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Eric McCabe

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Eric McCabe
— Disc golfer —
Personal information
Full nameEric McCabe
NicknameEMAC
BornEmporia, KS
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Nationality United States
ResidenceEmporia, KS
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)PDGA National Tour
Disc Golf Pro Tour
Professional wins84
Best results in major championships
PDGA World ChampionshipsWon: 2010
USDGC3rd: 2007
European Masters17th: 2014
European Open5th: 2011

Eric McCabe is an American professional disc golfer, tournament director, and course designer from Emporia, Kansas. He won the PDGA Professional World Championships in 2010.

McCabe began running the Emporia Open in 2003, renaming it the Glass Blown Open. He has overseen the growth of the Glass Blown Open from an 88-player B-Tier tournament to a record-breaking National Tour event with more than 1600 competitors in 2018 [1] Courses that he has designed are featured in the event, and have also been used during the 2016 PDGA Professional World Championships.[2]

Professional career

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Notable wins

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Year Tournament Tier Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2008 The Players Cup M -1 (58-63-54=175) Gregg Barsby $3,500
2010 PDGA World Championships M -5 (59-48-47-58-49-42-48-27=378) David Feldberg $5,500

Summary

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Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-25 Events
World Championships 1 0 0 1 5 9
Other Majors 1 1 1 4 13 20
National Tour 0 2 3 10 54 63

Annual statistics

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Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event Rating World
Rankings
2000 4 0 2 $260 $65.00 980 -
2001 6 1 2 $1,052 $175.33 984 -
2002 10 0 3 $1,125 $112.50 985 -
2003 18 3 8 $4,672 $259.56 1001 -
2004 17 4 8 $4,041 $237.71 1002 -
2005 15 3 9 $3,022 $201.47 1010 78
2006 19 6 14 $9,993 $525.95 1018 13
2007 26 8 13 $13,839 $532.27 1018 14
2008 35 16 26 $29,418 $840.51 1029 9
2009 34 11 17 $14,401 $423.56 1022 35
2010 34 9 18 $21,725 $638.97 1025 10
2011 34 9 16 $18,262 $537.12 1027 8
2012 29 4 11 $14,290 $492.76 1027 20
2013 22 1 7 $6,697 $304.41 1014 42
2014 22 3 8 $8,666 $393.91 1014 57
2015 22 3 8 $9,835 $447.05 1011 53
2016 8 3 3 $4,905 $613.13 1018 -
Career 355 84 173 $166,203 $468.18 - -

At Year End

Equipment

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McCabe has been sponsored by Dynamic Discs (DD) since 2013,[3] which is part of the Trilogy partnership with Latitude 64 (L64) and Westside Discs (WD). He has two signature discs, the EMAC Truth and the Mercy. In 2020 Dynamic Discs released the EMac Judge. He commonly carries a combination of the following discs in competition:[4]

Drivers

  • Ballista Pro (L64)
  • Convict (DD)
  • Defender (DD)
  • Enforcer (DD)
  • Felon (DD)
  • Renegade (DD)
  • Trespass (DD)

Midranges

  • Justice (DD)
  • EMAC Truth (DD)
  • Verdict (DD)
  • Warrant (DD)

Putters

  • Mercy (DD)
  • Warrden (DD)
  • Sarek (L64)
  • Pure (L64)
  • Shield (WD)

References

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  1. ^ "Talking Glass Blown Open with Jeremy Rusco and Eric McCabe".
  2. ^ "2016 Pro Worlds Course Schedule".
  3. ^ "Interview with 2010 PDGA World Champion Eric McCabe".
  4. ^ "Eric McCabe".