Jerry "Swami" Swain representing the USA at the 2019 Am Worlds players meeting, Photo: Vic Allen, PDGA

Each year, the PDGA Amateur Disc Golf World Championships brings together hundreds of amateur competitors from around the globe, many of which, despite spending plenty of time competing in local and regional events, haven’t seen each other since the previous year’s Am Worlds. It’s an annual opportunity to see friends, fellow competitors, and familiar faces that one likely wouldn’t see otherwise, hence its nickname, the “family reunion”.

Despite the junior divisions now having their own, separate world championships event, Am Worlds remains one of the most complex disc golf events of the year. 13 amateur divisions comprised of nearly 702 competitors have made the trek to York, Pennsylvania coming in from 11 different countries, 43 states and three provinces. To accommodate such a range of players, ten different courses are being used throughout the week, several of which have multiple layouts.

In addition to being a complicated beast on the hosting side, it is also an exhausting week for the competitors. Most of the divisions will compete for five days in a row and will take on a half dozen courses with some of the days requiring two full rounds, on two different courses.

2019 Am Worlds Course Schedule

Courses

Whether you're in York to compete, work, or just hang out, the variation of courses being used for the event make for an exciting week for all parties involved. Codorus State Park, located a half-hour southwest of York proper will serve as the most used piece of land, as it houses two different courses on site, part of which will be used for the finals for all divisions on Saturday. For more information about the York-area courses in play this week (listed below), check out the digital Players' Course Guide at guide.19amw.com.

• Boulder Woods
• Codorus State Park - Red
• Codorus State Park - Blue
• Codorus Township Park
• Heritage Hills 
• Klines Run
• Muddy Run
• Quakers Challenge
• Ship Rock
• Coyote Hills

View from the top of Kline's Run DGC. Photo: Todd Lion, PDGA

Fortunately for the players, the York, PA area not only has an abundance of great courses but also a fantastic crew of staff and volunteers to make sure the event goes off without a hitch. Follow along all week as we slowly but surely make our way towards the semifinals and finals all Saturday. Live hole-by-hole scores will be up and running on pdgalive.com from the first tee time on Tuesday to the last putt hitting the chains on Saturday.