The PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships begin today in Augusta, Georgia, and run through Saturday. Be sure to bookmark this page for everything you need to follow the action!
When
- Wednesday, June 21 through Saturday, June 24
- Augusta, Georgia
- W.R. Jackson Memorial (International Disc Golf Center), Rounds 1 & 3 -- Course preview
- Marine/Navy (Fort Gordon), Rounds 2 & 4 -- Course preview
- Open: Seven For '17
- Open Women's: Take Nothing For Granted
- Broadcast: None. Poor cell signal at both courses did not allow for a live broadcast of the event.
- Scoring: PDGA Live
- Twitter: @UltiworldDG, @PDGALive
- Ultiworld Disc Golf will have round recaps of both the Open and Open Women's division each day.
- Nightly recap show with highlights and interviews from the day's round
- Round 1: Paul McBeth Card
- Round 2: Open Lead Card
- Round 3: Open Lead Card
- Final: Open Chase Card
- Round 1: Ricky Wysocki Card
- Round 2: Open Chase Card
- Round 3: Open Chase Card
- Final: Open Lead Card
- Round 1: TBD
- Rounds 2-Final: Open Women's Lead Card
It should be noted ahead of time that confidence in this forecast is low. This is due to the extended nature of the forecast, as well as the current tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico. Weather models tend to handle early-season tropical systems a bit poorly, and the track of the system is very important to the details of this forecast.
Wednesday: A cold front may sag just south of the Augusta region on Wednesday, which will keep temperatures “cool.” However, the tradeoff may come in the form of rainfall. The front will serve as a focus for surface convergence, leading to off-and-on showers and thunderstorms. Wind should be from the southeast around 5-10 mph as the high temperature tops out around 81°.
- 8:00: Mostly cloudy and 71°F. Isolated showers possible. Light southwest wind.
- 2:00: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, with a temperature around 81°F. Southerly wind around 5-10 mph.
Thursday: All the weather attention on Thursday will be focused on a tropical system making landfall along the Gulf Coast. It looks as though this tropical system will likely remain well west of Augusta, but it may spread more moisture to the east, leading to more intermittent showers through the day. As stronger, low-level southerly flow becomes more established, highs should climb back into the upper 80s. Surface winds should be out of the south around 5-10 mph.
- 8:00: Mostly cloudy and 72°F. Isolated showers possible. Light southwest wind.
- 2:00: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, with a temperature around 87°F. Southerly wind around 5-10 mph.
Friday: As the remnants of the tropical system meander across the south-central United States, an upper-level ridge will build over the southeast United States. This will lead to the return of typical summertime weather for Augusta. Highs should top out in the upper 80s to low 90s, and abundant moisture should lead to some afternoon pop up showers and thunderstorms. Southwesterly wind around 5-10 mph should be expected.
- 8:00: Mostly cloudy and 74°F. Light southwest wind.
- 2:00: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. The temperature should be around 90°. Southwest wind around 5-10 mph.
Saturday: The ridge will continue to build in on Saturday, leading to warming atmospheric temperatures that may limit showers and thunderstorms. An isolated storm may pop up, but they should remain less numerous. Highs will top out in the low to mid 90s, making Saturday the hottest day of the tournament. With humidity hanging out around 60 percent most of the day, the temperature will feel more like 100-105°F, so hydration will be key. Southwest winds are once again expected to be around 5-10 mph.
- 8:00: Partly cloudy and 76°F. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
- 2:00: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms possible. Temperatures around 93°F. Southwest wind around 5-10 mph.
Originally published at: https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2017/06/21/pro-worlds-nuts-bolts/