2026 PDGA Masters Disc Golf World Championships: Results and Event Highlights from Peoria, Illinois

# What happened The 2026 PDGA Masters Disc Golf World Championships were held in Peoria, Illinois, Sept. 22–26. The event concluded with 27 division champions across pro and amateur Masters divisions. Competition took place across multiple Peoria-area courses with the full schedule running across five rounds for many divisions and ancillary contests staged alongside the main tournament.

# Notable champions and milestones

• Julianna Korver recorded her 300th PDGA tournament win, securing her 9th professional PDGA World title and 18th professional PDGA Major title.
• Bradley Williams won the MP40 division in his Masters debut, securing a first PDGA Major title. The win referenced a past national tour title 20 years earlier.
• Jennifer Allen won FP40 wire-to-wire, earning her first Masters World Championship and her seventh PDGA Masters Major title.
• JohnE McCray (MP50) and Kevin Babbit (MP55) each won their division for the third consecutive year.
• Joseph Mela returned to competition and took the MP65 title by two strokes.
• Sandy Gast staged a final-round comeback to win FP65.

The event crowned champions in both professional and amateur Masters age brackets (for example MP40/FP40 through MP80/FP80 and MA/FA categories). Full leaderboards and champion graphics were published by the PDGA.

# Ancillary competitions and field events Organizers ran a full slate of ancillary events that ran alongside the main rounds. These included:

• Divisional doubles with named team results across multiple divisions.
• Putting competition winners by division (examples include Dustin Keegan in MP40 and Zoe AnDyke in FP40).

Field events and doubles rounds were scheduled across the tournament's multiple rounds, and results were published for each.

# Event operations and player resources The PDGA provided comprehensive player-facing materials: registration and invitation pages, event schedule, course maps and caddie books, certified official rules exam, identity verification and withdrawal/refund policy, plus hotel and volunteer registration. Spectator information included spectator etiquette and an event Facebook page. PDGA Live offered round-by-round scoring and leaders during play, and post-produced final-round coverage was scheduled for selected divisions.

# Coverage and follow-up Final leaderboards, photo galleries, and event coverage items were published by the PDGA, with selected final-round video coverage to be released post-produced for FP40 and MP40. The PDGA posted multiple daily updates during the week and a champions summary once the event concluded.

• Location: Peoria, Illinois area courses.
• Dates: Sept. 22–26, 2026.

• Ancillary events: Divisional doubles, long drive, putting competition, scavenger hunt and field events.

The PDGA's event pages include full scoreboards, round-by-round results, ancillary-event results, aces list, and downloadable course and player resources for anyone who wants detailed results or course information.