Tournaments

The Amateur Challenge at the DGPT Championship

PDGA A-tier · Fri-Sun, Oct 17-19, 2025Oct 2025 · Bedford, VA

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Mike Krupicka Sticky
We had to shift from our original plan for the order of our divisions. This is the current division order plan Saturday Pool A: New London- MA1 MA2 Pool B: Independence- MA50 MA40 MA3 FA1 Pool C: ... show more ›
Oct 16
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Jake Tate Oct 18 Same, i definitely wouldn’t have purchased VIP tickets if I knew I’d be playing during MPO every day.
Isaiah Crawford Oct 18 I bought a Saturday ticket for nothing ????‍♂️ thank you for making us aware this late, would’ve been nice to know we wouldn’t get a chance to watch MPO
Lance Underwood Oct 18 Completely agree purchased a vip Saturday ticket and will be lucky to see any of the MPO.
Nate Heinold Sticky
UPDATE: We have made a slight course schedule change that does not affect the courses that any division plays but does affect the order of the courses that each division plays. Pool A (MA1/MA2) will n ... show more ›
Oct 16
Chris McGrath Oct 16 Could Pool A please know which division will be teeing off first on Saturday and Sunday? We really need to know for planning spectating the pros and purchasing tickets. Thank you
Jeff Seaton Oct 16 Please update PDGA live to reflect this change!!
Nate Heinold Sticky Caddie guides for New London and Ivy Hill are posted to the documents section of the DGS page for this event! Oct 6
Nate Heinold Sticky
The layouts have been posted in the Description for the event. Players can see the layouts that will be played for each course. Caddie guides are still being finalized and should be posted later this ... show more ›
Sep 17
James Lawson Sep 21 Just to clarify. Pool B MA3 are we going to be throwing from Long or short Tee's? New London and Ivy hill.
Nate Heinold Sticky Images of the player pack discs and the discs you can purchase during AM registration have been added to the Pictures tab on Disc Golf Scene for this event! May 20, 2025
Dwight Powell Winners of the Tech Disc Long Drive Contest at The Tour Championships:

