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How PDGA ratings work, from scores to skill numbers

A PDGA rating is not a private average. It moves with the field, the SSA, and recent rounds, and that can decide divisions, seeding, and bragging rights.

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Detroit to host 2026 PDGA Pro World Championships at Kensington Metropark

Detroit’s Worlds will run Aug. 26-30 at Kensington Metropark, with Toboggan and Black Locust hosting and daily tickets starting at $25.

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Ezra Aderhold wins Discmania Challenge by two strokes

Aderhold’s 29-under will beat Adam Hammes by two, turning a $12,500 payday and 150 DGPT points into another statement at Pickard Park.

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Silva Saarinen wins second major title at USWDGC in Utah

Silva Saarinen left Brighton with her second major of 2026, making the 25th USWDGC her latest proof that the FPO race now runs through her.

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PDGA Europe board election pits three candidates for open seats

Three seats, three candidates and 21,444 European members on the line: PDGA Europe voters will choose who steers policy, budgets and growth.

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PDGA skill-level guidelines shape disc golf course design by rating bands

The PDGA’s five rating bands tell you how a course should play, from forgiving Green layouts to Gold 970+ tests that punish every miss.

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Kansas City Wide Open preview spotlights Bad Rock Creek challenge

Bad Rock Creek turns the 44th Kansas City Wide Open into a course-first test, with Gannon Buhr’s -24 benchmark and the Tuesday practice window shaping the chase.

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PDGA explains out-of-bounds rules, penalties and lie placement

One OB call can flip a card from par to bogey, and the PDGA’s rule language shows why the lie, the line and the last in-bounds crossing matter.

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Queen City Classic debut exceeds expectations in Charlotte

James Conrad’s Hole 16 ace drew the loudest roar in Charlotte, and Gannon Buhr plus Jessica Gurthie turned the Queen City Classic debut into a score-shifting weekend.

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DGPT heads to Stockton for 2026 OTB Open preview

Stockton’s Swenson Park anchored the DGPT’s first DGPT+ OTB Open, with an amateur weekend May 15-17 and the pro event set for May 21-24.

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PDGA explains balance rule that keeps disc golf putts legal

The PDGA’s balance guidance shows when a putt is legal, when a foot fault costs strokes, and why the 10-meter circle still changes every green.

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South Burlington opens first disc golf course at school campus

South Burlington now has its first disc golf course, with nine baskets and two tee options at the school district campus. The grand opening invited newcomers to try mini-games before taking a full round.

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PDGA marks 50 years by spotlighting Kristin Lätt’s historic Grand Slam

The PDGA opened its 50th year with MVP club discs and a Kristin Lätt spotlight, tying the sport’s 1976 roots to its biggest modern star.

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DGPT brings new Big Easy Open to Louisiana schedule debut

DGPT’s first Louisiana stop landed March 13-15 at Parc des Familles in Marrero, with MVP Discs and Flight Factory Discs backing the new Big Easy Open.

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Steady Ed Headrick helped turn disc golf into a real sport

Disc golf’s jump from park game to real sport came when Steady Ed Headrick built the target, founded the PDGA, and gave players a common rulebook.

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Weather suspends Round 1 at U.S. Women's Disc Golf Championship

Weather halted Round 1 in Salt Lake City, and DGPT pushed fans to DGN Free and live scores as the USWDGC stretched into a four-round grind.

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Junior worlds title race reaches final card at Toboggan

Gatekeeper’s FINALB9 put Noah Feil, Ethan Hadders, Alan Vazquez and Finn Etter on the Toboggan final card. Hadders turned that MJ18 pressure into a world title.

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DGPT highlights Round 1 of United States Women's Championship

A bogey-free Round 1 put Ohn Scoggins atop the women’s major as DGPT’s highlight reel quickly drew 7,384 views and 280 likes.

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How disc golf takes root in Nairobi, Kenya, and beyond

Nairobi shows disc golf rooting itself through land, discs, and local organizing. Kenya now has a permanent course, mapped city layouts, and a path to sanctioned play.

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Why the United States Women’s Disc Golf Championships stands apart

USWDGC is the sport’s only women-only Major, and that changes everything from qualification pressure to the shared experience on the course. Its field now spans ages, divisions, states, and countries, with Salt Lake City next on the schedule.

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Disc golf’s senior divisions keep champions competing for decades

Bobby Jones sank the putt that won MP65 at the 2024 Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships, a snapshot of how senior divisions keep disc golf champions winning deep into age-based brackets.

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PDGA approves DiscBirdie's BirdieCatcher as new sanctioned basket

PDGA approval puts DiscBirdie’s BirdieCatcher into sanctioned play, giving tournament directors and course builders a new target option for 2026 layouts.

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PDGA Rules Committee adds two new Q&A clarifications

Two new PDGA Q&A rulings can swing a card, from penalties to pace of play, and the online rules now control whenever versions conflict.

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How disc golf baskets evolved from prototypes to the modern standard

Disc golf’s modern drama starts at the basket: Headrick’s prototypes led from Oak Grove poles to the chain-and-basket target that made putting decisive.

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Governors Island hosts Fly Off Course Open amid ferry delays

Governors Island’s Fly Off Course Open turned an 18-hole disc golf event into a ferry-timed outing, with a one-day custom course and skyline views from New York Harbor.

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Ice Bowl tradition turns winter disc golf into charity event

Snow, frozen tees and numb hands are the point: Ice Bowl events turn winter misery into food drives, and 2026 already lists 191 stops.

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Salt Lake City hosts 25th U.S. women’s disc golf championship

Eveliina Salonen defended a streak, and Salt Lake City’s 9,000-foot Brighton test turned the 25th USWDGC into a fight against altitude, not just the field.

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PDGA turns USWDGC week into festival of women’s disc golf

Utah opens USWDGC with a free public expo, check-in, and opening ceremonies before 336 players start a four-round Major across four courses.

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DGPT returns to world No. 1 Ale for European swing showdown

Ale’s No. 1 ranking and 2027 European Open berth made the DGPT stop a true test, and Ricky Wysocki and Eveliina Salonen handled it.

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PDGA clarifies basket holed-out rule with new photo examples

The PDGA’s new photo examples show when a disc wedged on a basket is not holed out, even if the tray makes it look finished.

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