But that number has been cut and Championship Saturday has arrived with a few things locked up and quite a few things left to be settled with the semifinals and finals left to go.
Nearly 900 players got a chance at redemption on Thursday throughout Emporia.
Round 3 of the 2024 PDGA Masters Disc Golf World Championships had players return to the course where they kicked off the week looking to improve or back up their first-round showing.
It's wasn't officially moving day — that happens Friday before the cut to Saturday morning's semifinal rounds — but there were plenty of moves throughout the leaderboards.
Looking for the four-peat in MP60, Tim Keith jumped to a one-stroke lead. That's the same margin for new MP65 leader Bill Rohe as well as Sweden's Jonas Pärtma in MA50.
With two of the four rounds before Saturday's cut to the semifinals in the books, the battles tightened in the professional divisions and new names emerged across the top of the leaderboard in 10 of the 12 amateur divisions.
More than 850 players across 24 divisions representing 18 countries kicked off the 2024 PDGA Professional & Amateur Masters Disc Golf World Championships on Tuesday.
After extreme weather atnd flooding dampened the pre-event days, the skies cleared on Tuesday and, if the Round 1 action was any indication, it's going to be a battle to the finish in Emporia, Kansas.
A week full of strong competition came to an end in thrilling fashion on Saturday in Flagstaff, Arizona at the 2023 PDGA Masters Disc Golf World Championships.
There were close finishes all throughout the 25-division field, including five — yes, FIVE — PDGA World Championships that were decided by a playoff.
Titles were defended and new champions broke through this week in northern Arizona.
David Greenwell tied things up in MP70 heading into Championship Saturday. Photo: Marking / PDGA
In MA75, Donald Parker took a two-stroke lead after the first round. Rob Lee then tied it up. In Round 3, Parker reclaimed the lead. On Friday, Lee tied it up again.
