April 2024
Greater Peoria has become a hotbed for the growing sport of disc golf in recent years, and one mark of validation comes later this month with the arrival of a major professional disc golf tournament. via WCBU
August 2023
It was Saturday evening in Peoria, Illinois, and Cole Redalen had just spent four and half hours in the rain and mud on what most say is the toughest woods course on the tour. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
Cole Redalen and Missy Gannon would not be denied on Sunday to capture wins at the 2023 DGPT — Discraft Ledgestone Open presented by Merrell. via DGPT
MPO played two rounds each at Northwood Black and Lake Eureka. FPO played two rounds each at Northwood Black - Shorts and Sunset Hills. via UDisc
People have traveled across the country and the world for the Ledgestone Open. via CIProud.com
It’s a sport you may or may have not heard about before, but one of the largest pro disc golf tournaments in the world is right here in Central Illinois via 25News Now
The 2023 Ledgestone Open comes with questions, some serious, some fun, as one of the elite Professional Disc Golf Association events arrives for its annual run in central Illinois. via Peoria Journal Star
The 2023 Ledgestone Open is entering the home stretch as the disc golf season heads towards the World Championships. via BVM Sports
The Discraft Ledgestone Open has been a premiere event longer than the Disc Golf Pro Tour’s inception, making a splash on the 2015 PDGA National Tour with a record setting $117,453 purse. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
Northwood Black will see full live coverage for the first time ever! via DGPT
The owner of Rock It Discs said he has seen an increase in sales and calls as well as more out of state people out on local disc golf courses. via CIProud.com
There are several courses in the Central Illinois area that will be used for the tournament. via CIProud.com
November 2022
When the results of the three events were added together the 2022 Legacy Coop Champion Champ is Gage McKay. He took home a Ledgestone Insurance Open Grip BX2 bag. via SaskToday.ca
August 2022
And there, as the smoke clears—from the ashes of a disc golf news firestorm—rises a solitary water tower. These are the top 10 storylines of the 2022 Ledgestone Open. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
The 2022 Ledgestone Insurance Open was a weekend of intense competition, challenging courses, and huge payouts. Team Innova saw epic highlights and strong finishes. via Innova
Ricky is the first to three wins this season; FPO now has seven unique Elite Series winners. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
The largest disc golf event in the world came to a close on Sunday. via CIProud.com
The biggest event payout on the DGPT regular season slate. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
The 2022 Ledgestone Open is underway, taking over more than a dozen disc golf courses around central Illinois and bringing elite players from all over the world. via Golfweek
Tournament founder Nate Heinold — the Ledgestone tournament director and now president of the Professional Disc Golf Association board of directors — has grown this event into a week-long celebration of the sport via competition on the courses, big prize money, public meet-and-greets of players, skills clinics, live music, food and more. via Peoria Journal Star
2,200 disc golfers have made their way to the Tri-County region for the largest disc golf tournament in the world, the 2022 Ledgestone Open. via CIProud.com
Ahead of the Discraft Ledgestone Open, pros, tournament staff, and a disc golf hall of famer spoke on Disc Golf Network. Here’s what we learned… via DGPT
Ledgestone is this week, Worlds is this month and that makes for an incredible stretch of disc golf. via PDGA
Known for big payouts and punishing courses, the Ledgestone Open in Peoria, Illinois, is one of just three events that have been a stop on every single Disc Golf Pro Tour since the competition series started in 2016. via UDisc
Nate Heinold chatted for a bit after the 2019 Ledgestone Insurance Open. via Johnny Discgolf
July 2022
Events in Morton and Washington are getting a slice of $26 million in first-round funding for supporting recovery efforts in the tourism industry. via ABC News
Josh and Charlie take some listener mail before talking with Nate Heinold, president of the PDGA board of directors and tournament director for the Ledgestone Open and DGLO. via The Upshot
February 2022
Meet Team Funk. The name is fitting, as the players excel at one of the more obscure sports out there, disc golf. These four teenagers from Northwest Florida make up one of the world's brightest foursomes, which is why they'll be headed to Peoria, Illinois, this summer to compete in the Ledgestone Insurance Open. via Pensacola News Journal
August 2021
One of the biggest disc golf tournaments of the year, the Discraft Ledgestone Insurance Open, was held this past weekend in the Peoria, Pekin and Eureka areas via X Radio
