2026 Discraft‘s Supreme Flight Open - MPO R1F9 Recap

The 2026 DGPT season kicked off under soggy, miserable conditions at Olympus – the course designed and owned by Paul McBeth and Dylan Cease. A rain delay of over an hour pushed tee times back, leaving the feature card racing daylight. Wet tee pads, muddy greens, and heavy moisture in the air made grip a nightmare all day.

Hole 1 | Par 3 | 347 ft | Straight uphill

A brute of an opener. This hole plays 400+ feet of power uphill, with a low ceiling demanding precision. Ezra Robinson, the defending Supreme Flight Open champion, threw a gorgeous backhand – a flip to hyzer that drifted right, landing inside the circle. Beautiful. Barela (AB) went all-hyzer forehand but came up well short. McBeth fired a high forehand that reached the circle, showing his sidearm is in peak form. Heimburg skipped up close as well. Ezra converted the birdie. McBeth also drained the birdie putt – a strong start on his home course. Calvin and AB pitched up for their pars.

Results: Robinson birdie | McBeth birdie | Barela par | Heimburg par

Hole 2 | Par 4 | 785 ft | Uphill, treacherous green

A monster par 4 with a brand new pin placement. The gap off the tee demanded a left-to-right shape to open up the fairway, then a sidearm or backhand turnover into a tiny, well-protected hillside green. The sloppy conditions made rollers impossible – everything had to be air shots. McBeth fired a standstill forehand flag-high to the top of the hill. Ezra’s drive came up short but he got fortunate. Calvin played smart through the middle. The green was an absolute nightmare – wet oak leaves, extreme slopes, and rollaways plagued everyone. McBeth converted his birdie on the course he designed. AB pitched up and tapped in. Ezra and Calvin settled for pars after tricky upshots.

Results: McBeth birdie | Robinson par | Barela par | Heimburg par

Hole 3 | Par 4 | 540 ft | Easiest hole on the course

Traditionally the easiest hole at Olympus (averaging 0.6 strokes under par). A hyzer into the road followed by a relatively straightforward blind uphill approach of about 210 feet. One player got a fortuitous kick that gave him a look. Calvin squeezed a birdie out of an errant tee shot – incredible. McBeth converted as well. AB landed about 22 feet away but connected. Ezra scrambled from a tough lie to save par. Three birdies on the card – more than expected given the four drives.

Results: Robinson par | McBeth birdie | Barela birdie | Heimburg birdie

Hole 4 | Par 4 | 723 ft | Hardest hole on the course

The beast of Olympus. Low ceiling off the tee demands a flip-up kept under the branches, skipping around a massive tree. OB lurks right the entire way up the hillside. McBeth went a bit too wide off the tee and got caught by that infamous tree. Barela threaded a near-perfect line but the same tree was a factor. Ezra released early and got a good kick – but still had a journey ahead (“he hasn’t even left the Shire yet”). From an awful position, Ezra pulled off a jaw-dropping approach shot that the commentators compared to the card ahead of them – an incredible scramble. McBeth took a brutal OB kick and couldn’t recover, dropping his only bogey of the round. Calvin’s troubles compounded into a double bogey after finding OB on the hillside. Ezra’s par save from his position was the shot of the front nine so far.

Results: Robinson par (scramble) | McBeth bogey | Barela par | Heimburg double bogey

Hole 5 | Par 4 | ~700 ft | Steep uphill green

Another grueling uphill par 4 competing with Hole 4 as the toughest on the course (averaging +0.41 over par). The green is treacherous – anything that races past the basket rolls away down a steep backside. You have to clip the ground on the hillside approach; sky it and you’re gone. Calvin nearly made a costly mistake overshooting. AB placed his drive ideally up the hill. Ezra continued his scrambling masterclass – saving par from trouble yet again (scrambles on holes 2, 3, 4, and 5). McBeth grabbed a much-needed birdie to bounce back from the hole 4 bogey. Staying bogey-free on a day like this is worth its weight in gold.

Results: McBeth birdie | Robinson par | Barela par | Heimburg par

Hole 6 | Par 3 | 320 ft | New hole, hay bales

A brand new par 3 featuring hay bales acting as a bunker (not OB, despite some initial confusion from the commentary booth). The preferred line is a gentle anhyzer or flat release with controlled flex. McBeth threw a gorgeous flex shot that drew gasps – nearly perfect execution, but the birdie putt slid by. AB landed a superb controlled flex as well. Ezra went straight at it and bounced to the right side, about 26 feet out, but converted. Calvin, not a flex thrower, went straight and ended up safe – and drained the birdie. Multiple birdies on this one.

Results: Robinson birdie | McBeth par | Barela birdie | Heimburg birdie

Hole 7 | Par 3 | 362 ft | Left-to-right slope, protected green

A deceptive par 3 where the left-to-right slope is the defining feature. You absolutely cannot turn your disc over. A flat release parks it; anything else and you’re fighting the slope with potential death putts and rollaways. AB got away with a mediocre shot. Ezra didn’t love his lie. Calvin pulled it right and caught some outer limbs. McBeth threw the ideal line – flat and controlled. Calvin got aggressive on his putt and nearly paid for it (the commentators invoked the “Ricky Wysocki” – a birdie putt turned into a 5 one year, heartbreaking to watch). Calvin got lucky and salvaged his position. McBeth converted another birdie – his fifth through seven holes in these awful conditions. Incredible. Calvin straddle-putted his way back to even par.

Results: McBeth birdie | Barela birdie | Robinson par | Heimburg par

Hole 8 | Par 3 | 445 ft | Beautiful turnover hole

One of the finest par 3s in disc golf. Reachable for everyone on tour, it demands a beautiful backhand turnover with a slight flex at the end. The big forehand can reach it too, but it brings left-side trees into play. Ezra landed inside the circle. McBeth settled for par after five birdies through seven holes. Calvin’s approach came up short and he couldn’t save the par, taking a bogey.

Results: Robinson par | McBeth par | Barela par | Heimburg bogey

Hole 9 | Par 3 | 478 ft | Must carry 460 ft in the air

The closer for the front nine – a 478-foot par 3 where you must carry 460 feet in the air. There’s no room to skip or slide the last 30 feet. The wet tee pads made this a brutal ask. McBeth nearly fell off the tee pad mid-throw. Ezra landed in a very tough spot at the bottom of the hill. Calvin came up short. The commentators predicted a bogey on the card but the scrambling remained strong. Ezra threw another great approach from trouble into the circle. Calvin connected from distance. McBeth had a wild adventure with his approach but pulled off a heroic par save.

Results: All pars; great scrambling all around

Front 9 Summary

McBeth was the star of the front nine with five birdies through seven holes in absolutely brutal conditions on his home course. Ezra Robinson’s scrambling was elite – saving par from terrible positions on holes 2, 3, 4, and 5. The course played harder than 2025, and the commentary team noted that anything under par would feel terrific by day’s end. Casey White led the field at 5-under through the front, with a pack at 4-under including McBeth.

The feature card was racing daylight as they headed to the back nine.