PDGA World Championships
Year Date Location Champion PDGA # Hometown Prize Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Second Runner Up Field Size Results
1984 Jul 26 - 29 Rochester , New York Steady Ed Headrick /Jack Roddick 001 / 295 Watsonville , California / Shippensburg , Pennsylvania x Tie ( 58-63-57=178 ) / ( 60-63-55=178 ) x x 2 PDGA
1985 Jul 26 - 28 Tulsa , Oklahoma Steady Ed Headrick ( 2 ) 001 Watsonville , California x 0 ( 62-68-56-61=247 ) x x 1 PDGA
1987 Aug 25 - 30 Toronto , Ontario , Canada Johnny Roberts 115 Arvada , Colorado x 1 ( 66-63-61-63-60-62=375 ) Steady Ed Headrick x 2 PDGA
1988 Sep 7 - 10 Cincinnati , Ohio Ralph Williamson 10 Seattle , Washington $ 260 6 ( 62-58-58-62=240 ) Steady Ed Headrick Jim Olsen Sr 4 PDGA
1989 Aug 21 - 26 Waterloo , Iowa / Cedar Falls , Iowa Paul Harris 3332 Altadena , California $ 150 2 ( 60-52-58-56=226 ) Steady Ed Headrick x 2 PDGA
1990 Oct 9 - 13 Scottsdale , Arizona / Mesa , Arizona / Fountain Hills , Arizona Ralph Williamson ( 2 ) 10 Seattle , Washington $ 260 10 ( 56-56-59-56-55-53-57-56-60=508 ) Paul Harris Steady Ed Headrick 6 PDGA
1991 Aug 21 - 24 Dayton , Ohio Ralph Williamson ( 3 ) 10 Seattle , Washington $ 250 9 ( 62-57-57-55-60-57=348 ) Paul Harris Steady Ed Headrick 3 PDGA
1992 Aug 17 - 22 Detroit , Michigan Ralph Williamson ( 4 ) 10 Seattle , Washington $ 400 4 ( 55-55-67-70-57-60-55-52=471 ) Paul Harris Richard Mcaleer 6 PDGA
1993 Aug 17 - 22 Huntsville , Alabama Richard McAleer 5221 North Hollywood , California $ 368 1 ( 54-56-58-62-56-61-60-60=467 ) Ralph Williamson/Robert Baum x 6 PDGA
1994 Aug 2 - 7 Port Arthur , Texas Ralph Williamson ( 5 ) 10 Seattle , Washington $ 400 33 ( 64-61-62-57-59-54-58-59-54=528 ) Max Hilgers Stancil Johnson 8 PDGA
1995 Aug 13 - 19 Port Arthur , Texas Ralph Williamson ( 6 ) 10 Seattle , Washington $ 450 4 ( 62-58-59-57-59-55-67-56-57=530 ) Will Maxham Robert Baum 8 PDGA
1996 Aug 6 - 10 South Bend , Indiana Vernon T. McCulley 4108 Tempe , Arizona $ 600 8 ( 48-54-62-59-52-60-60-66=461 ) R.L . Styles Peter Shive 9 PDGA
1997 Aug 12 - 17 Charlotte , North Carolina Jim Palmeri 23 Rochester , New York $ 550 53 ( 56-58-66-64-62-61-52-58=477 ) Stancil Johnson Ragnar Overby 7 PDGA
1998 Aug 3 - 8 Cincinnati , Ohio Peter Shive 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 563 4 ( 56-67-56-58-56-65-55=413 ) Jim Palmeri Ted Mani 10 PDGA
1999 Aug 10 - 14 Rochester , New York Alan Ballew 2542 Knoxville , Tennessee $ 575 21 ( 51-53-57-54-57-53-52-58-57=492 ) Jim Palmeri Peter Shive 4 PDGA
2000 Aug 1 - 5 Ann Arbor , Michigan Will Maxham 9484 Saugus , California $ 812 23 ( 76-76-71-57-49-68-73=470 ) Lien Yu Chen Tom Skidmore 8 PDGA
2001 Aug 7 - 11 St Paul , Minnesota Peter Shive ( 2 ) 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 620 7 ( 63-32-28-63-64-30-62-64=406 ) Pete May Donald Stephens 6 PDGA
2002 Aug 6 - 10 Houston , Texas Peter Shive ( 3 ) 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 750 31 ( 59-57-56-60-60-54-57-62-34=499 ) John Tallent Bill Richards 7 PDGA
2003 Aug 11 - 16 Flagstaff , Arizona Peter Shive ( 4 ) 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 800 5 ( 64-57-75-63-59-79-54-31=482 ) Pete May Raymond Carr 10 PDGA
2004 Aug 9 - 14 Des Moines , Iowa Peter Shive ( 5 ) 7240 Laramie , Wyoming $ 960 15 ( 63-56-66-54-60-60-60-61-30=510 ) Alan Ballew Jack Gilmore 10 PDGA
Men 's Senior Grandmasters/Masters 60+ 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.