Barry Schultz

Barry Schultz
— Disc golfer —
Personal information
Born1970
Menomonee Falls, WI
Nationality United States
ResidenceCharlotte, NC
Career
Turned professional1992
Professional wins216
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour17
Best results in major championships
PDGA World ChampionshipsWon: Open: 2003, 2004 Masters: 2013, 2017
USDGCWon: 2001, 2003, 2006
Japan Open3rd: 2006
Achievements and awards
Disc Golf Hall of Fame2013
PDGA Male Player of the Year2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Bob West Memorial
Sportsmanship Award
2000
National Tour Series Champion2006

Barry Schultz is a professional disc golfer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has played disc golf since the early 1980s, and has been a professional since 1992.[1] He is on the Innova Champion Discs Hall of Fame Team. For a number of years, he was one of the most dominant players on tour. From 2003-2009, he held the single season earnings record of $40,896, which was finally surpassed by Nikko Locastro in 2010. He is one of six men to win more than one World Championship. He is also a three time United States Disc Golf Champion, one of only four people who have won the event more than once, the others being Ken Climo, Will Schusterick and Paul McBeth. Schultz additionally holds two Masters World Championships.[2] He and Climo are the only two men to earn both an Open and Masters world title. Schultz was inducted into the PDGA Hall of Fame in 2013.

Professional career

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Open Division

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As of January, 2017, Schultz has 198 professional wins in the Open Division, including two World Championships and three US Championships. He was the second person to ever win both Championships in the same year (after Climo). Schultz has 17 National Tour (NT) wins, and was the National Tour Series Champion in 2006.[3]

2003 season

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Schultz's best season was 2003, during which he won 17 out of 29 tournaments and finished in the top three in 5 more of them. He won both the World Championships and United States Disc Golf Championship, becoming the second player to win both in the same year. In addition, he won two National Tour stops and four A-Tier tournaments.[4] He also finished the year with his highest career player rating, 1039.

Major wins (5)

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Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2001 US Disc Golf Championships -1 (58-58-64-65=245) Ken Climo $8,000
2003 PDGA Pro World Championships -6 (45-49-67-48-49-48-50-27=383) Markus Kallstrom $5,000
2003 US Disc Golf Championships Playoff (65-60-58-60=243) Ken Climo $10,000
2004 PDGA Pro World Championships -9 (41-53-55-55-42-54-43-51-49-28=471) Ken Climo $5,300
2006 US Disc Golf Championships -11 (58-57-58-63=236) Brian Schweberger $11,000

Major playoff record (1-0)

Year Tournament Opponent Result
2003 US Disc Golf Championships Ken Climo Won with birdie on tenth extra hole [5]

National Tour wins (17)

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Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2003 Memorial Championship -10 (51-73-43-25=192) Brian McRee $2,400
2003 Melbourne Open -5 (64-64-64-28=220) Walter Haney $1,600
2003 Great Lakes Open Playoff (68-59-70-27=224) Steve Rico $2,125
2003 Mad City Open -2 (49-47-53-25=174) Brian Schweberger $1,500
2004 Melbourne Open -2 (68-63-60-24=215) Cameron Todd $2,000
2004 Brent Hambrick Memorial Open -5 (73-76-44-27=220) Ron Russell $2,290
2004 Minnesota Majestic -3 (67-68-62-29=226) Timmy Gill $1,890
2005 Memorial Championship -4 (68-72-64=204) David Feldberg $2,600
2005 Melbourne Open -3 (76-74-73-26=249) Steve Brinster/Peter Middlecamp $1,800
2005 Beaver State Fling -1 (55-54-53=162) David Feldberg $1,865
2006 Memorial Championship -4 (58-44-55=157) Chris Sprague $2,800
2006 Bowling Green Open -8 (48-45-47-44-23=207) Justin Bunnell $2,500
2006 Texas State Championships -1 (50-48-81=179) Kevin McCoy/Matthew Orum $1,500
2006 Beaver State Fling -5 (53-54-55-48=210) David Feldberg/Steve Rico $1,345
2008 Bowling Green Open -4 (48-47-47-49-22=213) Eric McCabe $2,000
2008 Minnesota Majestic -1 (74-73-71-29=247) David Feldberg $2,500
2009 Vibram Open -7 (49-57-55=161) Nikko Locastro $2,500

NT playoff record (1-1)

Year Tournament Opponent Result
2003 Great Lakes Open Steve Rico Won
2004 Memorial Championships Timmy Gill Lost