The Ledgestone Insurance Open wrapped up in dramatic fashion last weekend, as the final round in the MPO division was canceled due to inclement weather, leaving a rare co-championship for the title. The tournament also boasted the most players and one of the biggest payouts in PDGA history. via Paul McBeth Foundation
The Ledgestone Insurance Open has long been one of the biggest, most talked about, and sometimes controversial tournaments of the touring season and this year was no different. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield break down all things Ledgestone Insurance Open, including a look at the new Northwood Black, the cancellation of the final MPO round, Paige Pierce's dominance, and the tie between Ricky and Calvin. via iHeartRadio
The Discraft Ledgestone Insurance Open presented by Grip EQ, a Disc Golf Pro Tour Elite Series Event, added a record amount of added cash to the tournament purse and significant donations to several charities. $75,000 of added cash was added to the purse, which is the largest amount in tournament history and $200,000 was donated to charities. via DGPT
Players from all over the world competed at courses across the area, the men at Lake Eureka Disc Golf Course, and the women at Northwood Park in Morton. via CIProud.com
Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield get you ready for the Ledgestone Insurance Open and have a conversation with TD Nate Heinold about the changes to the Northwoods course, this year’s added cash, and the growth of the tournament. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
The Disc Golf Pro Tour's Ledgestone is bigger than ever in other ways, too. The prize money for the Men's and Women's Pro divisions is $130,000 — the biggest purse in the history of the sport. via Peoria Journal Star
Ledgestone Insurance Open Tournament Director Nate Heinold has created a force in Peoria. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
The biggest disc golf tournament in the world, a giant pro purse, a record donation to charity, and the most difficult course on tour. via UDisc
May 2021
Nate Heinold of Ledgestone Insurance is building a new office with an attached warehouse to store the disc golf equipment for the Ledgestone Insurance Open, an annual disc golf tournament held at several area courses that attracts hundreds of disc golfers from around the country. via Peoria Journal Star
August 2020
Not even COVID-19 could stop Nate Heinold and the 2020 Ledgestone Insurance Open this month. via Cambridge Chronicle
With most competitive ultimate shut down for the year, many ultimate players have taken up disc golf as an alternative outlet. via Ultiworld
The sponsorship was introduced at the DGPT Ledgestone Insurance Open in Peoria, Illinois, last weekend. The event, hosted at the Lake Eureka course, was televised on the Disc Golf Network. via Rome News-Tribune
It’s been a couple of years, but Catrina Allen is back in the winner’s circle at the Ledgestone Insurance Open, and she earned her place after a convincing couple of days in Perkin. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
Four days of competition ended in Peoria, Illinois with emotions running high on the 18th green for 2020 Ledgestone Insurance victors Catrina Allen and Ricky Wysocki. via PDGA
A central Illinois tradition is back for its 10th year; the annual Ledgestone Insurance Open was played in Eureka Sunday afternoon despite COVID-19. via CIProud.com
With two moving days and moving between courses, the Open field was wide open after one round, but after three, it’s one player in control at the Ledgestone Open. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
The sun may be setting on the competition as moving days at the Ledgestone Insurance Open belonged to one player. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
The DGPT went straight from the Idlewild woods to more woods at the Ledgestone Insurance Open starting on the Northwood Gold course we first saw at the 2019 Pro Worlds. There’s potential for separation and a way to build up a cushion before heading over to Lake Eureka. via Ultiworld Disc Golf
A second day is in the books for the four-day marathon called the Discraft Ledgestone Insurance Open presented by GripEq. The FPO field saw serious separation while the MPO field saw players jockeying for position on their final day at Northwoods. via DGPT
via Peoria Journal Star
Dec 20 2023
This year the tournament will add a Ledgestone record $90,000 of added cash while providing a top level player’s pack to amateur players.
Dec 19 2023
Ledgestone Disc Golf, in coordination with the PDGA, is happy to release the 2024 PDGA Pro Worlds logo and details about the 2024 event.
Dec 18 2023
GRIPeq is back as the presenting sponsor for Ledgestone for the 2024 event.
Dec 17 2023
Bushnell’s products provide the data players need to get the most out of their time in the practice field and on the course.