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Is The PDGA Allowed To Do This?!
The PDGA has awarded a major to the new New London course, but is it a good decision? The Professional Disc Golf Association's (PDGA) 2026 Champions Cup selection has been met with skepticism by some fans, who point out that this is not the first time a course at this location has hosted a world championship. Lynchburg, home of the previous World Championship, also had its predecessor awarded a major event years ago. The course was designed by McBTH and features an established team attached to the event. PDGA President Nate Heinhold's involvement adds further weight to the decision. With the course still under development and no official tournament scheduled, some question whether this is a premature move. Watch as we delve into the controversy surrounding the PDGA's latest decision and explore the implications for disc golf fans everywhere.
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The new New London course gets awarded a major. It's not done yet or in, but hey, it's cool. Matchplay event kicked off with some positive feedback. Gothro's master event has many asking why Eagles Crossing is not a tour stop and even more. This week in disc golf. Welcome back, disgenerates. You know by now I'm Swiss cheese, the one with all the holes in his game, and I'm just one half of the disc golf world. You guys know the disc golf YouTube channel, the one that won't waste your time discussing the ball version whose only masters talk will involve the red jacket one. Anyways, you guys are watching this week in disc golf where I go and cover all things disc golf from the past week which opened with the professional disc golf association announcing their 2026 Champions Cup selection. a major who has been forced to find a new home year after year since a beetle infestation decimated WR Jackson only for the course to be hit even harder by a hurricane later. And what is trying to be heralded by some as a return to the worlds with their selection of the new New London course. Yeah, I'm running with that name, so just buckle in already. the same course that is yet to be installed or a tournament to be played on its track for that matter who just took up 40 minutes of last grip lock coverage to the changes that aren't even finalized yet. And it was this course that was awarded a major event. Funny enough, I should say again, as this is a repeat from Lynchburg and the New London, the latest course's predecessor being awarded a world championship a couple years ago and what is now a pattern for the PDGA and this location. Now, many who support the latest decision will point to the success of that world championship in justifying the latest major award, while also adding that it's a McBTH design and of course the established team attached to the event, which should be no surprise by now. It's none other than PDGA president Nate Heinhold who has been afforded more trust than other established and you know played on courses that the PDGA chose not to go with. But it's Nate who just gets awarded majors whether they be worlds or champions cup for...
