Disc Golf Presidents Cup

31.8. European Championships were held in France last weekend. EC was the last qualification tournament for Team Europe. Total of 215 players took apart of the event after intense four-day-play Sweden´s Jesper Lundmark was crowned Open division Champion. Surprisingly, Sweden´s Birgitta Lagerholm was left second as new star was risen: Camilla Jernberg took Womens division victory by large margin. Both women earned their spot in the team.

Right after the event Team´s Europes captain Hans Tegebäck got bad news: Both Team Europes leading players Lundmark and Markus Källström announced their withdrawal from the event. This means that both Emil Dahlgren and Juho Rantalaiho will raise to the team from reserve spots. Tegebäck has still Captains Choise that he needs to consider with extra carefully. Simon Lizotte (17) and Oscar Stenfeld (16) are young and talented additions to team Europe. Time will show, how they do against the Team USA Disc Golf icons.

Team EUROPE at Presidents Cup 2010
(After EC, one Captains Choice left)

OPEN
1. Karl-Johan Nybo (Denmark), 205 points
2. Simon Lizotte (Germany), 202.5
3. Oscar Stenfeld (Sweden), 140
4. Emil Dahlgren (Sweden), 127.5
5. Juho Rantalaiho (Finland), 114.5

WOMEN
1. Birgitta Lagerholm (Sweden), 430 points
2. Camilla Jernberg (Sweden), 350

Captains Choice will be announced September 15th.
Link to the Qualification Standings

1.8.2010. The World Championships in Lemon Lake, Indiana concluded Team USA qualification to Presidents Cup 2010. Before the event, Nikko Locastro, Dave Feldberg and Josh Anthon had a strong grip to the team but two other spots were wide open. Ken The Champ Climo finished 14th in this years Worlds and was enough to secure his spot in Team USA. Paul Ulibarri had early lead and was in his way to the team, but after final nine he had to settle tied 2nd with Feldberg and Anthon. Ulibarri would have needed 2nd place finish alone to get straight into the team. Despite a sudden death loss for finals to Anthon, Nathan Doss had enough points to secure his spot in to the team USA. New Open Division World Champion Eric McCabe did not play well enough in the early season and was left out.

Team Captain David Greenwell has still one spot in his team and this Captains Choice will be made . We will wait with great excitement who David Greenwell will choose to complete his team.

In the Women side Sarah Stanhope beat Des Reading and Valarie Jenkins at Lemon Lake, but that was not enough to get her into the team. So, Team USA will have former World Champions in their line-up.

Team USA at Presidents Cup 2010
(After Worlds, one Captains Choice left)

OPEN
1. David Feldberg, 503 points
2. Nikko Locastro, 475
3. Josh Anthon, 403
4. Ken Climo, 240
5. Nathan Doss, 230

WOMEN
1. Des Reading, 470
2. Valarie Jenkins, 400

Captains Choice will be announced September 15th.
Link to the Qualification Standings

The challenging course of Scandinavian Open in Skellefteå Sweden was the arena for the latest Presidents Cup qualifier. The PDGA Major in a tight and technical course resulted in Feldberg and Locastro securing their places in the presidents cup team.For team USA there were also changes when Cale Leiviska finished fourth and leap-frogged Nathan Doss into the last place in the Presidents Cup team.

The fight for the place in the team is still open in both teams. The worlds and the European championships will finalize the team, it is going to be a tight battle between the top players on each continent! We can only guess who Dave and Hans will pick as their captains choice.

Check the situation at the QUALIFICATION STANDINGS

The Qualification standings after Japan Open 2010

After one of the most eventful finals in disc golf history, Nikko Locastro takes the first place with a sudden death over Dave Feldberg in Japan Open 2010. The qualification standings are now updated and the teams are forming up. Team USA Nathan Doss leapfrogs in the team with the 3rd place finish.

In the Women Lyddie Lykke Helgren pushes Anne Matilainen out of the top 2 with a 10 point margin. This spells out for an exiting competition in the Scandinavian Open and the European Championships.

Good Luck for all of the players competing for the opportunity to represent their continent in the Presidents Cup 2010.

One of the most important person at the Presidents Cup is team Captain. After a deep consideration and voting, PDGA and PDGA Europe have nominated team captains for this years event. Team Europe will travel to US soil with their old captain Hans Tegebäck from Sweden. Hans has taken his nomination with honor and will start planning his trip to Rock Hill. Team USA will have new captain as Dave Greenwell has been nominated to represent USA in this distinguished task. Presidents Cup organization still needs approval from Dave to make it official.

Presidents Cup team captains will have one choice for team after Championships. Captains are also non-playing members of their respective teams.

Presidents Cup Qualification is well underway. One of team USA qualifiers took place in Arizona when The Memorial Championship was played 3rd-6th of March. David Feldberg took a victory and Josh Anthon placed second. Both players grabbed a good grip for team spot as well as Nikko Locastro (5th). At the moment, Ken “The Champ” Climo and Cale Leiviska are on the right side of qualification cut for team USA. In womens division Liz Carr took her first National tour victory and lifted herself 3rd place, right after Des Reading (2nd) and Valarie Jenkins (dnf).

Qualification standings

Next Qualification event is Copenhagen Open for European players.

Qualification for 2010 Presidents Cup is well underway.

Presidents Cup qualification consists of 5 events for both teams. Players can achieve points from following qualification events:

Qualifying events for both teams:

• World Rankings (base of the qualification)
• Japan Opem
• Scandinavian Open

Qualifying events for US players:

• The Memorial
• The World Championships

Qualifying events for European Players:

• Copenhagen Open
• European championships

Go to Qualification page here.

Presidents Cup fundraising discs released

Through the generosity of INNOVA CHAMPION DISCS, 500 Echo Star Katanas were produced with the Team USA and Team Euro designs. All proceeds from these limited edition discs will help support the event. Each limited edition Presidents Cup Echo Star Katana is individually marked and numbered. Thank you for your support.