The purse at this week’s PDGA Pro World Championships will be at least $200,000, tournament director Doug Bjerkaas announced during the event’s opening ceremonies on Monday. It will be the largest payout in the event’s history.

“I believe, for taking [only] the FPO and MPO field, no one has ever had the opportunity to start this number with a two,” said Bjerkaas. “$200,000 will be awarded to disc golfers that compete and play well.” Bjerkaas said that the “biggest chunk of money” in the purse is coming from ticket sales to spectators. (more…)

Nikko Locastro has been suspended for nine months by the PDGA’s Disciplinary Committee for a Class A infraction following an altercation with a rules marshal at the 2022 European Open.

Locastro was disqualified from the event after getting into the face of and intimidating tournament official Matej Verl, who had called Locastro on a time violation. A complaint to the PDGA Disciplinary Committee was adjudicated and the suspension was filed on August 8th. He will also face 15 months of probation. (more…)

Ricky Wysocki is getting ready for his next Disc Golf Pro Tour stop at the LWS Open at Idlewild, coming up this weekend just outside of Cincinnati.

While he’s in town, he’ll be throwing out the first pitch at the Cincinnati Reds game against the New York Mets tonight at 6:40 PM Eastern.

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The only European player to ever win the US Women’s Disc Golf Championships, Kristin Tattar will not have an opportunity to chase her second US title this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin.

Tattar, the highest-rated FPO player in the world, had planned to return to the United States last week in time to defend her title at The Preserve Championship, but she canceled her trip after her partner, Silver Lätt, contracted COVID-19.

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We are excited to announce a brand-new website search experience is now live on Ultiworld Disc Golf. If you were paying close attention, you may have noticed that we quietly soft-launched it a few days ago to make sure everything was in working order.

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The PDGA announced today that the payout for the Champions Cup, the first major of the season, will be $135,100. That total includes $95,000 of added cash.

It is the largest payout so far in 2022 and would have been the third largest payout in 2021, already a record year for payouts. (more…)

The Disc Golf Pro Tour announced today that they will offer live concerts at six of their Elite Series events this season, beginning with the OTB Open in May.

The concert series will be curated by Cory Wong, a Grammy-nominated guitarist and songwriter, who will play with his band Cory and t (more…)

Heather Young announced on Instagram today that she will be taking a break from competing on the professional disc golf tour.

“I am going to be taking at least several months off from the disc golf tour,” she wrote. “I’ve had some on-going struggles with what my plans are for the future with disc golf and life in general. While dealing with some of these issues I feel like I have lost my desire to play, which makes it very hard to compete at the highest level. I’m hopeful that by taking a step back for awhile I can regain that fire that drives me to be one of the best.” (more…)

After writing about Dynamic Discs’ success amidst the pandemic back in 2020, the Wall Street Journal is featuring disc golf again, this time focusing on MVP Disc Sports’ explosion since James Conrad’s Worlds throw-in and the supply chain challenges the sport has faced, from shipping snarls to rising plastic costs. (more…)

In a YouTube video this week, Eagle McMahon announced that he would be getting an MRI on his injured shoulder, suspecting that he may have a torn labrum.

McMahon’s MRI this week was the first imaging he’s had done on the shoulder that he injured days before the 2021 Disc Golf Pro Tour Championship last October. He opened his season at the Las Vegas Challenge last month but avoided throwing high-power forehands due to the injury. He has skipped tour stops since LVC, citing the Texas courses’ higher forehand requirements. (more…)