Barry Schultz
| Barry Schultz | |
|---|---|
| — Disc Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1970 Menomonee Falls, WI |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Charlotte, NC |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Professional wins | 216 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PDGA National Tour | 17 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| PDGA World Championships | Won: Open: 2003, 2004 Masters: 2013 |
| USDGC | Won: 2001, 2003, 2006 |
| Japan Open | 3rd: 2006 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Disc Golf Hall of Fame | 2013 |
| PDGA Male Player of the Year | 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Bob West Memorial Sportsmanship Award |
2000 |
| National Tour Series Champion | 2006 |
Barry Schultz is a professional disc golfer based in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has played disc golf since the early 1980s, and has been a professional since 1992. He is on the Innova Hall of Fame team. For a number of years, he was one of the most dominant players on tour. From 2003-2009, he held the single season earnings record with $40,896, though this was surpassed by Nikko Locastro in 2010. He is one of five men to win more than one World Championship. He is also a three time United States Disc Golf Champion, one of only three people who have won the event more than once, the others being Ken Climo and Will Schusterick. Schultz additionally holds a Masters (40 and over) World Championship. He and Climo are the only two men to earn both an Open and Masters world title. Schultz was inducted into the PDGA Hall of Fame in 2013.
As of January, 2017, Schultz has 198 professional wins in the Open Division, including two World Championships and three US Championships. He was the second person to ever win both Championships in the same year (after Climo). Schultz has 17 National Tour (NT) wins, and was the National Tour Series Champion in 2006.
Schultz's best season was 2003, during which he won 17 out of 29 tournaments and finished in the top three in 5 more of them. He won both the World Championships and United States Disc Golf Championship, becoming the second player to win both in the same year. In addition, he won two National Tour stops and four A Tier tournaments. He also finished the year with his highest career player rating, 1039.
Major playoff record (1-0)
NT playoff record (1-1)
Major playoff record (1-0)
Schultz is sponsored by Innova Champion Discs. He has a number of signature discs (marked with *), and commonly carries the following discs during competition:
Drivers
Fairway Drivers
Midranges
Putters
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