How to Watch the DGPT Waco Annual Charity Open
How to Watch the DGPT Waco Annual Charity Open
Action Shifts to Texas on the 2021 PDGA Elite Series Schedule
2020 WACO Champion Colten Montgomery is back to defend his title. Photo: Alyssa Van Lanen / DGPT
After a strong and highly-anticipated start to the season in the desert, the 2021 PDGA Elite Series now shifts to the beastly woods in Texas for the Waco Annual Charity Open presented by Prodigy Disc, the second stop on the 2021 Disc Golf Pro Tour.
Beginning Friday, the elite field will compete at Brazos East Park, affectionately and aptly nicknamed 'The Beast,' in Waco, Texas. The three-round event concludes Sunday.
After letting them rip at the Las Vegas Challenge, the style of play shifts dramatically in the heart of Texas along the shores of the Brazos River. The track features nine fairly open holes throughout the park and then nine technical holes with treacherous rough in the woods.
Heather Young will be on the Disc Golf Network Feature Card on Friday. Photo: Alyssa Van Lanen / DGPT
It was a year ago in Waco when the COVID-19 pandemic began to show its teeth and forced the cancellation of the third and final round. Colten Montgomery, with a back-nine charge, grabbed his first DGPT victory while Eveliina Salonen out-dueled Henna Blomroos for the FPO title. They were the final tournament champions crowned before a two-month shutdown of action.
With protocols in place, the 2021 edition of WACO is primed to test the best of the best in what has been a tightly-contested event year-in and year-out.
Beginning Friday, it's time to tame the beast... or at least attempt to do so.
Here’s everything else you need to know to catch the action this weekend:
Instant Scoring
UDisc Live | Visit Site 
With more stats than you can shake a stick at, keep an eye on UDisc Live all week for in-the-moment moves from the tournament’s stacked DGPT field.
In-Person Spectating Prohibited
The Waco Annual Charity Open will be operating in Phase 1 of the COVID-19 Requirements and Best Practices for PDGA Elite Series Events, which prohibits spectators and caddies.
Tee Time & Round Ratings
PDGA | Visit Site
Official scores, tee times, and round ratings can be found at the official event page on PDGA.com.
Live Video Coverage
Disc Golf Network | Subscribe 
The Disc Golf Network (DGN) is the new home of live disc golf. Built by the Disc Golf Pro Tour, the DGN is a subscription streaming and on-demand platform much like Netflix or Disney+. Covering the world’s best players competing in the sport’s most elite tournaments, a subscription includes post-produced coverage of select disc golf tournaments as well as exclusive disc golf shows, touring pro interview series, podcasts, and other segments only available on the Disc Golf Network. The DGN offers a PDGA Member discount of 50% to all active members bringing the cost down to $4.49/month.
Friday's MPO Feature Card live on DGN will feature Colten Montgomery, Kevin Jones, Jeremy Koling and Chris Dickerson.
Catrina Allen, Valerie Mandujano, Heather Young and Paige Pierce will be featured on the FPO Feature Card.
Coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. CT with the MPO card teeing off at 12:50 p.m. CT. The FPO group will tee off at 2:30 p.m. CT.
DGPT YouTube | Subscribe
In addition to the DGN, the live broadcast for both divisions will be simulcast free on the DGPT YouTube channel for the final round only on Sunday, March 14.
DGPT Press Conference | Watch
Hear from some of the player before the action gets going during a press conference from 2-4 p.m. CT on Thursday live on the DGPT's YouTube channel. Here is the tentative schedule for the press conference (all times CT):
- 2 p.m.: Colten Montgomery (MPO 2020 Champion)
- 2:10 p.m.: Paige Pierce (FPO 2021 LVC Champion)
- 2:20 p.m.: Eagle McMahon (MPO 2021 LVC Champion)
- 2:30 p.m.: Sarah Hokom (Top Returning FPO Player)
- 2:40 p.m.: Kevin Jones (MPO Feature Card)
- 2:50 p.m.: Catrina Allen (FPO Feature Card)
- 3 p.m.: Jeremy Koling (MPO Feature Card, previous WACO Champion)
- 3:10 p.m.: Valerie Mandujano (FPO Feature Card)
- 3:20 p.m.: Chris Dickerson (MPO Feature Card)
- 3:30 p.m.: Brodie Smith (One year anniversary of DGPT debut)
- 3:40 p.m.: Heather Young (FPO Feature Card)
- 3:50 p.m.: Paul McBeth (2019 WACO Champion)
Post Production Video Coverage
Jomez Productions | Subscribe 
Open Lead Card / MPO Feature Card (Paul McBeth, Eagle McMahon, Brian Earhart, Cale Leiviska) for the first round
JomezPro will be on hand at every DGPT event in 2021 to bring their eye-catching stylings to the Open feature and lead card each day, putting post-produced coverage of the world's best disc golfers in front of more than 260,000 subscribers.
Gatekeeper Media | Subscribe 
Open Chase Card / MPO Feature Card (Matt Orum, Calvin Heimburg, Thomas Gilbert, Emerson Keith) for the first round
Get ready for some Rewinds! Gatekeeper Media will be on hand throughout the 2021 season providing coverage from the MPO chase card.
GK Pro | Subscribe 
Open Women's Lead Card / FPO Feature Card (Sarah Hokom, Lydia Lyons, Hailey King, Rebecca Cox) for the first round
GK Pro will be covering the lead women’s cards for the DPGT this season. Paige Pierce popping off again? It'll be on GK Pro.
Articles
PDGA.com
Check back to PDGA.com daily for a recap of all of the action from the 2021 Elite Series.
DGPT.com
Or, you can head to the Disc Golf Pro Tour's home on the internet for daily coverage, too.
DGPT & PDGA Social Media
Disc Golf Pro Tour
DGPT Media will be on the ground all week bringing the sights and sounds from the event. Whether it's behind the scenes shenanigans on Instagram stories or photos and interviews on Facebook, they’ll be communicating across all of their platforms for the week. Plus, be sure to subscribe to the Disc Golf Network and the DGPT YouTube channel, where the live coverage will be simulcast as well!