Josh DiBattista wins Battle of the 7 C’s at Acker’s Acres

Josh DiBattista won the MPO division at Battle of the 7 C’s Acker’s Acres after the PDGA marked the Pro/Am C-Tier complete and processed the official ratings. The final record shows 94 total players and a $1,080 pro purse, giving the result the kind of clean, finalized status regional players watch closely.

The win mattered most in a 12-player MPO field, where every move carries extra weight in the standings and in rating math. With the event officially closed, DiBattista’s finish is no longer a tentative line on a scoreboard page. It is a locked-in result that now counts for players tracking form, placement and the next step up the schedule.

Acker’s Acres has become a familiar stop in that regional ecosystem. Disc Golf Scene lists a related Battle of the 7C’s Acker’s Acres event, elevated by Thought Space Athletics and sponsored by Charleen's Gas Station, as a PDGA C-tier held Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Bowdoinham, Maine, with Kennedy's Disc Golf Adventures hosting. That earlier event helps frame the latest result as part of an established run at the same property rather than a one-off appearance.

The venue has also shown it can handle much larger sanctioned fields. PDGA records for Acker’s Acres Summer Showdown list a completed Pro/Am B-Tier with 141 total players and a $5,217 pro purse, while the 3rd Annual Summer Showdown at Acker’s Acres Presented by Innova finished as another completed Pro/Am B-Tier with 40 players and a $2,285 pro purse. Those numbers place Battle of the 7 C’s on the smaller end of the scale, but the finalized result still carries the same rating significance.

For DiBattista, the practical payoff is simple: a win in a sanctioned event that is already processed and on record. For everyone else in the 94-player field, the official ratings now set the baseline for how this stop at Acker’s Acres will be read against the rest of the season.