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Tournament Director Spotlight

Tournament Director Spotlight

John Minicuci has been the TD of the USADGC since 2013. Photo: PDGA Media

(This is the latest in a series coming to PDGA.com spotlighting the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond)

Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition. They spend their time preparing and hosting disc golf tournaments all over the world.

Get to know John Minicuci, PDGA #22116, the tournament director for the 2022 PDGA United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship presented by Discraft. This is John’s 10th USADGC as the tournament director.

Brian Cole is the TD of the Portland Open. Photo: DGPT

(This is the latest in a series coming to PDGA.com spotlighting the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond)

Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition. They spend their time preparing and hosting disc golf tournaments all over the world.

Get to know Brian Cole, PDGA No. 46301, the tournament director for the Disc Golf Pro Tour - Portland Open and the Operations & Logistics Director for the DGPT.

OTB Open tournament director Sean Jack overlooks the action in Stockton. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

(This is the latest in a series coming to PDGA.com spotlighting the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond)

Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition. They spend their time preparing and hosting disc golf tournaments all over the world.

Get to know Sean Jack, PDGA No. 36762, the tournament director for the Disc Golf Pro Tour - OTB Open presented by MVP Discs Sports and the VP of Partnerships for the DGPT.

Tournament director Brad Pietz presents Calvin Heimburg the trophy at the 2022 Jonesboro Open. Photo: Kevin Huver / DGPT

(This is the latest in a series coming to PDGA.com spotlighting the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond)

Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition. They spend their time preparing and hosting disc golf tournaments all over the world.

Get to know Brad Pietz, PDGA No. 49689, the tournament director for the Disc Golf Pro Tour - Play It Again Sports Jonesboro Open powered by Prodigy.

(This is the latest in a series coming to PDGA.com spotlighting the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond)

Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition.

Their work begins months before tournament action begins and a lot of the time, their work is done behind the scenes to ensure that a quality event is taking place for the competitors.

In this installment of the PDGA’s TD Spotlight series, we quickly caught up with John Baker, the director of College Disc Golf.

(This is the latest in a series coming to PDGA.com spotlighting the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond)

Jackie Morris has joined a small, but powerful list.

As the tournament director of the Dynamic Discs Open, a 2022 Disc Golf Pro Tour event on the PDGA Elite Series, Morris is the fifth female TD of a PDGA Elite Series event or PDGA Major since at least 2000.

(This is the third of a series coming to PDGA.com to get to know the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond.)

Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition. They spend their time preparing and hosting disc golf tournaments all over the world.

Get to know Steven Storrie, PDGA No. 44083, the tournament director for the Disc Golf Pro Tour - 27th Annual Texas State Disc Golf Championship presented by Latitude 64, course director for the Dynamic Discs Open and the 2018 PDGA Tournament Director of the Year.

PDGA: How were you introduced to disc golf?

(This is the second of a series coming to PDGA.com to get to know the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond.)

Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition. They spend their time preparing and hosting disc golf tournaments all over the world.

Get to know Ryan Draper, PDGA No. 55587, the tournament director for the Disc Golf Pro Tour - Waco Annual Charity Open presented by Prodigy Disc and course director for the Emporia Country Country Club at the Dynamic Discs Open.

PDGA: How did you get into disc golf?

(This is the first of a series coming to PDGA.com to get to know the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond.)

Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition. They spend their time preparing and hosting disc golf tournaments all over the world.

Get to know Jeff Jacquart, PDGA No. 10749, the tournament director for the Disc Golf Pro Tour - Las Vegas Challenge presented by Innova and the PDGA Director of Competition.

How did you discover disc golf for the first time?