Barry Schultz

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. 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. 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

Open Division

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.

2003 season 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 the 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. He also finished the year with his highest career player rating, 1039.

Major wins (5) YearTournamentStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize money2001 US Disc Golf Championships -1 (58-58-64-65=245) Ken Climo $8,0002003 PDGA Pro World Championships -6 (45-49-67-48-49-48-50-27=383) Markus Kallstrom $5,0002003 US Disc Golf Championships Playoff (65-60-58-60=243) Ken Climo $10,0002004 PDGA Pro World Championships -9 (41-53-55-55-42-54-43-51-49-28=471) Ken Climo $5,3002006 US Disc Golf Championships -11 (58-57-58-63=236) Brian Schweberger $11,000

Major playoff record (1-0) YearTournamentOpponentResult2003 US Disc Golf Championships Ken Climo Won with birdie on tenth extra hole

National Tour wins (17) YearTournamentStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize money2003 Memorial Championship -10 (51-73-43-25=192) Brian McRee $2,4002003 Melbourne Open -5 (64-64-64-28=220) Walter Haney $1,6002003 Great Lakes Open Playoff (68-59-70-27=224) Steve Rico $2,1252003 Mad City Open -2 (49-47-53-25=174) Brian Schweberger $1,5002004 Melbourne Open -2 (68-63-60-24=215) Cameron Todd $2,0002004 Brent Hambrick Memorial Open -5 (73-76-44-27=220) Ron Russell $2,2902004 Minnesota Majestic -3 (67-68-62-29=226) Timmy Gill $1,8902005 Memorial Championship -4 (68-72-64=204) David Feldberg $2,6002005 Melbourne Open -3 (76-74-73-26=249) Steve Brinster/Peter Middlecamp $1,8002005 Beaver State Fling -1 (55-54-53=162) David Feldberg $1,8652006 Memorial Championship -4 (58-44-55=157) Chris Sprague $2,8002006 Bowling Green Open -8 (48-45-47-44-23=207) Justin Bunnell $2,5002006 Texas State Championships -1 (50-48-81=179) Kevin McCoy/Matthew Orum $1,5002006 Beaver State Fling -5 (53-54-55-48=210) David Feldberg/Steve Rico $1,3452008 Bowling Green Open -4 (48-47-47-49-22=213) Eric McCabe $2,0002008 Minnesota Majestic -1 (74-73-71-29=247) David Feldberg $2,5002009 Vibram Open -7 (49-57-55=161) Nikko Locastro $2,500

NT playoff record (1-1) YearTournamentOpponentResult2003 Great Lakes Open Steve Rico Won 2004 Memorial Championships Timmy Gill Lost

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Masters Division

Major wins YearTournamentStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize 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 $2,6502013 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 $2,0002017 PDGA Pro Masters World Championships -4 -64 (58-51-46-57-52-53-48-26=39) Robert Bainbridge $2,3502017 US Masters Championship -5 -44 (51-44-50-48=193) Joe Rovere $1,8002019 US Masters Championship -3 -22 (56-48-47-58=209) Michael Johansen Major playoff record (1-0) YearTournamentOpponentResult2010 US Masters Championships Patrick Brown Won with birdie on first extra hole

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

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)