2023 South Carolina Top 10 MPO Players.
The list is based upon data gathered from the PDGA website with focus on ratings, tour points, and cash earned.
This video uses footage from the following sources:
Ulibarri (Paul’s channel):
Kneece (Ace Run Pro):
Hannu (JoMez):
B Wolff (Ben’s channel):
J Wolff (Disc Golf Updates):
Seppala (Disc Golf Guy):
Sides (Ace Run Pro):
Groth (Ace Run Pro):
Wozniak (Ace Run Pro):
It’s been a great year for disc golf in South Carolina and a great year for disc golfers from South Carolina and with that in mind I’d like to take the time to highlight the top 10 no players from South Carolina so I didn’t just pull these
Numbers out of the blue I decided to use statistics from the pdj website when you go to the pga’s website and you go under membership you can go to player statistics and you can find out a lot of information here I used three criteria to make this list I used ratings and I
Used cash earned and I used points earned and then I applied three baselines to the criteria a minimum of a $9.90 rating $3,000 earned cash and 5,000 earned points finally I ranked all the no in those three categories and then I averaged all of them to create the top 10 before we get to the top 10 just a few honorable mentions from the state first up we got the hanu cousins uh we got Brent from landram South Carolina and Will from Taylor South Carolina Brent has a 994 rating and he took cash in seven of 12 no events across the
Southeast will has a 995 rating and took cash in 10 of 14 events and checking in with a 998 rating from Simpsonville South Carolina is Ryan man recently signed with this craft underground he took first in 15 of 19 ma1 events in 2023 and that includes winning the US dgc doubles with partner
Davidson McMurray in late 2023 Ryan started playing no and took three wins but did not accept cash coming in at number 10 from Rock Hill South Carolina is Tyler wnc Tyler has a 990 rating and he catched most of the events he played in the Southeast he had
Great showings at Myrtle Beach open in the Charlotte Charity Classic as well as an M win in Rock Hill at Westminster park at number nine we have Ben Wolf from Clemson South Carolina Ben has a 999 rating and he took cash at leadstone Pro worlds and the Blue Ridge
Championship at North Cove in Maran North Carolina at number eight from Jackson South Carolina is Martin niece Martin has a 1006 rating and he might as well be called Mr Southeast because he played in 27 no events across the southeast and he cashed in all but two of them this includes 13 Podium
Finishes and six wins if you’ve seen any recent social media ads by Dynamic Discs then you know the guy coming in at number seven Greenville South Carolina’s Jake wolf Jake has a 1006 rating and this was his first year on tour highlights include taking fifth at the disc Mania open a silver series
Event and fourth at Jim P Mar’s American flying disc open he cached at four other discol Pro Tour events as well as the memorial in Arizona and pro worlds in Vermont at number six from Taylor South Carolina we have Dylan sea Dylan has a 1018 rating and he took
Cash at all but three events that he played in 2023 this includes ledg Stone the Champions Cup and pro Worlds tied at Fourth are two other full-time touring players from South Carolina First up from Simpsonville South Carolina is disc crafts Jake M Jake is rated 1013 and he played 30 events in 2023 caching at 17 of them highlights for Jake include the Zoot toown open in Montana Waco the Portland
Open and cashing at seven other disc golf pro tour Events from not far down the road in Woodruff South Carolina is discraft’s Micah Groth Micah only played in 12 events in 2023 due to a recurring finger injury but he cashed in all but one of those and also is currently the highest rated player in South Carolina at
10:22 highlights for mic 2023 include winning the Brent Hamburg Memorial and top 20 showings at the Kansas City Wide Open the mid- America open and 24th at the Champions Cup Coming in at number three from North Augusta South Carolina is Braden sides brayden’s rated 1017 right now and he is formerly of dis Mania but will be announcing a new sponsor soon Braden cashed in 30 of 34 no events in 2023 and this includes six wins at events such as the Tennessee States
Championship and the lake Marshall open you might be surprised to find this guy’s name on the list but we’re fortunate enough in South Carolina to have a major league transplant from the southwest this is Discraft team captain Paul ulubari cominging in at 1021 rated Paul’s been a member of the PDGA since
2005 and his 2023 highlights include taking down fourth at Ida wild 11th at the PCS open in Sula 13th at the memorial 15th at ledstone and cashing at 17 other events as a side note Paul has a pretty active YouTube channel including the video you’re seeing here which he was
Kind enough to allow me to use this is from Boyd Hill Park in Rock Hill one of the oldest traditional Park courses in South Carolina you can find a link to Paul’s Channel as well as all of the extra videos used in this countdown in the descript Description if you know anything about South Carolina disc golf then the guy at number one should be no surprise this is discraft’s Evan Scott from Duncan South Carolina in stats for this countdown Evan came in first both in points and cash as well as second in rating with
1021 he cashed in 21 out of 28 events in 2023 and the cash level was typically pretty high highlights for Evan in 2023 include winning the zoo Town open dis golf pro tour silver series event second at the disc craft Cascade challenge another silver series event eighth at the Kansas
City Wide Open 15th at proor and cashing in 12 other disco Pro Tour events 2023 has been a great year for disc golf in South Carolina and for its golfers so here’s hoping that 2024 is even better
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Evan Scott 😮
Great list!
The Wozard🧙♂️
nice list, martin is one of my favorites to watch, such a beast of a forehand!
Forgot to mention this guy named Vern 🫡
The Woz!!!!!!