PDGA Club Benefits

Resources & Support

• Discounted PDGA membership for Club members: club members can use a discount code to save $5 on joining/renewing PDGA memberships. Said code is provided to club administrators (the person that registered the Club) at the time of registration, and should only be conveyed via email or in person to reduce the possibility of use outside the club.
• Access to the PDGA Club Playbook
• Ability to participate in rewards and incentive programs led by PDGA Clubs and supported by industry partners. Throughout each season, the PDGA will offer rewards and incentive programs based on Club activity. As per the criteria to become a PDGA Club, each Club wanting to participate must provide access to Club membership rosters.
• Exclusive discounts on goods and services from industry partners. Many PDGA member benefits extend to Clubs, to include (but not limited to):
  • DiscStore
  • VII
  • Upper Park Disc Golf (With each order, Upper Park Disc Golf will donate an additional 15% to the PDGA Youth and Education Program)
• Complimentary Certificate of Insurance (COI) program
• Access to an early registration window for local events (see CM 1.02C)
• Support through Disc Golf Scene Club management tools.

Club Growth

• Support of Clubs of all shapes and sizes. The tiered pricing system helps ensure commensurate value to all Clubs, whether it is a mature Club of 200 members, or a new Club with only 20.
• Competition Endowment Program provides a means to promote charity events, and events that promote the growth of disc golf and PDGA membership.
• Printing of the booklet “How to promote Disc Golf through a Club”  in local language and distribution to international Clubs.

Courses

• Ability to update course descriptions in the PDGA Course Directory with current conditions and layouts, etc..
  • Help add any missing course listings to the PDGA Disc Golf Course Directory.  Just collect the information, login and add the course listing! Detailed directions at the PDGA Disc Golf Course Directory Help
  • Help rate and review courses in the PDGA Disc Golf Course Directory.  Just login, pull up a course listing, select a rating for the course and write a short (or long) review.
  • Help find or make course maps and then add those maps to the course listings at the PDGA Disc Golf Course Directory.
• Printing of the booklet “Why and how to install a Disc Golf course” in local language and distribution to international Clubs.

Communication

• PDGA Clubs provides a space for Club administrators to network, share ideas, and learn/grow from each other at the PDGA Clubs Admin Facebook group. This space is reserved for only one leader from each PDGA Club.
• Support on environmental issues with authorities via PDGA Environmental Committee resources: Throw Green
• “Club Chronicles” features on PDGA website, which share success stories of Clubs within the program.
• Membership dollars also contribute to the production of disc golf videos, newsletters, and more. These benefits are in addition to the PDGA’s own initiatives to create and host more, new disc golf content on PDGA social media and YouTube channel.
• “Find a Club Near Me”
• For Clubs in Europe, PDGA Europe provides cooperation on the translation of the following key documents to local language:
  • Disc Golfer's Code
  • Translated Rules of Disc Golf
  • PDGA Certified Rules Official Exam
  • Booklets
  • “Why and how to install a Disc Golf course”
  • “How to promote Disc Golf through a Club”
• Free online tools to support European Club communication
  • 15 editable graphic templates for social media & events
  • 120 high-quality professional photos library
  • PDGA Europe logos and Brand Guide

Grant Programs

• PDGA Youth and Education Scholastic Club Grant (up to $500)
• PDGA Throw Green Environmental Grant (up to 500$)