2026 PDGA Presidents Cup - Team Selection / Format

Team Members 

🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸

• Captain: Catrina Allen (Non-playing)
• Gannon Buhr (Official Disc Golf World Ranking leader)
• Holyn Handley (Official Disc Golf World Ranking leader)
• Calvin Heimburg (Fan Vote winner)
• Taylor Chocek (Fan Vote winner)
• Isaac Robinson (PDGA Competition Director pick)
• Ella Hansen (PDGA Competition Director pick)
• Richard Wysocki (Team Captain pick)
• Missy Gannon (Team Captain pick)
• Anthony Barela (Team Captain pick)
• Emily Weatherman (Team Captain pick)
• Eagle McMahon (Team Captain pick)
• Kat Mertsch (Team Captain FPO pick)

RESERVES

• Sullivan Tipton (Team Cptain MPO reserve pick)
• Madison Walker (Team Captain reserve pick)

INITIAL PICKS UNABLE TO ATEND

• Paul Ulibarri
• Paige Pierce

🇪🇺 Europe 🇪🇺

• Captain: Kristin Lätt (Non-playing)
• Niklas Anttila (Official Disc Golf World Ranking leader)
• Silva Saarinen (Official Disc Golf World Ranking leader)
• Mauri Villmann (Fan Vote winner)
• Anniken K. Steen (Fan Vote winner)
• Joona Heinänen (PDGA Europe Competition Director pick)
• Iida Lehtomäki (PDGA Europe Competition Director pick)
• Väinö Mäkelä (Team Captain pick)
• Eveliina Salonen (Team Captain pick)
• Lauri Lehtinen (Team Captain pick)
• Henna Blomroos (Team Captain pick)
• Jesse Nieminen (Team Captain pick)
• Anneli Tõougjas-Männiste (Team Captain pick)

RESERVES

• Daniel Davidsson (Team Captain MPO reserve pick)
• Heidi Laine (Team Captain FPO reserve pick)

Player Selection

• For a total of 14 positions per team (7 MPO and 7 FPO), the selection process will be as follows:
• 2026 April 1st PDGA Official World Ranking: 1 MPO + 1 FPO
• Popular vote: 1 MPO + 1 FPO
• PDGA & PDGA Europe Competition Director picks: 1 MPO + 1 FPO
• Team Captain: 4 MPO + 4 FPO

Format

• 8 matches - match play: (4 MPO + 4 FPO players per team)
• Break.
• 4 matches - Modified alternate shots mixed doubles - match play: (4 MPO + 4 FPO players per team)
• Break.
• 4 matches - stroke play: (4 MPO + 4 FPO players per team)

Except in cases of force majeure, such as the inability to field a full team in a division or the injury of a player and their reserve, no player may play in more than 2 of the 3 games  the Team Captain will assign players to the different events and matches.

Scoring

• 8 matches - match play (4 MPO + 4 FPO players per team): 24 points in total.
  • Winner of match: 3 points
  • Tie in a match: 1.5 points each
  • Loser of match: 0 points
• 4 matches - Modified alternate shots mixed doubles – match play (4 MPO + 4 FPO players per team): 24 points in total.
  • Winner of match: 6 points
  • Tie in a match: 3 points
  • Loser of a match 0 points
• 4 matches - stroke play (4 MPO + 4 FPO players per team): 28 points in total.
  • Lowest score: 4 points
  • Second lowest score: 2 points
  • Third lowest score: 1 point 
  • Fourth lowest score: 0 points 
  • Ties split the points for the positions
• The total number of points up for grabs is 24 + 24 + 28 = 76
• Team with more points at the end of the event (38.5 or more) will win.
• In case of tie between teams after all events played: One player sudden death play-off on Hole 18 on repeat. Team captains will nominate the sudden death players