Disc golf airs on ESPN

Good morning. Welcome back to within the 33. The newsletter that keeps you informed on what really matters, disc golf.

📝 On today’s card:

• Disc Golf makes an appearance on ESPN

• Worlds best disc golf courses

• Las Vegas Challenge course previews

Read time: 4 minutes and 40 seconds

DISC GOLF BACK ON ESPN

ESPN 2 is set to air a one-hour segment featuring the story of the 2022 Disc Golf Pro Tour Championship on Sunday, February 5th at 8:00 pm EST.

The broadcast will show a re-cut of the final episode of the Disc Golf Networks docuseries, “On Tour”. Also included are some recaps of the U.S. Disc Golf Championship. The Disc Golf Network and Bluefoot Entertainment are the producers behind the broadcast.

The partnership between the DGPT and ESPN has been ongoing since 2020. Their first collaboration was for the 2020 Disc Golf Pro Tour and has since had three more broadcasts together.

While the DGPT’s primary focus is on the content produced for DGN, contract negotiations are underway regarding the 2023 season.

WORLD’S BEST DISC GOLF COURSES

UDisc, the most popular app for disc golfers is doing a Top 10 countdown of the best disc golf courses for 2023.

Currently, only 4 of the Top 10 have been announced. They are creating an in-depth post about each course and releasing them one at a time each weekday between January 30th to February 10th.

The #6 best course should be released today. UDisc’s website is the best place to stay up-to-date on the countdown. Here are the current standings.

1. TBA Friday, February 10, 2023

2. TBA Thursday, February 9, 2023

3. TBA Wednesday, February 8, 2023

4. TBA Tuesday, February 7, 2023

5. TBA Monday, February 6, 2023

6. TBA Friday, February 3, 2023

7. Fox Run Meadows, Smuggler’s Notch Resort, Vermont

8. Blue Ribbon Pines, East Bethel, Minnesota

9. Järva Disc Golf Park, Stockholm, Sweden

10. Kippasuo Pro at Heinola DiscGolfPark World, Heinola, Finland

TOURNAMENTS

Samui Swine Classic X - Feb. 3-5 - Koh Samui, Thailand

The pro divisions and MA1 played round 1 today (currently 11:15 pm in Thailand). After round 1, Philo Brathwaite is tied with Evan Boucher at -12 to lead the MPO division, with a round rating of 1020. Kelsie Sweeten leads in the FPO division at +3.

All other divisions competed between Jan. 31 - Feb. 2nd. See the full results here.

2023 NADGT Premier Tour @ International Disc Golf Center - Feb. 4-5 - Appling, Georgia

College Disc Golf has two tournaments this weekend:

• War Eagle Open - Singles and Teams - Feb. 4th - Opelika, Alabama

• Southwest College Regional - Singles and Teams - Feb. 4-5 - Mesa, Arizona

10th Annual Maricopa Open - Feb. 3-5 - Maricopa, Arizona

Results of the 9th Annual Maricopa Open (2022):

WEEKLY PRO RANKINGS - TOP 10

LATEST PLASTIC

The PDGA approved 18 new discs this last week.

• Seven of the approvals were for Yikun Discs, a disc sports supplier based in Ningbo, China

  • Xī Hé (羲和)

  • Tiān Shí (天石)

  • Shè Gōng (射弓)

  • Nü Wā (女娲)

  • Jīn Wū (金乌)

  • Hoú Yì (后裔)

  • Fú Sāng (扶桑)

• Tempo from Axiom Discs

• Ultra from Birdie

• Tasty and Misty from Kliffa Discs

• Solara, Rain, Purpose, Peace, Oxygen, and Harmony from Essential Discs

• Vela from Millennium Golf Discs

With the seven new approvals, Yikun Discs now have 41 PDGA-approved models. Their discs come in 5 different plastics, Tiger, Pheonix Stan, Dragon, Tortoise, and their newest line, Nature. Read more about each one here.

Yikun was the first Asian company to have products approved by the PDGA and the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF).

Total PDGA-approved models: 1,692

CIRCLE’S EDGE

• Innova released the course previews for the 2023 Las Vegas Challenge, Millennium Discs Course Preview, Infinite Discs Course Preview

• Discraft officially drops the Paul McBeth 6x Commemorative line at 3 pm EST

• Ella Hansen signed a 2-year contract extension with Discmanina and moved up to the signature team, meaning she’ll be getting a signature disc this year

• The PDGA beginning in 2023 started their Global Masters Series, ranking players aged 40+ with their eight highest-rated rounds from sanctioned events to crown a PDGA Global Masters Series Champion at the end of the season

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