Nathan Sexton Explained

Nathan Sexton
Birth Date:May 4, 1985
Birth Place:Corvallis, Oregon
Height:6 ft 0 in
Weight:200 lb
Residence:Olympia, Washington
Status:Professional
Yearpro:2004
Tour:PDGA National Tour, Disc Golf Pro Tour
Prowins:76
Worlds:3rd: 2021
Usdgc:Won: 2017
Euromast:6th: 2016
Euroopen:7th: 2017
Japan:5th: 2008
Scandinavian:21st: 2015

Nathan Sexton is an American professional disc golfer currently sponsored by Innova Champion Discs. http://www.innovadiscs.com/team/nathan.html 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.

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

Competition TierWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-25Events*
World Championships001269
Other Majors10051521
National Tour023104248
A-Tier Events659314748
*Through February 2020

Annual statistics

Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event RatingWorld
Rankings
2004 2 0 1 $565 $282.50 973 align=center-
2005 15 4 9 $3,504 $233.63 101541
2006 15 3 7 $3,106 $207.07 100285
2007 24 8 15 $7,421 $309.23 100738
2008 29 10 16 $9,669 $333.43 1019 31
2009 32 9 23 $11,252 $351.63 101925
2010 26 6 15 $10,905 $419.42 102126
2011 21 8 9 $6,206 $295.55 102137
2012 12 6 8 $5,144 $428.67 1035align=center-
2013 11 5 8 $4,670 $424.54 103519
2014 30 12 24 $15,262 $508.73 103112
2015 23 2 5 $17,172 $746.63 10278
2016 19 1 7 $21,044 $1,107.60 1034 12
2017 18 2 8 $31,255 $1,736.39 10354
2018 18 2 4 $26,570$1476.11 103411
2019 13 2 3 $14,040 $1080.00 1035 12
2020 6 3 4 $7,135 $1,189 1042 align="center" -
2021*1002$15,412$1,541-
Career 314 87 168 $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]

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: 2003 PDGA Junior Disc Golf World Championships. Professional Disc Golf Association. 2017-10-09. en.
  2. News: Unbreakable Ultiworld Disc Golf. Hill. Steve. 2017-10-09. Ultiworld Disc Golf. 2017-10-09. en-US.
  3. Web site: Jomez Productions - The Leader in Disc Golf Coverage.
  4. Web site: USDG Player Profile - Nathan Sexton. USDG.
  5. Web site: Nate Sexton - Innova Disc Golf. www.innovadiscs.com. en-US. 2017-09-20.