Citing injury, frustration, and an ill-timed parking lot fender-bender, Simon Lizotte is ending his season early and withdrawing from this week’s Disc Golf Pro Tour Championship.

“Since last weekend my elbow has been feeling worse and I had to quit a practice round yesterday. I should have taken a break way earlier,” said Lizotte in a Facebook post. “After weeks and weeks of feeling like nothing is working, I’ve come to a point [where] going home feels like my last option. I tried to push through and make things happen.”

Lizotte finished 69th at last week’s USDGC. It was the second year in a row he failed to cash at the major.

Paige Pierce became the first Open Women’s player to reach a PDGA player rating of 990 or higher with the October 2020 rating update. She is rated 991.

On the Open side, Calvin Heimburg reached a career high rating of 1052, becoming only the fourth player in history to reach a rating of 1050 or higher. All four of those players are currently in the 1050 club, with Ricky Wysocki also hitting a career high rating of 1052, and Eagle McMahon matching those two at 1052 as well. Paul McBeth remains the highest-rated player at 1058

Here are the round one feature cards for the 2020 US Disc Golf Championships in Rock Hill, SC:

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Here are the round one feature cards for the 2020 Women’s National Championship in Rock Hill, SC:

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Former USDGC champion Nate Sexton announced today that he would be withdrawing from the 2020 event due to an injury sustained during practice over the weekend.

“I threw a forehand and strained a muscle down here on my side,” Sexton said. “Was hopeful that I would be able to recover in time. Tried Aleve, ice, ultrasound, electro [stimulation], rest — body’s just not doing it.”

Sexton said he attempted to see how his body felt on Tuesday but was unable to throw a full power forehand. He said will be providing on-course analysis for the USDGC livestream, however.

Along with the Jonesboro Open, the Texas State Disc Golf Championship last weekend was one of the final chances to qualify for this week’s USDGC. Five players earned their spots for the 2020 event.

Champion Bradley Williams is already en route to Rock Hill, and he was joined by G.T. Hancock, Caleb Wilkins, George Castillo, and Coda Hatfield in qualifying from the tournament.

Valerie Mandujano won the Open Women’s side of Texas States.

A Wall Street Journal article out today titled “America’s Main Street Revival Goes Into Reverse, Cutting a Small-Town Lifeline” focuses on Emporia, Kansas, and the on-going economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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UDisc Live has control of the USDGC Monday Qualifying this season, meaning you can keep up all day long with the drama that goes along with dozens of players fighting for one of the final five spots in the tournament.

Notable names in the qualifier include Jerry Gomez and Jonathan Gomez from Jomez Pro, Brian Schweberger, Nate Perkins, and JohnE McCray.

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Gold Passes to watch the United States Disc Golf Championship and Women’s National Championship have sold out.

There were 500 Gold Passes available at $39.99 each when they were put on sale last Wednesday. The premium package included all of the media coverage of the event — live and post-produced — as well as a commemorative USDGC disc in one of six molds and a $5 coupon to the USDGC online store. (more…)

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