Avery Jenkins

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Avery Jenkins
— Disc golfer —
Personal information
Born1978
Hinckley, OH
Died24
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Santa Cruz, CA
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tourPDGA National Tour
Professional wins56
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour2
Best results in major championships
PDGA World Championships Won: 2009
USDGC 2nd: 2007, 2008
European Masters34th: 2014
European Open 3rd: 2006
Japan OpenWon: 2004
Achievements and awards
PDGA Rookie of the Year2000
US Distance Champion2000, 2005, 2006

Avery Jenkins is an American professional disc golfer from Hinckley, Ohio. He is a former World Champion and three-time US distance champion. In 2016, Jenkins served as commentator for the inaugural Disc Golf World Tour [1]

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Jenkins grew up playing disc golf with his father, Leroy, his mother, three-time Women’s Masters World Champion Sharon, and his sister, four-time World Champion Valarie. [2] He is currently sponsored by Clif Bar, [3] Keen, [4] Savage Apparel, [5] Discmania Golf Discs, [6] and Innova Champion Discs. [7]

Professional career

Jenkins has 56 professional wins, including the 2009 World Championship. [8]

Notable wins

YearTournamentTierStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize money
2004Japan OpenM-1(81-96-52=229)Steve Rico/Ken Climo $3,205
2006The Players CupM-4(57-58-59=174) Eric McCabe/Gregg Barsby$10,000
2008Greater Tulsa OpenNT-2(49-48-76=173)Eric McCabe/David Feldberg $1,560
2008 Vibram Open NT-7(56-51-56=163)David Feldberg$2,500
2009 PDGA World Championships MPlayoff(53-49-50-45-56-50-46-27=376)Josh Anthon$5,500

Major, NT playoff record (1-4)

YearTournamentTierOpponent(s)Result
2006Japan OpenMSteve RicoLost
2007Beaver State FlingNT Nate Doss/David FeldbergLost
2008Master’s CupNTSteve RicoLost to birdie on first extra hole [9]
2009Brent Hambrick Memorial OpenNTDavid Feldberg/Nate DossFeldberg won with birdie on first hole [10]
2009World ChampionshipsMJosh AnthonWon with birdie on fifth extra hole [11]

Summary

Competition TierWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-25Events
World Championships10121418
Other Majors232132936
National Tour264217993

Annual statistics

YearEventsWinsTop 3Earnings$ / EventRating†World
Rankings†
1999201$0$0.00966-
20002358$5,067$220.30992-
20014225$9,995$237.981007-
20023901$10,594$271.641013-
200331311$7,191$231.971004-
20041945$9,287$488.791007-
20052017$8,116$405.80101618
200623512$27,635$1,201.5210304
200723710$19,537$849.4310267
200830918$32,859$1,095.3010284
2009351023$29,767$850.4910294
20102514$12,550$502.00102325
20112417$14,599$608.29102714
20121926$10,976$577.68102427
20131947$7,109$374.16101929
20141213$4,517$376.42102429
20151502$6,979$465.27101232
2016915$3,142$349.111010-
Career41056135$219,920$536.39--

†At Year End

Equipment

Jenkins is sponsored by Innova Discs and Discmania Golf Discs. He has a number of past and present signature discs (marked with *), and commonly carries a combination of the following discs: [7] [12]

Drivers

Fairway Drivers

Midranges

Putters

References

  1. ↑ Parcell, Z. "Avery Jenkins named commentator on Disc Golf World Tour".
  2. ↑ Hill, S. "Disc golf's most famous mom".
  3. ↑ "Athletes: Avery Jenkins". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  4. ↑ "Meet a Keen Ambassador: Avery Jenkins".
  5. ↑ "Avery Jenkins Joins Team Savage". SAVAGE, The Ultimate Apparel Company. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  6. ↑ "Discmania Sky Team: Avery Jenkins (USA)".
  7. 1 2 "Team Innova: Avery Jenkins".
  8. ↑ "PDGA Player Page: Avery Jenkins".
  9. ↑ "Masters Cup 2008 part 1 Disc Golf Tournament".
  10. ↑ "Dave Feldberg wins 2009 Brent Hambrick Memorial Open..."
  11. ↑ "2009 Disc Golf World Championships".
  12. ↑ "In My Bag with Disc Golf World Champion Avery Jenkins".
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