Calvin Heimburg gets ready to see prior to Sunday's round in Milford, Michigan. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

It ended with a playoff, but the battle was the story on Sunday on the hills of the Toboggan.

After a tight race — 11 players entered Championship Sunday within five strokes of the lead —  throughout the 40th Discraft Great Lakes Open, the 10th stop of the Disc Golf Pro Tour, Calvin Heimburg and Corey Ellis turned it into a two-player battle in the end.

Correction: To the very end.

Corey Ellis connects on a birdie on 18 to send DGLO into a playoff. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

Heimburg took a one-stroke lead after 13 holes with an incredible tee shot and that lead grew to two after just the second bogey of the weekend from Ellis on 15.

But Ellis didn’t blink, grabbing a birdie on 17 and then a clutch circles-edge birdie on 18 to tie things up after regulation.

Ellis teed first and, despite an eruption from a stellar Michigan crowd, discovered that his disc at the bottom of the hill was out of bounds. That set up a simple pitch and putt from Heimburg for his second PDGA Elite Series win of the year. He took down the Jonesboro Open in a playoff as well.

Calvin Heimburg celebrates his second Elite Series win of 2022. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

“The playoff wasn’t the story, it was the round,” Heimburg said. “Corey made the charge toward the end. We both had our moments on different stretches of the course.

“I’d say that we both threw the disc really well this weekend. That’s why we excelled and separated a little bit from the field.”

In the end, Heimburg and Ellis finished three strokes ahead of Ricky Wysocki, who used a 10-under round to jump to third place. Gavin Rathbun also hit double digits on Sunday and tied for fourth with Adam Hammes.

Heimburg finished first in circle 1 in regulation at 53% and second to Kyle Klein in strokes gained tee-to-green at 16.97. Ellis was first in circle 2 in regulation (69%) and finished the weekend at 100% in C1X putting.

Cole Redalen fired off a 1080-rated round on Sunday. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

Cole Redalen set the course record with a scorching 12-under 52 on Sunday, a 1080-rated round, that jumped the rising star 43 spots into 15th place. Another sterling stat came from Andrew Marwede, who gained 13.33 strokes on the field on the putting green. Marwede (T7) finished 100% in C1X and hit 63% of his attempts from circle 2.

Next up is the Ledgestone Open where Heimburg and Wysocki finished in a tie in 2021 after inclement weather cancelled the final round.