Just twelve players have won a coveted United States Disc Golf Championship title in the 23 years that the PDGA Major has been running at Winthrop University.
That's it.
Beginning Thursday and running through Sunday — one of the many changes this year — the dramatic 2022 season begins to wind down as we wait to see if there will be a repeat winner or a new PDGA Major champion crowned in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
The Winthrop Arena has a long history of testing the best of the best — those who earned their spot throughout the season — while delivering dramatic and passionate finishes as well as heartbreak.
Kristin Tattar will defend her PDGA World Championship at Smugglers' Notch in 2023. Photo: PDGA Media
Bigger and better.
That’s how disc golf has operated over the past few seasons and that trend will continue in 2023 and the proof is here with the release of the 2023 PDGA Elite Series, PDGA Euro Tour and PDGA Majors schedule.
The European Open will once again be a PDGA Major in 2023. Photo: PDGA Media
This announcement was originally published on July 6, 2022
Proposals to host a 2024 PDGA Major will be accepted from July 5 through November 1, 2022.
This includes the PDGA United States Women’s Disc Golf Championship, the PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championship, the PDGA Junior Disc Golf World Championships, the PDGA Amateur Disc Golf World Championships, the PDGA Masters Disc Golf World Championships, and the PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships.
In a majority of the 19-division event, which was fueled by Visit Quad Cities and the passionate QC crew along with Iron Lion Disc Golf, the battles came down to the end.
Dutch Napier leads MP40 by three strokes. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA
The cut has happened, and the final push to take down a PDGA Major title is on in the Quad Cities.
Nineteen champions will be crowned on Sunday at the 2022 PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships, the 12th running of the vent that honors the late pioneer and ambassador of the sport.
There are several battles that will come down to the end at Camden Park.
Ohn Scoggins is still in control in FP40. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA
Ohn Scoggins is continuing her strong season this weekend at U.S. Masters. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA
Ohn Scoggins is seeing the results of her dedication this season.
All she has to do is look at the leaderboard.
No matter the tournament, Scoggins has been near the top throughout the season, whether it’s a PDGA Major, like the 2022 PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships this weekend, Pro Worlds or an Elite Series.
It’s easy to find Scoggins after a tournament round. She’s usually near the practice basket or back on the course, and that’s been the formula this year.
“Pretty good start,” said the Montrose, Iowa native. “I did pretty well at Worlds to start too, so hopefully I can hold it together a little better this time.”
It started with an inspiring and breakout performance from Aaron Gossage, but also through a putt that he worked on throughout the week, a lingering injury and naysayers that suggested that he had fallen off.
Gossage — the underdog, the Cinderella Story, the improbable, whatever you want to call it — has strung together four consistent rounds of ice-cold disc golf to enter the final lap through the Emporia Country Club with a three-stroke lead with his first PDGA Major and largest career win by far squarely in his sights.
As it’s been from the start in Emporia, Kansas, the field is tight, and the pressure is mounting with just two rounds left before a PDGA World Champion is crowned.
And the rest of the best players to play the sport are right there chasing them.
Completing a stellar feat, Colorado’s Tristan Tanner has emerged from the B Pool in Emporia, Kansas and has made the jump to the very top. His fellow statesman, Aaron Gossage, shares the title of co-leader after putting together two solid rounds to start Pro Worlds.
A marathon turned into a sprint on Tuesday as 286 of the top players in the world hit the courses in Emporia, Kansas to kick off the 40th edition of the PDGA World Championships and the action, as it's been throughout the 2022 season, was fast and furious.
Moments have defined the history of the Pro Worlds.
We'll all remember the one from 2021, a clip that we've see time and time again and will likely see replayed for the foreseeable future, but that one is just the latest in a 40-year history of Pro Worlds.
The quest for No. 6 for Paige Pierce and Paul McBeth continues. Catrina Allen and James Conrad — who both had throws that defined the 2021 Worlds — are the defending champions.
Eveliina Salonen scorched the Beast on Friday. Photo: DGN
Day two of the 2022 European Open is in the books, and there was seemingly as many storylines to follow as there were rays of sunshine beaming down on the packed spectator's gallery.
Salonen Soars
Coming into round two, Kat Mertsch was hanging onto her first career Major lead, separating herself from three different nationalities represented on the lead card, all tied up a single stroke behind her pace-setting opening day performance. Those being Catrina Allen (US), Keiti Tate (EST) and Heidi Laine (FI).
Paul McBeth is looking for his sixth European Open title as the PDGA Major returns to Finland. Photo: Kevin Huver
It’s time.
After three long years in which the world has battled a pandemic and disc golf has experienced massive growth, a PDGA Major finally returns to the international stage for the 2022 European Open presented by Discmania.
The long-awaited return to Finland and the beloved and revered Beast course at Nokia DiscGolfPark in Nokia begins Thursday and runs through Sunday, when two PDGA Major champions will be crowned.
It’s the 10th running of the European Open, which began as a PDGA Major in 2006.
On Tuesday when the tournament officially kicked off, McCray, who is returning to PDGA Major action for the first time since suffering a heart attack in February, put on the game face and went to work.
“When I woke up this morning, I could not get the thought of me winning out of my head and I was trying so hard to calm my mind,” King said. “I just had a feeling when I woke up that I was going to take it down.”
The 2022 United States Women's Disc Golf Championship was full of numbers.
Hailey King took down her first PDGA Major title. Jennifer Allen won her second Major and 150th career win. In her 400th event, Barrett White won her 10th Major and sixth USWDGC crown. Pam Reineke and Sandy Gast, the 1992 Co-PDGA Rookies of the Year, won their combined 13th Majors. Two sisters — Therese Cuevas and Athena Cuevas — are now Major champions.
But the most impressive number is 318, the total number of women who competed and came together over the past week in Madison, Wisconsin for the largest women's disc golf tournament in history.
“I’ll definitely be nervous because I’m always nervous – that’s nothing new,” said Emily Yale, the leader in FA1. “I’m glad I’m doing well and hope that I show up tomorrow and play well, focus on my shots, and have a great time with the same card.
At the midway point of the 24th running of the USWDGC, these five take the title of leader into the final two rounds in Madison, Wisconsin. For the remaining 14 divisions, the leaderboard is tight, and the rest of the field is there, ready to charge.
At its core, the United States Women’s Disc Golf Championship is a celebration of women’s disc golf, a tournament where girls and women from every corner of the planet gather to compete and, most importantly, find community.
It’s going to be a party in Madison, Wisconsin.
A record 320 women across 19 divisions kick off the 24th annual USWDGC on Thursday with a chance to grow the game, meet new friends and compete for a PDGA Major title.
The numbers continue to be staggering and highlight the growth of women playing and competing on the disc golf course.
