PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The 13th annual Ledgestone Open is set to tee off Thursday morning. The Open is the largest disc golf tournament in the world. There are activities scheduled from Thursday through Sunday. There are several courses in the Central Illinois area that will be used for the tournament. The tournament will feature […]
In two intense final rounds, Calvin Heimburg held off Eagle McMahon to win back-to-back men’s Play It Again Sports Jonesboro Open Titles, and Rose Bud native Kat Mertsch won in a playoff to take the women’s Jonesboro Open final.
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What a weekend it was at Disc Side of Heaven in Jonesboro for the fifth edition of the Play It Again Sports Jonesboro Open Presented by Prodigy on the Disc Golf Pro Tour! When the dust had settled, one former champion returned to the top, and another new champ emerged. Tournament director Brad Pietz joined “The Drive with Brad Bobo” Wednesday afternoon to recap the tournament. Catrina Allen dethroned the only women’s champ in Jonesboro history, Paige Pierce, while on the men’s side, Ricky Wysocki (winner of the first two events in 2017-18), beat 2020 titlist Calvin Heimburg by four shots to claim this year’s championship.