Featuring action every weekend all around the globe, the standings for the 2023 PDGA Global Master Series — the inaugural year of the year-long, world-wide competition — have been finalized.

There were constant changes on the leaderboard and stellar rounds throughout the 26 age-based divisions offered by the PDGA.

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Bracket winners were determined by the average of the players’ best eight round ratings throughout the year in any division that they were eligible to compete in.

🏆 2023 Global Masters Series Champions - Professional

• 🇺🇸 Ohn Scoggins (Pro Women 40-49)
• 🇺🇸 Joe Rovere (Pro Men 40-49)
• 🇺🇸 Juliana Korver (Pro Women 50-54)
• 🇺🇸 JohnE McCray (Pro Men 50-54)
• 🇺🇸 Barrett White (Pro Women 55-59)
• 🇺🇸 Patrick Brown (Pro Men 55-59)
• 🇺🇸 Chris O'Cleary (Pro Women 60-64)
• 🇺🇸 Tim Keith (Pro Men 60-64)
• 🇺🇸 Sandy Gast (Pro Women 65-69)
• 🇯🇵 Atsuhito Kawasaki (Pro Men 65-69)
• 🇫🇮 Tuire Leppänen (Pro Women 70-74)
• 🇯🇵 Kazuo Shirai (Pro Men 70-74)
• 🇺🇸 Nancy Wright (Pro Women 75-79)
• 🇺🇸 Jon Graff (Pro Men 75-79)
• 🇺🇸 Sylvia Voakes (Pro Women 80+)
• 🇺🇸 Barry Fischer (Pro Men 80+)

Patti Adams

🏆 2023 Global Masters Series Champions - Amateur

• 🇺🇸 Jaima Cartwright (Am Women 40-49)
• 🇺🇸 David Hurley(Am Men 40-49)
• 🇺🇸 Kris Gregg (Am Women 50-54)
• 🇺🇸 Erik Tribelhorn (Am Men 50-54)
• 🇺🇸 Kim King (Am Women 55-59)
• 🇺🇸 James Huestis (Am Men 55-59)
• 🇯🇵 Kuniko Yoshioka (Am Women 60-64)
• 🇺🇸 Gary Judd (Am Men 60-64)
• 🇺🇸 Donna Stanley (Am Women 65-69)
• 🇺🇸 Scott Conner (Am Men 65-69)
• 🇺🇸 Patti Adams (Am Women 70-74)
• 🇺🇸 Buz Ryalls-Clephane (Am Men 70-74)
• 🇺🇸 Judy Binz (Am Women 75-79)
• 🇺🇸 Jesse Tilley (Am Men 75-79)
• 🇺🇸 Judith Gipson (Am Women 80+)
• 🇺🇸 Robert Burton (Am Men 80+)

Here’s a quick look around the 2023 leaderboard:

• Back-to-back PDGA Masters World Champion Joe Rovere averaged 1067 in his eight highest-rated rounds in 2023 to take down the 2023 GMS title in Pro Men 40-49. Both Rovere and Michael Johansen, who finished second, had 1080 rated rounds in 2023.

Ohn Scoggins

• Back-to-back-to-back Masters World Champion Ohn Scoggins won the GMS title in Pro Women 40-49, with a 1015 average rating, highlighted by a 1023 round at the Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships, which she won for the second-straight year.
• JohnE McCray edged Brian Schweberger by nine total points on the Pro Men 50-54 leaderboard in a battle that went back-and-forth all year.
• Two-time World Champion Chris O’Cleary returned to action, playing the most tournaments she’s competed in since 1987 which was when she won the first of her back-to-back World Championships, won the Pro Women 60-64 division.
• There were six competitors in the Pro Men 80-plus division, which was won by Barry Fischer. Ten men competed in the Am Men 80-plus division.

Japan’s Kuniko Yoshioka

• There were four international winners:
  • Japan’s Atsuhito Kawasaki — Pro Men 65-69
  • Japan’s Kazuo Shirai — Pro Men 70-74
  • Finland’s Tuire Leppänen — Pro Women 70-74
  • Japan’s Kuniko Yoshioka — Am Women 60-64
• Indiana’s Jaima Cartwright won one of the closest races of the entire series in Am Women 40-49. Just 176 points separated first and fifth.

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2024 Leaderboard Launched

Now that the inaugural winners have been finalized and announced, the 2024 edition is officially underway around the globe!

See the 2024 Global Masters Series Leaderboard »

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