New PDGA Player Awards Process Announced | Professional Disc Golf Association

**TITLE:** "PDGA Introduces New Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year Awards Process"

**META_TITLE:** "New PDGA awards process: stats-based rankings for POY and ROY winners"

**META_DESCRIPTION:** "The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) has introduced a new system to determine its annual Player of the Year (POY) and Rookie of the Year (ROY) award winners, based on player statistics and performance."

The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) has announced a significant change in its process for determining the Player of the Year (POY) and Rookie of the Year (ROY) awards. For 2008 and beyond, a new system will be used to rank players and award the top honors.

Under this new system, players who compete in PDGA-sanctioned events in the Open divisions will have their Event Ratings tracked. The Event Rating is calculated by taking the average of a player's ratings in all rounds played in an event they have finished. Current members who enter Open or Open Women will receive credit for their best two Major and/or NT event ratings (excluding Worlds), as well as their best five event ratings from B-tier and higher events, provided that at least 54 holes were played.

The Event Rating average of a player's best seven events selected above will determine their ranking toward POY or ROY throughout the year. By the end of the calendar year, the top 7 men and women in the POY rankings and top 6 in the ROY rankings will have additional statistics calculated to determine the winners.

To calculate the final rankings, a weighted average of Event Ratings will be used: 35% for POY and 45% for ROY. The candidate's performance at Worlds will also be taken into account, with a weighting of 20% for POY and 25% for ROY. If a candidate does not participate in or complete Worlds, their lowest event rating among their best seven events will be used as their Worlds event rating.

In addition to the above factors, a candidate's average percentage finish position in their seven best events (with a win counting as 100% and last place counting as 0%) will be weighted at 20% for POY and 30% for ROY. For POY only, a final factor of Head-to-head performance will also be considered: each candidate receives one point for each candidate among the final 7 that they finished ahead of in their best seven events.

It's worth noting that this new system has been developed to ensure a more objective and transparent process for determining the winners. The parameters for selecting equivalent NTs played outside North America are still being discussed, with plans to introduce these changes in future years.

Overall, the introduction of this new awards process is expected to provide a more accurate reflection of player performance and achievement throughout the year.

This article was compiled from disc golf coverage with AI assistance. Source: pdga.com — https://www.pdga.com/new-awards-process