davidsauls
Jul 25 2008, 11:58 AM
Let's see. We have a United States Championship and a World Championship (or two). The United States Championship is open to players from around the world, while the World Championship is overwhelmingly played by United States citizens.
Not to be confused with a National Tour championship.
We have top-ranked players and top-rated players. We have points leaders, and NT points leaders. Not to mention leading money winners.
Most of which crown leaders or champions in a dozen or so different divisions.
Which is far from the end of the list of championships available. I counted 84 sanctioned events last year which deemed themselves "championships" of some sort or another. Most of which could crown about 2 dozen champions, if they had participants in all available divisions. Then there are state point series and regional point series, and PDGA points leaders by state.
Nothing wrong with all of this, of course.
Except that I'm in my 13th year and have been eligible for about 10,000 championships now, of one sort or another, and so far can't call myself "champion" of anything, unless there's a category for irrelevant posts. But with so many available, perhaps there's still hope for me.
Not to be confused with a National Tour championship.
We have top-ranked players and top-rated players. We have points leaders, and NT points leaders. Not to mention leading money winners.
Most of which crown leaders or champions in a dozen or so different divisions.
Which is far from the end of the list of championships available. I counted 84 sanctioned events last year which deemed themselves "championships" of some sort or another. Most of which could crown about 2 dozen champions, if they had participants in all available divisions. Then there are state point series and regional point series, and PDGA points leaders by state.
Nothing wrong with all of this, of course.
Except that I'm in my 13th year and have been eligible for about 10,000 championships now, of one sort or another, and so far can't call myself "champion" of anything, unless there's a category for irrelevant posts. But with so many available, perhaps there's still hope for me.