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30-404: As of September 1, 2024, the current PDGA Board of Directors consists of Board President Nate Heinold, Board Vice President Conrad Damon, Laura Nagtegaal, Geoff Hungerford, Wilbur Wallis, Terhi Kytö, and Theo Pozzy. The PDGA is a nonprofit corporation with Professional-class and Amateur-class members who pay yearly dues to belong to the organization. Strategic planning and oversight is handled by

60-409: A bill before Congress to rename the lake after Thurmond. The bill quickly passed through Congress and was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on December 23, 1987. Many residents of both states were upset by the sudden change of name of the lake and the dam, which had not been open to public comment. In response, a group of Georgia legislators, led by Representative Doug Barnard, Jr. (who

90-494: A considerable strain on our partners. Pushing these decisions out by an additional month or more, with no clear end dates on international travel restrictions, will further hinder our hosts' abilities to successfully run these events." On December 20, 2023, PDGA announced that the upcoming 2025 world championships will be held for the first time outside of North America in Finland , in the cities of Tampere and Nokia located in

120-566: Is 22 miles from Augusta, Georgia. This 975 acre park is home to PDGA Headquarters and holds three disc golf courses. Courses at the IDGC The "Steady" Ed Headrick Memorial Course, presented by DGA , features special edition Mach III baskets on rolling terrain along the shores of Clarks Hill Lake. The course was designed by Disc Golf Hall of Famers, Chuck Kennedy and Tom Monroe . Multiple target locations and tee areas make it very adaptable for all levels of play. The Jim Warner Memorial Course

150-775: Is home to the Ed Headrick Memorial Museum, which showcases many historical items from the early days of the sport including the first prototype Disc Pole Hole and flying discs from the Frisbie Pie Company pie pan, to the Frisbee (c), to today's modern high tech golf discs. The IDGC also features the World Disc Golf Hall of Fame. Located in Wildwood Park Columbia County, Georgia on Clarks Hill Lake . It

180-490: Is the first Corps of Engineers project to be built in the Savannah River Basin. Hartwell Lake and Dam the second project built in the basin was completed in 1963, and a third project, Richard B. Russell Lake and Dam was completed in 1985. Together these three lakes form a chain of lakes that is 120 miles (190 km) long. Congress authorized Thurmond Lake in 1944 and construction began in 1946. The project

210-539: Is the newest course at the International Disc Golf Center. It features Discraft Chainstar targets and was designed by Disc Golf Hall of Famer, Jim Kenner, with assistance from Ron Russell and Pad Timmons. It is currently unavailable for play due to the effects of a Southern pine beetle infestation. The WR Jackson Memorial Course is the longest and most challenging course at the IDGC. This course

240-722: The European Open ; and the PDGA Champions Cup. The current FPO World Champion is Eveliina Salonen of Finland , and the current MPO World Champion is Isaac Robinson of the United States of America . The Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT) is the Official Pro Tour of the PDGA. The DGPT is a private enterprise which partners with the PDGA (and in which the PDGA has a minority ownership interest). In addition to

270-541: The Pirkanmaa region . Lake Strom Thurmond Lake Strom Thurmond , officially designated J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir at the federal level, and Clarks Hill Lake by the state of Georgia, is a man-made reservoir at the border between the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina in the Savannah River Basin. The reservoir was created by the J. Strom Thurmond Dam during 1951 and 1952 by

300-777: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers near the confluence of the Little River and the Savannah River. At 71,000 acres (290 km ), it is the third-largest artificial lake east of the Mississippi River , behind the Kentucky Lake on the Tennessee River and Lake Marion on the Santee River. The J. Strom Thurmond Dam is located upstream from Augusta, Georgia . The Thurmond Lake is one of

330-615: The 14 main medal play events and the DGPT Match Play Championship, the top touring pros can qualify for the DGPT Tour Championship, a seeded bracket of knockout golf performed at the end of every tour season. The 2022 DGPT Champions are Missy Gannon (FPO) and Ricky Wysocki (MPO). The PDGA International Disc Golf Center features a modern clubhouse with 2,700 sq ft (250 m) of amenities, art, and disc golf attractions. The clubhouse

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360-457: The Board are elected each year. In 2024, the members re-elected Wilbur Wallis to his second term on the Board and elected Theo Pozzy and Terhi Kytö to their first terms on the Board. In 2023, Nate Heinold was re-elected to his third term on the Board and Geoff Hungerford was elected to his first full term after serving 30 months as an appointed replacement for Will Shusterick. In 2022, Laura Nagtegaal

390-493: The Board of Directors, usually comprising seven Board members elected by the active PDGA membership from a pool of candidates who must themselves be PDGA members in good standing. Potential candidates submit materials to the Nominating Committee, who determine the candidates who will actually appear on the ballot. Board members serve three-year terms, and elections are staggered such that only two or three members of

420-778: The Executive Director, Doug Bjerkaas, the Senior Director of Operations, Tim Messer, and the Director of Policy & Compliance, Mike Sullivan. The PDGA also has a professional staff that handles tactical planning and day-to-day operations, led by the Executive Director. The staff perform the critical functions of the PDGA, including organizational operations, membership services, quality control and operations at large events, support for tournament directors and events of all sizes, marketing and media, and technological advancements and event administration tools. Finally,

450-552: 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, the "Final 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

