Earlier this week, while reviewing registration lists prior to this upcoming weekend’s tournaments, Ultiworld Disc Golf staff noticed a change from what was observed the week prior. On the PDGA registration pages for the Idlewild Open in Kentucky and The Open, a EuroProTour event in Ale, Sweden, Catrina Allen’s name appeared on both lists. Yesterday, Allen’s name had disappeared from The Open’s page but remained on Idlewild’s list.

Ultiworld Disc Golf contacted Allen about the change, and Allen said that her reason for attending the Idlewild Open over The Open was that the Kentucky event was part of the Disc Golf Pro Tour. She was concerned both about her points standing in the tour and the opportunity for the higher payout that the DGPT event offered.

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Paul McBeth’s appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter wasn’t the only recent instance of disc golf getting some time in the media spotlight this week.

On July, 8th WCCO, Minnesota’s CBS affiliate channel aired a news story about the Twin Cities burgeoning “disc golf mecca” past the north metro area.

Minnesota disc golf mecca

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Gregg Barsby has been dealing since arriving in Europe two weeks ago.

Coming off a win at the Sula Open, Barsby finished second over the weekend at Tyyni in Sipoo, Finland, and provided the event’s biggest highlight with a beautifully captured ace during Saturday’s final round.

Gregg Barsby Tyyni 2018 Ace

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The PDGA and Smugglers’ Notch Resort today announced the production of an hour-long program showcasing the 2018 PDGA Pro World Championships to be aired on Outside TV.

According to the release, the production will include profiles of pro disc golfers, as well as shot-by-shot coverage from the final round of the tournament.

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Disc golf media outfit SmashBoxxTV was profiled by video technology company Teradek for using its cellular bonding device during its video livestreams. The profile was published to the company’s blog, which regularly highlights how people and companies utilize their products. Teradek designs and produces video equipment for “for broadcast, cinema, and general imaging applications.”

Jon Van Deurzen, better known as ‘Jonny V’ in the disc golf world, offered an inside look on how their broadcasts operate.

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Yesterday, Jomez Productions captured video of Sias Elmore’s bounce-in thumber ace at the Utah Open. Thumber aces are pretty rare, and thumber aces that bounce like that and find chains are even more exceptional. Jomez Pro’s video of the throw on has already racked up over 18,000 views since it was posted to YouTube last night and the production company’s Facebook post of the video has over 270 shares in less than 15 hours.

With all that attention, plus the great highlight — and the flight tracker! — it’s not surprising that ESPN’s SportsCenter took notice and the clip made it all the way to number three on their Top 10.

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The Utah Open provided several aces during the course of the tournament, but none were more exciting than Sias Elmore’s overhand shot during the final round.

Elmore lined up a thumber on the 238-foot hole 14 to flex around a guardian tree in the fairway. Working it’s way from left to right, the disc took a short hop off the mound around the pin to bounce flatly into the basket chains.

Sias Elmore Thumber Ace

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Round two footage of the PDGA C-Tier Oslo Tour Muselunden presented by Latitude 64 doesn’t take long to give viewers fireworks. You could say that Norwegian pro Fredrik Runsjø started his round with a bang, except for the fact that his throw might just be the quietest ace ever filmed.

Oslo ace shot

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2018 is becoming the year of the SportsCenter Ace.

Georgia’s Matt Versola is the most recent addition to the ESPN family as his ace on the 370 foot temporary hole A at the North Georgia Canopy Tour Course during the Georgia Flying Disc Festival cracked the Top 10 Tuesday June 12th.

Matt Versola Georgia Flying Disc Festival Ace SportsCenter Top 10

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While filming the latest edition of its Champs vs Chumps series, Central Coast Disc Golf captured Paul McBeth calling his shot. McBeth said he was going to ace the hole during the play through at Milo McIver State Park, and with the help of his Metal Flake Teebird3, as well as a little tree love, he did just that.

Paul McBeth Champs vs Chumps Ace

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