Emerson Keith 2018 Veterans Park Open Ace

Denton, Texas’ Emerson Keith made a big impression at this year’s Idlewild Open, and is making a bigger show of things in his own backyard at this weekend’s Veterans Park Open.

While playing on the lead card during round two, Keith skip-aced the 373-foot hole 13 on a blustery day.

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Dynamic Discs announced today that it has agreed to a three-year contract with Paige Pierce.

The two-time PDGA Female Player of the Year joined DD for the 2017 season and immediately captured her fourth PDGA Professional World Championship. She is the highest-rated female player in disc golf history.

“It was a very easy decision after a couple of conversations about what the future would hold for a DD/PP partnership moving forward,” Pierce said in the statement.

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Add another honor to Gregg Barsby’s 2018, as he is now the proud owner of a key to the city of Grass Valley, California.

“It’s a really big honor, just to have the recognition from where I come from,” Barsby said. “It feels pretty unreal when I think about it long term, to be able to have recognition from the city. It’s a big honor.

“I know a lot of my friends are kind of like, ‘What?’”

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Update, November 13: Dynamic Discs announced that Bjerkaas has signed a two-year extension with the company, keeping her on DD through 2020.

Add another pro to the van life crew, as 2018 world champion Paige Bjerkaas is committing to touring with the purchase of a Ford Sprinter cargo vehicle.

Bjerkaas joins James Conrad as players who have upgraded their tour rides to better accommodate for life on the road.

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Innova Champion Discs announced today that Nate Sexton has agreed to a three-year contract through 2021.

“I couldn’t be happier to be re-signing with Innova for the foreseeable future and beyond!” said Sexton.

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An hour long feature on the 2018 PDGA Professional World Championship at Smugglers’ Notch will premiere Friday, November 9, 2018 at 8 pm on Outside TV.

The show will feature shot-by-shot footage from each of the tournament’s five rounds, plus a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of some top competitors, including Paige Bjerkaas, Rebecca Cox, Paige Pierce, Nate Sexton, and Ricky Wysocki.

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Ultiworld Disc Golf Publisher Charlie Eisenhood joined Steven Dodge on the Disc Golf Pro Tour ‘Pro Tour Talk’ podcast to discuss the similarities and differences between ultimate and disc golf media.

Dodge and the DGPT have been pushing the scope of its media operations each season. The 2018 DGPT Championship featured 24 hours of live coverage and post produced coverage of seven more cards.

The PDGA announced today that starting in 2021, both the Professional and Amateur Masters World Championship will be combined into one Masters World Championship event for all divisions.

Professional world championship events were separated by age protected divisions beginning in 2017, and amateur world championships had included all amateur divisions before the Junior World Championships became a standalone event in 2018.

The 2019 and 2020 Am Worlds and Pro Masters Worlds events will not be affected by the change.

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Eagle McMahon Oklahoma Open Ace

Eagle McMahon entered the final day of the Oklahoma Open with a one stroke lead over Gregg Barsby.

If he keeps getting aces, he’ll add to that lead very quickly.

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Pros are still on the road after the elite tournament season ended, and many migrated to either Oklahoma or Florida for the weekend.

Eagle McMahon leads Gregg Barsby by one after two rounds at the 2018 Oklahoma Open. The 53-player Open field has nine players rated over 1000. Catrina Allen jumped out to a seven stroke lead in FPO. One round Sunday decides the winner in both divisions.

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