480-461: The PDGA has a team of volunteers. The State Coordinators, Province Coordinators, and Country Representatives manage the event calendars and serve as a front-line point of contact between the organization and the grassroots local clubs and Event Directors. The PDGA's Committees are primarily volunteer-based, with most having a liaison from the staff and the Board. The current Committees are: Policy Committees Constituent-Based Committees Majors are

510-462: The Southeast's largest and most popular public recreation lakes. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1946 and 1954, but the lake was filled during 1951 and 1952 as part of a flood control, hydropower, and navigation project. Its legally authorized purposes now include recreation, water quality, water supply, and fish and wildlife management. Each year, millions of people use

540-418: The construction of the dam, both the dam and lake were renamed to "Clarks Hill Dam" and "Clarks Hill Lake", respectively, in legislation sponsored by Strom Thurmond . The 1966 Flood Control Act authorized the building of Trotters Shoals Lake and Dam on the Savannah River between Clarks Hill Lake and Hartwell Lake . This lake was later renamed to commemorate a late senator from Georgia, Richard B. Russell, who

570-557: 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 1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Starting in 2017

600-1121: The field. The 2020 PDGA World Championships were cancelled on June 1, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships in Odgen, Utah, the PDGA Junior Disc Golf World Championships in Emporia, Kansas, the PDGA Amateur Disc Golf Championships in Orlando, Florida, and the PDGA Professional Master Disc Golf Championships in Johnson City, Tennessee. "All four events will run in

630-671: The highest level of disc golf competition. The current PDGA Majors held annually are: the Professional , Amateur, Masters, and Junior Disc Golf World Championships; the United States national championships ( United States Disc Golf Championship , United States Women's Disc Golf Championship, United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship, Tim Selinske United States Masters Championships, and the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships);

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660-584: The lake was called Clarks Hill Lake after the nearby South Carolina town of Clarks Hill named for Augusta businessman John Mulford Clark (1813–1880). (See "Years Gone By: Information on the Origin of the Names Clarks Hill," Reservoirs—Clarks II Subjects, DOC-1991, Georgia Archives, Morrow.) On December 3, 1987, two days before long-time South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond 's 85th birthday, Representative Butler Derrick of South Carolina introduced

690-543: The many public parks, marinas, and campgrounds conveniently located around Thurmond Lake for a variety of outdoor recreational experiences, making it one of the 10 most visited Corps lakes in the nation. Thurmond Lake is a man-made lake bordering Georgia and South Carolina on the Savannah, Broad , and Little Rivers. The lake is created by the J. Strom Thurmond Dam located on the Savannah River 22 miles (35 km) above Augusta, Georgia and 239.5 miles (385.4 km) above

720-804: The mouth of the Savannah River. The lake extends 39.4 miles (63.4 km) up the Savannah River, 29 miles (47 km) up the Little River in Georgia, and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) up the Broad River in Georgia, and 17 miles (27 km) up the Little River in South Carolina, at normal pool elevation of 330 mean sea level, Thurmond Lake comprises nearly 71,100 acres (287 km ) of water with a shoreline of 1,200 miles (1,900 km). The entire Thurmond "project" contains 151,000 acres (611 km ) of land and water. J. Strom Thurmond Lake and Dam

750-432: The same host cities in 2021, with previously awarded 2021 World Championship bids moving back to 2022," announced the PDGA, citing international travel concerns, the inability to allow spectators, the member experience, and the difficulty of postponing the events as reasons for this decision. "Rescheduling events now, with only two to three months of lead time to make these new arrangements and execute required contracts, puts

780-476: Was an important supporter of building dams on the river. This created a movement to rename Clarks Hill Lake after J. Strom Thurmond, the longest-serving senator in US history, who was from Edgefield on the South Carolina side of the lake. This movement gained support due to the senator's popularity in the area, and in 1988 the project was congressionally renamed "J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake at Clarks Hill." Until 1987,

810-570: Was completed in 1954 at a cost of $ 79 million. Due to a clerical error in the original Congressional Authorization, the project was officially authorized to build "Clark Hill Dam", creating "Clark Hill Lake", with the "s" at the end of "Clarks" accidentally omitted. The authorization document outlined the plan of development for the basin with authorized purposes of power production, incidental flood control, and navigation. Later, recreation, water quality, water supply, and fish and wildlife management were added as authorized purposes. Twenty-six years after

840-553: Was designed by Disc Golf Hall of Famer, John Houck , and features Innova DISCatcher baskets set in a very challenging championship configuration. It is currently unavailable for play due to the effects of a Southern pine beetle infestation. PDGA World Championships The PDGA World Championship is one of several major championships in the sport of disc golf , along with the United States Disc Golf Championship . Held annually since 1982,

870-594: Was re-elected to her fourth term on the Board and Conrad Damon was elected for the first time since his prior service (1999-2002). Nagtegaal and Conrad's spots will be up for election in 2025. The Board votes to elect a presiding officer (the President of the Board) and a Vice President. The other Board members are Directors with no specific role. Board decisions require a quorum of four members, and most decisions are made by majority vote. The PDGA's corporate officers are

900-480: Was the only Georgia co-sponsor of the original 1987 bill) introduced a federal bill to rename the lake as "Clarks Hill" once again. That bill, however, was unsuccessful, and the name remained unchanged. On April 4, 1989, the State of Georgia legislature passed House Resolution No. 115 making "Clarks Hill" the official state name for both the dam and associated reservoir. Accordingly, Georgia's state map still refers to

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