ESPN took notice of Eagle McMahon’s 380 foot skip shot (a “bounce,” they called it) field ace and posted it on their Facebook page. It’s also one of the most popular posts on all of Reddit right now. Check it out (but maybe skip the comments):

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Noted ace-whisperer Jeremy Koling may not be commentating on Jomez Productions’ lead card Open footage at the Texas State Championship but he must have left his good luck behind in the RV. For the second consecutive day, Jomez captured an ace on camera. Paul Ulibarri followed up Bradley Williams during yesterday’s second round dunking his first throw on the 252-foot hole 18 at the Texas Army Trail Course:

Uli ace

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Jomez Productions is back in their home state filming lead card Open division action at the Texas State Championship. During yesterday’s first round they got a major highlight on film from the state’s top pro, Bradley Williams. Williams hit an ace on hole 5 at Spring Valley Disc Golf Course:

Williams ace

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It’s Friday afternoon, the weekend is just around the corner and there are only a few more hours left in the workday. You still have to put the reps in but you’re looking for a fun way to make it happen to pass the time. Turns out that applies to pro disc golfers too. (more…)

Earlier today, the PDGA announced in an article on their website the hire of new marketing manager, Mary Sicard. According to the piece, Sicard is adept at “business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing” having spent decades in the corporate world founding small businesses and working in digital marketing, most recently with Ingersoll Rand’s Club Car.

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On The Upshot podcast yesterday, Disc Golf Pro Tour Director Steve Dodge broke the news that the Jonesboro Open would be featuring a new audio setup that won’t feature on-the-course commentary during the live broadcast, as is typical of Smashboxx and the Pro Tour’s coverage. (more…)

The injury bug has bitten Simon Lizotte again.

He posted on Facebook earlier today that he would not be making the trip to the Disc Golf Pro Tour’s third event, the Jonesboro Open, due to back pain. (more…)

A chance of storms may put a damper on the fast few cards of the Waco Annual Charity Open. I previously mentioned a chance of storms in the audio forecast on The Upshot and in the WACO preview article. The signal for storms remains persistent today, the last day of the event.

Around 4:00 p.m. central time storms should begin to form to the west of Waco, Texas. Storms will quickly form in a small cluster and move to the east. It appears the best chance of storms in Waco will be after 5:00 p.m. The average finish time for the last Open card has been roughly 6:30 p.m., which could create an issue with lightning delays.

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Simon Lizotte won’t be recording back-to-back wins on the Disc Golf Pro Tour at the Waco Annual Charity Open. Lizotte was unable to make his 2:30 p.m. tee-time after getting stuck in traffic traveling from nearby Temple, Texas to the Brazos Park East course near Waco, and was forced to DNF.

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The first round of The Memorial — the first stop on the 2018 Disc Golf Pro Tour — is being livestreamed today! Check out the coverage from Smashboxx below, following the feature card of Paul McBeth, Ricky Wysocki, Nate Doss, and Seppo Paju:

WATCH LIVE: The Memorial Championship, Round 1