Paige Pierce

Paige Pierce, from Plano, Texas, is the number one ranked and rated female professional disc golfer in the world. She is a five-time World Champion, and has been consistently ranked in the top four professional women between 2011 and 2019. In 2018 she achieved the highest player rating a woman has ever had at 978. In 2019 she broke her own record setting a new high player rating of 980, and broke that record again in July 2020 by reaching 988 rated.[1] In November 2019 she announced a multi-year deal with Discraft.

Paige Pierce
— Disc Golfer —
Personal information
Born1991
Plano, TX
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Nationality United States
Career
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)PDGA National Tour
Disc Golf Pro Tour
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour21
Disc Golf Pro Tour22
Best results in major championships
PDGA World ChampionshipsWon: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
USWDGCWon: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020
Aussie OpenWon: 2017
European Masters3rd: 2014
European OpenWon: 2013, 2019
Japan Open2nd: 2014
Achievements and awards
PDGA Female Rookie of the Year2010
National Tour Series Champion2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
PDGA Female Player of the Year2015, 2017, 2018, 2019

Pierce began playing disc golf at the age of 4 with her father and his friends. She went professional in 2009 and started touring in 2010.

After winning the US Women's Disc Golf Championship in 2014, Pierce made history by becoming the first female to ever win the USDGC Performance Flight division.[2] She narrowly missed qualifying for the Open division in 2015, missing a playoff for the fifth qualifying spot by two strokes. In 2017 at the first major championship of the year, The Aussie Open, she shot amongst the top 10 scores of all divisions earning her a coveted qualification for the Open Flight of the USDGC. In 2018 she once again earned a qualifying spot when she won the United States Women's Disc Golf Championship. [3]

Professional career

In addition to Pierce's five World Championships, she also holds two Mixed Doubles World Championships, both with Jeremy Koling.[4]

Majors (14)
Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2011PDGA World Championships-3(89-89-91-88-60-28=445)Valarie Jenkins$2,000
2012Stockholm Open-8(62-65-65-72=264)Valarie Jenkins$1,302
2013Copenhagen Open-6(67-65-72-67=271)Valarie Jenkins$931
2013European Open-2(68-79-68-68=283)Valarie Jenkins$1,300
2013PDGA World Championships-1(58-63-61-59-56-59-54-35=445)Valarie Jenkins$2,000
2014USWDGC-6(55-68-57-72=252)Valarie Jenkins$2,300
2015PDGA World Championships-1(68-62-65-65-64-60-32=416)Sarah Hokom$2,500
2017Aussie Open 2017-20(62-64-59-69=254)Jennifer Allen$1,100
20172017 United State's Women's Disc Golf Championships-6(53-65-61-48=227)Jessica Weese$2,200
2017PDGA World Championships[5]-5(65-60-68-66= 259)Valarie Jenkins$5,500
2018United States Women's Disc Golf Championships-2(67-59-59-61=246)Vanessa VanDyken$2,040
2019European Open-2(61-62-65-66=254)Henna Blomroos$2,030
2019PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships-5(64-57-59-52-52=284)Eveliina Salonen$5,000
2020Women's National Championship-21(60-65-66-68=259)Catrina Allen$3,000

Majors playoff record (0-1)

YearTournamentOpponentResult
2012US Women’s Disc Golf ChampionshipCatrina AllenLost

National Tour (22)
Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2011Memorial Championship-1(58-61-63-56=238)Valarie Jenkins$1,300
2011Kansas City Wide Open-5(64-51-70-59=244)Liz Lopez$675
2013Memorial Championship-11(54-52-58-52=216)Valarie Jenkins$1,600
2014Memorial Championship-10(55-51-54-59=219)Catrina Allen$1,600
2014Texas State ChampionshipsPlayoff(72-71-75=218)Catrina Allen$857
2014Kansas City Wide Open-4(60-66-58-33=217)Valarie Jenkins$900
2014Maple Hill Open-3(64-65-61-65=255)Catrina Allen$1,500
2014Rochester Flying Disc Open-10(58-53-56-55=222)Catrina Allen$900
2015Memorial Championship-2(55-62-48-61=226)Valarie Jenkins$1,775
2015Glass Blown Open-11(58-56-61=175)Jennifer Allen$1,200
2015Masters Cup-7(78-72-72=222)Valarie Jenkins$1,800
2015Maple Hill Open-5(61-63-59-70=253)Catrina Allen$1,600
2015Disc Golf Hall of Fame Classic-2(57-74-67=198)Valarie Jenkins$1,300
2016Vibram Open-1(66-63-59-57=245)Catrina Allen$1,500
2017Gentlemen's Club Challenge-3(57-60-57-68=242)Catrina Allen$2,000
2017Dynamic Discs Glass Blown OpenTie(62-55=117)Hannah Leatherman$1,500
20172017 Masters Cup-9(77-73-58=208)Jennifer Allen$1,500
2017Beaver State Fling-18(58-60-57-59=234)Valarie Jenkins$2,000
2018Las Vegas Challenge-3(64-57-64-59=244)Sarah Hokom$2,500
2018Dynamic Discs Glass Blown Open-2(53-61-53=167)Lisa Fajkus$2,000
2018Santa Cruz Masters Cup-12(78-73-56=207)Catrina Allen$2,000
2019Beaver State Fling-3(60-57-62-66=245)Catrina Allen$2,250
2020Memorial Championship-14(48+49+48+55=200)Jennifer Allen$1,500
2020Dynamic Discs Open-10(60+61+66=187)Missy Gannon$1,500
2020The Preserve Championship-13(55+56+55=166)Catrina Allen$1,600
2020Discraft's Great Lakes Open-6(59+58+59=176)Ellen Widboom$2,000

NT playoff record (1-3)

YearTournamentOpponentResult
2013Kansas City Wide OpenCatrina AllenLost to birdie on first extra hole [6]
2014Texas State ChampionshipsCatrina AllenWon with par on second extra hole [7]
2015Ledgestone Insurance OpenCatrina AllenLost to par on first extra hole [8]
2016Beaver State FlingCatrina AllenLost to birdie on first extra hole [9]

Summary
Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Events*
World Championships52079
Other Majors4421415
National Tour141554245

*As of January 1, 2017

Annual statistics
YearEventsWinsTop 3Earnings$ / EventRating †World
Rankings†
2007202$0$0890-
2008201$0$089935
2009301$50$16.6790435
20101718$3,643$214.299348
2011291322$11,249$387.909484
201227924$12,209$452.199604
2013261123$18,128$697.239613
2014241422$17,661$735.889761
2015292027$26,571$916.249621
201621720$18,556$883.629583
2017272124$36,328$1,345.489751
2018241521$26,877$1,119.889691
2019241321$33,630$1,401.259791
202014811$28,114$2,0089911
Career269119227$254,698---

†At Year End

References
  1. "PDGA World Rankings".
  2. "Pierce Makes History".
  3. "Windy then Wet Qualifier".
  4. "PDGA Player Page: Paige Pierce".
  5. "2017 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships". Professional Disc Golf Association. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  6. "Paul McBeth, Catrina Ulibarri win at 2013 Kansas City Wide Open".
  7. Michalowski, J. "Wysocki, Pierce fight the elements to win 2014 Texas States".
  8. Parcell, Z. "Ledgestone Insurance Open: Simon Lizotte, Catrina Allen take down largest disc golf purse".
  9. Hill, S. "Wysocki Flies To Third Straight NT Win At Beaver State Fling".
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