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Starting in 2017 the Open Men's and Women's divisions began playing in one tournament, while the age-based divisions play in a separate World Championships. This allows the potential to be the world champion in both an Open division and an age-based division. [3] In 2017, the "Final 9" round was eliminated from the Championship format.
The Disc Golf Pro Tour was founded in 2016 by Steve Dodge and Nate Heinold. [1] The DGPT is the highest level of competition in professional disc golf . The tour currently operates two tours, the Elite Series and the Q-Series (formerly the Silver Series), both featuring men's and women's professional divisions.
The United States Disc Golf Championship is a disc golf tournament held at the Winthrop Gold Course, [1] on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The professional event has been held annually as a PDGA sanctioned Major since 1999. [ 2 ]
The United States Women's Disc Golf Championships is a disc golf tournament that has been held annually since 1999. It is one of the major championships in Women's disc golf along with the PDGA World Championships, the PDGA Champions Cup and the European Open. The event crowns champions in several divisions.
The tournament — with more than 2,000 players across the professional and amateur divisions as young as age 10 — will play out on 12 disc golf courses around the area.
UDisc Live is the official scoring app for real-time statistics at various tournaments, [12] including all PDGA National Tour and Disc Golf Pro Tour events. [13] [14] Data collected using the app plays an important role in the development of the sport's key statistics for comparing players.
The PDGA also has a professional staff [12] that handles tactical planning and day-to-day operations, led by the Executive Director. The staff perform the critical functions of the PDGA, including organizational operations, membership services, quality control and operations at large events, support for tournament directors and events of all sizes, marketing and media, and technological ...
April 3–6: College Disc Golf National Championships in Rock Hill; April 25–28: PDGA Champions Cup in Morton; June 7–9: United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship in Milford; June 11–15: Masters Disc Golf World Championships in Emporia; July 16–20: Junior Disc Golf World Championships in Tulsa; July 17–21: European Open in Nokia