A week full of strong competition came to an end in thrilling fashion on Saturday in Flagstaff, Arizona at the 2023 PDGA Masters Disc Golf World Championships.
There were close finishes all throughout the 25-division field, including five — yes, FIVE — PDGA World Championships that were decided by a playoff.
Titles were defended and new champions broke through this week in northern Arizona.
David Greenwell tied things up in MP70 heading into Championship Saturday. Photo: Marking / PDGA
In MA75, Donald Parker took a two-stroke lead after the first round. Rob Lee then tied it up. In Round 3, Parker reclaimed the lead. On Friday, Lee tied it up again.
Cale Leiviska and the top of the MP40 engaged in an absolute shootout on Thursday at the 2023 PDGA Masters Disc Golf World Championships.
There’s a similar theme throughout a number of the 25 divisions and nearly 900-player field in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Now, the pressure has picked up all the way down the leaderboard as Moving Day has arrived in northern Arizona. Following Friday’s fourth round, the fields will be cut for Saturday’s semifinals and the race for a PDGA World Championship tightens.
Here’s a look around the action heading into Moving Day:
Hot rounds and big jumps highlighted round two on Thursday in Flagstaff, Arizona. Twelve of the 25 divisions feature a new leader or, in the case of five of those divisions, co-leaders.
The entire field will return to the first-round courses on Thursday and here’s a look of the action heading into Round 3:
Johansen, Leiviska Stay Put; Finley Rises
Michael Johansen and Cale Leiviska kept their spot at the top of the MP40 leaderboard and Holly Finley caught fire to become a co-leader as well.
