2021 PDGA National Tour Returns to Action in the Lone Star State
2021 PDGA National Tour Returns to Action in the Lone Star State
How to Watch the Texas State Disc Golf Championship
Bradley Williams will look to defend the home turf in Texas. Photo: Brittany Dickerson / DGPT
On Friday, the PDGA National Tour returns to action bigger than ever.
And if you're doing things bigger, what better place than Texas?
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the National Tour, the 2021 schedule kicks off Friday at the 26th Annual Texas State Disc Golf Championship presented by Latitude 64 in Tyler, Texas.
It's the first of six stops on the 2021 PDGA National Tour.
What awaits in Texas is a true test for some of the best in the sport on the Dogwood Course at Lindsey Park in Tyler. This heavily wooded 18-hole track, which warns players on the first tee box with a stone sign, demands precision and punishes the smallest mistake.
The acton will be covered from every angle. Earlier this year, the PDGA finalized a deal with the Disc Golf Network that will bring the action live to viewers from all six National Tour stops, as well as the PDGA Professional World Disc Golf Championships and the U.S. Women's Championship.
On top of the live broadcast, four post-production crews will be on hand, including JomezPro, GK Pro, Gatekeeper and the 2021 season debut of Central Coast Disc Golf.
All eyes will be on the Lone Star State this weekend with Texas-sized bragging rights and National Tour points on the line.
Here’s everything else you need to know to catch all of the action this weekend:
Instant Scoring
UDisc Live | Visit Site 
Stats on stats on stats. Keep an eye on UDisc Live all weekend for the in-the-moment moves from the tournament field.
In-Person Spectating Prohibited
The 26th Annual Texas State Disc Golf Championships 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 Mason Ford, Emerson Keith, Eagle McMahon and Gregg Barsby.
Hailey King, Maria Oliva, Stephanie Vincent and Rebecca Cox will be featured on the FPO Feature Card.
Nate Doss, Valarie Jenkins, Nate Sexton and Terry Miller will provide play-by-play and color commentary for the live broadcast. PDGA Media's Matthew Rothstein will be providing updates from the course.
Coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. CT with the MPO teeing off at 1:50 p.m. CT. The FPO feature card will tee at 3:50 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.
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.: Nikko Locastro (2021 WACO champion)
- 2:10 p.m.: Kona Star Panis (2021 WACO champion)
- 2:20 p.m.: Eagle McMahon (2021 LVC champion, Feature Card, Piney Woods Open champion)
- 2:30 p.m.: Paige Pierce (2021 LVC champion, Texas native, Piney Woods Open champion)
- 2:40 p.m.: Gregg Barsby (Feature Card)
- 2:50 p.m.: Hailey King (Feature Card)
- 3 p.m.: Bradley Williams (Texas native, Piney Woods Open champion)
- 3:10 p.m.: Maria Oliva (Texas native, Feature Card)
- 3:20 p.m.: Paul McBeth (Second place, Open at Belton)
- 3:30 p.m.: Des Reading (Texas State champion, Piney Woods Open champion, Disc Golf Hall of Fame member, Legend)
- 3:40 p.m.: Emerson Keith (Texas native, Feature Card)
- 3:50 p.m.: Rebecca Cox (Feature Card)
- 4 p.m.: Ricky Wysocki (Open at Belton champion, 4x Texas State champion)
- 4:10 p.m.: Catrina Allen (Open at Belton champion)
- 4:20 p.m.: Matt Bell
- 4:30 p.m.: Casey White
Post Production Video Coverage
Jomez Productions | Subscribe 
MPO Lead Card / MPO Feature Card (Ricky Wysocki, Paul McBeth, Nikko Locastro, Bradley Williams for the first round)
JomezPro will be on hand at every PDGA National Tour stop 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.
Central Coast | Subscribe 
FPO Lead Card / FPO Feature Card (Des Reading, Valerie Mandujano, Kona Panis, Catrina Allen for the first round)
It's time to watch some disc golf with Central Coast, who will be capturing the action of the FPO lead card coast-to-coast this season on the PDGA National Tour.
Gatekeeper Media | Subscribe 
MPO Chase Card / MPO Feature Card (Jonathan Nicholson, Eric Oakley, Chris Dickerson, Nolan Grider 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 
MPO Second Chase Card / Feature Card (Calvin Heimburg, Kevin Jones, Matt Orum, Miles Seaborn for the first round)
GK Pro will be covering the MPO second chase card on the National Tour in 2021.
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!