Togisala, 21, shot a 2-under 214 in the three-round golf tournament to take first place in the Seated Players division. The 2025 Adaptive Open was held Monday through Wednesday at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland.

Togisala carded a 5-under 67 in the first round, then recovered from a 4-over 76 to finish his tournament Wednesday with a 1-under 71 in the third round.

His 5-under Monday is the lowest round by a seated player in the four years of the U.S. Adaptive Open and tied his personal best at a “much easier course than this one,” Togisala said in a post-round press conference Monday.

He has three total rounds under par in three years at the Open and is the only seated player to shoot any round under par in the tournament’s history.

“It’s a blast, it was fun. I was definitely thinking about that record when I was coming down 18,” Togisala said. “I wasn’t expecting anything crazy, just trying to have fun out there.”

Togisala said Woodmont was well-suited and accessible for him as a seated player: mostly flat but still challenging.

Shooting 2-under for the tournament, Togisala finished in sixth place overall, besting his previous overall finishes of 16th and 17th. England’s Kipp Popert, 24 with coordination impairment, three-peated the overall men’s title at 24-under. Kim Moore, 44 from Michigan with lower limb impairment, won her second women’s overall title.

Benjamin Hulin, 43 of Salt Lake City, took third in the men’s Seated Player division and 27th overall as the only other Utahn in either tournament field.

The U.S. Adaptive Open field is comprised of players with intellectual, vision or physical impairments. Togisala, a graduate of Bonneville High School, is paralyzed from the waist down after a ski accident in February 2022.

Once a golfer at Bonneville High, Togisala first relearned golf by swinging one-handed from a wheelchair and also took up pickleball and lacrosse as he gained strength following the crash that severed his spine.

Using a large power chair, Togisala can move around the course and the device elevates him into a standing-like position to swing.

So far, Togisala’s exploits have taken him east to North Carolina, Maryland and Kansas. Should he continue to qualify for and compete in the U.S. Adaptive Open, the 2026 tournament will return to Woodmont. The 2027 and 2028 tournaments are slated for Sunriver, Oregon.