Nate Doss

Nate Doss
— Disc Golfer —
Nate at the 2005 PDGA Match Play Championships
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Doss
Nickname	Nate
Born	Santa Cruz, CA
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Nationality	United States
Career
Status	Professional
Current tour(s)	PDGA National Tour Disc Golf World Tour Disc Golf Pro Tour
Professional wins	42
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour	8
Best results in major championships
PDGA World Championships	Won: 2005, 2007, 2011
USDGC	Won: 2008
Aussie Open	4th: 2015
European Masters	4th: 2014
European Open	3rd: 2011
Japan Open	3rd: 2010
Achievements and awards
National Tour Series Champion	2007

Nate Doss is currently the fifth ranked disc golfer in the world. Doss has won three world championships (2005, 2007, 2011). With his win in 2011, Doss became only the second person with three world championships, after Ken Climo's 12. In addition to his three world championships, Doss became the first Discraft sponsored player to win the sport's most prestigious event, the United States Disc Golf Championship, in 2008.

Doss first played disc golf when he was seven years old, and by the time he was eleven, he was hooked. Success wasn't too far behind. In 1998, at the age of thirteen, Doss was invited to the Amateur World Championships, held in Appleton, Wisconsin, by Steady Ed. He finished seventh in the Juniors < 16 division. In 1999, he went to Kansas City, Missouri and won the same division he took seventh in the year before. He turned pro the next year.

The 2008 season was possibly Doss's best season yet. While he won only one National Tour (NT) event, he also won the most prestigious disc golf tournament of the year, the United States Disc Golf Championship. This win gave him his largest payday as a professional disc golfer: $12,000. Other top finishes of the year include runner up finishes in two majors: The Scandinavian Open, held in Skellefteå, Sweden, and the World Championships, held in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, Michigan. His runner-up finish in the world championships was his fourth straight top two finish in this tournament, a run bested only by Ken Climo's nine straight wins.

In addition to the National Tour wins, Doss won two smaller tournaments and finished second in the National Tour Series. In just 14 events on the year, his earnings were $27,545, giving him an average of $1,967.5 per tournament attended. Finished year with 1036 rating. A stellar season by any measure.

The 2009 season was very much an up and down year by Doss's standards. Perhaps the greatest disappointment of the season came when he finished 12th at the World Championships, his worst finish there since he placed 18th in 2004. This finish ended his four-year run of top two finishes. On the upside, Doss won six tournaments, including two National Tour stops. He also finished on the lead card at the USDGC, taking fourth and his largest paycheck of the year. Doss wrapped up the year earning $18,088 in 23 tournaments, for an average of $786.43 per tournament. He finished the year rated 1033.