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
Born	1991 Plano, TX
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	2009
Current tour(s)	PDGA National Tour Disc Golf Pro Tour
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour	21
Disc Golf Pro Tour	22
Best results in major championships
PDGA World Championships	Won: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
USWDGC	Won: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020
Aussie Open	Won: 2017
European Masters	3rd: 2014
European Open	Won: 2013, 2019
Japan Open	2nd: 2014
Achievements and awards
PDGA Female Rookie of the Year	2010
National Tour Series Champion	2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
PDGA Female Player of the Year	2015, 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
2011	PDGA World Championships	-3	(89-89-91-88-60-28=445)	Valarie Jenkins	$2,000
2012	Stockholm Open	-8	(62-65-65-72=264)	Valarie Jenkins	$1,302
2013	Copenhagen Open	-6	(67-65-72-67=271)	Valarie Jenkins	$931
2013	European Open	-2	(68-79-68-68=283)	Valarie Jenkins	$1,300
2013	PDGA World Championships	-1	(58-63-61-59-56-59-54-35=445)	Valarie Jenkins	$2,000
2014	USWDGC	-6	(55-68-57-72=252)	Valarie Jenkins	$2,300
2015	PDGA World Championships	-1	(68-62-65-65-64-60-32=416)	Sarah Hokom	$2,500
2017	Aussie Open 2017	-20	(62-64-59-69=254)	Jennifer Allen	$1,100
2017	2017 United State's Women's Disc Golf Championships	-6	(53-65-61-48=227)	Jessica Weese	$2,200
2017	PDGA World Championships[5]	-5	(65-60-68-66= 259)	Valarie Jenkins	$5,500
2018	United States Women's Disc Golf Championships	-2	(67-59-59-61=246)	Vanessa VanDyken	$2,040
2019	European Open	-2	(61-62-65-66=254)	Henna Blomroos	$2,030
2019	PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships	-5	(64-57-59-52-52=284)	Eveliina Salonen	$5,000
2020	Women's National Championship	-21	(60-65-66-68=259)	Catrina Allen	$3,000

Majors playoff record (0-1)

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
2012	US Women’s Disc Golf Championship	Catrina Allen	Lost

National Tour (22)

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

NT playoff record (1-3)

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
2013	Kansas City Wide Open	Catrina Allen	Lost to birdie on first extra hole [6]
2014	Texas State Championships	Catrina Allen	Won with par on second extra hole [7]
2015	Ledgestone Insurance Open	Catrina Allen	Lost to par on first extra hole [8]
2016	Beaver State Fling	Catrina Allen	Lost to birdie on first extra hole [9]

Summary

Competition Tier	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Events*
World Championships	5	2	0	7	9
Other Majors	4	4	2	14	15
National Tour	14	15	5	42	45

*As of January 1, 2017

Annual statistics

Year	Events	Wins	Top 3	Earnings	$ / Event	Rating ^†	World Rankings^†
2007	2	0	2	$0	$0	890	-
2008	2	0	1	$0	$0	899	35
2009	3	0	1	$50	$16.67	904	35
2010	17	1	8	$3,643	$214.29	934	8
2011	29	13	22	$11,249	$387.90	948	4
2012	27	9	24	$12,209	$452.19	960	4
2013	26	11	23	$18,128	$697.23	961	3
2014	24	14	22	$17,661	$735.88	976	1
2015	29	20	27	$26,571	$916.24	962	1
2016	21	7	20	$18,556	$883.62	958	3
2017	27	21	24	$36,328	$1,345.48	975	1
2018	24	15	21	$26,877	$1,119.88	969	1
2019	24	13	21	$33,630	$1,401.25	979	1
2020	14	8	11	$28,114	$2,008	991	1
Career	269	119	227	$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".