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DGPT 2023 All-Stars Format: Everything You Need To Know

By February 10, 2023February 18th, 2023No Comments

 

 

02/17/2023 – 1:00 PM MT

UPDATE: Ricky Wysocki has withdrawn from All-Star weekend due to a wrist injury. 

Gannon Buhr will take over as captain for Team Ricky, but the team name will remain the same on UDisc and Disc Golf Network throughout the weekend.

Corey Ellis will be filling in for Wysocki and will take his place for Friday’s skills and Saturday’s doubles competition. Ellis will also become the new #6 seed for Team Ricky in Sunday’s singles competition and will face off against Kevin Jones. All other players on Team Ricky will now be bumped up one spot in the singles seeding, with Gannon Buhr representing the #1 seed against Paul McBeth.

 

 

 

 

The Third Annual Disc Golf Pro Tour All-Star Weekend kicks off soon! The 2023 All-Star event is set to take place February 17-19, 2023 at the Pusch Ridge Temp course set up at El Conquistador Resort in Tucson, Arizona. Like last year, the DGPT is taking a team approach following a modified Ryder Cup format where each division will be split into two teams. Each team will have a total of 6 players (including captains), and the team captains responsible for picking their teams will be the #1 and #2 seeds at the event.

Team captains will draft players for their teams via snake draft and then immediately must determine where in the skills competition they will be placed. Therefore, players will be selected based on who the captains want to assign to each specific Skills Competition: Putting, Accuracy/Shot-shaping, and Controlled Distance. In addition to the skills competitions, we will also have doubles and singles matches.

The 2023 All-Star Draft starts on Friday evening (February 10, 2023) and you can watch it LIVE on the Disc Golf Network or on our YouTube Channel. The FPO All-Star Draft starts at 6pm ET and you can watch as Catrina Allen and Ohn Scoggins draft their teams on the Disc Golf Network or on the DGPT YouTube Channel at this link here. The MPO All-Star Draft will begin shortly after at 7pm ET. Find out who Ricky Wysocki and Paul McBeth will draft for All-Star Weekend on the Disc Golf Network or on our YouTube Channel here.

All matches will be won and lost by total score, not via match play. So, players will complete all holes in a round. Teams will compete against each other all weekend across skills comps, singles, and doubles. Each of these portions of the competition will earn points towards each team. At the end of the weekend, the team with the most points will win the weekend.

Schedule of Events (ALL TIMES MT/LOCAL)

The 2023 DGPT All-Star Weekend will start with the Skills Competition (FPO starts at 1pm, MPO at 4pm). Friday’s event will feature the Putting challenge, Shot-Shaping/Accuracy challenge, and the Controlled Distance challenge.

Putting (Winning Team Gets 1 POINT):

Each player gets 3 throws at 6 different stations. Players get points for each throw based on the points system.
Winners are determined by most points when all 6 stations are totaled and for teams, both players’ scores are added.
All players throw their 3 shots and rotate through each station before moving to the next station.

6 Stations Points Putts
20 footer (elevated basket) 1 pt 5
25 footer 1 pt 5
25 footer (obstructed to force straddle) 2 pts 5
33 footer 2 pts 5
33 footer (obstructed, elevated basket) 3 pts 5
45 footer 3 pts 5
Bonus Station – 66 footer 5 pts 1
Shot-Shaping/Accuracy (1 POINT):
Each player gets 3 throws at 5 different stations. Players get points for each throw based on the points system.
Winners are determined by most points when all 5 stations are totaled and for teams, both players’ scores are added.
All players throw their 3 shots and rotate through each station before moving to the next station.
Points System: Make (5 pts), Bullseye (3 pts), C1 (2 pts), C2 (1pt), outside C2 (0 pts)
5 Throw Types Points Throws
Mando Right (force RHFH or RHBH anhyzer) Add totals per point system 3
Mando Left (force RHBH or RHFH anyhzer) Add totals per point system 3
Mandos Right and Left (force straight shot) Add totals per point system 3
Mando Low (force overhand shot, grenade, spike hyzer, etc) Add totals per point system 3
Mando High (force roller) Add totals per point system 3
 
Controlled Distance (1 POINT):
Distance Max Distance Throws
Keep Biggest Throw, per player Max Distance wins, both teammates add the longest throw together 6
Each individual winner gets $250 added onto their winnings at the end of the week!
 
Doubles Competition (FPO starts at 9am, MPO at 2pm)
Going into Saturday the team captains will select three doubles teams each for head-to-head competition based on combined seeding. Pairs are seeded by the lowest seed after both the player’s individual seeds are combined (for example, Seed 1 & Seed 4 = 5 (if this is the lowest total number, that team serves as a #1 seed for doubles). Doubles pairs play the pair on the opposing team with the corresponding seed (Seeds 1 v 1, Seeds 2 v 2, Seeds 3 v 3). Doubles teams play best disc, stroke play, lowest total score wins. The winner of each match will gain an additional point for their team. Stay tuned for the release of the pairings on Saturday morning!
 
Singles Competition (FPO starts at 9am, MPO at 2pm)
The singles competition will be the final opportunity for each of the teams to score points on the weekend. Players from each team will be matched up via seed with the lowest score of each pairing earning their respective team a point. The player with the lowest score in each division will see a bonus added to their winnings at the end of the week!
 
We are excited about our Third Annual All-Star event! The Pusch Ridge Golf Course in Oro Valley at Hilton’s El Conquistador Resort is playing a great host to the event this weekend. There is still time to purchase tickets: All-Star Weekend – Disc Golf Pro Tour (dgpt.com) and you can watch all of the action live on the Disc Golf Network!
Schedule Overview
Skills Competition Friday (2/17) FPO 1 PM MT/3 PM ET MPO 4 PM MT/6 PM ET
Double Competition Saturday (2/18) FPO 9 AM MT/11 AM ET MPO 1 PM MT/3 PM ET
Singles Competition Sunday (2/19) FPO 9 AM MT/11 AM ET MPO 1 PM MT/3 PM ET