The eighth iteration of the PDGA’s Women’s Global Event (WGE) wrapped up this past Monday and the results are in! You can catch up on the full standings on the 2026 WGE global leaderboard. Since 2012, the biennial WGE has enabled women and girls from all over the world to participate in one unifying event. This year we extended the global event from three days to 11 days (May 15 - 25), extending the fun for another full week!

What's stood out the most is that WGE feeling. Over the week and a half of the WGE, it’s been inspiring to see all of the social media shares that show a lot of love, connection, and support from people all over the world. And it perfectly reflects what happens in the local WGE tournaments. It's hard to explain the way WGE feels different than everything else. It is really, really special.

And while it's sad it’s over, what we really hope is that the spirit of the WGE can keep folks motivated to continue celebrating, connecting, and making women and girls in disc golf a priority. Thank you to the Tournament Directors who have made the 2026 Women's Global Event possible. The success of the WGE and keeping the momentum going is due to the support of all of the tournament directors who are enthusiastic about supporting women’s disc golf. Without TDs around the world hosting events, there would be no WGE, so thank you and everyone out there who has supported their local WGE. 

To help celebrate and add a unifying piece to each player pack of the 2026 WGE, we shipped over 4,000 2026 WGE themed pins around the world. A huge thanks to Trash Panda for their support this year as our title sponsor, which helped cover some of the cost of the pins and the shipping. Didn't get your pin? Want an extra pin? Lost your pin? We have some pins in the PDGA Pro Shop for you to order! Be sure to remember to use your member benefit of 20% off in the pro shop!

The Stories

After the first weekend, we shared a photo of Noemi Bjerkaas and her caddie (our executive Director Doug Bjerkaas) and asked folks to share their own experiences so far. 

"I played in a southern Indiana tournament Saturday and a Bloomington Indiana tournament Sunday. 2 down, 2 to go!

Along with Julie Gibson and Christina Hinkle, we are optimizing our WGE experience and so happy it is two weekends now!"

– Melanie Hale

"I ran and played in the Mother Bird Open in Hasslet, MI, full field with 72 players this weekend! We had all the ladies ranging from 12yrs up to and over 80+ years old participating!! Pretty cool in my opinion to see the age ranges and growth of the game!#respectHERgame"

– Emily Seeling

"Played the WGE in Lewiston, NY. Had a blast. My card mates were absolutely amazing. This was my 1st time playing in this event. Came in 1st place for my division. Huge shout-out to our TD and Asst TD Kaylee Hanania, Tiffany Ralston and Nichole Tomasello-Keil. They did an amazing job"

– Sue Gottler

Some of the photos we were sent - Click photo to enlarge or view on Facebook 

We were tagged in and saw so many posts and stories throughout the WGE. 

This one really captures the essence of that night before the event for every TD:

 

 

 

 

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We even posted our own videos (our Marketing Director went to his local event and captured photos and videos in the pouring down rain). 

We posted again asking folks to share their favorite photo from this year's WGE and then again asking how everyone's 2026 WGE experience was. We thought we'd get a few photos to use but the responses were overwhelming! We want to share all of them, but you can see the responses on the posts. Here's a few favorites:

"Super Fun 🤩 with my gal pals!" – Kim King

"Returning to the location of my first tournament (WGE in 2016), to run this year’s WGE a decade later. A very full circle moment that I’m so thankful for." – Nikki Wyatt

"FA55’s. Fun and Feisty!" – Becky Pruitt Peurifoy

"I got my first ACE Saturday at Serendipity of Goddesses Hammond Hill Disc Golf! And played some of my BEST golf both rounds! It’s my first year playing tournaments and have played 3 of the Michigan Women's Disc Golf Series - MWS so far!  thank you for giving us so many opportunities to connect and grow women in the sport!" – Alisha Kelley Steele

The Who, What, When, Where

This year, Uganda was set to have their first WGE event. They have 92 women and girls signed up, but unfortunately, they had to postpone their event (originally scheduled May 23-24) because of an Ebola outbreak in their area. Their numbers are included in some of the information below (designated with a * until final results from their event come in). We hope that they stay healthy and keep up the great work they are doing there. Follow the great things going on in Uganda on the Uganda Disc Golf Facebook page.

The Competitors

• There were 3,089* competitors from all over the world who participated. 503 of those competitors played in pro divisions and 2,586* played in amateur divisions.
• The biggest division out of 26 played was FA4 with 539 competitors, followed by FA3 with 448* competitors. Ratings-based divisions accounted for 1,633* competitors. These were the most popular divisions, with all four divisions in the top five highest registrations (FPO was in fourth).
• There were 256* players across the junior divisions, with FJ12 with the most competitors at 64*. 56* of the 256* were set to play at the 1st Uganda WGE event.
• The masters divisions had 872* total competitors with 180 across seven pro divisions and 692* across eight amateur divisions.

