This story is part of a series of member spotlights, featuring players of all ages and skillsets.

Doug Werner recently joined elite company.

Competing in his 247th PDGA tournament, Werner took down the win at the Lake Chabot New Years Classic for his 100th PDGA-sanctioned win.

Werner, whose first PDGA win came in February 2005, is the 74th PDGA member to join the prestigious "100 Win Club."

Doug Werner (right). Photo provided by Eric Stachnick (left).

Jeff Aldinger shared the news with us recently.

I am reaching out in regards to one of our club members, Doug Werner who recently just celebrated his 100 career victory earlier this year at the Lake Chabot New Years Classic, which was played January 8th and 9th 2022.

We are very proud of Doug for this amazing accomplishment and wanted to reach out and let you all know. Would be awesome if you all could mention his milestone in the upcoming issue. :)

In this esteemed group of players, there are 59 males and 15 females. It is comprised of 65 professional-class members and nine amateur-class members.

Firsts

The first player to ever hit 100 was Ken Climo in February of 1997, nine-and-a-half years after his first recorded event. Juliana Korver would be the first female to hit 100 in April of 2000. She managed the accomplishment relatively quickly, from her first recorded tournament (August 1992, which she won) to her 100th win, it only took her about seven-and-a-half years. Elaine King followed her as the second female player to reach the milestone just four months later. 

Ken Climo, from his DGHOF page

Age

When Paige Pierce hit the milestone in 2018, she became the youngest to reach 100 wins at 26 years old. Ricky Wysocki would take the youngest title from her less than a month later, at 24 years old. They each remain the youngest of their gender to hit the milestone.

The oldest male to hit the milestone was 73 and the oldest female was 65. The average age for 100th win is about 45-and-a-half years old. There are only 10 players who have reached 100 wins before they turned 30 years old.

Paige Pierce and Ricky Wysocki celebrating wins at the 2017 Aussie Open

Timeline

Catrina Allen earned her 100th win in July 2015, just five years and two months after her first recorded event (which she won, by 34 strokes). She maintains the record as the quickest player to reach the milestone. The quickest amateur to reach the milestone is Denise Gentry, who managed the wins in just 5-and-a-half years, just a few months shy of Catrina's record. The division she was playing for her 100th win was Amateur Masters Women 60+. She is currently 11th place for most wins at 186.

Catrina Allen, 2014 Kansas City Wide Open

Chris Dickerson would become the quickest male to reach 100 at just 5 years and 3 months from his first event (which he also won). He was just a few months shy of beating Ricky's youngest age title. 

Only 10 players have reached the 100 win milestone in less than 10 years. It has taken an average of about 18 years for the players who've hit 100 to make it there. The most patient milestone makers were a male hitting the milestone after 45-and-a-half years and a female hitting it after 38 years.

Win Rate

Getting 100 wins is impressive in itself but what about the rate of wins? Denise Gentry's win rate certainly helped her to get her wins so quickly. She has a 71% win rate (186 wins / 263 events). The amateur male with the highest win rate is Fred Needham, with a 64% win rate (323 / 505).

On the professional side, Juliana Korver has a win rate of 68% (230 / 336). Ming Vang has a 65% win rate (102 / 156) and actually just got their 100th win the day before Doug.

300

In the summer of 2021, Elaine King became the first PDGA member to reach 300 wins, with Brian “Schwebby” Schweberger following her the very next weekend. Brian currently holds the record of the most wins at 322, with Fred Needham just behind him at 319. Fred may soon pass him as he's earned his last 200 wins in less than 4 years. Elaine holds the 3rd place spot in most wins at 303. She has the most wins of any female. 

*Updated 2/22/22 to add Tom McManus who won his 100th tournament on Feb 19, the day before this article was published. Congratulations Tom!

The 100 wins club

An updated 100 Win Club list can be found under the Membership section of the website.