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You can do that by updating the picture on your PDGA player profile, which will show on the leaderboards and scorecard graphics on PDGA Live, in just a few steps:

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The 2024 season is heating up ... quickly.

From thousands of PDGA-sanctioned tournaments all around the world already on the schedule and the beginning of Elite Series action on the Disc Golf Pro Tour and the Disc Golf Network, there’s never been a better time to renew your PDGA membership.

To thank the countless members who have already renewed their membership for 2024, the PDGA has teamed up with several companies throughout the disc golf industry for a giveaway promotion for renewing PDGA members.

Are you ready to get in the game and join the Professional Disc Golf Association for the first time?

There's never been a better time to do so.

Disc golf has continually been on the rise and the numbers have shown that ascent year after year. 2020, despite all of the challenges of a global pandemic, simply blew those growth numbers out of the water.

Recently, the Professional Disc Golf Association released its 2020 year-end demographics and the figures from top to bottom in every area are staggering. The year ended with a 33% growth to an all-time high 71,016 active members spread across 63 countries and six continents, including 11,000 beyond North America. In comparison, there was a 15% growth in active members from 2018 to 2019.

Improve your first PDGA tournament exprience by avoiding these five common mistakes. Photo: PDGA Tour

Everyone makes mistakes, especially as they are learning a new craft. But for those who want shorten the learning curve when making the transition to sanctioned tournament play, it will be useful to understand some of the most common mistakes made by beginners entering their first PDGA event.

1. Playing in the wrong division.

PDGA members were instrumental in the sport's continued growth to close the 2010s. Photo: Alyssa Van Lanen

2019 marked another big year of growth in disc golf, and the Professional Disc Golf Association is out with some impressive new numbers to prove it. 

Following recent trends, active PDGA memberships continued to grow at a 15% clip, bringing the total number of active members above 50,000 for the first time. Other measures took even greater leaps, such as the number of PDGA-affiliated clubs, which saw a 35% bump.