updated August 1, 2023

Pursuant to section II.D of the PDGA Bylaws, at no time for a PDGA-sanctioned event will the race, age, religion, sexual orientation, color, marital status, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, or ancestry of a player be cause for either banning a player from the event or preventing their participation in an offered division that they are otherwise eligible for under the PDGA competition structure.

DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. Membership and all rights of participation in the Corporation, including all tournaments and other events conducted or sanctioned by the Corporation, shall be open to everyone without regard to race, age, religion, sexual orientation, color, marital status, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, or ancestry. However, the Corporation may limit participation in divisions of tournaments or other events based on relevant characteristics, including gender, age, or skill level.

There are four broad-based exceptions to this that may affect any number of players:

• The event is a B-Tier or higher and the player is not a current PDGA member (Competition Manual 1.01.B.1).
• The event is an Elite Series/DGPT or Major and the player is not a PDGA certified official (Competition Manual 4.02.C).
• The event has pre-published qualification criteria based on play in other events or a series, such as the USDGC or USADGC (Competition Manual 1.02.C.2.b).
• The event has pre-published registration criteria such as invites or registration tiers based on points or ratings, such as PDGA Worlds or USADGC (Competition Manual 1.02.C.2.a and b).

Beyond these, the only exceptions where a Tournament Director may prevent a specific player from registering for a PDGA sanctioned event are:

• The player is suspended from the PDGA or has a specific PDGA disciplinary action against them preventing them from attending the specific event.
• ​The player has a legal court-ordered injunction against them which prohibits them from proximity to the location or other participants of the event.​
• The established ruling authority of the public venue (Parks Department, etc.) has banned the player from the venue.
• The property owner of a privately-owned venue has banned the player from the property for prior misconduct, as described in Competition Manual Section 3.03 Player Misconduct, perpetrated by the player.

In all other instances, the Tournament Director may not bar the player from competing.