From here on out, it's win-and-in -- or at least finish near the top and in.
September 17, 2025 by Justin Westfall in Preview
After a grueling season with 17 Disc Golf Pro Tour events, the 2025 DGPT Playoffs have finally arrived. Discraft’s Green Mountain Championship begins this Thursday, September 18th, in Jeffersonville, Vermont, and will serve as the first of two playoff events before the Tour Championship next month.
Located at the Smugglers’ Notch resort, the GMC showcases two of the tour’s most well-known courses in Brewster Ridge and Fox Run Meadows. DGPT CEO Jeff Spring started the GMC in 2013, and except for 2018 and 2023, when the venue hosted the PDGA Pro World Championships, the event has been a part of the DGPT schedule since the inaugural season. Spring, who still serves as the Tournament Director for this event in its 11th year, is also the designer of both courses.
Last year, Gannon Buhr came into the final round with a five shot lead on Joseph “Joey Buckets” Anderson. His lead was spurred by an 1107-rated 16-under par second round that included two missed C1 putts. On Sunday, Buhr tied the hot round of the day, birdieing 9 of the final 10 holes to win by 7 shots over Ricky Wysocki. In FPO, Silva Saarinen and Ohn Scoggins both led Missy Gannon and Kristin Lätt by one stroke. A lack of birdies sent Gannon out of contention, while several over par holes down the stretch eliminated Scoggins. Saarinen led Lätt by five strokes going into the final four holes. A string of bogeys capped off by an OB tee shot on hole 18 allowed Kristin to claw back and send the event into a playoff. While Silva made the proper adjustment back on the 18th tee, she would go on to send her upshot OB deep in circle 2, and Lätt emerged victorious.
Past Winners
| Tier | Open | Open Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DGPT | Gannon Buhr | Kristin Lätt |
| 2023 | PDGA Worlds | Isaac Robinson | Kristin Tattar |
| 2022 | DGPT | Ricky Wysocki | Kristin Tattar |
| 2021 | DGPT | Chris Dickerson | Hailey King |
| 2020 | DGPT | Kevin Jones | Paige Pierce |
| 2019 | DGPT | Paul McBeth | Sarah Hokom |
| 2018 | PDGA Worlds | Gregg Barsby | Paige Shue |
| 2017 | DGPT | Nate Doss | Paige Pierce |
| 2016 | DGPT | Ricky Wysocki | Catrina Allen |
| 2015 | A | Ricky Wysocki | Catrina Allen |
| 2014 | A | Ricky Wysocki | Anne Lewis |
| 2013 | B | Ricky Wysocki | N/A |
Five Things We’ll Be Watching
1. Having finished first or second in his last five events dating back to the European Disc Golf Festival, Gannon Buhr is red hot and coming off yet another win. He has also won 11 of the last 15 four round tournaments he has played and returns to GMC this week to try and defend one of those titles. With 72 holes to play, Buhr can easily afford a mediocre round by his standards and still come out on top. At this point, it appears Gannon is a lock to win his second consecutive Player of the Year honors as he wraps up one of the greatest two-year stretches in disc golf history. Though Buhr was able to tie the highest player rating of all time this month at 1062, he came just short of his goal to set a new high water mark. Since the USDGC and the DGPT Championship will not count towards player ratings, he has just two events left to attempt to achieve that goal.
2. Missy Gannon is also fresh off a win at DGLO and could have some extra motivation to snag another trophy this week. Missy has never podiumed at this event, despite having several opportunities to win. Gannon did finish 2nd at the 2023 World Championships, which was held at Smuggs. Her stiffest competition could be another player with plenty of motivation to win this week. Silva Saarinen bogeyed three of the final four holes last year and eventually lost in a playoff. One year later, Saarinen has finally learned how to win and may be the front runner in a crowded Player of the Year race. This weekend, she’ll have a prime opportunity to put herself in the driver’s seat and earn a little revenge for coming up short last season. The competition this weekend will be colored by the announcement from defending champion and world #1 Kristin Lätt that she will not be returning to touring disc golf this season or next.
