Welcome to the 2022 PDGA Junior World Championships!

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Central Illinois, home of the 2022 PDGA Junior and Masters World Championships presented by Paragon Disc Golf. We have been working towards this event for the last 2 years and we hope your stay in Central Illinois is enjoyable. We are incredibly grateful for the support of the City of Peoria, The Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, the City of Eureka, the City of Pekin, the City of Washington, the Village of Morton, and the Morton Park District. Each of these entities have helped support this event and without their support this event would not happen. We have a world class staff for this year’s event ready to serve you. We are also thankful for our many volunteers who have stepped up to help, including a large contingent of volunteers from St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We are also grateful to our biggest sponsors, including Paragon Disc Golf, Discraft, Dynamic Discs, GRIPeq, Upper Park, DGA, GRIP6, Lone Star Disc, Prodigy, Zanfel, Ledgestone, Bushnell, Zuca, Merrell, OTB and Infinite Discs.

Our team has spent thousands of hours preparing for this event, with most of that time spent preparing our courses for the competition. Each of the courses are in great shape. We have several side events going on throughout the competition week that we know you will enjoy. Here is a small window into what’s happening during Worlds week:

Tuesday (July 12th) will be our Players Dinner and a Flymart at Five Points in Washington.

Wednesday (July 13th) will include a Flymart, Free Ice Cream, Band Performance, Food Vendor Night,

Disc Golf Games and more at Lake Eureka starting at 5PM.

Thursday (July 14th) will be our Disc Golf Night at the Pool for Junior players and our Masters Night at Tres Rojas Winery.

Friday night (July 15th) we will host Disc Golf night at the Ballpark, where players can take in a minor league baseball game at Dozer Park, home of the Peoria Chiefs. Food will be provided, and we will get to have some players on the field doing some big throws!

In closing we sincerely hope you enjoy your team in Central Illinois. Our goal is to provide world class courses that offer a unique challenge to you as our players. We hope that our courses challenge you to the best of your abilities. Good luck and thanks for participating in this year’s event!

Nate Heinold
2022 Tournament Director – PDGA Master and Junior World Championships