Chris Dickerson is now a two-time PDGA Major champion. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT
It was the toughest field in disc golf history, and Chris Dickerson closed it out.
Set to be a thrilling battle from the start, Dickerson closed out strong to grab his second career PDGA Major title with a photo finish at the inaugural PDGA Champions Cup presented by Bushnell on Sunday in Appling, Georgia.
“Surprisingly, I only had a few nerves on the last two or three holes,” Dickerson told Terry Miller of the Disc Golf Network. “I just told myself one shot at a time and to worry about your shot and not what anyone else was doing.
Paige Pierce is presented the PDGA Champions Cup by PDGA Executive Director Joe Chagualaf. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA
A champion of champions.
Paige Pierce displayed the fight, the skills and, after the final putt dropped in a thrilling start to the PDGA Pro Major season, the sportsmanship that defines a champion.
“I was point A to point B and I scrambled to save par,” Wysocki said of his third round. “I think that’s a great gameplan – I have the ability to be aggressive when I need to and that’s in my back pocket if I need it.
“It was a fun battle back and forth,” Pierce said. “I didn’t check scores, but I just knew that I took a two and she took a four on some holes and it was back and forth.
Calculated and clean, Ricky Wysocki is on top at the midway point of the first PDGA Major of the year.
With an 11-under, bogey-free second round, Wysocki is now clear of the field by three strokes heading into the weekend at the PDGA Champions Cup presented by Bushnell, a large margin considering how this field has attacked W.R. Jackson.
“I only had one bogey (Thursday) and no bogies today – that’s what it’s going to take to win, playing clean rounds like that,” Wysocki said. “I’m just in control of my game right now. I know where my discs are going, and I know my landing spots.”
Tattar fired off the hot round on Friday on W.R. Jackson to build a four-stroke lead. One stroke off that pace was Pierce, who jumped nine spots into solo second place, setting a showdown between the two highest-rated players in the world.
Casey White set the early pace and is the co-leader by one stroke over a loaded field in Appling, Georgia. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA
W.R. Jackson bent, but didn’t break on Thursday as the best in the sport returned for the first time in nearly three years for the inaugural PDGA Champions Cup presented by Bushnell.
Casey White and Corey Ellis turned in 11-under, 57s on Thursday, tying the course record at the revered track to take a one-shot lead over six more players that also found double digits in the first of four rounds at the International Disc Golf Center in Appling, Georgia.
