Heimburg outduels Buhr in playoff to win OTB Open, extends streak
Heimburg outlasted Gannon Buhr in a playoff at Swenson Park, then stretched his DGPT streak to seven straight seasons with his 12th tour win.
Calvin Heimburg won the OTB Open by beating Gannon Buhr in a playoff, a finish that matched the chaos that had followed the field all week at Swenson Park in Stockton. The two tied at 37-under, but Heimburg handled the extra hole better and took home $12,000, while Buhr settled for $7,000 after a Sunday that turned into a two-man stress test.
The 2026 OTB Open returned May 21-24 as a first-time DGPT+ stop after four seasons as an Elite Series event, with the tournament paused in 2025 while Swenson Park hosted the PDGA Champions Cup. Presented by MVP Disc Sports, the event drew 153 players across MPO and FPO and paid out a combined purse of $100,003. That setting mattered. Stockton brought hot, breezy conditions all weekend, with temperatures in the mid-80s to mid-90s and WNW winds building to around 25 mph, and the course’s out-of-bounds lines made every lapse expensive.
Heimburg set the tone immediately with a 13-under opening round rated 1090 and a perfect 16-for-16 in Circle 1 putting. He never needed to play from behind for long, and his week-long numbers showed why: a 56% birdie rate, a 71% scramble rate, and 63-of-64 in Circle 1. The event kept narrowing at the top as the wind, the OB and the pressure combined to force mistakes late, then punish them.
The final round came down to the kind of hole Swenson Park has become known for. On 18 in regulation, Buhr parked his approach and forced Heimburg into a clutch edge-of-circle death putt just to extend the tournament. The playoff brought more risk, not less. Both players found awkward tee positions, but Heimburg attacked with a bold 500-plus-foot hyzer carry over water that landed near the pin. Buhr tried to answer with an aggressive forehand, but finished on the edge of the circle and could not match it.
The win was Heimburg’s first of 2026 and his 12th career DGPT title, moving him into fourth on the all-time list behind Paul McBeth, Ricky Wysocki and Buhr. He has now won at least one DGPT event in seven straight seasons dating back to 2020, the longest active streak in the sport. In FPO, Holyn Handley won at 28-under, with Silva Saarinen second at 24-under, Ohn Scoggins third at 20-under and Ella Hansen fourth at 19-under, another sign that Stockton’s return produced pressure at every level.
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