Paul McBeth Foundation targets record turnout for global Throw For More fundraiser

Every round logged on June 20 will count twice for disc golf: once on the course, and once for the Paul McBeth Foundation’s push to turn everyday play into new access for underserved communities worldwide.

Throw For More returns as a one-day, global fundraiser on Saturday, June 20, 2026, with PMF setting a target of more than 200,000 rounds played and $70,000 raised. The event is free and open to players of all skill levels, and the structure is built to let individual players, clubs and tournament directors compete for prizes while adding volume to a worldwide participation total. The Professional Disc Golf Association says the fundraiser is modeled on charity walk-a-thons and endurance challenges.

UDisc is again central to the scale of the campaign. The company will donate $0.10 for every round logged in the app during the 24-hour window, giving players a direct way to convert their own rounds into funding. PMF and the PDGA say the event is also chasing the record for the most rounds ever recorded in UDisc in a single day, a mark they place at more than 200,000 rounds.

The 2026 goal grows out of a breakout first edition. In 2025, Throw For More logged about 124,000 rounds worldwide and about 1,300 registered participants raised roughly $70,000. PMF says more than 84,000 unique UDisc users took part across more than 8,500 courses, leaving the event within 1,500 rounds of the global single-day UDisc record of 125,000. The scale was enough to make it one of the biggest single days in disc golf history. PMF executive director Zachary Smith said the foundation is pushing harder after coming so close to the mark, and the endurance side of the event showed in Estonia, where Tarmo Tomson played 300 rounds in one day and covered more than 40 miles.

That fundraising is tied to real course development, not just awareness. PMF says it has installed more than 354 holes in 17 countries, and its Uganda work included the first disc golf courses in the country, an 18-hole championship course at Ndejje University north of Kampala and a 9-hole community course in Katosi near Lake Victoria. PMF says a university-level tournament at Ndejje drew 96 players, and the foundation has also announced later projects in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Founded in 2020 by Paul McBeth, whose PDGA profile lists 152 career wins and $871,517.09 in earnings, the foundation has made Throw For More a direct pipeline from rounds played to baskets, courses and first-time access.