Nathan Sexton

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Nathan Sexton
— Disc golfer —
Personal information
BornMay 4, 1985
Corvallis, Oregon
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Olympia, Washington
Career
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)PDGA National Tour, Disc Golf Pro Tour
Professional wins76
Best results in major championships
PDGA World Championships 3rd: 2021
USDGC Won: 2017
European Masters6th: 2016
European Open 7th: 2017
Japan Open5th: 2008

Nathan Sexton is an American professional disc golfer currently sponsored by Innova Champion Discs. Among his most notable accomplishments are his 2003 Junior I Boys PDGA World Championship [1] and his 2017 United States Disc Golf Championship win, which is his first PDGA Major title as a professional. [2] He registered as a professional with the PDGA in 2004, but has only been touring full-time since 2013.

Contents

In addition to playing disc golf, Nate has been doing commentary for Jomez Productions [3] with Jeremy Koling and Paul Ulibarri.

Professional career

Notable wins [4]

YearTournamentTierStroke MarginWinning ScoreRunner UpPrize Money
2003PDGA Junior Disc Golf World ChampionshipsM-10(50-50-44-52-46-54-59=355)Caleb Wood-
2017United States Disc Golf ChampionshipM-5-34 (59-58-57-58=232) Richard Wysocki $12,000
2018Canadian Disc Golf ChampionshipsA-2-27 (59-46-48=163)Chandler Fry$1,229
2018Discraft Ledgestone Insurance OpenA-2-28 (56-59-56-53=224)Chris Dickerson$7,000
2019Innova Baltic Tour - Alutaguse OpenA-6-38 (54-49-51=154)Albert Tamm$1,126
2020Las Vegas ChallengeA-2-44 (45-50-53-50=198)Garrett Gurthie$4,000

Summary [4]

Competition TierWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-25Events*
World Championships001269
Other Majors10051521
National Tour023104248
A-Tier Events659314748

*Through February 2020

Annual statistics [4]

YearEventsWinsTop 3 Earnings$ / EventRating†World
Rankings†
2004201$565$282.50973-
20051549$3,504$233.63101541
20061537$3,106$207.07100285
200724815$7,421$309.23100738
2008291016$9,669$333.43101931
200932923$11,252$351.63101925
201026615$10,905$419.42102126
20112189$6,206$295.55102137
20121268$5,144$428.671035-
20131158$4,670$424.54103519
2014301224$15,262$508.73103112
20152325$17,172$746.6310278
20161917$21,044$1,107.60103412
20171828$31,255$1,736.3910354
20181824$26,570$1476.11103411
20191323$14,040$1080.00103512
2020634$7,135$1,1891042-
2021*1002$15,412$1,541-
Career31487168$191,788.29$637.17--

†At Year End
*Through August 2021

Equipment

Sexton is sponsored by Innova Champion Discs. He commonly carries the following discs in competition: [5] [6]

Drivers

Midranges

Putters

* PFN is an abbreviation for "Pre Flight Number". Innova began printing flight rating numbers on their discs in 2009. PFN discs were manufactured before that time.

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References

  1. ↑ "2003 PDGA Junior Disc Golf World Championships". Professional Disc Golf Association. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  2. ↑ Hill, Steve (2017-10-09). "Unbreakable | Ultiworld Disc Golf". Ultiworld Disc Golf. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  3. ↑ "Jomez Productions - The Leader in Disc Golf Coverage".
  4. 1 2 3 "USDG Player Profile - Nathan Sexton". USDG.
  5. ↑ "Nate Sexton - Innova Disc Golf". www.innovadiscs.com. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  6. ↑ The SpinTV (2017-06-06), In My Bag with Nate Sexton - Team Innova, archived from the original on 2021-12-15, retrieved 2017-09-20
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