3. With Gannon Buhr so far out in front, the most interesting MPO storyline is who will claim the second spot in the division. Just 53 points separate Calvin Heimburg, Anthony Barela, Isaac Robinson, and Ricky Wysocki. Playoff events are now worth 250 points and cannot be dropped unlike standard DGPT events. Such high stakes also open the door for Paul McBeth, who currently sits another 50 points behind Wysocki in 6th place. While McBeth does not have an impressive winning history at this venue compared to many others in his career, Wysocki is a five-time champion of the GMC. While Isaac Robinson won his first World title at Smuggs, neither Barela nor Heimburg has won at Smuggs or Maple Hill. Perhaps the old guard still has a shot to surpass the younger generation and secure some important starting strokes for the DGPT Tour Championship next month.
4. Holyn Handley was able to rebound from her recent slump at DGLO, taking home a third place finish. Handley sits nearly 200 points in front of second place in the tour standings, but given the new playoff format, she can’t afford any more poor performances. If she falters over the next two events, both Missy Gannon and second place Ohn Scoggins would have an opportunity to steal the points championship. Scoggins has two career third place finishes at GMC and has looked terrific since winning Worlds. She also has podium finishes at next week’s MVP Open each of the past two years. Missy Gannon is, of course, the reigning champion of the MVP Open, while Handley has finished 6th in each of the past two seasons.
5. The new DGPT playoff structure opens the door for players to advance through to the DGPT Championship even if they don’t finish with an autobid at the top of the rankings. The top 8 MPO and top 4 FPO finishers this weekend that are not already qualified via points (top 72 MPO / top 36 FPO) will advance to the MVP Open. Players will be vying for a top 28 MPO / top 18 FPO finish in the DGPT standings after the MVP Open, but the top 4 MPO / top 2 FPO finishers at Maple Hill outside of that cutoff will get their shot at the Tour Championship.1
The Courses
Smugglers’ Notch is home to two premier disc golf courses. Brewster Ridge is a shorter but tightly wooded track that plays in the foothills of the Sterling Mountain Range. Brewster ranked #7 on UDisc’s 2025 list of the best disc golf courses in the world. The other course, Fox Run Meadows, currently sits at #8 on that list. Fox Run is an open course with beautiful mountain views and plenty of OB to keep players out of the wetlands that surround the course. The open meadows can lead to increased difficulty progressing up the fairways when heavier winds are present.
As one of the shortest courses on tour, Brewster Ridge is very scorable as long as players can hit their gaps and scramble when they land out of position. While Fox Run is an open layout, the course is actually quite short when compared to most of the open courses on tour. This design places a large emphasis on accuracy and doesn’t necessarily give much of an advantage to the longer throwers in the field. Fox Run also has the easiest MPO hole on tour. Hole 6 is a 265 foot par 3 that saw an 84% birdie rate at the 2024 GMC.
Brewster Ridge
2025 MPO: 8,545 Feet Par 62
2024 MPO: 8,350 Feet Par 62
2025 FPO: 7,515 Feet Par 62
2024 FPO: 7,485 Feet Par 62
Fox Run
2025 MPO: 9,600 Feet Par 63
2024 MPO: 9,510 Feet Par 63
2025 FPO: 8,765 Feet Par 64
2024 FPO: 8,425 Feet Par 63
Extended Forecast
Expect scores to be low with comfortable temperatures and very light winds throughout the week. Temperatures will be cooler for the early morning FPO rounds.
Thursday: Mostly sunny with highs near 80. Winds light and variable.
Friday: Mostly cloudy with highs in the mid 60s. Winds 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday: Sunny with highs in the mid 60s. Winds light and variable.
Sunday: Mostly sunny with highs in the mid 70s. Winds 5 to 10 mph.
Note that tournament winners from the season who finish outside the top 28/18 will be added to the Tour Championship field as additional competitors. ↩
