UNC Charlotte celebrates at the 2024 College Disc Golf National Championship. Photo: Justin Anderson / PDGA
It’s not how you start; it’s how you finish.
UNC Charlotte — the No. 1 seed coming into the 2024 College Disc Golf National Championship — stumbled out of the gate on Championship Saturday but rallied and — after an incredibly clutch putt — left Rock Hill, South Carolina on top of the College Disc Golf World.
More champions were crowned on Thursday and it came down to the wire.
In Men’s Division I singles, Ferris State’s Benjamin Zorn battled the loop around Winthrop Lakefront, the wind and a strong field to jump all the way from the third card – and three strokes back – to the top spot in College Disc Golf men’s singles.
North Carolina’s Kelly White is the DI Women's Singles National Champion. Photo: Justin Anderson / PDGA
College Disc Golf has crowned its first National Champion, and the action is already intense after one round in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
North Carolina’s Kelly White took down the Women’s Division I singles title after a strong opening round and wild final 9 that came down to the wire – winning by one stroke over NC State’s Genesis Beck.
2024 College Disc Golf Women's Singles All-Americans
With more than 700 players representing more than 150 schools from around the globe, the 2024 CDGNC has arrived to Rock Hill, South Carolina — the first iteration of the rapidly-growing field to take place on a university campus and on a property full of disc golf history: Winthrop University.
The action kicks off Thursday and runs through Saturday as players full of school pride battle for the top prize in College Disc Golf in a team format that features both singles and doubles competitions.
All roads lead to Rock Hill, South Carolina on April 3-6 and more than 800 players are expected to compete in Division I, II and III and Women's DI as the annual event shifts to the home of the United States Disc Golf Championship and the surrounding area.
Roaring finishes led to repeats and sweeps at the 2023 College Disc Golf National Championship.
Capping off a record-setting event of more than 700 players representing over 80 schools at North Cove Leisure and Disc Golf Club in Marion, North Carolina, the finales to both the Men's and Woman's Division I came down the wire, capping off a furious four days of competition with championship moments.
It was anyone's title as Championship Saturday arrived in less-than-stellar conditions but these players weren't phased and their eyes were on the top prize.
Emporia State enters Championship Saturday with a two-stroke lead in the Men's DI flight. Photo: Justin Anderson / PDGA
It was a day of wild weather at the 2023 College Disc Golf National Championships in North Carolina.
The finish is going to be just as wild.
On a day where the second Division I Singles national champion was crowned, the top divisions are set up for a down-to-the-wire finale at North Cove Leisure & Disc Golf Club.
It started in the morning, both the rain and the pressure-packed penultimate day of the nati.
Tailey Rowley celebrates on Thursday at the 2023 College Disc Golf National Championship. Photo: Justin Anderson / PDGA
Tailey Rowley was playing disc golf near the campus of Brigham Young University when a random player ran up to her and asked her to join the Cougar's disc golf team.
That quick interaction sparked her journey in College Disc Golf, and now she's a National Champion.
Houghton's men's team had the first tee time on Wednesday morning. Oklahoma State's women's team of Masey Brannon and Markayla Clayton had a 40-foot putt on their first hole. Missouri's Noah Free had the pressure of a title defense.
Everything worked out well for the early leaders on opening day of the 2023 College Disc Golf National Championship.
Houghton's early tee time ended by setting a blistering pace in the Men's Division I team event with a 16-under opening round, a start that would not be matched the rest of the day in the 64-team field.
With over 700 players representing over 80 schools across the country, the 2023 College Disc Golf National Championship kicks off Wednesday for four days of competition at North Cove Leisure Club in Marion, North Carolina.
A week later, they officially formed a club and hit the road.
That led to Marion, North Carolina this week at the 2022 CDGNC and, after Thursday’s opening round of the Men’s Division I singles event, Thompson finds himself atop the leader board.
Over 500 competitors gathered and were introduced during an energy-filled opening ceremony, complete with a message from veteran Paul Ulibarri, and then the action at the three-course complex at North Cove Disc Golf Club in Marion, North Carolina got started in a big way.
It starts with organization and team building, literally.
Seventy-five universities from around the country will be represented this week at North Cove Disc Golf Club for the 2022 CDGNC, the first PDGA Major of the year.
Teams must not only build a competitive core of players, but must also go through the process of working with their universities to organize, grow and represent the school. This takes strong leadership on the part of the student athletes.
The College Disc Golf National Championship, a PDGA Major set to take place from April 1-4 at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, has been postponed indefinitely. College Disc Golf Development Manager John Baker issued the following statement:
We are disappointed to announce the 2020 College Disc Golf National Championship is postponed indefinitely due to the potential risks involving the Coronavirus.
The PDGA's International Disc Golf Center plays host to this week's National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships. Photo: Dalton Slantis
When nearly 300 student-athletes representing 41 schools descend upon the South for this week’s National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships, they’ll be doing so at a new venue for the first time in the PDGA Major’s 13-year history.
Fortunately, that new venue is a proven stomping ground for disc golf, with three championship-level courses, a bustling staff, and several professional events on its resume.
It doesn’t get much bigger than this. Singles Day at the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships, a PDGA Major. Today was the day that all the players in the Championship Flight had been waiting for. An individual National Title was on the line and you couldn’t script the type of finish we saw in both the men’s and the women’s divisions. Amazing putts, big comebacks, favorable bounces and unfortunate rolls; today’s action had it all.
Day two of the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championship, a PDGA Major, is when the tension really begins to mount. As the dream of becoming a national champion begins to become a reality, an overwhelming combination of pressure and passion daunts even the fiercest competitors. As the players began to trickle onto the course on Thursday morning, they were surprised by the unseasonably cool temperatures and fierce winds. The six courses at the Hippodrome Disc Golf Complex are known for having a tendency to be breezy, and with such a demand for deadly accuracy, a deft touch is required to manage your way through the course.
The National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships, a PDGA Major, is truly an event like no other. Not only is it a team event, which we don’t see too many of throughout the year, but it is an astounding display of emotion and pride. Watching College Disc Golf is best compared to watching the NCAA basketball tournament; you might enjoy seeing the pros, but nowhere else will you see a better demonstration of teamwork, camaraderie, passion, talent and intelligence. These kids have worked hard to put themselves in the position to win a National Championship, but you would never know something that prestigious was on the line the way they cheer each other on and enjoy every minute of it.
18 months ago, I could have never seen myself in the position I am in today. At 6:00am, as I was struggling to finish my 1,200th hole of the day, 21 hours in, I told myself that there was absolutely no way I would ever take on an event of this magnitude again. Clearly, I was mistaken. I had no way of knowing that the months of May and June would once again bring me to attempt to play disc golf for 24 hours straight and propel myself into Guinness' archives as a World Record Holder.
