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The highest governing body in disc golf, the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), classifies baskets into three categories, based upon hierarchical criteria: championship, standard, and basic. [2] These levels of disc golf baskets differ in several ways, including design, size, and color. The PDGA defines baskets as:
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 ...
A PDGA survey from 2020 states that out of its 71,016 active members, 4,752 are female. [40] Women at the 2021 WGE event in Malaysia. Several companies have started programs and websites to help attract women to the sport. The PDGA Women's Committee is "Dedicated to Attract, Encourage, and Retain Female Participation in Organized Disc Golf Events".
As of April 2022, there are 85 known disc golf courses in Ontario on the official PDGA Course Directory. [1] Of these, 52 are full-size courses with 18 holes or more and 33 have fewer than 18 holes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Ontario has 5 courses per million inhabitants, compared to the Canadian average of 6.9.
The DGA was established by Ed Headrick in order to focus his attention on building and inventing equipment for the sport he founded. Ed Headrick coined and trademarked the term "Disc Golf" when formalizing the sport and invented the Disc Pole Hole (The Mach 1), [1] the first disc golf target to incorporate chains and a basket on a pole.
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]
InterGolf Disc Golf Course is a 9-hole disc golf course located at the Centre InterGolf in Granby, Quebec, Canada. [1] The course is set on a low traffic 9-hole ball golf course. [ 2 ] It was designed by Peter Lizotte in 2011.
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.