Paul McBeth tees off during the final round of the 2013 Memorial Championship. Photo: PDGA
March 2, 2013, started like any regular day for Paul McBeth. He woke up on the road, in Arizona, and ate a basic breakfast – probably yogurt, he said, because he was less sensitive to dairy back then – and headed to Fountain Hills for the final round of the Memorial Championship.
In addition to trying to win events, many players are also trying to increase their Player Rating. However, once you pass a certain age, it can become a struggle to improve your rating or just hang on to the one you have despite your best efforts. So, when is that certain age (if you don't already know) when the march of time starts messing with your game, barring sickness or injury? The answers to these mysteries and more will unfold in the following analysis of player ratings gathered since 2002.
The PDGA Player Ratings were updated May 27th, 2014. The update includes all events for which a completed report was submitted by the deadline of May 6th, 2014. The next report submission deadline is June 3rd for the June 24th, 2014 publication date.
The latest update to PDGA player ratings were published on January 21st and includes all events for which a complete TD report was received by the submission deadline of December 31st. The final submission deadline for 2013 events is January 28th for a publication date of February 18th. The submission deadline for the first update for 2014 events is February 25th for a publication date of March 18th.
The latest PDGA Player Ratings were published on Feb. 26, 2013. The ratings include 2012 events. The first ratings update to include 2013 events will be on March 26, 2013.
The first update to the PDGA player ratings for the 2011 season has been calculated. A utility to search by player ratings is available at www.pdga.com/player-ratings-search.
The next ratings update is scheduled for May 10, 2011. The submission deadline for events to be included in that ratings update will be April 26, 2010.
Your PDGA Player Rating is a number that shows how close your average round scores are compared to the course rating, called the Scratch Scoring Averages (SSA), of the courses you’ve played in competition. Players who average the SSA on courses played will have a rating of 1000 and are considered “scratch players”. A player who averages scores lower than SSAs on course they’ve played will have a rating over 1000.
