South Carolina Leads Charge at NADGT Championship Midway Point

The National Amateur Disc Golf Tour Championship is heating up as it hits the halfway mark, and South Carolina is shining bright at the top of the leaderboard. Calvin Pettigrew, from Tennessee, and Brent Hannu, from South Carolina, have maintained their hold on the top spots in the MPO A Pool heading into the weekend in Austin, Texas.

Brent Hannu, one of three players from South Carolina in the top eight, kept his share of the lead on Friday at Belton, where Dylan Seppala had a scorching round to jump onto the lead card. Micah Groth, also from South Carolina, is two shots back and rounding out the top group.

Wisconsin has two players firmly in contention: Matt Hanne and Jonathan Jurries, who are vying for a spot among the top 20% of the field that will advance after Saturday's cut. Pettigrew and Hannu sit at 6-under par, with Seppala just behind them at 5-under. Five other players are within three strokes of the lead.

As the A Pool heads to the Met Center course for its third round and Sunday's finals, North Carolina's Owen McCall is leading the MPO B Pool at 1-under. The B Pool will compete at Roy G. Guerrero on Saturday.

Interestingly, Groth, Pettigrew, and McCall all have a history of success in junior competitions: they all competed in the MJ18 division at the 2021 PDGA Junior World Championships. Robert Burridge, who will lead the chase card in the A Pool, finished second at the 2021 PDGA Amateur World Championships.

In the FPO (Women's Professional) category, Aria Castruita has grown her lead to three strokes over Britt Sawyer and four strokes over Lydia Lyons at Circle C Park. Lyons, who notched a top-10 finish on the PDGA Elite Series in 2021, rounds out the lead card.

Catch all the action live on the Disc Golf Network on Saturday, starting at 12 p.m. CT.

This article was compiled from disc golf coverage with AI assistance. Source: pdga.com — https://www.pdga.com/news/moving-day-arrives-austin