Disc Golf Hulu Shrill Ryan 

Disc golf doesn’t always make it into pop culture, so when it does we appreciate it. Even if it’s a deprecating reference.

In the season one finale of the Aidy Bryant-led series Shrill, now streaming on Hulu, love interest Ryan is seen out playing a solo round in Portland. Ryan looks to be pretty serious about his game, yet not at all talented. We feel ya, man.

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Eagle McMahon joined an elite tier of players with the March 2019 PDGA Player Rating update, becoming only the third player in history to hit a 1050 rating.

McMahon rose four points to reach 1050-rated for the first time in his career. Paul McBeth and Ricky Wysocki are the only two other players to ever be rated as highly as McMahon.

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Paul McBeth 18-under par WACO Annual Charity Open Perfect Round Jomez

When Paul McBeth recorded a perfect, 18-under par round at the 2018 Great Lakes Open, we weren’t sure if the feat could be repeated.

McBeth matched his own heroics by throwing another 18-under par round during round two at the Waco Annual Charity Open.

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Drew Gibson will be sidelined from competition for the next 2-6 weeks with an Achilles tendon injury, Gibson announced on Instagram over the weekend.

“It’s not a rupture, thankfully. I suffered from some fairly bad/common micro tears,” Gibson told Ultiworld Disc Golf.  “I’m able to put weight on the Achilles and am somewhat mobile. But it’s probably at 60-percent so I’ve been told to not compete until I feel it’s at 100-percent. At the rate it’s improving I wouldn’t be amazed if I beat the six week guesstimate, but I’m gonna take it easy, as I want it to be at 100-percent prior to my return.”

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Disc Golf Gender Reveal

Emerson Keith has produced a couple of quality videos on his YouTube channel — peep his In The Stump — but he’s probably most proud of the latest clip.

Keith and his partner Mackenzie are expecting a child and put a disc golf spin on their gender reveal.

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In the lead-up to the first Disc Golf Pro Tour event of 2019 at the Memorial Championship this weekend, the DGPT announced its line-up of video commentators for in-house media at the tournament. These teams will change throughout the season.

Headlining the group are world champions Nate Doss and Valarie Jenkins, who will provide live commentary for both FPO and MPO coverage. Ultiworld Disc Golf confirmed that the duo would be remotely calling the event from Bevel Craft Brewing in Bend, Oregon.

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Las Vegas Challenge Andrew Presnell Ace

Ultiworld Disc Golf’s coverage of the 2019 Las Vegas Challenge is presented by Innova Discs; all opinions are those of the authors. 

From Central Coast Disc Golf:

Andrew Presnell hits an ace during the 2019 Las Vegas Challenge at Wildhorse Golf Club playing hole 10 of the Innova Factory Store course, a 379-foot par 3. Andrew was throwing his Discraft Z Nuke OS.

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Austin Turner withdrew from the 2019 Las Vegas Challenge after his round ended Thursday. He was sitting at 2-under par 57, 13 strokes off the lead.

Turner told Ultiworld Disc Golf the withdrawal was due to injury. He originally tweaked his back due to over hip rotation at USDGC.

“I did rehab all through the offseason. Felt great coming into this week,” Turner said. “I got here on Monday for a practice round and I felt something pop again. Tried to fight it out and nothing was really going well.”

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UDisc Live announced it will be adding a new statistic to its professional disc golf offering. Or rather, dropping some measurements to make an important stat more accurate.

The introduction of C1X Putting eliminates tap-ins from counting toward a player’s Circle 1 putting percentage. Going forward, putts from inside 3.3 meters (10 feet) will be excluded to “provide a clearer picture of putting skill.”

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Discmania Latitude 64 Yikun Announcement

Discmania did not disappoint with its much-anticipated company news, as the Valentine’s Day announcement revealed new manufacturing partnerships with Latitude 64 and Yikun, as well as a continued relationship with Innova Champion Discs.  This is the first such instance of a disc golf company working with multiple manufacturers to create branded discs.

The Swedish and Chinese manufacturers will mold new discs and plastics for Discmania under new product lines — Evolution and Active — while Innova will continue to mold existing discs and plastics under the Discmania Originals line.

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