Barry Schultz
 Disc golfer 
Personal information
Born1970
Menomonee Falls, WI
Nationality United States
ResidenceCharlotte, NC
Career
Turned professional1992
Professional wins216
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour17
Best results in major championships
PDGA World ChampionshipsWon: Open: 2003, 2004 Masters: 2013, 2017
USDGCWon: 2001, 2003, 2006
Japan Open3rd: 2006
Achievements and awards
Disc Golf Hall of Fame2013
PDGA Male Player of the Year2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Bob West Memorial
Sportsmanship Award
2000
National Tour Series Champion2006

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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 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.[4] He also finished the year with his highest career player rating, 1039.

Major wins (5)

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2001 US Disc Golf Championships-1(58-58-64-65=245)Ken Climo$8,000
2003PDGA Pro World Championships-6(45-49-67-48-49-48-50-27=383)Markus Kallstrom$5,000
2003US Disc Golf ChampionshipsPlayoff(65-60-58-60=243)Ken Climo$10,000
2004PDGA Pro World Championships-9(41-53-55-55-42-54-43-51-49-28=471)Ken Climo$5,300
2006US Disc Golf Championships-11(58-57-58-63=236)Brian Schweberger$11,000

Major playoff record (1-0)

Year Tournament Opponent Result
2003US Disc Golf ChampionshipsKen ClimoWon with birdie on tenth extra hole [5]

National Tour wins (17)

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2003Memorial Championship-10(51-73-43-25=192)Brian McRee$2,400
2003Melbourne Open-5(64-64-64-28=220)Walter Haney$1,600
2003Great Lakes OpenPlayoff(68-59-70-27=224)Steve Rico$2,125
2003Mad City Open-2(49-47-53-25=174)Brian Schweberger$1,500
2004Melbourne Open-2(68-63-60-24=215)Cameron Todd$2,000
2004Brent Hambrick Memorial Open-5(73-76-44-27=220)Ron Russell$2,290
2004Minnesota Majestic-3(67-68-62-29=226)Timmy Gill$1,890
2005Memorial Championship-4(68-72-64=204)David Feldberg$2,600
2005Melbourne Open-3(76-74-73-26=249)Steve Brinster/Peter Middlecamp$1,800
2005Beaver State Fling-1(55-54-53=162)David Feldberg$1,865
2006Memorial Championship-4(58-44-55=157)Chris Sprague$2,800
2006Bowling Green Open-8(48-45-47-44-23=207)Justin Bunnell$2,500
2006Texas State Championships-1(50-48-81=179)Kevin McCoy/Matthew Orum$1,500
2006Beaver State Fling-5(53-54-55-48=210)David Feldberg/Steve Rico$1,345
2008Bowling Green Open-4(48-47-47-49-22=213)Eric McCabe$2,000
2008Minnesota Majestic-1(74-73-71-29=247)David Feldberg$2,500
2009Vibram Open-7(49-57-55=161)Nikko Locastro$2,500

NT playoff record (1-1)

Year Tournament Opponent Result
2003Great Lakes OpenSteve RicoWon
2004Memorial ChampionshipsTimmy GillLost

Summary

Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-25 Events
World Championships23191719
Other Majors32282122
National Tour17114405457

Annual statistics

YearEventsWinsTop 3Earnings$ / EventRating
1992200$0$0.00x
1993500$200$40.00x
1994511$410$82.00x
1995915$1,175$130.56x
19961227$2,795$232.92x
199714711$4,750$339.29x
199817611$6,712$394.821012
199916711$12,106$756.631023
200017611$16,307$959.241021
200124816$21,365$890.211023
200228716$24,303$867.961030
2003261722$39,851$1,532.731039
2004352128$37,488$1,071.091036
2005301323$26,679$889.301032
2006291023$37,356$1,288.141038
200721611$10,814$514.951030
200825917$22,285$891.401031
200920613$14,070$703.501034
20101446$7,145$510.361029
20111858$9,142$507.891028
20121056$3,135$313.501025
2013271424$12,797$473.961034
2014211119$6,085$289.761030
2015291924$11,050$381.031025
2016191316$9,948$523.581033
Career473198329$337,968$714.52x

Masters Division

Major wins

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2010US Masters ChampionshipPlayoff(49-64-54-63=230)Patrick Brown$2,000
2011US Masters Championship-12-27 (78-74-62=214)Patrick Brown$1,700
2012US Masters Championship-5-37 (75-50-46=171)Johne McCray$2,650
2013PDGA World Championships-11-78 (55-49-57-51-57-53-46-31=399)Ken Climo$2,000
2014US Masters Championship-7-47 (48-49-50-54-50-31=282)Johne McCray$2,100
2015US Masters Championship-6-57 (55-51-45-41-53=245)Kevin McCoy$2,000
2017PDGA Pro Masters World Championships-4-64 (58-51-46-57-52-53-48-26=39)Robert Bainbridge$2,350
2017US Masters Championship-5-44 (51-44-50-48=193)Joe Rovere$1,800
2019US Masters Championship-3-22 (56-48-47-58=209)Michael Johansen

Major playoff record (1-0)

Year Tournament Opponent Result
2010US Masters ChampionshipsPatrick BrownWon with birdie on first extra hole [6]

Summary

Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Events
World Championships12033
Masters World Championships 1 0 0 1 1
Masters Championships60067

Annual statistics

YearEventsWinsTop 3Earnings$ / EventRating
2010111$2,000$2,000.001029
2011111$1,700$1,700.001028
201211711$7,526$684.181025
2013423$3,205$801.251034
2014323$4,075$1,358.331030
2015333$2,545$848.331025
2016111$350$350.001033
Career241823$21,401$891.71x

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: [7]

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)

References

  1. Innova. "Barry Schultz". Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  2. "Weekend Rewind: Masters Worlds, Finnish National Champions Crowned | Ultiworld Disc Golf". Ultiworld Disc Golf. 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  3. "PDGA Player Page: Barry Schultz".
  4. PDGA (2003-12-31). "2003 Player Page". Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  5. "2003 USDGC Sudden Death Playoff".
  6. "Schultz Wins Playoff".
  7. "Barry Schultz".
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