Maple Hill Open
Maple Hill Open is an annual disc golf tournament held at the Maple Hill Disc Golf Course in Leicester, Massachusetts.
For six years, the event, had the largest MPO and FPO payout of any stop on the PDGA National Tour. In its formative years, the event was known as the MSDGC and established itself as one of the touring pros' favorite stops on the pro tour. The course is highly rated as a top 10 course in the world.
The event has been covered by ESPN, NPR, photographed, Chronicle, numerous regional outlets, and basically every disc golf media source and blog.
The Maple Hill Open / Vibram Open / MSDGC has been an innovative disc golf event and has helped pioneer:
- Annual DVD reviews of disc golf tournaments
- Live scoring
- Live video broadcasts
- Live audio commentary
- The Spirit Award in disc golf
- "The 8-Holes" themed spectators on the 8th hole
- The pond jump for the winners
| Year | Event | Men's Champion | Women's Champion | Big Dog Award | Results | Event Notes |
| 2004 | MSDGC | Ron Russell | Des Reading | Bob Graham | Ron Russell beat Steve Brinster in a one-hole playoff. | |
| 2005 | MSDGC | Kevin McCoy | Des Reading | Jay Reading | Kevin McCoy beat Walter Haney in a one-hole playoff. | |
| 2006 | MSDGC | Chris Sprague | Des Reading | Lesli Demark | Chris Sprague held off 3X World Champion Barry Schultz to win by one. | |
| 2007 | MSDGC | Cale Leiviska | Des Reading | The Frizzaks | Cale Leiviska beat Geoff Bennett in a three-hole playoff. | |
| 2008 | Vibram Open | Avery Jenkins | Valarie Jenkins | "Big Dog" Sweeton | The Spirit Award was renamed the Big Dog Award. | |
| 2009 | Vibram Open | Barry Schultz | Sarah Stanhope | Jeremy Koling | Schultz shot the first sub-50 round on the Maple Hill Golds. | |
| 2010 | Vibram Open | Nikko Locastro | Sarah Stanhope | Jay Gobrecht | Locastro, Matt Orum and Dave Feldberg all had a chance to win on their final shots. | |
| 2011 | Vibram Open | Nate Doss | Sarah Hokom | The Brittons | Sarah Hokom denied Sarah Stanhope's threepeat on the final hole. | |
| 2012 | Vibram Open | Cale Leiviska | Catrina Allen | Dana Vicich | Cale Leiviska became the first 2X men's champion. | |
| 2013 | Vibram Open | Paul McBeth | Valarie Jenkins | Mark Verrochi | McBeth shot a 45 on the Golds, perhaps the . | |
| 2014 | Maple Hill Open | Jeremy Koling | Paige Pierce | Jeremy Koling the first Spirit Award winner to win the MHO. | ||
| 2015 | Maple Hill Open | Ricky Wysocki | Paige Pierce | Andrew Streeter | Pierce won her second straight MHO by 5 strokes | |
| 2016 | Vibram Open | Bradley Williams | Paige Pierce | Williams beat Michael Johansen in playoff for his first NT victory | ||
| 2017 | Vibram Open | Ricky Wysocki | Paige Pierce | MPO FPO | Wysocki held off Eagle McMahon and Paul McBeth to win by two strokes. Pierce erased a six stroke deficit with a 1005-rated final round to beat Valarie Jenkins. | |
| 2018 | MVP Open | James Conrad | Sarah Hokom | |||
| 2019 | MVP Open | Paul McBeth | Paige Pierce | |||
| 2020 | MVP Open | Paul McBeth | Paige Pierce | |||
| 2021 | MVP Open | Adam Hammes | Catrina Allen | |||
| 2022 | MVP Open | Simon Lizotte | Natalie Ryan | Simon Lizotte won from the chase card. Natalie Ryan beat Kristin Lätt in a 1 hole playoff. | ||
| 2023 | MVP Open | Matthew Orum | Hailey King | Matthew Orum won his first pro tour event, from the chase card. | ||
| 2024 | MVP Open | James Proctor | Missy Gannon |