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• 2,136 of the competitors were playing in the U.S.. Next was Canada with 205, New Zealand with 170 and Australia with 108. 
• Looking at registrations per event by country, New Zealand had the most with an average 42.5 competitors per event. Next was the Czech Republic, which had one event but a turnout of 37 competitors. The Philippines had an average of 30, Canada was 25.6, U.S. was 24.8, and Sweden was 22.5. Of course, our friends in Uganda would have had the highest average with their 92 women and girls playing in their one event for their country's first WGE. 

"I got to play with Hall-of-Famer Sharon Jenkins in the tourney she ran in Bend, Oregon. Had such a great time!" – Anne Farrell

The Play

There were 94,188 throws recorded during their 2026 WGE rounds. 44,852 were pars. 10,635 of the throws were birdie, 88 of those were better than birdie and 24 of those throws were aces.

Aces

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"I played in the WGE Spring Run Off tournament in Lethbridge and I got my first tournament ace, and played my best rated tournament all while 7.5 months pregnant!" - Kalyn Porter

And of course, congratulations to the winners!

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The Events

Competition Endowment Program Events

Five of the tournaments this year were CEP (Competition Endowment Program) events. Three events had the charity designation (raise money to donate to a 501c3 entity): Liberty for All in Spokane, Washington, USA raised money for a local player who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Queens of the Chains in Goose Creek, South Carolina, USA raised money for the Women's Committee of the Charleston Disc Golf Community to fund future women's and girls' events. Memorial Day at Lakeside & Endicott raised money for Throw Pink. Two events had the developmental designation (events promoting the awareness and growth of the sport): Groovy in the Grove in Manalapan, New Jersey, USA and Good Vibes Open in Jamul, California, USA.

By Location

• There were 131 tournaments across 22 countries. 

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• There were 86 events in the U.S. in 38 of the 50 states.
• Michigan had three tournaments and the most competitors by U.S. state with 217. They had a 72.3 average registration per event. The second largest number of competitors by U.S. state was California with 161. California also had the most unique PDGA members playing with 138. Massachusetts had the highest average registration per event with 96. 

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• Of the eight events in Canada, six of the ten provinces hosted WGE tournaments. Ontario and Alberta each had two and Saskatchewan, Quebec, British Columbia, and Manitoba each had one.
• The largest event in the world is The NorthEast Women's Global Event - WGE in Leicester, Massachusetts, USA with 96 competitors.
• The largest event internationally* was set to be the 1st Uganda WGE in Kampala, Uganda, which has 92 participants. 
• The largest event outside of the U.S. was the Elles d'or Québec 2026 - CWE / WGE in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada with 66 participants. 

Events By Division

• 1st Uganda WGE has 92 amateur players and 56 juniors signed up to play, which would make it the biggest in both of the junior and amateur categories.
• The event with the largest number of junior players was Wāhine Kōpae 2026 - WGE Christchurch 2026 in Kaiapoi, New Zealand, with 11 junior players. With 11 out of their 39 players playing in junior divisions, they had about 28% of their players in the junior divisions. The second highest number of junior players by event was nine and also in New Zealand: Haere Mai ki te Fly - WGE Wellington in Upper Hutt, New Zealand! 
• WGE Serendipity of Goddesses: Year of the Scepter in Hastings, Michigan, USA, had the most amateur players with 69.
• WGE 2026 The Florida Hummingbird presented by Tri-Fly Disc Golf in Sarasota, Florida, USA, had the most masters players of any event with 32 competitors. They also had the most amateur masters players with 27. 
• Santa Cruz Masters Cup (Pro) DGPT Q-Series in Santa Cruz, California, USA, had the most professional masters players with 12. 
• As expected, the DGPT+ / WGE - OTB Open by MVP Disc Sports had the most FPO players with 45. It was also the event with the most competitors in professional divisions.
• There were 22 tournaments with aces. Two events had two each: WGE Serendipity of Goddesses: Year of the Scepter in Hastings, Michigan, USA and Fight Like a Valkyrie WGE in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, USA.

It's over but it's not over.

Now that the 2026 WGE has wrapped up, we'll be reaching out to our first, second, and third place finishers around the world to verify your address and send you your trophy. We are also doing a drawing for all players and TDs to win one of 8 Zuca carts (Thank you Zuca for your generous donation)! Zuca is also offering an 18% discount to all WGE participants. Your TD should have gotten that code to you but if they forgot, we'll send it to you too along with a survey about how the WGE went for you. Was there something you think could make the next WGE even better? We'll ask from both the player and TD perspective. Keep an eye out for that soon.

We want to keep this WGE feeling going all the time, so we'd love to hear your ideas of how to do that!

Here's another favorite video we watched over and over that was shared with us:

 

 

 

 

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