Originally published at: https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2022/10/01/nikko-locastros-pdga-suspension-reduced-to-six-months/
Nikko Locastro’s suspension from PDGA events has been reduced from nine months to six months following an appeal, according to updated documentation on the PDGA website that was posted on Tuesday. The original probation period of 15 months has been extended to 18 months.
The sentence reduction means that Locastro will be able to compete at PDGA sanctioned tournaments again after February 8th, 2023, making him eligible to begin the 2023 Disc Golf Pro Tour at the season opener at the Las Vegas Challenge. Under his original nine month suspension, he would have been unable to compete at the first eight events of the 2023 season, including the first major of the year, the PDGA Champions Cup.
Locastro was suspended for getting in to an altercation with a PDGA rules official at the European Open. Locastro, the 2009 USDGC champion, is in Rock Hill, South Carolina, this week taking part in the festivities of the final major of the season.