Johnny Sias (born 1952) is a professional disc golfer, tournament director, and course designer from Lavalette, West Virginia.[1] [2] He became a professional in 1983 and joined the Professional Disc Golf Association in 1986 after finishing 15th at the 1985 PDGA World Disc Golf Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[3]
Sias won the 1986 PDGA Professional World Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, by seven strokes over Clint Mcclellan and Geoff Lissaman.[4] He has also won the 2012 PDGA Grand Masters World Championship,[5] the 2013 Senior Grand Masters World Championship, the 2019 PDGA Masters 65+ World Championship,[6] and the 2022 PDGA Masters 70+ World Championship.[7] Sias finished second, five strokes behind winner Sam Ferrans, at the 1984 PDGA Professional World Championship in Rochester, New York.[8] In 242 career PDGA events, Sias has 77 wins and amassed $51,164 in winnings. He was inducted into the Disc Golf Hall of Fame in 2001.[9] In 2016, he was the first person inducted into the West Virginia Disc Golf Hall of Fame.[10] He was Tournament Director for the 2021 Beech Fork Open at the Beech Fork State Park Disc Golf Course, which he co-designed with Phil Bryan.[11]
Sias is sponsored by Innova Champion Discs on their All Stars Team.[12]
Sias was born in Huntington, West Virginia, and raised in Lincoln County, West Virginia. He married his wife, Adele, in 1978.[10]