Marwede finds success on disc golf pro tour

With three dozen wins, five figures in earnings and sponsorships — including his own signature discs — Marwede is having fun and finding success as a pro on the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) tour.

“I’m having a blast with it,” Marwede said. “It’s definitely a change from a few years ago playing basketball.”

The Alpena High and Alpena Community College alum didn’t pick up disc golf until he graduated high school in 2014 and, the first few times he played, Marwede admits he didn’t know what he was doing.

Now, he’s traveling the country most weekends to play in tournaments, consistently finishing in the money, improving his ranking, and playing against golf pros he’s watched for years on YouTube.

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He’s even picked up a cool nickname. He’s known as the Cookie Monster among fellow disc golfers.

In eight events he’s played in this year, Marwede has won three and cashed in on all of them. One of his biggest wins came last month in the 2020 Ohio Games on June 13 to 14 in Beavercreek, Ohio, where Marwede defeated his nearest competitor by eight strokes.

He followed up with a second-place finish at No Foolin’ on the Summer Solstice in Dexter the next weekend and won the Tilley’s Open in Traverse City the weekend after that….