United States Disc Golf Distance Championship

Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC - October 10-13, 2024

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Monday, Oct 7th from Noon to 6:30 pm

Viewing is open to the public with no pass required to watch the action.

The US Distance Championship is an event where disc golfers compete to throw the farthest, with both men’s and women’s divisions. Competitors in qualifying rounds get five throws, and the top athletes advance to the finals. The winners are crowned based on their best throws in the final round, which is part of the USDGC weekend. The event is also featured in a showcase at the USDGC after the final round.

RULES

Each competitor must be at the distance competition site at least 15 minutes prior to their assigned tee time, register with the distance admin, be warmed up and ready to throw.  Any competitor missing their tee time may be subject to disqualification. In the qualifying rounds, each competitor will get 5 throws to be thrown within a 3 minute time limit.  
 
The throwing field is approximately 200′ wide, bordered by trees, and the edges of the field will be outlined as Out of Bounds The longest throw from each competitor, landing in bounds, will be recorded at the initial point of contact with the ground.  Skips and rollers will not be included in the measurement.  Hitting a tree will be considered out of bounds. 
 
In the Qualifying and Final rounds, each competitor will get 5 throws to be thrown within a 3 minute time limit.  The 6 longest throwers in the Open Division and 3 longest throwers in the Women’s Division, will compete in the Finals to be held at approximately 4:30 PM.  The tee times for the Finals will be in the reverse order of qualifying placement, with the longest qualifying thrower going last in each division.

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Registering to compete in The US Disc Golf Distance Championship is open to the public for both the Open and Women’s Divisions. The only requirements to compete are a PDGA number and a $50 online payment below.

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Tee Times For Monday, Oct 7th

TIME

NAME

LONGEST THROW

Jaden Rye

Calvin Lonnquist

Ben Callaway

Robert Burridge

Michael O'Brien

Austin Turner

Tyler Savinski

Parker Welck

Jakub Semerád

SILAS SCHULTZ

DANIEL DAVIDSON

RANDON LATTA

Nick Krush

Kevin Jones

ZACHARY NASH

LUKE TAYLOR

TUOMAS HYYTIÄINEN

GAVIN BABCOCK

AARON GOSSAGE

NIKKO LOCASTRO

Kat Mertsch

Holyn Handley

Eveliina Salonen

Paige Pierce

Henna Blomroos

Taylor Chocek

Heidi Laine

Ella Hansen

Eliezra Midtlyng

Jasper Tyll

Isaac Robinson

Väinö Mäkelä

Ezra Aderhold

Jake Hebenheimer

Thomas Gilbert

Garrett Gurthie

Hjalte Jensen

Gannon Buhr

Albert Tamm

Eagle McMahon

Anthony Barela

David Wiggins, Jr

United States Disc Golf Distance Champions

Men’s Division

David Wiggins Jr. – 2023- 651′
David Wiggins Jr. – 2022 – 698′
Albert Tamm – 2021
Garrett Gurthie – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Simon Lizotte – 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
Avery Jenkins – 2000, 2005, 2006
Alex Geisinger – 2015, 2017
Nikko Locastro – 2016

Women’s Division

Eliezra Midtlyng – 2023 – 514′
Ella Hansen – 2022 – 552′
Natalie Ryan – 2021