Mia Messick - Girls 12 and under - 31 ft
Jeremiah McElroy - Boys 12 and under - 239 ft
Courtney Baker - Women - 184 ft
James Hartman - Men - 574 ft Oct 29
Nicholas Gilmore Who do I reach out to about getting my disc shipped that I bought during registration but didn’t get refunded because I had to withdraw? Oct 20
Nate Heinold Oct 21 [email redacted]
Gary Canter Are you going to have the Am event next year? Oct 19
Nate Heinold Oct 20 Yes!
Gary Canter Oct 20 Looking forward to it!
Devin Hoover Do we have to be present for payouts? Oct 19
Nate Heinold Oct 19 Nope!
J. B. Collins Any chance of the AMs that are playing and will have had no time to go to fly mart getting some of the disc drops? Oct 18
Nate Heinold Oct 19 We will have all of the drops throughout the week available at the Pro Shop tomorrow except for the AB Zones
J. B. Collins Oct 19 So disappointed I didn't have a chance for the biggest part of the drop or even to attend the players party...
Justin Martin Oct 20 ^ same
Jack Ressler Please check your emails for an update on parking at Independence Park and New London for this weekend. Oct 18
Marc Reiner Too late to buy additional tickets to spectate the pros? Oct 17
Roger Gomez Nate, was seeing if we have a caddie at Ivy hill. Do we need to have another cart for our caddie available? Oct 17
Nate Heinold Oct 17 We do not have carts available for caddies
Jay Mattingly Is there a "lost and found" somewhere? I left something at NL yesterday during practice round. Oct 16
Dale E Baynes Is there a warm up area at independence Oct 16
Dimitry Stolyarov I had school exams today, and I’m heading over to ivy hill currently from PA. I will be cutting the time close on the registration. Can I arrive abit late, or sign in online. Oct 16
Jesse Ange Oct 16 How about answering this question?
No response at TD email.
Nate Heinold Oct 17 The reason we required check-in today was to give everyone their player packs
Evan Bollinger Hello, I just saw your email about golf carts being used for the rounds at Ivy Hill on Friday. I was planning to have a caddie with me tomorrow. Will I still be able to bring him? Oct 16
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Gary Canter Oct 16 I figured that was the case. Thanks for confirming.
Zachary Taylor Oct 16 For people with caddies are the carts mandatory?
Mike Krupicka Oct 16 The carts are needed for speed of play to make sure we do not run out of daylight.
Brian Sennett There are not really any warmup areas at East or Independence...will there be nets and practice baskets? Oct 16
Nate Heinold Oct 16 Yes
Aanden vandenberg Is it too late to buy discounted tickets for dgpt championship through registration? Oct 16
Nate Heinold Oct 16 You can buy them at AM check in today!
Aanden vandenberg Oct 16 Perfect thx!
Mike Krupicka Tee times are posted. Please note that the oder of divisions on Saturday will be different. Oct 16
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Benuel Hostetter Oct 16 Can you expand on the order of divisions going forward? It will be different Saturday, will it flip back to tomorrow's order on Sunday?
Mike Krupicka Oct 16 Our plan to flip Saturday had to be scrapped unfortunately.
Brandon Caldwell Oct 16 Will people who bought tickets on Saturday (planning around the switched tee times for MA1/MA2) be able to get refunds now?
Thomas Smiley Williams To who it may concern: I found a small notebook at Independence Park with hole specific disc notes and daily notes about this event. Call me at 828-450-3902 for returning. If I don't hear back from you, I will drop off at AM check-in in the morning. Oct 15
Thomas Horner Oct 16 That was probably mine. I just went to look for it and it was gone. Will grab it at check in -- thanks for looking out
Thomas Smiley Williams Oct 16 You are welcome, just dropped off.
James Hartman Come on I know one more of you MA1 folks can’t make it ;) Oct 15
Anthony Sampo Oct 16 And one more in MA2 ;-)
Keilan Turns Oct 16 Not how it works
Jeff Seaton Are the tee pads going to be blown off??
The tee pads at ivy Hill & New London needs to be cleared. At Independence Park the tee pads need to be cleared as well as the fairways.. Oct 15
Jeff Seaton Tree across the fairway on hole 14 at independence Park Oct 15
Keilan Turns Will we receive our players packs at the check in at ivy hill tomorrow? Oct 15
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Jesse Ange Oct 16 I can't make a Thursday check in.
What are my options?
Jesse Ange Oct 16 Hey Nate can we check in at near hole one each day?
Nate Heinold Oct 17 Yes, you would check in for your course each day near hole 1
Douglas Everett What is the pdga live code for the amateur challenge Oct 15
Nate Heinold Oct 15 You will receive it at the course!
Wes Landfear Nate you said in April, "We will send you further details on where you can get your players pack closer to the event if you cannot check in on Thursday." But the recent email says Thursday check-in required. Which one? And if only Thursday, can a friend check in for me? Thanks Oct 14
Nate Heinold Oct 14 Please send an email to [email redacted]
Mason Pierce If we are not able to get to check in by 7 on Thursday are we able to check in Friday before the round or after? We are coming down from Ohio but have an eye dr appointment on Thursday at 145pm Oct 14
Nate Heinold Oct 14 Check in is on Thursday
Michael Kessler Do you know when we'll have tee times posted? I was just wondering if I'll actually have time to spectate the Pros. Oct 14
Nate Heinold Oct 14 Sometime on Wednesday
Taylor Kilgore Will the tee order for Pool A be the same each day? Will MA1 or MA2 go off first? Oct 14
Nate Heinold Oct 14 This will be released when tee times are announced later this week
Taylor Kilgore Oct 14 Thank you.
Brook Johnson Oct 14 I was also curious about the overlap with the dgpt event as I wanted to watch/caddy FPO and kind of Need to know in advance if that is possible
Chip Kifer Because C Pool is nowhere near filled and the overall player cap is 480, will players in MA1/2 waitlist get in? Will you increase the player pool size for those divisions? Oct 13
Nate Heinold Oct 13 C pool does not play the same courses as pools A/B, so we cannot do that
Chip Kifer Oct 13 gotcha
John Ledbetter Hey Nate, was wondering with the thursday practice rounds at ivy hill, it shows 36/40 players registered but tee times are filled. Is this a mistake? Or maybe another tee time that's just hidden? Oct 13
Nate Heinold Oct 13 36 is the cap, sorry for the confusion
Kyle Bonebrake If possible if Angel Sandoval and I can be on the same card for MA-3 that would be great. Both coming from out town.
Thanks for considering!! Oct 13
Nate Heinold Oct 13 We are not able to accommodate this
Kyle Bonebrake Oct 13 No problem, thank you sir
Andrew Lombardi What are the prizes for each division? and what is the percentage of 'winners' Oct 13
Nate Heinold Oct 13 The payout will be released later this week
Wesley Jones
May be a dumb question: But will tee times be made so that after each round of the AM challenge all Ams can go watch the pro tour championship? I’m in MA1 and starting to wonder if my tee time would ... show more ›
Oct 13
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Wesley Jones Oct 13 Definitely understand the all day part. Was mostly concerned about missing MPO side all 3 days.
Nate Heinold Oct 13 Some players will tee off in the afternoon, since the event is tee times each day every day
Jacob Driskill Oct 13
I am in the same situation and had the same question as Wesley. We'll make do but it would be unfor ... show more ›
stan johnson Is there a chapel planned and if so, when and where? Thanks Oct 12
Nate Heinold Oct 13 This would be coordinated through Eagles Wings if its happening
Andrew Lombardi Oct 13 7;30 Thursday
Jason Chruma The caddie guide for Independence Park Shorts has the long tee for hole 18, not the short tee. Is this a mistake, or will players play short tees for every hole but 18? Oct 12
Michael Maddy Oct 13
Following for the same information. My guess, the short teepad will be a drop zone if you go in the ... show more ›
Jason Chruma Oct 14 I’m seeing answers to all the other questions but this one…guess it’s just getting ignored & I will prep to play longs for 1/18 holes at Indy
Michael Maddy Oct 14 Ask this on the TD's sticky post at the top of comments ⬆️????
Eric Dougherty What is the latest someone can be promoted from the waitlist? If someone no-shows their tee time on Friday will someone from the waitlist be able to take that spot? Or are there no more promotions from the waitlist once registration closes on Tuesday? Oct 11
Nate Heinold Oct 11 Once tee times are posted things are locked in
Jeff Seaton Is there going to be Glow at ivy Hill or a putting competition??
I don't see it on the event calendar anymore.. Oct 11
Nate Heinold Oct 11 The event calendar is up to date with the offerings we will have for the event
Michael Maddy Oct 13 No glow unfortunately, I asked a few days ago and TD responded.
Jeff Seaton When will tee times be posted? Oct 10
Jeff Seaton Oct 10 Can u please update the description for estimates for division tee times?
Joel Robinette Oct 10 I think tee times won’t be posted until the week of the event
Nate Heinold Oct 11 Tee times cannot be posted until after registration closes, so expect them sometime Wednesday of next week.