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2023 PDGA Major, Elite Series & EuroTour Schedule Announced

Friday, September 30, 2022 - 11:19

Kristin Tattar will defend her PDGA World Championship at Smugglers' Notch in 2023. Photo: PDGA Media

Bigger and better.

That’s how disc golf has operated over the past few seasons and that trend will continue in 2023 and the proof is here with the release of the 2023 PDGA Elite Series, PDGA Euro Tour and PDGA Majors schedule.

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The European Open will once again be a PDGA Major in 2023. Photo: PDGA Media

It’s a global schedule that includes 11 PDGA Majors, 12 PDGA EuroTour events, and 16 total Disc Golf Pro Tour Elite Series stops, including two DGPT Playoff events and the DGPT Tour Championship.

More Information on the 2023 PDGA Majors »

Over the nine months of the 2023 schedule, which kicks off with the DGPT – Las Vegas Challenge in February and wraps with the DGPT Championship in October, players will compete for Elite Series titles and PDGA Major championships.

See: DGPT Releases 2023 Schedule »

The 2023 schedule represents an ongoing collaboration between the PDGA and the Disc Golf Pro Tour, which enters its second season as the Official Pro Tour of the PDGA, to ensure a flow that benefits players and fans as well as the countless stakeholders involved in these incredible events around the world.

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The PDGA Champions Cup will return to the IDGC in April. Photo: DGPT

Some highlights include:

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Smugglers' Notch will host the 2023 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships. Photo: DGPT

  • 11 DGPT events return in 2023 but new events — The Open at Austin debuts in March in Austin, Texas and the Music City Open, which was elevated from a DGPT Silver Event in 2022, returns to the Elite Series in April in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Two events — the Portland Open and the Ledgestone Open — receive a new DGPT Elite+ status, which will feature bigger purses, additional media focus, and elevated spectator experiences.
  • Discraft's Great Lakes Open and the MVP Open at Maple Hill will serve as the two DGPT Playoff events.

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Hailey King will defend her USWDGC in Burlington, North Carolina in 2023. Photo: PDGA Media

  • Coast-to-coast: From Smugglers’ Notch to Oregon, competitors will compete for PDGA Major titles — open and age-protected — across the United States.
  • Up from seven events in 2022, there are now 12 events on the PDGA EuroTour, including a DGPT stop at the PCS Sula Open in July, a week before the European Open, as well as the EuroTour Championship as the finale in Spain.

Get ready, disc golf, once again, is bigger and better than ever.

Here's a look at the full schedule. Final, up-to-date schedules can be found on their event pages:

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Date Tour Event Location
Feb 23-26 DGPT Las Vegas Challenge Las Vegas, NV
Mar 10-12 DGPT Waco Annual Charity Open Waco, TX
Mar 17-19 DGPT The Open at Austin Austin, TX
Mar 24-26 DGPT SS Texas State Disc Golf Championships Houston, TX
Apr 5-8 XMajor College Disc Golf National Championships Marion, NC
Apr 7-9 DGPT  Music City Open Nashville, TN
Apr 14-16 DGPT SS Blue Ridge Championship at North Cove Marion, NC
Apr 20-23 Major PDGA Champions Cup Augusta, GA
Apr 28-30 DGPT Jonesboro Open Jonesboro, AR
May 12-14 DGPT OTB Open Stockton, CA
May 19-21 DGPT SS Beaver State Fling Estacada, OR
May 25-28 Major PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championship Eugene, OR
June 1-4 DGPT Portland Open Portland, OR
Jun 9-11 Major United States Amateur Championship Milford, MI
Jun 9-11 Euro Pro Forester Varaždin, Croatia
Jun 16-18 DGPT Dynamic Discs Open Emporia, KS
Jun 16-18 Euro Konopište Open Konopište, Czech Republic
Jun 23-25 DGPT Des Moines Challenge Indianola, IA
Jun 23-25 Euro Krokhol Open Krokhol, Norway
Jun 27-Jul 1 Major PDGA Amateur & Junior World Championships Peoria, IL
Jun 30-Jul 2 DGPT The Preserve Championship Clearwater, MN
Jun 30-Jul 2 Euro Swedish Open Borås, Sweden
Jul 7-9 Euro Skelleftea Open Skelleftea, Sweden
Jul 11-15 Major PDGA Masters World Championships Flagstaff, AZ
Jul 13-15 DGPT / Euro PCS Open Møre / Romdsal, Norway
Jul 20-23 Major European Open Nokia, Finland
Jul 24-29 Euro Aland Open Aland, Finland
Aug 3-6 DGPT Ledgestone Open Peoria, IL
Aug 11-13 DGPT Idlewild Open Burlington, KY
Aug 10-13 Euro Alutaguse Open Johvi, Estonia
Aug 17-20 DGPT Playoff - Discraft Great Lakes Open Milford, MI
Aug 25-27 Euro Siervuori Challenge Eura, Finland
Aug 25-27 DGPT SS 50th Rochester Flying Disc Open Rochester, NY
Aug 30-Sep 3 Major PDGA Professional World Championship Smugglers' Notch, VT
Sept 8-10 DGPT SS Discmania Open Prince Edward Island, Canada
Sep 8-10 Euro South Estonia Open Annikoru, Estonia
Sep 14-17 DGPT Playoff - MVP Open Leicester, MA
Sep 15-17 Euro 9Hill Open Talsi, Latvia
Sep 21-24 Major USWDGC Burlington, NC
Oct 5-8 XMajor USDGC Rock Hill, SC
Oct 12-15 DGPT DGPT Championship Charlotte, NC
Oct 20-22 Euro ET Championship / Andalucia Open Costa Ballena - Chipiona, Spain