Bryce Brinson wins USADGC playoff at Kensington Metropark

Toboggan wrote the ending at the 2026 United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship, and Bryce Brinson seized it in the playoff. Brinson, from Augusta, Georgia, matched Gavin Bednar at 14-under through regulation before pulling away in extra holes to win the PDGA Major at Kensington Metropark, a finish that rewarded the player who handled the late-round pressure best.

The final leaderboard showed how tight the championship became by Sunday evening. Brinson and Bednar shared first at -14, Noah Feil, who had owned the first two rounds, slipped to third at -12, Adam Monn finished fourth at -11 and Sawyer Barlow took fifth at -10. That margin told the story of Toboggan as much as the players did. The course did not hand out safe birdies, and once the final round tightened, the leaderboard compressed fast enough to turn a comfortable lead into a chase.

Feil set the pace early with an 8-under, bogey-free opening round, sparked by five straight birdies at the 24th running of the event. By the start of Sunday’s final round, though, Brinson had climbed to solo second, Jackson Yoder had moved onto the lead card, and Monn was tied with Yoder and Bednar at 6-under, six shots back of Feil. That set up a final round where every mistake mattered, and Brinson and Bednar both made the move when the tournament demanded it.

The result fit Toboggan’s reputation. PDGA describes the course as a championship-level par 63 stretching 10,210 feet, with major elevation changes, tight fairways and punishing rough. Originally designed by Discraft owner Jim Kenner for the 2000 Discraft PDGA Pro/Am World Championships, it has hosted the USADGC since 2002, when Scott Burnett won the first title. It is also the longtime site of the Great Lakes Open, which only adds to its standing as one of disc golf’s sternest tests.

That matters because Milford is not just hosting another amateur title. Kensington Metropark will also stage the 2026 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships from August 26 to August 30, making this playoff finish a preview of the same stage that will soon crown the sport’s biggest names. Brinson’s win did more than add another champion to the USADGC ledger. It showed how quickly Toboggan can turn a lead into a duel, and why the next wave of elite amateurs will have to be as sharp mentally as they are on the tee.