Team Dellwood Disc Golf 2025
Team DDG started in 2018 with a small group of local players. The idea at the time was to highlight the best players in Chicagoland, we were still growing as a business and could only offer team members an in store discount. As the years progressed we were able to offer more for our team members such as custom discs that benefited the player and team gear. In 2020 we introduced a bonus structure that is based on tournament play and we continue this in 2025.
Team DDG is not only made of individuals that play well, we chose them because they excel as humans and give back to the disc golf community. Sure, we could have “team” members across the country that post discount codes and promote DDG but we prefer to keep it local with our core group of amazing players that our customers can look up to and be inspired by. Team DDG is made up of local “hidden bosses.”
Team DDG is comprised of people that put in the work both on and off the course. Team DDG represents not only the best players in the Chicagoland area but also players that have mastered the work life balance that most strive for.
Take a look at Team Dellwood Disc Golf 2025 and let us know who you will be watching and rooting for! Keep an eye out for team updates throughout the season and take a look HERE for full team bios!
Dan Schlitter
Dan is a force in the Chicagoland disc golf scene, he is the president of Bird Brain Disc Golf Club, a talented Tournament Director and an accomplished player. Dan started his 2025 season in Scottsdale, Arizona where he tied for 19th/83 MPO players at The Memorial Championship. He’s already got a full lineup of tournaments listed and we are stoked to support him this season.
Alberto Ochoa
Alberto is the reigning Clash at The Canyons champion after winning a playoff against Tom Earhart last season by banging a 40+ft putt on Hole 13 B Pin. Alberto had three wins and four top five finishes in 2024. Alberto has the best attitude in the game hands down.
Dana Vicich
Dana has been pushing the sport forward both on and off the course in Chicagoland for decades. He is a course designer, tournament director, an accomplished player and most recently took the brand manager role with Climo Disc Golf. Dana currently ranks #53 in the Global Masters Series in his division.
Dan Fairhurst
Dan had four top ten finishes in 2024 and already has a full lineup of tournaments for 2025. He overcame an injury last season and continues to work with Mike Strauss on the intricacies of the game. Dan was a gyronaut before it was cool and he is representing MVP discs again in 2025.
Ryan Mulder
Ryan is currently the third highest rated player in Indiana and isn’t even out of high school. Ryan is kicking off the 2025 season in Florida at the Supreme Flight Open next weekend. This is Ryan’s fourth year on team DDG and Ryan continues to represent Dynamic Discs, he always has a ziploc of bread as a snack on hand.
Kacie Glade
Kacie is currently the highest rated FPO player in Illinois.
Last season Kacie had 15 wins (one B-Tier, 4 C-Tiers and 10 Flex Starts) Kacie is also representing Gateway Discs in 2025.
Auston Kap
Auston took down his first MPO win last year at the Fraction Run Cup at Dellwood by two strokes against some of the areas biggest talent. Auston is the guy to beat at Hellwood Putting League, works part time in the shop, works nights during the week and does ‘bandos’ in his free time.
Mike Conlee
In 2024 Mike had 26/27 top ten finishes with 16 of them being top five finishes. He also became a 3X Illinois Open Series Champion and is equally proud of his 3X All-Golf Challenge champion status. Mike is representing Latitude 64 again in 2025 and has an interesting take on how to stop at stop signs.
Ryan Stilson
You can find Ryan “Big Cat” Stilson in the shop recommending discs, giving lessons or on YouTube as the co-star of The Canyons Log. Ryan currently holds the record for most putts made this season at Hellwood Putting League. He is the unofficial sherpa at the prison course and when he’s not disc golfing he is collecting Magic Cards.
Zack Finwall
Zack took down back to back wins at the Lake Superior Open A Tier and the IOS 129 B Tier last season. He is representing Gateway Discs for another season.
J.J. Callahan
If you have played The Canyons in the summertime then you’ve probably stumbled across our resident groundhogs. They are all named J.J. and they aren’t bothered by people, but please refrain from feeding or petting them. J.J. was gifted a PDGA membership by our lovely friends Amy Laskowski and Lauren Lakeberg.