Will Schusterick Explained

Will Schusterick
Fullname:	Dudley William Schusterick
Nickname:	Will
Birth Date:	1992

Will Schusterick (;^[1] born May 4, 1992, in Reno, Nevada) is an American professional disc golfer.^{[2] [3]}

Schusterick has won the United States Disc Golf Championship three times. He turned pro in 2008 at the age of 16, and his career earnings are $215,190.29 (as of September 2016).^{[2] [4]}

Schusterick was born in Nevada, but has lived the majority of his life in Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee.^[3] He is currently sponsored by, and a part-owner of Prodigy Disc.

Professional career

Notable wins

Year	Tournament	Tier	Stroke Margin	Winning Score	Runner Up	Prize Money
2010	US Disc Golf Championship	M	-2	(61-63-56-64=244)		$12,000
2012	Stockholm Open	M	align="center"	-4	-24 (55-62-52-59=228)		$4,050
2012	US Disc Golf Championship	M	-2	-48 (59-57-53-55=224)		$7,500
2013	Memorial Championship	NT	Playoff	-48 (49-42-48-45=184)		$3,700
2013	Beaver State Fling	NT	align="center"	-2	-35 (50-53-51-55=209)		$3,600
2014	US Disc Golf Championship	M	Playoff	-19 (62-59-62-66=249)	Paul McBeth	$8,000
2015	St. Jude Disc Golf Charity Invitational	XA	-2	-9 (57-60=117)	Steve Rico	$1,600

Major, NT playoff record (2-1)

Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
2013	Memorial Championship	Paul McBeth	Won with birdie on first extra hole ^[5]
2014	US Disc Golf Championship	Paul McBeth, Johne McCray	Won with birdie on second extra hole; McCray eliminated after first extra hole ^[6]
2015	Beaver State Fling	Paul McBeth	Lost to birdie on third extra hole ^[7]

Summary

Competition Tier	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-25	Events
World Championships	0	1	2	4	6	8
Other Majors	4	1	2	10	18	20
National Tour	2	5	4	17	43	51

Annual statistics

Year	Events	Wins	Top 3	Earnings	$ / Event	Rating^†	World Ranking^†
2006	2	0	0	$0	$0.00	949	align=center	-
2007	8	0	3	$827	$103.38	975	align=center	-
2008	33	10	16	$11,041	$334.58	1002	align=center	-
2009	20	3	5	$5,753	$287.65	1013	27
2010	32	10	16	$23,976	$749.25	1020	19
2011	39	12	21	$24,957	$639.92	1032	2
2012	35	8	22	$38,089	$1,088.26	1044	1
2013	34	14	25	$33,850	$995.59	1043	3
2014	32	7	18	$27,916	$872.38	1027	8
2015	29	10	20	$31,633	$1,090.79	1027	3
2016	25	3	6	$15,415	$616.60	1013	align=center	-
Career	289	77	152	$213,457	$738.61	-	-

^†At Year End

Equipment

Schusterick is sponsored by Prodigy Disc. He commonly carries a combination of the following discs:^{[8] [9]}

Distance Drivers

• D1 (400g, 400s)
• D2 (400g)
• D3 (400g)
• D4 (400g)
• X1 (750)

Fairway Drivers

• H1 (750)
• H3 (750)
• F1 (400)
• F2 (400)
• F3 (400s)
• F5 (400)

Midranges

• A2 (400g)
• M2 (200, 750)
• M3 (750)

Putters

• PA1 (300s, 750)
• PA3 (200, 300s, 350g)
• PA4 (200)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Driving Instruction- Will Schusterick. YouTube. 20 December 2019.
2. Web site: Will Schusterick #29064.
3. Web site: About Will Schusterick . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305020430/http://www.schusterick.com/about-will.html . 2016-03-05.
4. Web site: Will Schusterick, Team Prodigy, 2010, 2012 & 2014 US Champ . prodigydisc.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151026162912/http://prodigydisc.com/will-schusterick . 2015-10-26.
5. Web site: Will Schusterick claims 2013 Memorial Championship . 3 March 2013.
6. Web site: Schusterick needs playoff for third USDGC, Pierce claims Performance Flight . Michalowski, J.. 6 October 2014 .
7. Web site: McBeth tops Schusterick in 3-hole sudden death playoff, Weese gets first NT win at 2015 Beaver State Fling . Goldner, B.. 14 June 2015 .
8. Web site: Prodigy Pro In the Bag.
9. Web site: Schusterick in the bag and BP-3 review. YouTube.