2025 Masters Worlds Invitation Criteria

Eligibility Requirements

• Must have been a current 2024 PDGA member by December 15, 2024.
• Must have completed three (3) PDGA-sanctioned events during the 2024 PDGA Tour year.
• Must be a Professional-class PDGA member to receive an invite to a Professional division at Masters Worlds.
• Must be an Amateur-class PDGA member to receive an invite to an Amateur division at Masters Worlds.

Invitation Criteria for Professional Members at Masters Worlds

1. Top Pro Points earners worldwide of the 2024 PDGA Tour year. Minimum Pro Points Required are:

   • MP40 - 900 Points
   • MP50 - 200 Points
   • MP55 - 200 Points
   • MP60 - 60 Points
   • MP65 - 60 Points
   • FP40 - 100 Points
   • FP50 - 60 Points
   • FP55 - 40 Points

2. Older Divisions: FP60, FP65, FP70, FP75, FP80, MP70, MP75, or MP80

   • All eligible 2024 current Professional-class members whose 2025 Primary Worlds Division is FP60, FP65, FP70, FP75, FP80, MP70, MP75, or MP80.

3. Additional Invites

   • Any US State, Canadian Province, or International Country that did not have at least 10% of its 2024 eligible resident Pro masters-age tour participants qualify (across all Pro masters-age divisions) through criteria #1-2 above, will have additional invites provided to the eligible top Pro masters-age points earners across all Pro masters-age divisions, by highest % of their Primary Worlds Division points requirement goal attained, to reach 10% of invites.

Invitation Criteria for Amateur Members at Masters Worlds

4. United States Top Amateur Points earners of the 2024 PDGA Tour year. Minimum Amateur Points Required are:

   • MA40 - 1000 Points
   • MA50 - 500 Points
   • MA55 - 500 Points
   • MA60 - 300 Points
   • MA65 - 100 Points
   • MA70 - 20 Points
   • FA40 - 75 Points
   • FA50 - 40 Points
   • FA55 - 40 Points
   • FA60 - 10 Points
   • FA65 - 10 Points

5. Older Divisions: FA70, FA75, FA80, MA75, or MA80

   • All eligible 2024 current Amateurs whose 2024 Primary Worlds Division is FA70, FA75, FA80, MA75, or MA80.

6. Additional US State Invites

   • Any US State that did not have at least 10% of its 2024 eligible resident Amateur masters-age tour participants qualify (across all Amateur masters-age divisions) through criteria #4-5 above, will have additional invites provided to the eligible top Amateur masters-age points earners across all Amateur masters-age divisions, by highest % of their Primary Worlds Division points requirement goal attained, to reach 10% of invites.

7. International Amateur members

   • All eligible International (country other than USA or Canada) Amateur members age 40 or older on their birthday in 2025.

8. Canadian Amateur members

   • All eligible Canadian Amateur members age 40 or older on their birthday in 2025.

Invititation Criteria for 2024 Masters Worlds Champions

9. 2024 World Champions of Masters Worlds will be automatically invited to 2025 Masters Worlds for the same division. If they have aged into a different division for 2025, they will be invited for both divisions. If they were a 2024 World Champion of an Amateur Masters division and turned Pro, they will be invited to the corrsponding Pro division(s) for 2025 Masters Worlds.

How the Invite Process Works

Primary Worlds Division

A member's Primary Worlds Division is based on their class, gender, and age and is the division they will be invited to play in at Worlds if they meet one of the above criteria. Examples of Primary Worlds Divisions for Masters Worlds are:

• Turning age 40-49 on their birthday in 2025 = MP40 or FP40 for Pros and MA40 or FA40 for Amateurs
• Turning age 50-54 on their birthday in 2025 = MP50 or FP50 for Pros and MA50 or FA50 for Amateurs
• Turning age 55-59 on their birthday in 2025 = MP55 or FP55 for Pros and MA55 or FA55 for Amateurs; etc.

Primary Worlds Division Invite Process

A player's Primary Worlds Division Invite uses ALL of the 2024 points they earned from divisions of their same class regardless of the division (all of Pro Points for Pros, all of Amateur Points for Amateurs), towards the requirement in #1 or #4 above. This allows for an invite to Worlds even if they had aged into a new age bracket for which they could not have earned points in the previous year.

Additional Primary Worlds Mixed Division Invite Process for Female Members

Any eligible Pro female member age 40-59 on their birthday in 2025, or eligible US Amateur member age 40-69, will have ALL of their same-class 2024 Pro Mixed division points count towards a Primary Worlds Mixed Division Invite for the mixed division corresponding to their Primary Worlds Division. (Example: if an FP55 player for 2025, the corresponding 2025 mixed division would be MP55.

• Any eligible FP60, FP65, FP70, FP75, or FP80 player for 2025 will receive a corresponding Pro Mixed division invite if they had earned any points in a Pro Mixed division in 2024.
• Any eligible US FA70, FA75, or FA80 player for 2025 will receive a corresponding Amateur Mixed Division invite if they had earned any points in an Amateur Mixed division in 2024.
• Any eligible Amateur International or Canadian female member earning an invite through criteria #4 or #5 will receive a corresponding Amateur Mixed division invite if they had earned any points in an Amateur Mixed division during 2024.

Secondary Worlds Invite Process

The process for an invite to Master Worlds in any division other than the member's Primary Worlds Division, uses only those 2024 points earned while actually playing in the specific division to meet that division's points requirement in #1 or #4 above. (within the same class.)

Example of the Worlds invite process:

An eligible Pro member who is male, age 64 on his birthday on 2025, and had earned 55 points playing MP60, 300 points playing MP50, 550 points playing MP40, and 285 points playing MPO.

• Since he is an MP60-aged player he receives a Primary Invite for MP60 because ALL of his Pro points (1,190) equaled at least the 60 point requirement for an MP60 Primary Invite (even though he had less than 60 points actually playing in MP60.)
• He receives a Secondary Invite for the MP50 division because he had 300 points actually playing in the MP50 division and the requirement was 200 points.
• He does NOT receive a Secondary Invite for the MP40 division as he only had 550 points actually playing in the MP40 division, but needed 900 points.
• He does NOT receive an invite for the MPO division at Pro Worlds unless his player rating meets the Pro Worlds invite requirements.

Additional Important Notes:

Invitees are subject to all eligibility requirements per Competition Manual 1.01, and nothing in this invitation shall be construed to create a right of the recipient to participate in this event.

• An invitation to register for Worlds does NOT guarantee a berth at Worlds. Timely registration is still required to get in.
• ONLY 2024 CURRENT members (prior to 12/15/2024) earn 2024 points that count towards a 2025 Worlds invite.
• ONLY 2024 Professional points (those points earned playing in a Professional division by a Pro) count towards Criteria #1-3 for an eligible Pro player.
• ONLY 2024 Amateur points (those points earned playing in an Amateur division by an Amateur) count towards Criteria #4-8 for an eligible Amateur player.

All players registering for the 2025 Masters World Championships must be BOTH a current 2025 PDGA Member and a Certified Rules Official through the last date of Masters Worlds before they can register.

Please direct any questions regarding the Worlds invitation process to the Event Support Team.