Tour disc golf, argued in detail.
The Upshot is a fast-moving professional disc golf analysis show centered on tour results, major previews, player form, and rules debates. Its best moments turn leaderboard movement and course design into bigger questions about where the sport is headed.
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The Upshot is a professional disc golf show with its feet planted in the weekly rhythm of the tour. It works best when a tournament has just ended or a major is about to begin. The conversation moves from results to causes, then from causes to arguments about the sport itself. That gives the show more weight than a standard recap. A Champions Cup episode can start with the beauty and difficulty of woods golf, then turn toward Niklas Anttila's breakthrough, Finnish players rising together, and the way New London Tech demanded every shot in the bag. A preview episode can treat the Champions Cup like a true seasonal marker, pairing player expectations with the mood of a busy sports weekend. The show is comfortable with detail. Forehand reputations, putting looks, circle two bids, OB rulings, course risk-reward balance, and broadcast questions all get room. It is also comfortable with disagreement. Public course criticism, video replay, marshals, and whether top cards need a different rules standard are handled as live debates about professionalism rather than tidy talking points. The tone stays brisk. Banter opens the door, but the analysis usually reclaims the room. Mailbag segments bring in fan arguments without making the show feel crowdsourced. Interviews add another layer, especially when names such as Isaac Robinson, Niklas Anttila, Silas Schultz, or Brian Earhart become part of the tournament conversation. The show also has a recurring habit of comparing disc golf to other sports. March Madness, the Masters, baseball, and Formula One become reference points for pressure, scheduling, broadcast presentation, or competitive judgment. That outside-sports energy keeps the show from sounding sealed off from the wider sports world. At the same time, it is clearly made for people who know disc golf language and enjoy hearing it used precisely. The Upshot is analytical, occasionally dry, and often animated by the small tensions that make a tour season feel alive. It suits listeners who want the arguments behind the leaderboard, not just the leaderboard itself.
Made for: For disc golf fans who follow the professional tour closely and want brisk, informed analysis of events, players, courses, and rules. It especially suits listeners who enjoy both insider terminology and broader sports comparisons.
What sets it apart: The show connects tournament moments to larger questions about professional disc golf: course design, broadcast standards, public criticism, replay, and competitive growth. It balances player interviews and mailbag heat with grounded analysis of what happened on the course.
The Upshot is Ultiworld Disc Golf's news and analysis podcast, hosted by Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield. From the business of disc golf to the most compelling competition, The Upshot breaks down the biggest topics in the sport.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Sharp host debate, detailed interviews and close attention to rules and course design give professional disc golf a demanding, lively forum.
The Upshot turns professional disc golf into an ongoing argument about competition, course design and how the sport should govern itself. Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield move comfortably between tournament previews and post-event judgment, pressing into player form,…
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A brisk woods-course recap anchored by Niklas Anttila's first major title.
The Champions Cup at New London Tech is treated as a woods test, and the episode keeps coming back to that. It spends time on shot variety and the different ways players had to work around the course, with Niklas Anttila at the center.
A sharp Champions Cup preview built around a playful Isaac Robinson forehand debate.
The episode keeps its focus on the Champions Cup as a spring major, folding in Masters talk and the sense that the season is only starting to stretch out.
A candid, slightly loose debate about when disc golf players should speak up and when they should let the course do the talking.
This episode keeps its focus on a clear disc golf debate: when players should be candid about a course, and when public criticism starts to feel excessive.
A blunt rules discussion about how disc golf should handle top-card rulings like a pro sport.
The episode keeps the focus on one rules problem: how disc golf should handle obvious uncertainty at the top level. Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield come at it from different angles, but they land on the same basic point.
A New Orleans course preview that gives the build just as much weight as the debut.
The Upshot uses its extra room well, turning a weekend without Pro Tour play into a grounded preview of the Big Easy Open and the debut of Grand Cypress Bayou at Parc des Familles.