Summary

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Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-25 Events
World Championships 2 3 1 9 17 19
Other Majors 3 2 2 8 21 22
National Tour 17 11 4 40 54 57

Annual statistics

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Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event Rating
1992 2 0 0 $0 $0.00 x
1993 5 0 0 $200 $40.00 x
1994 5 1 1 $410 $82.00 x
1995 9 1 5 $1,175 $130.56 x
1996 12 2 7 $2,795 $232.92 x
1997 14 7 11 $4,750 $339.29 x
1998 17 6 11 $6,712 $394.82 1012
1999 16 7 11 $12,106 $756.63 1023
2000 17 6 11 $16,307 $959.24 1021
2001 24 8 16 $21,365 $890.21 1023
2002 28 7 16 $24,303 $867.96 1030
2003 26 17 22 $39,851 $1,532.73 1039
2004 35 21 28 $37,488 $1,071.09 1036
2005 30 13 23 $26,679 $889.30 1032
2006 29 10 23 $37,356 $1,288.14 1038
2007 21 6 11 $10,814 $514.95 1030
2008 25 9 17 $22,285 $891.40 1031
2009 20 6 13 $14,070 $703.50 1034
2010 14 4 6 $7,145 $510.36 1029
2011 18 5 8 $9,142 $507.89 1028
2012 10 5 6 $3,135 $313.50 1025
2013 27 14 24 $12,797 $473.96 1034
2014 21 11 19 $6,085 $289.76 1030
2015 29 19 24 $11,050 $381.03 1025
2016 19 13 16 $9,948 $523.58 1033
Career 473 198 329 $337,968 $714.52 x

Masters Division

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Major wins

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Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2010 US Masters Championship Playoff (49-64-54-63=230) Patrick Brown $2,000
2011 US Masters Championship -12 -27 (78-74-62=214) Patrick Brown $1,700
2012 US Masters Championship -5 -37 (75-50-46=171) Johne McCray $2,650
2013 PDGA World Championships -11 -78 (55-49-57-51-57-53-46-31=399) Ken Climo $2,000
2014 US Masters Championship -7 -47 (48-49-50-54-50-31=282) Johne McCray $2,100
2015 US Masters Championship -6 -57 (55-51-45-41-53=245) Kevin McCoy $2,000
2017 PDGA Pro Masters World Championships -4 -64 (58-51-46-57-52-53-48-26=39) Robert Bainbridge $2,350
2017 US Masters Championship -5 -44 (51-44-50-48=193) Joe Rovere $1,800
2019 US Masters Championship -3 -22 (56-48-47-58=209) Michael Johansen

Major playoff record (1-0)

Year Tournament Opponent Result
2010 US Masters Championships Patrick Brown Won with birdie on first extra hole [6]

Summary

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Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Events
World Championships 1 2 0 3 3
Masters World Championships 1 0 0 1 1
Masters Championships 6 0 0 6 7

Annual statistics

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Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event Rating
2010 1 1 1 $2,000 $2,000.00 1029
2011 1 1 1 $1,700 $1,700.00 1028
2012 11 7 11 $7,526 $684.18 1025
2013 4 2 3 $3,205 $801.25 1034
2014 3 2 3 $4,075 $1,358.33 1030
2015 3 3 3 $2,545 $848.33 1025
2016 1 1 1 $350 $350.00 1033
Career 24 18 23 $21,401 $891.71 x

Equipment

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Schultz is sponsored by Innova Champion Discs. He has a number of signature discs (marked with *), and commonly carries the following discs during competition: [7]

Drivers

  • Beast (Champion)*
  • Boss (Champion, Pro, Star)
  • Firebird (Champion, Star)
  • Roadrunner (Champion)
  • SL (Pro)
  • Valkyrie (DX)
  • Wraith (Pro)

Fairway Drivers

  • Leopard (Champion, Pro)*
  • TeeBird (Metal Flake)
  • TL (Champion)

Midranges

  • Roc (DX, KC Pro)
  • Shark (DX)

Putters

  • Aviar (DX, KC Pro)

References

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  1. ^ Innova. "Barry Schultz". Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  2. ^ "Weekend Rewind: Masters Worlds, Finnish National Champions Crowned | Ultiworld Disc Golf". Ultiworld Disc Golf. 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  3. ^ "PDGA Player Page: Barry Schultz".
  4. ^ PDGA (2003-12-31). "2003 Player Page". Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  5. ^ "2003 USDGC Sudden Death Playoff".
  6. ^ "Schultz Wins Playoff".
  7. ^ "Barry Schultz".