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.
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 few hours after the Missouri women completed a dominant win, the Tiger men followed suite with a victory of their own, catching fire down the stretch to leave Marion, North Carolina the same way they came in, No. 1, and complete the sweep.
At the conclusion of Saturday, two teams from the record-breaking field at North Cove Disc Golf Club in Marion, North Carolina will emerge as champions and take bragging rights home to the respective universities.
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.
