Paul Ulibarri cruises to Chicken Coop Classic win in Lula, Georgia

Paul Ulibarri controlled the Chicken Coop Classic from the front and finished with a three-stroke cushion, carding a 143 total to win the PDGA A-Tier and DGPT Q-Series qualifier in Lula, Georgia. He never gave the chasing pack a clean opening, backing a 47 and 45 with a final-round 51 that still held off Aidan Scott at 146 and Ezra Goodwin at 147.

The event ran June 19-21 at North Georgia Canopy Tours and DiscLula, using the Lula O.G. and Red Hawk Ridge courses across three tee-time rounds. The PDGA event page listed 122 total players, a $10,960 pro purse and 54 players in Mixed Pro Open, while the event listing added $3,000 in added cash. Callie McMorran served as tournament director, with Vincent Okuniewski listed as assistant tournament director.

Ulibarri’s margin mattered because the field was not thin. The MPO list included Scott, Goodwin, Nathan Queen, Danny Beauchamp, Martin Kneece, J.J. Campbell, Clint Calvin and Kevin Kiefer III, giving the win the shape of a real qualifier test rather than a routine stop. Behind the podium, Danny Beauchamp, Martin Kneece and Nathan Queen all finished tied at 152, a grouping that showed how quickly the leaderboard tightened once the top two names were removed from the chase.

The structure of the weekend favored the player who could stack steady rounds and avoid one blow-up score. Scott stayed in range with back-to-back 49s in the middle rounds and a closing 48, but he never got closer than three strokes. Goodwin hovered near the pace throughout and still finished four behind Ulibarri, a sign that the lead was built early and protected rather than merely survived.

The venue fit the scale of the result. UDisc describes DiscLula’s property as 130 acres in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains along the North Oconee River in Hall County, Georgia, with the Lula O.G. course designed in 2011 by Keith Johnston and John Ritger. That setting gave the Classic a sharper edge than a standard tour stop, and Ulibarri handled it with the kind of control that separates a veteran run from a name-only appearance.

The win also deepened a notable 2026 stretch for Ulibarri. Disc Golf Pro Tour coverage had already framed his Open at Austin breakthrough as his first DGPT victory and first Elite Series win in 15 years, after 113 starts, with his previous Elite Series title dating to the 2011 Brent Hambrick Memorial Open. Lula pushed that storyline a step further: Ulibarri did not just cash in on a familiar name, he defended a lead against a strong field and turned a pathway event into another statement about where his game stands right now.