PDGA

• Professional disc golf association (PDGA) is a worldwide membership organization for amateur and professional disc golf players dedicated to the promotion and sustainable growth of disc golf. PDGA mission statement is to develop disc golf into a globally-recognized competitive sport and recreational activity and to sustain the growth of the organization, membership, and disc golf.
• PDGA Europe is a Steering Committee consisting of the PDGA affiliated Country Coordinators, the PDGA EuroTour Manager, and the PDGA International Director, all voting members. PDGA Europe is empowered to take Europe-wide decisions involving PDGA Tour, event, membership and related disc golf standards. Certain decisions, including the awarding of Major event status, will require the approval of the PDGA Board and/or Executive Director. PDGA Europe is supported in terms of management, finances, marketing/promotion, and otherwise by PDGAHQ.
• As a member of the PDGA your benefits include playing in PDGA sanctioned events at a discounted rate, tracking player points and ratings, subscription to DiscGolfer - the official PDGA publication, e-newsletters, eligibility to run/vote in elections, compete in member only events (SuperTours, National Tour Elite Series and Majors), and more!
• PDGA Memberships and the PDGA Tour both follow the calendar year. All PDGA memberships expire on December 31st. (Exceptions are made for members joining or renewing after October 1st – these members are extended through the following year).
• Ratings are now updated at least 10 times per year. For 2015 events, ratings are scheduled to be updated on Feb 17th. The first update for any events in 2015 will be March 24th followed by April 28th, May 26th, June 23rd, July 28th, August 25th, September 22, October 20, November 17, and December 8th.

NEW/RENEWAL OF PDGA MEMBERSHIP

• If you wish to become PDGA member you can either use www.pdga.com/membership (with additional $3 handling fee; default selection is including magazine so for membership only you need to remove magazine selection in registration form) or you can request your membership with Czech Republic PDGA country coordinator Lukáš Filandr (lukasicek@praguedevils.org) by selecting your membership option and providing following details: name, surename, sex, postal address including ZIP code and country, email address, date of birth, membership code and component code.
  • Component codes and cost for 2015 are:

    Membership Components	Cost
    A - PDGA International Membership	Pro - $30 Am / Student* - $20
    B - PDGA Magazine (airmail subscription)	+$40
    C - New Member Disc (New Members Only) Currently very demanding administrative task to order	+$20

  Membership code - enter the 3 or 4 digit code from the list above, for example "RPIX" for a Pro Renewal (NO MAGAZINE).

  Components code - write in the letter or letters corresponding to the component(s) that you want to pay for. Example: "ABC" = basic international membership + magazine + new member disc.

• New members receive a membership card with lifetime member number, PDGA logo disc and mini marker disc, subscription to DiscGolfer magazine - the official publication of the PDGA, rulebook, and sticker based on selected and payed options.
• Renewing members for 2015 receive a membership card, subscription to DiscGolfer magazine - the official publication of the PDGA, rulebook, renewal tag, and sticker based on selected and payed options.

PDGA CERTIFIED OFFICIAL EXAM

• Is required for all PDGA tournament directors and for players attending USA National Tour or PDGA Major tournaments.
• Is processed online at www.pdga.com/rules/exam and is in open book format without time limit and with one correct answer per question with unlimited attempts made.
• Is valid for 3 years (expiration is visible in your PDGA profile) and costs $10.
• After passing an exam, certification need to be completed by online payment.

REGISTER PDGA TOURNAMENT

• If you wish to organize PDGA EuroChallenge event you need to register event through online system at www.pdga.com/online-sanctioning-agreement and pay sanctioning fee or you can contact Czech Republic PDGA country coordinator Lukáš Filandr (lukasicek@praguedevils.org) with required details (tournamet dates and place, tournament web, director name, email address and mobile). For event to apply for EuroTour status registration need to be submitted to EuroTour manager no later than 30.9. of year prior to event.
• All rules and standards related to PDGA EuroTour and PDGA EuroChallenge events for year 2015 can be found in Guide to PDGA Europe.
• Some of standards for events:

  Standard	EuroTour		EuroChallenge
  	A	B	A	B	C
  Submission deadline	prior September 30th		90 days prior	45 days prior	30 days prior
  Sanctioning fee	€100 by March 31st		$100	$75	$50
  Player fees	€5 per player		none
  Fees payable to	EuroTour Manager		PDGA Office
  Fess payable within	30 days		when sanctioning / 90 days
  Membership	Current PDGA Membership Required		none
  Tournament director	Every TD and assistant need to be current PDGA member and PDGA Official.
  Certified official	One non-playing official per course TD must be non-playing.		One official per course TD must be non-playing.	One official per course.	One official per event
  Length of event	2 to 3 days		2 to 4 days	1 or 2 days
  Minimum number of holes	54 for all players. 63 including Final 9. Final not required if regulation 63+ holes.		54	36
  Upload scores	After each day			24 hours
  Submit TD report	48 hours		One week	Two weeks

• Tournament director must within time frame defined above upload scores to PDGA website using www.pdga.com/tournament/manager and send correctly filled International TD Report for processing. Example of filled International TD Report for PDGA EuroChallenge C tier event can be found here (not required sheets were removed from example)

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