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2019 Masters Worlds - Invitation to Register Criteria

2019 Masters Worlds - Invitation to Register Criteria

Last updated: Friday, March 29, 2019 - 10:42

All participants in the 2019 PDGA Pro Master Disc Golf World Championships must be current 2018 PDGA Members and Certified Officials through the end of the event before they can register for for the event.

In order to receive an invite, players must have been a 2018 current member prior to December 15, 2018.

Qualification Criteria

1) Top Pro Points earners of the 2018 PDGA Tour year.  Minimum Pro Points Required are:

Div - Men Min Points Div - Women Min Points
MP40 600 FP40 40
MP50 200 FP50 40
MP55 200 FP55 40
MP60 60
MP65 60

2) Older Divisions:

All 2018 current female Professional members eligible for the FP60, FP65, or FP70 divisions in 2019 who completed any PDGA sanctioned tournament (not league) in a professional division during the 2018 PDGA tour year.

All 2018 current male Professional members eligible for the MP70, MP75, or MP80 divisions in 2019 who completed any PDGA sanctioned tournament (not league) in a professional division during the 2018 PDGA tour year.

3) Additional invites:

Any US State, Canadian Province, or International Country that did not have at least 10% of it's resident Pro 2018 tour participants qualify through criteria #1-2 above, will have additional invites provided to the top pro points earners (by highest % of their Primary Division Requirement) in order to reach 10%.

Primary Worlds Division

A member's Primary Worlds Division is based on their class, gender, and age and is the divison they will be invited to play in at Worlds if they meet one of the above criteria. Examples of Primary Worlds Divisions for Pros at Master Worlds are:Ages 40-49 in 2019 = MP40 or FP40; Ages 50-54 in 2019 = MP50 or FP50; Ages 55-59 in 2019 = MP55 or FP55; etc.

Important: Only Pro class members at least 40 years of age in 2019 have their Primary Worlds Division held at Master Worlds. Pro class players of any age in 2019 may have Pro Worlds invites for MPO or FPO based on their player rating. Amateur members at least 19 years of age in 2019 have a Primary Worlds Division held at Amateur Worlds. Amateur members age 8 to 18 in 2019 have their Primary Worlds Division held at Junior Worlds.

Primary Worlds Division Invite Process

A player's Primary Worlds Division Invite uses ALL of their 2018 earned Pro points (regardless of the Pro division they earned the points in) to meet the points requirement for the player's 2019 Primary Worlds Division. This process allows for members to still receive an invite for Worlds even if they had aged into a new age bracket for which they could not have earned points in the previous year.

IMPORTANT: This primary invite process ONLY applies to current 2018 Pro members at least 40 years of age in 2019. A Pro member under the age of 40 in 2019 will have their invite processed for their Primary Worlds Division at 2019 Pro Worlds based on their player rating. (See the "2019 Pro Worlds - Invitation to Register Criteria" document.)

Secondary Worlds Invite Process:

The process for an invite to Master Worlds in any division other than the member's Primary Worlds Division, uses only those 2018 points earned while actually playing in the specific division to meet that division's points requirement.

IMPORTANT: This Secondary Worlds Invite Process applies only to 2018 current Pro members of at least 40 years of age in 2019.

Examples of the Worlds invite process:

A 2018 Pro member who is male and age 64 had earned 55 points playing MP60, 300 points playing MP50, and 550 points playing MP40.

  • Since he is an MP60-aged player he receives a Primary Invite for MP60 because ALL of his Pro points (905) equaled at least the 60 point requirement for an MP60 Primary Invite (even though he had less than 60 points playing in MP60.)
  • He also receives an Additional Invite for the MP50 division because he had 300 points actually playing in the MP50 division which met the requirement of 200 points.
  • He does NOT receive an Additional Invite for the MP40 division as he only had 550 points playing in the MP40 division and the requirement was 600 points.

Additional Important Notes

  • An invitation to register for Worlds, does NOT guarantee a spot at Worlds.  Timely registration is still required to get in.
  • ONLY 2018 CURRENT Professional members (prior to 12/15/2018) earn 2018 Professional points towards Worlds invites.
  • ONLY 2018 Professional points (those points earned playing in a Professional division by a Pro) count towards Criteria #1 & #3.
  • ONLY 2018 Professional members (by 12/15/2018) are invited to register for the 2019 Professional Worlds.

Please direct any questions regarding the Worlds invitation process to the PDGA Tour Manager.