameron Todd PDGA
2005 October 12–15 David Feldberg Springfield, Oregon 2 $11,000 Scott Martin Barry Schultz PDGA
2006 October 11–14 Barry Schultz (3) Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 11 $11,000 Brian Schweberger Steve Brinster PDGA
2007 October 3–6 Ken Climo (5) Clearwater, Florida 11 $15,000 Avery Jenkins David Feldberg PDGA
2008 October 12–15 Nathan Doss Santa Cruz, California 4 $12,000 Avery Jenkins Ken Climo PDGA
2009 October 7–10 Nikko Locastro St. Louis, Missouri 2 $15,000 David Feldberg Josh Anthon PDGA
2010 October 6–9 Will Schusterick Knoxville, Tennessee 2 $12,000 Nikko Locastro Steve Brinster PDGA
2012 October 3–6 Will Schusterick (2) Knoxville, Tennessee 2 $7,500 Richard Wysocki Josh Anthon PDGA
2013 October 2–5 Steve Brinster Warwick, New York 1 $7,500 Barry Schultz Steve Rico PDGA
2014 October 1–4 Will Schusterick (3) Knoxville, Tennessee 0 (2 Hole Sudden-Death Playoff) $8,000 Paul McBeth John McCray PDGA
2015 October 7–10 Paul McBeth Huntington Beach, California 5 $8,000 Richard Wysocki Nathan Doss PDGA
2016 October 5–8* Jeremy Koling Charlotte, North Carolina 4 $10,000 Nikko Locastro Richard Wysocki PDGA
2017 October 4–7 Nathan Sexton Corvallis, Oregon 5 $12,000 Richard Wysocki Paul McBeth PDGA
2018 October 3–6 Paul McBeth (2) Huntington Beach, California 3 $10,000 James Conrad Kevin Jones PDGA
2019 October 2–5 James Conrad Blacksburg, Virginia 1 $12,000 Jeremy Koling Nikko Locastro PDGA
2020 October 7–10 Chris Dickerson Limestone, Tennessee 1 $10,000 Calvin Heimburg Richard Wysocki PDGA
2021 October 6-9 Paul McBeth (3) Huntington Beach, California 0 (1 Hole Sudden-Death Playoff) $20,000 Kyle Klein Richard Wysocki PDGA
2022 October 6-9 Gannon Buhr Urbandale, Iowa 1 $25,000 Niklas Anttila Calvin Heimburg PDGA
2023 October 5-8 Kyle Klein Wyoming, Michigan 1 $30,000 Bradley Williams Isaac Robinson PDGA

References

  1. ↑ "Winthrop Gold Course". Disc Golf Course Review. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  2. ↑ "Tournament History | United States Disc Golf Championship 2017". usdgc.com. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. ↑ Hill, Steve (2016-10-08). "USDGC Cancellation 'Best Decision For The Greatest Number Of People' | Ultiworld Disc Golf". Ultiworld Disc Golf. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. ↑ "2011 USDGC". Professional Disc Golf Association. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  5. ↑ "USDGC Final". Professional Disc Golf Association. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  6. ↑ "John Key". Professional Disc Golf Association. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
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