Both leaders of the 2024 PDGA Amateur Disc Golf World Championships presented by Discraft did exactly what they had to do on Saturday: Protect the lead.

They both did more than that, they extended it.

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Virginia Polkinghorne and Ryan Monn both turned in the hot rounds of the day in their divisions as Championship Saturday arrives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Virginia Polkinghorne. Photo: Justin Anderson

Polkinghorne, who turns 16 on Sunday, extended her lead to 10 strokes and Monn, who turned 17 on Friday, leads by nine with 18 holes to go.

Coming in with a six-stroke lead, Polkinghorne extended it to double digits with a 5-under round at Rotary Park. On the week, she's averaging 44 points above her rating and is playing the cleanest golf amongst the top of the leaderboard.

Monn had a solid birthday on the course, torching Johnson Park to the tune of a 15-under par to grow his lead to nine strokes. The 1077-rated round is the highest of the young career for Monn, who has two PDGA Major titles in 2024, the USADGC and MJ18 at PDGA Junior Worlds.

Now it's time to finish.

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Ready to pounce at any window are a host of players in both divisions and the battle for a podium finish is on.

Therese Cuevas kept her spot in solo second place with a 7-under total, one ahead of Ginelle Kohl. Alex Ulp rounds out the lead card in solo fourth at 5-under.

In MA1, Ethan Owens carded an ace in a 10-under day and is one stroke ahead of Andrew Hedgspeth in third. Zach Nyp and Riven Tanner are tied for fourth, one stroke back of third.