The PDGA World Championship is one of several major championships in the sport of disc golf, along with the United States Disc Golf Championship. Held annually since 1982, the event crowns world champions in several divisions in the professional disc golf fields. Since 1983, male and female competitors have played at the same venue every year.[1]
There have been 18 different Champions in the Men's event with an average field of 155 competitors, and 17 different Champions in the Women's event with an average field of 26. The event has been held in 19 US states as well as 1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2]
Starting in 2017 the Open Men's and Women's divisions began playing in one tournament, while the age-based divisions will play in a separate World Championships. Thus allowing the potential to be the world champion in both Open and an age-based division.[3] In 2017, the "Final 9" round was eliminated from the Championship format. This was a card of the top 4 competitors, occasionally more, playing a 9-hole final round without any other competitors in the field.
The 2020 PDGA World Championships were cancelled on June 1, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships in Odgen, Utah, the PDGA Junior Disc Golf World Championships in Emporia, Kansas, the PDGA Amateur Disc Golf Championships in Orlando, Florida, and the PDGA Professional Master Disc Golf Championships in Johnson City, Tennessee. "All four events will run in the same host cities in 2021, with previously awarded 2021 World Championship bids moving back to 2022,"[4] announced the PDGA, citing international travel concerns, the inability to allow spectators, the member experience, and the difficulty of postponing the events as reasons for this decision. "Rescheduling events now, with only two to three months of lead time to make these new arrangements and execute required contracts, puts a considerable strain on our partners. Pushing these decisions out by an additional month or more, with no clear end dates on international travel restrictions, will further hinder our hosts' abilities to successfully run these events."[5]
On December 20, 2023, PDGA announced that the upcoming 2025 world championships will be held for the first time outside of North America in Finland, in the cities of Tampere and Nokia located in the Pirkanmaa region.[6]
The PDGAWorldChampionship is one of several major championships in the sport of disc golf, along with the United States Disc Golf Championship. Held...
in 2022 she achieved the highest PDGA rating of any Estonian female. In 2022 she became the female disc golf world champion for the first time. Tattar...
professional disc golfer from Huntington Beach, California. He won the PDGAWorldChampionships four times in a row (2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015) and again in 2019...
professional disc golfer from Plano, Texas. She has won 5 WorldChampionships and 15 total Major Championships, and has been consistently ranked among the top professional...
PDGA Majors held annually are: the Professional, Amateur, Masters, and Junior Disc Golf WorldChampionships; the United States national championships...
times as the PDGA player of the year, Ken Climo was inducted into the PDGA Hall of Fame in 1995. He competed in the WorldChampionships masters division...
professional in 2006. Conrad has won both the PDGAWorldChampionships, in 2021, and the United States Disc Golf Championship, in 2019. Conrad is most notable for...
record (1-0) NT playoff record (3-1) †At Year End ‡ Includes DGPT Championship (not PDGA sanctioned) Win Top 3 finish Top 10 finish Did not participate...
women in the history of Disc Golf to have won at least 4 PDGA Professional WorldChampionships. Jenkins started the 2012 season very well. She started...
professional event has been held annually as a PDGA sanctioned Major since 1999. Along with the PDGAWorldChampionships, it is one of the most prestigious major...
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and printed media. In 1982 the PDGA hosted the first WorldChampionship Tournament. Since then, the WorldChampionships have been held in 17 different...
United States Disc Golf Championship win. Koling is the only male player to win the PDGA Amateur WorldChampionships and earn the PDGA Male Rookie of the Year...
disc golfer from Show Low, Arizona. In 2006, he won the PDGA Amateur Disc Golf WorldChampionships and began playing professionally the following season...
Wysocki won the PDGA-WorldChampionship two times (2016-2017), defeating 6x World Champ Paul McBeth both times. Also in 2016, he won the PDGA National Tour...
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navigation information about course layouts, and a chronological list of local PDGA-sanctioned events. Users can track the rounds they played, measure throws...
touring professional in 2009, and was sponsored by Discraft. She won her first PDGA National Tour (NT) event, King of the Lake, in 2011, and followed up with...
the creator of the PDGA Amateur World Doubles Championships. He created the first promotional global event for disc golf, World's Biggest Disc Golf Weekend(WBDGW)...
of disc golfers. Catrina Allen Ken Climo (1968 - ) (US)Twelve - time PDGAWorld Champion James Conrad Nate Doss Dave Dunipace David Feldberg Holly Finley...
the team, was the 2005, 2007 and 2011 PDGA Mixed Open World Champion. Paul McBeth, a six-time PDGA Mixed Open World Champion, joined Team Discraft beginning...
director, and course designer from Emporia, Kansas. He won the PDGA Professional WorldChampionships in 2010. McCabe began running the Emporia Open in 2003,...
Championship (not PDGA Sanctioned) "Team Innova Dominates the Start of 2012". 27 February 2012. Giggey, B. "Prodigy Disc and "Vested Interest"". PDGA...
Masters WorldChampionships. He and Climo are the only two men to earn both an Open and Masters world title. Schultz was inducted into the PDGA Hall of...
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