Avery Jenkins

Avery Jenkins
— Disc Golfer —
Personal information
Born 1978
Hinckley, OH
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Nationality  United States
Residence Santa Cruz, CA
Career
Turned professional 2000
Current tour(s) PDGA National Tour
Professional wins 56
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour 2
Best results in major championships
PDGA World Championships Won: 2009
USDGC 2nd: 2007, 2008
European Masters 34th: 2014
European Open 3rd: 2006
Japan Open Won: 2004
Achievements and awards
PDGA Rookie of the Year 2000
US Distance Champion 2000, 2005, 2006

Avery Jenkins is an American professional disc golfer from Hinckley, Ohio. He is a former World Champion and three-time US distance champion. In 2016, Jenkins served as commentator for the inaugural Disc Golf World Tour [1]

Jenkins grew up playing disc golf with his father, Leroy, his mother, three-time Women’s Masters World Champion Sharon, and his sister, four-time World Champion Valarie.[2] He is currently sponsored by Clif Bar,[3] Keen, [4] Discmania Golf Discs,[5] and Innova Champion Discs.[6]

Professional career

Jenkins has 56 professional wins, including the 2009 World Championship.[7]

Notable wins

Year Tournament Tier Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2004 Japan Open M -1 (81-96-52=229) Steve Rico/Ken Climo $3,205
2006 The Players Cup M -4 (57-58-59=174) Eric McCabe/Gregg Barsby $10,000
2008 Greater Tulsa Open NT -2 (49-48-76=173) Eric McCabe/David Feldberg $1,560
2008 Vibram Open NT -7 (56-51-56=163) David Feldberg $2,500
2009 PDGA World Championships M Playoff (53-49-50-45-56-50-46-27=376) Josh Anthon $5,500

Major, NT playoff record (1-4)

Year Tournament Tier Opponent(s) Result
2006 Japan Open M Steve Rico Lost
2007 Beaver State Fling NT Nate Doss/David Feldberg Lost
2008 Master’s Cup NT Steve Rico Lost to birdie on first extra hole [8]
2009 Brent Hambrick Memorial Open NT David Feldberg/Nate Doss Feldberg won with birdie on first hole [9]
2009 World Championships M Josh Anthon Won with birdie on fifth extra hole [10]

Summary

Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-25 Events
World Championships 1 0 1 2 14 18
Other Majors 2 3 2 13 29 36
National Tour 2 6 4 21 79 93

Annual statistics

Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event Rating† World
Rankings†
1999 2 0 1 $0 $0.00 966 -
2000 23 5 8 $5,067 $220.30 992 -
2001 42 2 5 $9,995 $237.98 1007 -
2002 39 0 1 $10,594 $271.64 1013 -
2003 31 3 11 $7,191 $231.97 1004 -
2004 19 4 5 $9,287 $488.79 1007 -
2005 20 1 7 $8,116 $405.80 1016 18
2006 23 5 12 $27,635 $1,201.52 1030 4
2007 23 7 10 $19,537 $849.43 1026 7
2008 30 9 18 $32,859 $1,095.30 1028 4
2009 35 10 23 $29,767 $850.49 1029 4
2010 25 1 4 $12,550 $502.00 1023 25
2011 24 1 7 $14,599 $608.29 1027 14
2012 19 2 6 $10,976 $577.68 1024 27
2013 19 4 7 $7,109 $374.16 1019 29
2014 12 1 3 $4,517 $376.42 1024 29
2015 15 0 2 $6,979 $465.27 1012 32
2016 6 1 2 $1,565 $260.83 1007 -
Career 407 56 132 $21,8343 $536.47 - -

†At Year End

Equipment

Jenkins is sponsored by Innova Discs and Discmania Golf Discs. He has a number of past and present signature discs (marked with *), and commonly carries a combination of the following discs:[6] [11]

Drivers

Fairway Drivers

Midranges

Putters

References

  1. ↑ Parcell, Z. "Avery Jenkins named commentator on Disc Golf World Tour".
  2. ↑ Hill, S. "Disc golf's most famous mom".
  3. ↑ "Athletes: Avery Jenkins".
  4. ↑ "Meet a Keen Ambassador: Avery Jenkins".
  5. ↑ "Discmania Sky Team: Avery Jenkins (USA)".
  6. 1 2 "Team Innova: Avery Jenkins".
  7. ↑ "PDGA Player Page: Avery Jenkins".
  8. ↑ "Masters Cup 2008 part 1 Disc Golf Tournament".
  9. ↑ "Dave Feldberg wins 2009 Brent Hambrick Memorial Open...".
  10. ↑ "2009 Disc Golf World Championships".
  11. ↑ "In My Bag with Disc Golf World Champion Avery Jenkins".
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