Every year there’s big news in the disc golf industry, and one of the biggest news stories of 2025 that … drumroll … The World’s Biggest Disc Golf Weekend is back. And it’s back with a new mission and a new format.
For anyone who doesn’t know World's Biggest started in 1991 and the international version started in 1992 in almost 200 cities and over 15,000 players worldwide. Over the years, WB brought in hundreds of thousands of new players to disc golf: even luminaries like Doug Bjerkaas, Executive Director of the PDGA and Michael Downes, Program Director of the PDGA -- had their first organized disc golf experience at their local WB event.
World’s Biggest gave away baskets for multiple 9-hole courses, and helped grow the sport in cities and towns around the world. As disc golf grew, the number of tournaments and players exploded – the original WB had done its job, and the event took a well-deserved break in 2014.
Over the following decade, as disc golf started to expand into dozens of new countries, the goals of World’s Biggest became more relevant than ever. So in 2024, the dynamic Dee Leekha-Houck, founder and CEO of HouckDesign and founder of 3Disc Golf (Safer, Smarter, and More Sustainable), announced that the World’s Biggest Disc Golf Weekend was coming back to help promote the sport in new countries, to count old and new players in every country, to show the world how big this sport really is. She has made this event the annual fundraiser to help reinvigorate older, unsustainable courses through a new non-profit organization called World’s Biggest Disc Golf Wishes.
This May 9th, 10th, and 11th, YOU can take part in this worldwide celebration. All you have to do is play disc golf that weekend, wherever you are. There will be organized events around the globe, but you can just play a fun round with friends or a tournament and still be counted in the global total. The first step is to explore the website, and register if you plan to play that weekend so we can count you. Please do not register more than once. Please do register all children under the 18 with your own email address. As always, we encourage you to use WBDGW.com as an opportunity to bring out people who have never played before to share a new sport which has a positive effect on our health can be enjoyed by all ages.
The return of the World’s Biggest Disc Golf Weekend (www.wbdgw.com) and the creation of World’s Biggest Disc Golf Wishes (www.wbdgw.org) are supported by our distinguished Founding Partners, including the Professional Disc Golf Association, UDisc, the Disc Golf Pro Tour, MVP Disc Sports, and of course, HouckDesign. We will be adding more partners globally soon. If you are an established leader in disc golf in your country, and you are interested in becoming a Founding Partner, please contact us asap. It's an event where everyone wins: communities, people, industry, businesses, etc. We need as many events as possible listed as part of this global celebration.
Register and be counted. REGISTRATION | WBDGW.com We are shooting for the stars to document how many will play around the world. It’s OK if we land on the moon this year. If you can just take one minute to simply state your name, city and state, and yes, you plan to play, you’re done. Bonus? You will help repair and restore disc golf courses in communities, create more accessible courses and help disc golfers in medical hardship through your participation in this event.
Anyone can buy our Fundraiser disc on-line or they can buy this year's logo disc -- coupon code in registration email. Or buy them at wholesale at select places. Information will be shared with registered hosts.
Introduce the sport to someone who has not yet played it on May 9th, 10th or 12th.
Become a member of the PDGA if you are new to the sport or enjoy disc golf!
Tell the PDGA that WBDGW sent you!
Let's celebrate disc golf around the world.
GO PLAY. -- John
BACK this year as an annual celebration of disc golf each year in the 2nd weekend in May
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