The Open at Austin Disc Golf Championship

08/14/2026

Casual Play at Harvey Penick Monday Evening 8/24
**Totally casual, totally flex, choose long or short tees., bring your own group!**

We get it. You wanted to play the Harvey Penick Summer Classic but you can't get off work on Tuesday morning. Dang. Well here's your chance to play the course on the Monday evening before the Classic.
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Twilight at Harvey Penick is a Disc golf event in Austin, Texas beginning August 24, 2026 and hosted by The Open DGC.

07/28/2026

Here's your chance to play Harvey Penick DGC this Summer! Your participation in this event will help make disc golf more available at Harvey Penick Golf Campus in the future.

https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournament/Harvey_Penick_Summer_Classic_2026

06/08/2026

Woo-hoo the Barbasol Open at Austin will be featured on CBS chronicling Paul Ulibarri’s rise to the championship.

Set to air on Saturday, June 13 at 1 PM ET, the special will revisit Ulibarri’s emotional championship performance in Austin.

05/20/2026

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION BASKET DRAWING
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We will give away this "elite tournament experienced" DGA MachX Pro basket to one lucky volunteer who worked at least two shifts at the 2026 Barbasol Open at Austin. Need not be present to win the basket.

We will also have drawings for commemorative discs and a few other items. Must be present to win these other items.

Join us for the drawings followed by the Texas Disc Golf Hall of Fame Class of '26 inductions at Sprinkle Valley Disc Golf Club / Austin Beerworks on Saturday, May 30. Drawing starts at 6:20 PM.

Below are the names that will be included in the drawing. If your name is not on this list and it should be (volunteered for at least two shifts) let us know in comments by 5/29, 5:00PM.

If your name is on this list and it should NOT be (did not volunteer for at least two shifts) let us know in comments by 5/29, 5:00PM.

Thanks again to everyone who made The Open Disc Golf Championship a great event again this year!
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Jonathan Bolick
Michael Brown
Jakob Brown
Eric Brugnone
Sean Cary
Pam Clayburn
Steve Cooper
Larry Cormack
Walter Couser
Mark Czaplicki
Alain Deroulette
Scott Fowers
Matt Fowers
John Godfrey
Kyle Grundmann
Gordon Kelley
Douglas Lossman
Steven Malin
David McKinney
Connor McLean
Taylor Patrick
Tim Pitcher
Steve Powell
Glenn Reed
Isaiah Rees
John Rider
Joe Rosner
David Schmidt
Daniel Schroeder
Paul Stamler III
John Stetson
David Tomlinson
Scott Vautrain
Don Weckler
Erick Zamarripa
Chris Adkins
Michele Arroyo
Chris Barrera
Samuel Barrette
Joshua Bright
Michael Carpeno
Gerald Clayburn
Sean Close
Cameron Cotham
Christopher Cotham
Jim Craig
Justin Crawford
Eddie Efsic
Colby Endres
Jonathan Gardner
Jason George
Marshall Kratzer
Sean Kryger
Cody Morgan
Ken Ogden
Connor Painter
Steve Powell
Brandon Riley
Thomas Rioux
Grant Schroeder
Gary Wende
Erick Zamarripa
Gresh Urbanowski
Karl Loftis
Bobby Andres
Hadley Stuart
Bill Bittlick
Jeremy Miller
Victor Snell
Hunter Patterson
Isaac Hernandez
Andy Byrd
Peter Herrara
Zac Dudek
Matthew Friestman
Dillon Cassidy
Mark Hutchison
Bill Weiss
Carris Florie

04/30/2026

Join over 100 of your fellow disc golfers who are staffing and volunteering May 7-10 at the Barbasol Open at Austin! Besides having a front row seat to the action you will get some swag, free parking and admission and you could win a MachXPro basket!

04/21/2026

12 years of The Open Disc Golf Championship

The Open DGC was established in 2015 as a B-tier in Woodville Texas to fill in a schedule gap between Texas States and WACO for touring pros. Since then The Open has gone from an A-tier to a DGPT Silver Series and then a DGPT Elite Series. In 2025 the Open became a 4-day DGPT+ Elite Series. Listed below are the winners of the MPO & FPO divisions as well as the Volunteer Of The Year winner (VOTY) - the award you can only win once. As of today every past winner is scheduled to play in the 2026 Barbasol Open at Austin.

2015 Woodville B-tier: MPO Ricky Wysocki, FPO Stephanie Vincent, VOTY Ernie Motton

2016 Woodville A-tier: MPO Bradley Williams, FPO none due to Texas Womens, VOTY Kimhak Pech

2017 Temple A-tier: MPO Simon Lizotte,
FPO Catrina Allen, VOTYJim Hudson

2018 Flat Creek Estates A-tier: MPO James Conrad, FPO Catrina Allen, VOTY Woody Durbin

2019 Belton A-tier: MPO Paul Ulibarri,
FPO Catrina Allen, VOTY James Bell

2020 Belton A-tier: MPO Ezra Aderhold,
FPO Valerie Mandujano, VOTY Richard Porter & Family

2021 Belton DGPT Silver Series: MPO Ricky Wysocki, FPO Catrina Allen, VOTY Aaron Kreig

2022 Belton DGPT Silver Series: MPO Chris Dickerson, FPO Catrina Allen, VOTY Alan Ekery

2023 Austin DGPT Elite Series: MPO Gannon Buhr, FPO Paige Pierce, VOTY Jim Deeken

2024 Austin DGPT Elite Series: MPO Niklas Anttila, FPO Ohn Scoggins, VOTY Bob Breeze

2025 Austin DGPT + Elite Series: MPO Niklas Anttila, FPO Holyn Handley, VOTY Hap Swenson

2026 Austin DGPT + Elite Series: MPO ?, FPO ?, VOTY?

04/12/2026

We are less than 4 weeks away from The Open. Check out the schedule of events we have planned and come join us. 🥏

04/02/2026

HOST HOTEL INFO
Looking for a place to stay? Book your room just 20 minutes from Sprinkle Valley and Harvey Penick at the Hampton Inn Austin East Side 5th Street.

Enjoy a discounted rate of $130 per night by booking through the link below! The booking cutoff is April 9, 2026, and rooms are available through Thursday, April 9, pending availability.

https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/rooms/?ctyhocn=AUSEAHX&arrivalDate=2026-05-05&departureDate=2026-05-11&groupCode=CHH917&room1NumAdults=1&cid=OM%2CWW%2CHILTONLINK%2CEN%2CDirectLink