A Supreme Flight Open preview built around course changes, spectator logistics, and a concrete Nate Heinold segment.
Season eve gives The Upshot a clean frame for a Supreme Flight Open preview, treating the first event of the year as a mix of course changes, spectator logistics, and early-season stakes in Brooksville.
A lively preseason look that treats the FPO race as genuinely open.
The Upshot's 2026 season preview keeps its eye on an FPO race that still feels open. Holland Hanley, Missy Gannon, Silva Saarinen, and Ohn Scoggins get the clearest framing, and the five wins for Holland, plus four each for Missy and Silva, give the discussion enough weight to…
A travel-heavy World Games check in that turns into a sharp argument about course design and match play.
Brian Earhart's World Games check in has a live, slightly winded feel, starting with the emotional hangover after Worlds and the quick turn back onto a plane before settling into course design.
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The Upshot hosts Charlie Eisenhud and Josh Mansfield cover the PDGA's announcement on April 2nd that Paul McBeth has volunteered to design a new championship course at the International Disc Golf Center in Appling, Georgia, targeting completion by end of 2026 and a Champions Cup return by 2028.
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The hosts preview the Queen City Classic disc golf pro tour event in Charlotte and discuss Josh's last-minute participation in a collegiate disc golf tournament in Boise.
The hosts discuss March Madness basketball and upcoming disc golf events, including the Queen City Classic, while teasing a mailbag segment.
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The hosts recap the opening weekend of the 2026 Disc Golf Pro Tour season, discuss the tournament and product quality, and promote their subscription service.
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The hosts preview the upcoming disc golf season, discuss mailbag questions, and promote their subscription service.
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The hosts and guest Dan Prentice kick off the 2026 pre-season draft show for disc golf, discussing the draft format and bantering about past results.
The hosts discuss a disc golfer competing in the Olympics and correct a previous statement about disc golfers at the Games.
Hosts discuss disc golf news and briefly touch on the Winter Olympics and streaming frustrations.
The hosts answer listener mailbag questions about disc golf, including a discussion about a cash line and cut line issue in a recent tournament.
Interview with Discmania's brand manager discussing the company's changes and the disc golf industry.
Hosts and guest discuss their fantasy disc golf draft results and banter about travel mishaps.
Hosts Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield discuss the end of the disc golf season, match play championships, and a signed disc from Nico LoCastro.
Hosts discuss the upcoming Match Play Championships and recent player developments in disc golf.
The hosts discuss disc golf news and briefly touch on the New York City mayoral election.
The hosts discuss Halloween plans and then return to disc golf news, including a fellow podcast taking the off-season off.
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Hosts Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield recap the US Disc Golf Championship and Throw Pink Women's Disc Golf Championship, discussing Anthony Barella's first major win.
Preview of the USDGC disc golf major championship, discussing the unique course and excitement for the event.
Hosts Charlie Eisenhood and Josh Mansfield discuss disc golf news, including a bet on Calvin Heimberg winning a major, with lighthearted banter.
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This episode recaps the Discraft Great Lakes Open, discussing Gannon Buhr's and Missy Gannon's wins in MPO and FPO, with a focus on Buhr's pattern of starting slow but excelling in multi-round tournaments.
This episode previews the upcoming DGLO disc golf tournament and discusses the fall season's ideal playing conditions and key events on the tour.
The hosts discuss the release of the 2026 DGPT schedule, including new events and changes to the European swing, and preview an interview with DGPT CEO Jeff Spring.
Analysis of Paul McBeth's first win in over two years at the Idlewild disc golf tournament and its impact on his legacy.
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This episode discusses Team USA's gold medal win in disc golf at the World Games, featuring Gannon Burr and Missy Gannon, and touches on the broader context of Flying Disc sports.
Brian Earhart joins Josh Mansfield and Charlie Eisenhood from China as he prepares to commentate the World Games, after a summer that also included extended time in Europe and the World Championships.