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Major Champs & Team Money Race | Disc Golf Daily Podcast | 03/26

Catch up on the latest news and growth in the world of disc golf with Disc Golf Daily Podcast's Major Champs & Team Money Race episode from March 26. This 10-minute recap covers key stories, including the record-breaking US Women's Championship, where 46 competitors earned $11,000 or more in prize cash. Meet Lynn Gerber, a 75-year-old pro who traveled from North Carolina to compete against top players, and learn about Missy Ganon's impressive $112,000 purse, one of the top five purses in Foo history. The episode also reviews all-time major champions, highlighting Paige Pierce's 17 FPO titles, Valerie Jenkins' 16 wins, and other notable achievements by top female players. Tune in to hear Brian Folley discuss these exciting topics and more, with links to additional resources and articles provided in the show notes.

Top disc golfers vie for major champs & team money titles. Watch the high-stakes competition unfold.

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Video Transcript

hello race fans and welcome to disc golf daily today is Tuesday March 26 it's time to get caught up with this golf news and growth in 10 minutes a little house cleaning note we have our first staff reporter Brian folley who will be taking over the Monday podcast duties starting in a week or two shout out to Brian for providing some of the factoids in the US Women's recap in this episode don't forget to tell your Call of Duty buddies about disc golf daily now let's get to it our number one news story US Women's recap the link in the show notes goes to the PDGA recap page with all of the Articles stats and media links in one convenient place in 2022 and 2023 at the US Women's disc golf championship 35 women earned $1,000 or more this year that record was smashed a record breaking 46 women earned $11,000 or more in prize cash at the 2024 US Women's the most from any PDGA event Kudos heck a few years ago 46 FBO competitors itself was news now we've got that many women earning $1,000 or more at one event heck yeah fun call out of the day Lynn Gerber in the Pro 75 division yes they are 75 years old and above traveled from North Carolina to compete against a couple people from Michigan she would go home after four long days a PDGA major Champion congratulations Lynn and competitors and lastly Missy's $112,000 purse is one of the top five purses in Foo history and yes big money Missy now has three of the top five payouts in women's disc golf our number two news story of the day udisk Foo Champions now that Missy Ganon joins evina Salamon with one major victory each udisk correctly decided it would be fun to review all of the women's major Champions a link to the complete article is in the show notes but touching on some of the highlights Paige Pierce has 17 fpo major championships Valerie Jenkins 16 Katrina Allen Elaine King and Des reading have seven Juliana corver has six and Kristen Tatar has six that's a great article our number three news story of the day nikol Lo Castro's sacred discs pays it forward to fpo a portion of the sales from the first lavender infused golf disc that sacred...

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