Eric McCabe

Eric McCabe is an American professional disc golfer, tournament director, and course designer from Emporia, Kansas. He won the PDGA Professional World Championships in 2010.

McCabe began running the Emporia Open in 2003, renaming it the Glass Blown Open. He has overseen the growth of the Glass Blown Open from an 88-player B-Tier tournament to a record-breaking National Tour event with more than 1600 competitors in 2018 Courses that he has designed are featured in the event, and have also been used during the 2016 PDGA Professional World Championships.

Professional career

Notable wins

Year Tournament Tier Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner UpPrize Money2008 The Players Cup M -1 (58-63-54=175) Gregg Barsby $3,5002010 PDGA World Championships M -5 (59-48-47-58-49-42-48-27=378) David Feldberg $5,500

Summary

Annual statistics Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event Rating† WorldRankings†2000 4 0 2 $260 $65.00 980 -2001 6 1 2 $1,052 $175.33 984 -2002 10 0 3 $1,125 $112.50 985 -2003 18 3 8 $4,672 $259.56 1001 -2004 17 4 8 $4,041 $237.71 1002 -2005 15 3 9 $3,022 $201.47 1010 782006 19 6 14 $9,993 $525.95 1018 132007 26 8 13 $13,839 $532.27 1018 142008 35 16 26 $29,418 $840.51 1029 92009 34 11 17 $14,401 $423.56 1022 352010 34 9 18 $21,725 $638.97 1025 102011 34 9 16 $18,262 $537.12 1027 82012 29 4 11 $14,290 $492.76 1027 202013 22 1 7 $6,697 $304.41 1014 422014 22 3 8 $8,666 $393.91 1014 572015 22 3 8 $9,835 $447.05 1011 532016 8 3 3 $4,905 $613.13 1018 -Career 355 84 173 $166,203 $468.18 - -

†At Year End

Equipment McCabe has been sponsored by Dynamic Discs (DD) since 2013, which is part of the Trilogy partnership with Latitude 64 (L64) and Westside Discs (WD). He has two signature discs, the EMAC Truth and the Mercy. In 2020 Dynamic Discs released the EMac Judge. He commonly carries a combination of the following discs in competition:

Drivers Ballista Pro (L64) Convict (DD) Defender (DD) Enforcer (DD) Felon (DD) Renegade (DD) Trespass (DD)

Midranges Justice (DD) EMAC Truth (DD) Verdict (DD) Warrant (DD)

Putters Mercy (DD) Warrden (DD) Sarek (L64) Pure (L64) Shield (WD)