2026 PDGA Junior Worlds Disc Golf Championships Registration Schedule

2026 PDGA Junior Worlds Registration Schedule v2 (Subject to Change)

• In all cases, a player must be both a current 2026 PDGA member and a Certified Official with an expiration date after July 11, 2026, to be able to register. If you are not a 2026 current PDGA member and/or not a Certified Official with an expiration date after July 11, 2026, you will not be able to register.
• Registrants must turn at least 8 years old on their birthday in 2026 to participate.
• Invitees are subject to all eligibility requirements per Competition Manual 1.01, and nothing in an invitation shall be construed to create the right of the recipient to participate in the event.
• Spots are held in each division for the still-eligible 2025 Junior World Champions and 2025 NADGT JNADGC Champions to register through May 6 ONLY.  If not registered prior to May 7, the spot is released.

Unless otherwise highlighted below, registration tiers open at 10:30 PM Eastern on the date indicated. If you live in a time zone other than Eastern, be sure to adjust accordingly.  (Note: Eastern time is UTC -5 hours until 8-Mar when Daylight Savings Time starts at which time Eastern time is then UTC -4 hours.)

Thursday, March 26 – Junior Worlds invite list is posted on the 2026 Junior Worlds homepage

Thursday, April 2 – Junior Worlds invitations are emailed to invitees.

Thursday, April 9 at 10:30 PM Eastern – Registration opens for one week to the top 5% of invitees by rating in each division as per the posted invitation list (based on the February Ratings Update.)

Thursday, April 16 at 1:00 PM Eastern – Registration opens for one week to both the Canadian and International (Non-North American) Invitees ONLY for the reserved Canadian/International spots (% based on tour participants) in the divisions for which they were invited.

Thursday, April 23 at 10:30 PM Eastern – Registration opens for one week to all invitees only for the divisions for which they were invited. If a division fills, then a waitlist is started only for invitees of the division in the order they are received. 

Thursday, April 30 at 10:30 PM Eastern – Registration opens for one week to invitees to register for any other divisions they are eligible for if spots are available (example: a player only invited for MJ15 can now register for MJ18.)  Waitlists for filled divisions are continued in the order they are received.

Thursday, May 7 at 10:30 PM Eastern – Open Registration for all current Junior-aged Amateur PDGA members (at least 8 years old on their birthday in 2026) for any division(s) they are eligible for.  Waitlists for filled divisions are continued in the order they are received.

IMPORTANT: Junior Worlds-registered players wishing to purchase the merchandise or ancillary events offered within the Singles registration, must add them to their Worlds registration prior to registration closing on Thursday, June 18.

Thursday, June 18 at 10:30 PM – Registration closes; waitlists are closed. Drops are backfilled from the waitlists through July 12.

Sunday, July 5 – Divisional Fields are final.  Any split-division Pools are posted.  Any players still on the waitlist are refunded; there are no replacements for drops after this time.

Tuesday, July 7 – Singles play starts.

Note:  The PDGA World Championships registration is handled by the PDGA Office.  Please direct any registration related questions to the PDGA Event Support Team, NOT the Worlds Tournament Director.