Smith and Poirier tie atop Connecticut Amateur Disc Golf Championship
Smith and Poirier traded blows across three rounds and finished tied at 168, with a lone shot separating the top four in MA1.
Bryan Smith and Brandon Poirier ended the Connecticut Amateur Disc Golf Championship dead even at 168, and the way they got there was as tight as the final number. Smith took the first-round edge with a 55 to Poirier’s 57 at Panthorn Park, Poirier flipped it with a 53 in round two, and both closed with matching 58s to leave MA1 split at the top.
That margin mattered because the rest of the chase never got loose. Matt Hart finished third at 169, just one throw behind the tie, and Justin Marshall was fourth at 171, leaving the top four separated by only three strokes after 54 holes. The MA1 field had 12 players and drew competitors from Connecticut, New York, Louisiana and beyond, which gave the division the feel of a regional A-tier instead of a local Saturday throw-in.
The event ran June 20-21 as a PDGA-sanctioned amateur A-tier in Southington, with two shotgun rounds on Saturday at Panthorn Park and tee times on Sunday at Wickham Park in Manchester. Panthorn Park’s White layout played as an 18-hole, par 58 course at 6,310 feet, while Wickham Park’s Standard layout measured 18 holes, par 57 and 7,058 feet. The contrast was the point: Panthorn brought a technical, wooded test, while Wickham offered a manicured look with a Hartford skyline view, forcing players to handle two very different scoring questions over the weekend.
The leaderboard across divisions showed the same kind of breadth. Lora Kenyon won FA1 at 192, William Bogen topped MA40 at 6 over, Armand Daigle led MA60 at 11 under, Noah Christina won MA2 at 5 over, Eli Brashears finished first in MA3 at even par and Daniel McGee took MA4 at 9 over. Connecticut names were everywhere near the front, with Smith of Rockfall, Poirier of Terryville, Marshall of Bristol, Kenyon of New Haven, Bogen of North Branford, Daigle of Middlebury, Christina of Pawcatuck, Brashears of Wallingford and McGee of Danbury all finishing prominently.
The event’s rise has been steady. It was a PDGA amateur B-tier in Southington in 2024, moved up to amateur A-tier status in Simsbury in 2025 and returned to Southington this year with Patrick DiCaprio and Mike Lazzaro on tournament staff for CTP Events. The 2026 page listed a $60 entry fee across divisions, and it noted that the 2025 amateur player pack carried a $150 retail value per player. Official ratings were still pending when the results were posted, but the structure of the tournament already told the story: Connecticut’s top amateur talent is deep enough that one clean round, or one late mistake, can decide everything.
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