Thanksgiving Special: Pro Disc Golfers With The Most Turkeys In 2023

Nov 23, 2023 • 3 min read

Edited image of pro disc golfer holding oven-roasted whole turkey with other disc golfers looking at turkey — Original player photos of Calvin Heimburg, Gannon Buhr, Isaac Robinson, Kristin Tattar, and Holyn Handley credit: Disc Golf Pro Tour

It's Thanksgiving, AKA Turkey Day, and it's time to find out which pros got the most turkeys at top-tier tournaments tracked with UDisc Live in 2023. This has become an annual tradition for us here at UDisc, and you can check out other turkey round-ups from 2021 and 2022.

What's a Turkey in Disc Golf?

Whenever a player gets three consecutive birdies during a single round, it's called a "turkey."

To get the stats you'll see below, we had to set a few parameters for "turkey." Here's what they were:

The turkey counts could actually include up to five consecutive birdies (what we like to call "turkeys with stuffing").
Any consecutive birdie total that was a multiple of three counted as a separate turkey, e.g. six consecutive birdies was two turkeys, nine consecutive was three.
We included eagles in turkey streaks, but any par broke the streak. So, for example, eagle + birdie + birdie was a turkey, but eagle + par + birdie was not.
Turkeys had to be done within one round, so finishing a round with two birdies and starting the next day with a birdie didn't count as a turkey.

Top 10 Turkey Tallies: FPO Disc Golf 2023

Rank	Name	Turkey Tally	UDisc Live Rounds Played	Avg. Turkeys Per Round
1	Kristin Tattar	42	70	0.6
2	Holyn Handley	40	84	0.5
3	Missy Gannon	34	84	0.4
T4	Ella Hansen	33	88	0.4
T4	Kat Mertsch	33	78	0.4
6	Catrina Allen	24	79	0.3
7	Ohn Scoggins	23	65	0.3
8	Hailey King	21	59	0.4
9	Emily Beach	20	76	0.3
10	Jennifer Allen	19	47	0.4

Looks like plenty of turkey was served with Tattar sauce in 2023, but if Handley ups her pace just a bit, we could be decking this list with bows of Holyn next holiday season.

Top 10 Turkey Tallies: MPO Disc Golf 2023

Rank	Name	Turkey Tally	UDisc Live Rounds Played	Avg. Turkeys Per Round
1	Calvin Heimburg	100	79	1.3
2	Isaac Robinson	98	93	1.1
3	Gannon Buhr	91	83	1.1
4	Anthony Barela	85	77	1.1
5	Kyle Klein	79	72	1.1
6	Eagle McMahon	74	68	1.1
7	James Proctor	73	77	1.0
8	Ezra Robinson	72	80	0.9
9	Ricky Wysocki	71	62	1.1
T10	Alden Harris	68	83	0.8
T10	Cole Redalen	68	75	0.9

Given how far Heimburg throws a disc, we imagine most of his division-leading turkey count came air fried.

There was a huge jump in players averaging over one turkey per round in MPO last season. Only three managed that in 2021 and just one in 2022. With these sorts of appetites, will there even be leftovers for next season?