How the Las Vegas Challenge fits within the 2023 Pro Tour
1st prominent event on tour
before Memorial Championship
Warm weather, southwestern openers
Elite disc golf stays in southern US during late winter, early spring
3rd tournament moves tour to Texas, for 3 event stay in that state
Does play in standard re-draft fantasy leagues
Some season draft leagues choose to start after LVC
How Many Pros Play
In 2022, the event had a total of 118 MPO players
29 were rated 1025 or higher
78 were rated 1000 or higher
25% and 66% respectively
For 2023 LVC, MPO had a total of 119 players
30 of those were rated 1025 or higher
88 total were rated 1000 or higher
25% and 76% respectively
For FPO in 2022, the event had a total of 60 players
16 were rated 940 or higher
42 were rated 900 or higher
27% and 70% respectively
For 2023 LVC, FPO had a total of 57 players
25 of those were rated 940 or higher
46 were rated 900 or higher
44% and 89% respectively
2023 LVC combined field was 176 pros
4th largest combined field out of 33 events tracked in 2023
Tied for 6th largest MPO field
3rd largest field of 2023 for FPO
FPO Best Average Finish in Past 5 Years at LVC
Order
FPO Player
Prev Order
Avg Finish
Times Played
1
Catrina Allen
1
1.4
5
2
Paige Pierce
UR
3.3
3
3
Hailey King
4
5.3
4
4
Jessica Weese
5
6.6
5
5
Missy Gannon
7
6.0
3
6
Jen Allen
6
10.0
4
7
Holyn Handley
14
9.3
3
8
Ohn Scoggins
11
10.8
4
9
Henna Blomroos
16
10.7
3
10
Rebecca Cox
10
12.2
5
11
Eveliina Salonen
3
11.5
4
12
Madison Walker
9
12.6
5
13
Ella Hansen
17
11.0
3
14
Sarah Hokom
8
12.8
4
15
Maria Oliva
18
14.0
3
16
Lykke Lorentzen
15
14.3
3
17
Paige Shue
2
15.0
3
18
Lisa Fajkus
12
16.5
4
Catrina continues to dominate LVC as 2023 Champ. She's also winner of 2022 and 2020 LVC. In the other 2 years, Catrina took 2nd. Paige Pierce won in 2021. Paige Shue won 2019 LVC.
MPO Best Average Finish in Past 5 Years at LVC
*Updated with 2023 results, 2018 data drops off
Order
MPO Player
Prev order
Avg Finish
Times Played
1
Calvin Heimburg
1
3.4
5
2
Kevin Jones
3
4.8
5
3
Ricky Wysocki
2
5.8
4
4
Ezra Aderhold
8
7.3
4
5
Drew Gibson
6
7.8
4
6
Paul McBeth
7
8.3
3
7
Eagle McMahon
4
9.3
4
8
Garrett Gurthie
11
12.6
5
9
Scott Withers
15
15.4
5
10
Gannon Buhr
UR
16.0
2
11
Nikko Locastro
10
19.3
4
12
Anthony Barela
17
19.5
4
13
Simon Lizotte
5
19.7
4
14
Nate Sexton
9
21.6
5
15
James Proctor
UR
20.0
2
16
James Conrad
18
23.3
4
17
Mason Ford
UR
22.0
2
18
Kyle Klein
UR
23.7
3
Calvin Heimburg is 2023 Champion, plus won in 2019. Gibson won in 2022. Eagle won in 2021. Sexton won in 2020. Kevin Jones and Ezra Aderhold tied for 2nd in 2023 LVC.
Joel Freeman, Eric Oakley, Cale Leiviska and Thomas Gilbert all dropped from the top 18 list. James Conrad went up 2 spots and maintained exact same average after 2023 event, as 2018 he also finished in 20th place.
2023 Results – Top 4 Finishes
FPO Player
Finished
Catrina Allen
1st
Missy Gannon
2nd
Holyn Handley
3rd
Ella Hansen
4th
Henna Blomroos
4th
MPO Player
Finished
Calvin Heimburg
1st
Kevin Jones
2nd
Ezra Aderhold
2nd
Kyle Klein
4th
Drew Gibson
4th
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