PDGA 40 Years

[lead]PDGA Celebrates 40 Years of Disc Golf[/lead] WFDF is pleased to congratulate the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the organization. Disc Golf is the second largest discipline within the sport of “flying disc” and has been experiencing exponential growth in the last decade. To commemorate this special anniversary, we put together a video of many disc golf hall of famers and long time frisbee players wishing the …

WFDF approves of new World Record standards and policies

WFDF is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors, upon recommendation by the WFDF Overall Committee led by Tomas Burvall (SWE), have approved new WFDF World Record standards and policies.  This new policy is now in force and can be found here. “We are extremely delighted to introduce these new World Record standards and policies,” commented WFDF President Robert “Nob” Rauch. “There is no impact on our very large number of existing records. However, …

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Ultimate – National Teams – Current World Rankings

WFDF World Ultimate Rankings – June 30, 2017 Rank Country Points Change 1 United States of America 424   2 Canada 389   3 Great Britain 322   4 Germany 292 +1 5 Australia 271 +1 6 Japan 269 -2 7 France 239 +1 8 Colombia 189 -1 9 Switzerland 184 +1 10 New Zealand 176 -1 11 Spain 157 +9 12 Austria 155 -1 13 Italy 154 -1 14 Russia 142 +2 15 Ireland …

An Abbreviated History of Ultimate Compiled by Michael E. Iacovella

Ultimate, as with all disc sports, would not exist without the invention of the flying disc, or “Frisbee,” as it is commonly known. The first known contemporary tossing of a “disc” was by Yale University (USA) undergrads in the early 20th century. The Yale campus was in close proximity to Connecticut’s Frisbie Pie Company, whose pies while being a popular treat in themselves were sold in metal tins that would hold flight when thrown over …

Major Steps in History of Ultimate

In 1968 Joel Silver introduced his idea of Ultimate Frisbee to the Columbia High School student council in Maplewood New Jersey, USA. The next year, the first game was played between two groups of students. They used a Wham-O Master disc. In 1969 a team had been formed at the school and they played in a parking lot. The only lines that existed were the goal lines, usually marked by the telephone poles or piles …

History of Guts

In 1954, a version of Guts with two players on each side was played at Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Four years later the Healy family included Guts in the Invitational Frisbee Tournament which was played in Escanaba, Michigan, USA. World Champions Open, Juniors 1983, Gothenburg, Sweden: Sweden, Sweden 1984, Luzern, Switzerland: Windy City, USA,- 1986, Colchester, England: Sweden,- 1988, Leuven, Belgium: Sweden,- 1990, Oslo, Norway: USA,- 1992, Utsunomiya, Japan: USA, Japan, Chinese …

History of Disc Golf

The first official disc golf tournament was held in Brookside park, Pasadena, CA, USA in 1969. It was one of the events during the “All Comers Meet”. Jay Shelton won golf. The goals were natural objects marked with a ribbon. In 1974 Disc golf was played in organised tournaments in USA. OCTAD was won by Keith White, The Northwestern Frisbee Tournament was won by Bruce Koger. Finally at the American Flying Disc Open (AFDO), Dan …

Winners of Disc Golf in World Overall Championships

1975: WFC, Tom Kennedy, USA,- 1976, WFC: John Kirkland, USA, Jo Cahow, USA 1977, WFC: Mark Horn, USA, Marie Murphy, USA, 1978, WFC: John Connelly, USA, Gail McColl CAN 1979, WFC: Snapper Pierson, USA, Michele Marini, USA 1980, WFC: Jeff Watson, USA, Michele Marini, USA 1980, Santa Cruz: Dave Dunipace, USA, Michelle Marini, USA 1981, WFC: Craig Hunter, USA, Judy Horowitz, USA 1982, WFC: Scott Zimmermann, USA, Joann Loftus, USA 1983, Santa Cruz: Jerry Garrett, …

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Discathon Winners of World Overall Meets

1982, WFC: Jens Velasquez, USA, Judy Horowitz, USA 1983, US Open: Neil Adams, USA, Tami Pellicane, USA 1984, US Open: Harvey Brandt, USA, Tami Pellicane, USA 1985, US Open: Dan Doyle, USA, Amanda Carreiro, USA 1986, US Open: Tony Pellicane, USA, Mary Jorgenson, USA 1987, US Open: Leonard Muise, USA, Wende Coates, USA 1987, WFDF: Carlos Rio, NOR, Amanda Carreiro, USA 1988, WFDF: Jonas Bengtsson, SWE, Barbro Lângjuth, SWE 1988, US Open: Leonard Muise, (USA), …

Winners of Double Disc Court at World Overall Championships

1978, WFC: Al Bonopane/Charlie Duvall, Laura Engel 1979, WFC: Steve McLean/Gerry Geare, Teresa Gaman/Cyndi Birch 1980, WFC Pasadena, CA: Gerry Geare/Mark Horn, Anne Campagna/Marie Braciale 1981, WFC Pasadena, CA: Jon Cohn/Paul Brenner, G Kirkland/Cyndi Birch 1982, WFC Rutger, NJ: Sean Sheldon/Snapper Pierson, Judy Horowitz/Joann Loftus 1983, World Disc, Santa Cruz, CA: Sean Sheldon/Snapper Pierson, Chieko Kakimoto/Hasko Kiya 1984, World Disc, Santa Cruz, CA: Jerry Garrett/Sean Sheldon, Tami Pellicane, USA/Chieko Kakimoto 1984, US Open, La Mirada, …

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WFDF World Record Standards and Policies

As the governing body of international disc sports competition, the World Flying Disc Federation monitors and certifies various world records for select disc sports and other specific feats. To see the current list of world records, please visit wfdf.org. There are two classes of world records recognized by WFDF: records in the measurable overall events: accuracy, maximum time aloft (MTA), throw run and catch (TRC), self-caught flight (SCF), and distance other “challenge” records. The overall …

History of Ultimate

In 1968 Joel Silver introduced his idea of Ultimate Frisbee to the Columbia High School student council in Maplewood New Jersey, USA. The next year, the first game was played between two groups of students. They used a Wham-O Master disc. In 1969 a team had been formed at the school and they played in a parking lot. The only lines that existed were the goal lines, usually marked by the telephone poles or piles …

History of the Frisbee

‘Just another form of spring fever’ is what one faculty member at Princeton University is said to have called the student pastime of throwing around a Frisbee in 1957. But disc sports had far more staying power than they had predicted. Agreement between Fred Morrison and Wham-O The quote seen in a ‘Sports Illustrated’ magazine article from May 13 makes the first known published reference to the sport of Frisbee. Disc sports can be traced …

History of WFDF and Flying Discs

The early years of flying disc play were dominated by the influence of the International Frisbee Association, which was a promotional arm of Wham-O Manufacturing Company, the makers of the patented Frisbee brand flying disc. Through the efforts of that organization, many of the game designs and procedures were developed. Although most of the IFA activity was focused in the United States, many international affiliates where begun as a result of Wham-O distributorships in various …

Timeline of early history of Flying Disc Play (1871-1995)

This page was first built by Johan Lindgren of Sweden, long-time Secretary of WFDF. We have made a few additions and corrections, but there are obviously very many significant events in disc history that have not yet been included. If you have authortative information about events that you feel should be added or corrections to suggest, please contact us.