What’s up Disgenerates! It’s Jefferson, and with me as always is the man who makes putting look like abstract art—Swiss Cheese. We’re here to break down everything that happened across the disc golf world this past weekend, from USWDGC madness and the Majestic, to juniors showing out at Futures, and of course, the most important doubles championship this country has ever seen—hosted by yours truly.
The USWDGC Trophy… Uh, What?
Let’s just get the elephant—or should I say, the precock—out of the room. That trophy. That… thing. That veiny, anatomically bold, borderline mythological creature someone thought was a great idea to hand to the best woman in the sport. Twitter was like, “Sure, we’ll allow gang bangs and beheadings, but this? Blur that.”
Even Brodie stayed silent on this one, probably because he’s trying to stay PG. Or maybe he just couldn’t come up with something funnier than the trophy itself. Shoutout to DGN for somehow making it look even more inappropriate in 720p.
Disc Golf Trophy Game Still Mid
Look—we’re not here to drag the event. USWDGC was incredible, weather chaos and all. Shoutout to everyone who helped pull it off. But let’s admit this: disc golf still needs to up its trophy game. Not everything needs to look like a middle school shop class project. No offense to AFDO and their vintage steering wheel.
Normalize Frisbees, Not Just Disc Golf Discs
If we want to grow the sport, we need to grow the base. And that starts early. Normalize throwing frisbees, even if they’re not PDGA-approved. Let kids get hooked on flight, then get them hooked on chains. That’s why the new Futures Tour has us hyped. They’re doing it right—from the atmosphere to getting Simon Lizotte to pop in and bring the vibes.
Promotion Still Lacking Across the Board
So we have the Futures Tour, the Majestic, and the Q Series all happening… and yet, you’d barely know it. If disc golf is gonna grow, people need to know what’s happening. Events need real coverage, quick results, and more than one Instagram post and a “check the stats on PDGA Live.”
USWDGC Drama: Lead Card Crumbles
Swiss Cheese here: The USWDGC came in hot, but the lead card came in ice cold. Day one featured the power trio: Kristin Latt, Silva Saarinen, and Missy Gannon—three of the top four in DGPT points—who proceeded to shoot a collective +6. Missy’s +8 took her podium hopes and threw them OB.
Meanwhile, Eveliina Salonen—back on tour torched the course with an 8-under, and an ace on 16, on top of that 86% C1X putting stat that made jaws drop.
Henna Blomroos came in swinging on day two with a new spin-heavy putting stance, shooting -7. Wisconsin’s own Hailey King also made moves, dropping -5 with an open bag and big putts.
But the putting woes weren’t done. The moving day putting collapse saw Eveliina miss 10 C1X putts (TEN!), and Hailey threw in 7 more bricks. The entire lead card missed 24 C1X putts combined. Yikes.
Still, heading into Championship Sunday, seven players were within five strokes. Henna OB’d on 18 but kept a narrow lead. Kristin made a late charge from Silver Creek but fizzled out, ending her 13-event podium streak. Cadence Burge made a push from Chase Card to 2nd. And it all came down to hole 18…
Hailey King’s drive came out low, her second shot went OB, and Eveliina Salonen just walked it in. That’s three majors in last six tries for Eveliina. More than Missy. More than Kristin. Say it louder for the people in the back.
Black Lung’s First Available Open: The Greatest Doubles Event Ever
Now let’s talk about the real story—our very first Disc Golf World tournament, hosted at Fairfield with our friends at Black Lung Brewery. We brewed a beer, we threw some discs, and Gavin Phillips and his dad absolutely cooked the field with a -18 first round.
Team ProAm (David and Frank) kept it close going into the second round on the gold layout. Gavin opened the round by chaining out for an ace, followed by absolute bombs and princess curls blowing in the wind (seriously, Gavin’s hair was majestic). Meanwhile, Dave tapped in birds like it was nothing, and Frank nailed circle’s edge putts like a sniper.
It was highlight after highlight. Gavin piped teeshots as Bob deferred his turns, Dave nailed monster putts from downtown to stay close, and Frank brought the heat. But in the end, Gavin and Pops sealed the deal and became the inaugural champs of Black Lung’s First Aviakable Open presented by The Disc Golf World.
Massive thank you to everyone who came out, played, or just kicked it with us. Shoutout to Gateway Discs, DryV Bags, Cabrella Designs, Cosmic Dave, Mad Discs, and everyone who made this possible.
Final Thoughts
We’ll have a more in-depth tournament recap on The Spit Out podcast tomorrow, so make sure to tune in. And hey, if you made it this far—drop a comment if you want to see full-round coverage of the final day with commentary. If you haven’t already, subscribe, like, and share. It helps more than you know.
Until next time—keep it in bounds, keep it weird, and remember: it’s just a trophy… or is it?
