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🐎 Bluegrass Regional 🐎 Another conference event went down last weekend. Congratulations to those who won and to those who secured bids to Nationals!

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Kayla's first College Disc Golf regional event and she did awesome!!! With it falling on parents weekend at Pitt, I had the pleasure of caddying for my girl!! Way to go Ladies!!! Hopefully first of many. Good luck this season. H2P 💙💛

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Results for the women’s division at the Mid-Atlantic Regional. The Pitt panthers looked dominant this weekend, as they end up winning by 23 over Houghton and Liberty.

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This weekend we have our first college disc golf event, and it’s the Mid-Atlantic Regional! This is the first regional event our club has played in Pittsburgh, and is also the largest group we have sent to an event! We are thrilled to be able to have 2 women's teams and 4 men's teams and are excited to see how everyone plays! You can follow our rounds on PDGA live.

#h2p #discgolf

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Here are the final standings from Summer Sesh 2026 for the Women’s division☀️

The session this year was fantastic. We had the most participants ever. We hope everyone who participated enjoyed it and joins us again next session.

The results above at the cumulative results from the entire summer. Congrats to Kayla Hess, Madison Kutzke, Isabella Parker, and Cami Burdick for winning their respective categories!

To learn more about Summer Sesh and to get more in depth results, check out the link to the Summer Sesh page in our bio.

#collegediscgolf #innovadiscs

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Am Worlds Recap! I did a thing, and I did it well 😎

But to me, the biggest victory was recognizing and redirecting my mentality when I was letting the competition overshadow my enjoyment of the sport.

Unexpectedly having the lead after round one left me with a lot of expectation about how I could or should finish. For two rounds, I let this expectation hold a prominent place in my mental game. It was hole 14 of round three, after missing another birdie opportunity, when I looked to Jeff and said “I’m not having fun.” The realization hit me like a sack of bricks.

I didn’t come to Am Worlds to win. I came to have a good time playing disc golf with other talented women. The only way I could truly lose the tournament was to walk away having not had fun. And I was letting my attention to relative scores take me down that path.

It took me the rest of the round, evening, and some of the next morning to shake off the weight of my own expectation. But thanks to my stellar caddy, friends, and card mates, I managed to refocus on my own game and just enjoying the experience of playing in a Major Disc Golf Tournament.

It worked. A hot round 4 put me back in the mix. I let my excitement for a redemption round be my drive for the final at Bond Lake, which led me back into a fight for the lead.

While I wasn’t crowned champion, I did get exactly what I came for. I played great disc golf, and got to meet so many cool, talented, and kind disc golf women. I also got to watch a 13 year old player take it all down 🤯 I left feeling invigorated about the sport, and amped for the future of women's disc golf.

Fist bumps all around.

But wait! I'd be remiss to not mention that Jeff was the real hero of my tournament. I would not have played as well without his level headed decision making (when I listened) and good vibes amping up all the players on every card. His support kept me bolstered through the rough rounds, and his confidence in me was contagious. Grateful to have such a great guy on my team ❤️

Huge thanks to everyone who made the event such a success! And special shout out to all the PA women who crushed it all week!

@pdga_amworlds @wnydiscgolf @pdgawomen @pdga

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Well, that’s a wrap on Am Worlds!!! 🎉🔥
What a WEEK!!! It was so much fun getting to step back, watch all the action, and just enjoy the experience! My body definitely needed the break, and getting to walk the course with so many amazing groups of women and men was absolutely incredible. There’s nothing quite like being surrounded by so much talent, passion, and love for the game! ❤️🥏

Huge congratulations to the winners, @gianna_discgolf and Ethan Hadders! 🏆👏 You both absolutely crushed it!

For me, onto Pro Worlds in Michigan!! 🥏

#discgolf #discgolflife #pdga #amworlds #wnydgc

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Leading by 2 strokes going into moving day! @khess.dg is feeling confident going into today’s round! Let’s all wish Kayla the best of luck for AM Worlds!

#discgolf #pdgaamworlds #pdga #discgolfgirls #pdgawomen

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Kayla Hess went to WORK at Bond Lake during Round 3 to jump to the top of the leaderboard at the 2026 @pdga_amworlds! 🔥

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Day 1 of AM Worlds! 🔥🥏

Round 1 is at Emery Park! Let’s see what these girls have to say! 👀💪 Stay tuned for more interviews throughout the week!

#discgolf #pdgawomen #pdga #fa1 #womensdiscgolf

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Fun fact: the disc Kayla Hess used for this EPIC throw in to win 2026 USWDGC during a playoff, was also the same disc she used to ACE in 2023 USWDGC to then later win! Thanks Latitude 64 for the PURE!

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Thank you to @pdga and @gatekeeper_media for covering @khess.dg championship round at USWDGC!! Here's a glimpse at our watch party last evening 🥳❤️🥳❤️

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