different tiers in disc golf

[Baughmanron86]

I have been playing disc golf for a while and finally got to a point were im happy with my game and been getting into a few tournaments here and there, mostly just a couple singles tourneys. I was just wondering about the different tiers and divisions, whats the difference in the tiers and divisions, and what it takes to qualify for a certain tier or division. Most importantly how do you know which one you should sign up for. Thanks

 

[scarpfish]

http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/Tour_Standards_v3.pdf

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62273
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60988
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60931
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51886
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42917
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11074

 

[Halcón]

Nice 'Rube Scarp.

Bottom line? Play Rec. Unless you're really good, that's what everyone is going to tell you.

 

[InnocentCrook]

I'm in the same boat. I just started playing tourneys a couple months ago. I've played 2 thus far, both local course challenge series tournaments. I played Rec for the first one because I had no idea where I would be and because it was at Idlewild which tends to handout serious beatdowns. (One round longs, one round shorts.) I ended up winning by 6 strokes, but it was a small field. I shot a personal best even par from the shorts that day.

Second tourney I went ahead and jumped up to Intermediate. This was a C-tier PDGA so it drew a little bit better and even some out of towners from Lexington, Louisville, and Dayton. I ended up in 2nd, one stroke off the leader. I'll probably stick to Int. for a bit and finish out this year's course challenge series. We'll see how I play the rest of this year and decide if I should make the jump to Adv. for 2013.

 

[DavidSauls]

re: Tiers

Very generalized, tiers are (from top to bottom)

Majors
NT (National Tour)
A (sometimes referred to as SuperTour)
B
C

Higher tiers tend to have higher entry fees, attendance, and payouts. Though this is least consistent among the B & C tiers.

At Majors, NT, & A tiers, you must be a PDGA member. At B & C tiers, you don't have to but if you're not, you'll pay $10 extra.

There's no particular qualification, skill-wise, for A, B, & C tiers.

Basically, if there's a tournament in your area you want to play, play it. You don't need to give the tier too much thought.