Nathan Sexton is an American professional disc golfer currently sponsored by Innova Champion Discs. Among his most notable accomplishments are his 2003 Junior I Boys PDGA World Championship and his 2017 United States Disc Golf Championship win, which is his first PDGA Major title as a professional. 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 with Jeremy Koling and Paul Ulibarri.
Professional career
Notable wins
YearTournamentTierStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize money2003PDGA 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$12,0002018Canadian Disc Golf ChampionshipsA -2 -27 (59-46-48=163)Chandler Fry$1,2292018Discraft Ledgestone Insurance OpenA -2 -28 (56-59-56-53=224)Chris Dickerson$7,0002019Innova Baltic Tour - Alutaguse OpenA -6 -38 (54-49-51=154)Albert Tamm$1,1262020Las Vegas ChallengeA -2 -44 (45-50-53-50=198)Garrett Gurthie$4,000
Summary
Competition TierWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-25Events*World Championships001269Other Majors10051521National Tour023104248A-Tier Events659314748 *Through February 2020
Annual statistics
Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event Rating†WorldRankings†2004 2 0 1 $565 $282.50 973 -2005 15 4 9 $3,504 $233.63 1015412006 15 3 7 $3,106 $207.07 1002852007 24 8 15 $7,421 $309.23 1007382008 29 10 16 $9,669 $333.43 1019 312009 32 9 23 $11,252 $351.63 1019252010 26 6 15 $10,905 $419.42 1021262011 21 8 9 $6,206 $295.55 1021372012 12 6 8 $5,144 $428.67 1035-2013 11 5 8 $4,670 $424.54 1035192014 30 12 24 $15,262 $508.73 1031122015 23 2 5 $17,172 $746.63 102782016 19 1 7 $21,044 $1,107.60 1034 122017 18 2 8 $31,255 $1,736.39 103542018 18 2 4 $26,570$1476.11 1034112019 13 2 3 $14,040 $1080.00 1035 122020 6 3 4 $7,135 $1,189 1042 -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:
Drivers Destroyer (Star) PFN Xcaliber (Echo Star) Wraith (Star) Sidewinder (Star) Thunderbird (Champion) Sexton Firebird (Glow Champion) PFN Orc (Champion)* Teebird (Star) Teebird3 (Metal Flake) Leopard3 (Star)
Midranges Roc (KC Pro) Roc3 (Metal Flake) Caiman (Star) Mako3 (Star) Lion (Champion) Rat (Star)
Putters Dart (R-Pro) Aviar (DX) Firefly (Nexus)
* 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.
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