PDGA World Championships
Year Date Location Champion PDGA # Hometown Prize Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Second Runner Up Field Size Results
1997 Aug 12 - 17 Charlotte , North Carolina Ralph Williamson 10 Seattle , Washington $ 375 35 ( 68-64-69-57=258 ) Steady Ed Headrick Jack Roddick 3 PDGA
1998 Aug 3 - 8 Cincinnati , Ohio Ralph Williamson ( 2 ) 10 Seattle , Washington $ 351 15 ( 63-68-61-63=255 ) Ted Williams Stancil Johnson 5 PDGA
1999 Aug 10 - 14 Rochester , New York Ralph Williamson ( 3 ) 10 Seattle , Washington $ 400 13 ( 69-63-55-51-=238 ) Ted Williams Paul Fein 7 PDGA
2000 Aug 1 - 5 Ann Arbor , Michigan Ralph Williamson ( 4 ) 10 Seattle , Washington $ 750 22 ( 76-72-54-60-26=288 ) Patrick Shea Ted Williams 6 PDGA
2001 Aug 7 - 11 St Paul , Minnesota Ted Williams 13080 Hot Springs , North Carolina $ 530 12 ( 61-54-59-55=229 ) Jack Ekstrom Steady Ed Headrick 3 PDGA
2002 Aug 6 - 10 Houston , Texas Ted Williams ( 2 ) 13080 Hot Springs , North Carolina $ 450 16 ( 69-73-68-71-42=323 ) Jack Ekstrom Ron Jochen 3 PDGA
2003 Aug 11 - 16 Flagstaff , Arizona Ted Williams ( 3 ) 13080 Hot Springs , North Carolina $ 700 38 ( 66-89-68-89-65-38=415 ) Stancil Johnson Jack Ekstrom 7 PDGA
2004 Aug 9 - 14 Des Moines , Iowa Ted Williams ( 4 ) 13080 Hot Springs , North Carolina $ 730 4 ( 60-62-60-56-63-34=335 ) Stancil Johnson Bill Erkenbrecher 7 PDGA
2005 Jul 25 - 30 Allentown , Pennsylvania Ted Williams ( 5 ) 13080 Hot Springs , North Carolina $ 800 5 ( 75-64-66-82-72-36-395=395 ) Ragnar Overby Paul Old Goat Fein 8 PDGA
2006 Aug 9 - 12 Augusta , Georgia Paul Old Goat Fein 4031 Pottstown , Pennsylvania $ 675 2 ( 75-80-67-39=261 ) Stancil Johnson Don Dillon 5 PDGA
2007 Aug 1 - 5 Highbridge , Wisconsin Albert Faupel 24233 Fountain Hills , Arizona $ 850 6 ( 76-68-64-73-38=319 ) Don Dillon Ragnar Overby 8 PDGA
2008 Aug 11 - 16 Kalamazoo / Battle Creek , Michigan Raymond Carr 3130 La Mirada , California $ 850 35 ( 53-49-57-50-49-58-54-26=396 ) Tom Skidmore Paul Bagwell 6 PDGA
2009 Jul 27 - Aug 1 Kansas City , Missouri Jerry Robbins Sr 15629 Topeka , Kansas $ 1150 14 ( 57-59-56-59-62-35=328 ) Raymond Carr Ronald Byrd/Donald Stephens 10 PDGA
2010 Jul 27 - Jul 31 Crown Point , Indiana Jerry Robbins Sr ( 2 ) 15629 Topeka , Kansas $ 900 18 ( 52-59-57-57-62-53-36=376 ) Bill Ball Robert Burton 8 PDGA
2011 Aug 9 - 13 Santa Cruz , California Peter Shive 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 800 29 ( 99-92-92-102-36=421 ) Jerry Robbins Sr Bill Richards 6 PDGA
2012 Jul 14 - Jul 21 Charlotte , North Carolina Pete May 12700 Augusta , Georgia $ 800 1 ( 46-48-57-57-63-61-29=361 ) Peter Shive David Walters 8 PDGA
2013 Aug 3 - 10 Crown Point , Indiana Peter Shive ( 2 ) 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 800 23 ( 62-57-62-62-62-59-37=401 ) Jack Gilmore Jerry Robbins Sr 6 PDGA
2014 Aug 12 - 16 Portland , Oregon Peter Shive ( 3 ) 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 725 61 ( 65-66-59-57-63-67-39=416 ) Barry Fischer John Ross 4 PDGA
2015 Aug 4 - 8 Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Peter Shive ( 4 ) 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 800 13 ( 70-69-70-63-64-30=366 ) Chuck Hornsby Don Hoffman 5 PDGA
2016 Aug 6 - 13 Emporia , Kansas John Kirkland 100 Carlsbad , California $ 750 4 ( 67-60-61-63-34=285 ) Michael Gates Jack Gilmore 4 PDGA
Men 's Legend/Masters 70+ World Champions
The PDGA World Championships is one of several major championships in the sport of disc golf, along with the United States Disc Golf Championship. Held annually since 1982, the event crowns world champions in several divisions in the professional disc golf fields. Since 1983, male and female competitors have played at the same venue every year. There have been 18 different Champions in the Men's event with an average field of 155 competitors, and 17 different Champions in the Women's event with an average field of 26. The event has been held in 19 US states as well as Ontario, Canada. Starting in 2017 the Open Men's and Women's divisions began playing in one tournament, while the age-based divisions will play in a separate World Championships. Thus allowing the potential to be the world champion in both Open and an age-based division. In 2017, theFinal 9 round was eliminated from the Championship Format. This was a card of the top 4 competitors, occasionally more, playing a 9-hole final round without any other competitors in the field.