Macie Velediaz promoted to the Supreme Team on Dynamic Discs | Contract update

In 2021, Macie kept up that pace. She took fourth at the DGPT's Jonesboro Open in mid-April, where she found herself right where she envisioned—battling it out with Paige and Catrina.

At her next tournament stop, she earned a spot on the podium for the first time at an Elite Series event that could not be more fitting—the Dynamic Discs Open.

2021 was also the year Macie earned her first Tennessee State Disc Golf Championship title.

We covered the highlights of Macie's 2022 season at the top of this post, but one of Macie's most significant accomplishments last year came from reflection rather than competition.

"My first year on the road was tough at the beginning," she admits. "I didn't know how to deal with not playing well at every event. In 2021, I played five National Tour events and did well. So going into 2022, I thought I [would] do even better at those events—and that wasn't the case. I [learned] that the tour is mostly about keeping your mental state right and being able to forget. I started doing that in the middle of the season. And that's when I started playing like me again."

And playing like Macie Velediaz means getting wins.

In her last event at the Lake Marshall Open, she earned her first victory at a DGPT tournament—beating both former World Champion Sarah Hokom and multiple-time DGPT Elite Series winner Natalie Ryan by nine strokes. 

"Winning my first DGPT is something I still can't put into words," Macie says. "I have been dreaming of that since I started playing, and to know that Dynamic believed in me from the beginning meant everything. Also, shaving Zach [Melton]'s head was the icing on top."