Trek Disc Golf

Let’s start by rewinding a month to the World Championships in Lynchburg, Virginia. Isaac Robinson led the tournament wire to wire across five round and two very challenging courses and now can say that he is a back to back World Champion. With this win, Isaac proved to me and the rest of the disc golf world that everything that happened last year was no fluke. The course does not matter, the slow start to the 2024 season does not matter, Isaac is one of the greatest players on the planet right now and when he focuses completely on the task at hand, he will be in contention. Isaac led the way with a -37, beating out Niklas Anttila at -33, good for a 1051 event rating and winning $30,000. Isaac’s only real blemish came in round 4 at Ivy Hill on holes 6 and 7, truly only those holes, where he played those holes +3. He later briefly lost his lead to Niklas before regaining it and shooting a -6 for the round and holding on to the sole lead, that he never let go. Truly, Isaac looked prepared, had a gameplan that he executed, was clearly well practiced on both courses. I’m a big fan of Isaac and how he approaches this sport and looking forward to more World Titles in the future.

A quick note on the Worlds courses. It was awesome to watch the professionals play the New London Tech course that I have watched so often on Foundation Disc Golf. They make the course look so attackable and I think that is why New London is so great. It can be scored on with the right gameplan because it is a beautiful, well-maintained, and fair woods course. The other course, Ivy Hill, was mostly really good. From everything I read and listened to post Worlds, there were a couple of holes that need to be adjusted, but overall, it was a great use of a golf course. As a viewer, it never really felt like they were playing on a golf course, which I think is a nod to the design.

Onto Gannon Buhr, who this whole season, has dominated the field. And the last two events, Discraft Great Lakes Open and the Green Mountain Championships, added to his reign. He won both tournaments, averaging a 1063 and 1069 event rating respectfully and winning a total of $37,500. Gannon is obliterating the record for most earned in a single season, as he is now somewhere near $140,000. Incredible for a 19-year old star.

At DGLO, Gannon finished two strokes clear of Ricky Wysocki and Isaac Robinson, with Ricky on his heels until Gannon was able to put space between them with a huge birdie on 17. Gannon led the field in strokes gained putting with 6.34 and was second by a narrow margin in strokes gained tee to green to Isaac with 24.53 strokes gained.

At GMC, Gannon finished ahead of Ricky, again, this time by 7 strokes, with hole 16 really being the end of Ricky’s incredible final round push. Gannon continues to get out to big leads over the field, and while he presents some openings on the final day thanks mostly to bad luck, he always is able to keep calm under pressure to nail down the win. At GMC, Gannon led the field in strokes gained tee to green and C1 in regulation, proving to me, that Gannon just has the all around game working. Whether it is the stats or the videos, it is obvious to those watching and following how good Gannon is. It feels like he will never make a mistake, like he will not be in contention, and I am here for it. Apparently, there are a lot of viewers out there who do not love watching Gannon play or are rooting against him, and I am just not one of them. I think for a 19-year old, to be going out there and dominating the field, and doing it his way, is commendable. Sure, does he take a long time, does he complain about things? Yeah, but at 19, he is going to get more adept in how to handle those situations in the public and frankly, it just doesn’t feel like a problem. At the end of the day, disc golf is better when Gannon is on fire and ushering in his era of disc golf dominance. I’m here for it.

Onto Maple Hill this weekend, starting tomorrow. Let it rip!