Paige Pierce

This article is about the disc golfer. For the archer, see Paige Pearce.
Paige Pierce
— Disc golfer —
Paige Pierce Putt 2023 Portland Open
Pierce putting in 2023
Personal information
Full namePaige Ashton Pierce
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 Tour27
Disc Golf Pro Tour30
Best results in major championships
PDGA World ChampionshipsWon: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
USWDGCWon: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021
Aussie OpenWon: 2017
European Masters3rd: 2014
European OpenWon: 2013, 2019, 2022
Champion's CupWon: 2022
Women's National ChampionshipWon: 2020
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

Paige Pierce is a professional disc golfer from Plano, Texas. She has won 5 World Championships and 17 total Major Championships (the most of any female player), and has been consistently ranked among the top professional women since 2011. In 2018 she broke the record for the highest PDGA player rating a woman had ever achieved at 978. Since then she has broken her own record several times, most recently at 996 rated in March 2021.[1]

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.

In addition to holding a number of PDGA National Tour wins, she is the all-time leading women's winner on the Disc Golf Pro Tour, founded 2016 by Steve Dodge and Nate Heinhold, with 30 DGPT wins as of August 2021.

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, she earned a qualification for USDGC at the Aussie Open. In 2018 she once again earned a qualifying spot when she won the United States Women's Disc Golf Championship.[3]

In 2023, while practicing for the PCS Sula Open, Pierce slipped on a bridge on the course and broke her ankle. This led to her taking the rest of the season off, and she was still recovering during the 2024 season. In 2023, she married her partner Ayla Pierce.

Professional career

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

Majors (17)

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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 -17 (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 States' 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 -17[6] (61-62-65-66=254) Henna Blomroos $2,030
2019 PDGA World Championships -5 (64-57-59-52-52=284) Eveliina Salonen $5,000
2020 Women's National Championship -4 (60-65-66-68=259) Catrina Allen $3,000
2021 United States Women's Disc Golf Championships -13 (50-47-47=144) Hailey King $4,400
2022 Champion's Cup -2 (68-64-64-67=263) Kristin Tattar $8,000
2022 European Open -3 (71-65-65-63=264) Eveliina Salonen $8,000

Majors playoff record (0–1)

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

National Tour and Elite Series (27)

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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 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
2021 Master's Cup +1 (72+75+79=226) Catrina Allen $3,500
2021 Las Vegas Challenge -1 (52+69+57+62=240) Catrina Allen $4,000
2021 OTB Open -1 (67+65+60=191) Catrina Allen $3,000
2021 Portland Open -3 (61+65+63=189) Catrina Allen $3,000
2021 Utah Open -3 (53+59+60=172) Catrina Allen $1,720
2021 Ledgestone -11 (64+54+54+67=239) Missy Gannon $4,000
2021 Idlewild Open -3 (65+70+65=200) Missy Gannon $5,000
2022 Texas State Championships -4 (58+63+63=184) Kristin Tattar $4,000
2022 OTB Open -4 (67+58+68=197) Natalie Ryan $5,500
2022 The Preserve -5 (57+60+65=182) Missy Gannon $5,000
2023 Open at Austin -2 (61+58+62=181) Catrina Allen $4,000
2023 OTB Open -4 (60+55+61=176) Ohn Scoggins $7,400
2024 Portland Open -4 (65+61+58+60=244) Holyn Handley $8,000

NT playoff record (1–3)

Year Tournament Opponent Result
2013 Kansas City Wide Open Catrina Allen Lost to birdie on first extra hole [7]
2014 Texas State Championships Catrina Allen Won with par on second extra hole [8]
2015 Ledgestone Insurance Open Catrina Allen Lost to par on first extra hole [9]
2016 Beaver State Fling Catrina Allen Lost to birdie on first extra hole [10]

Summary

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Competition Tier Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Events*
World Championships 5 4 0 7 11
Other Majors 10 4 2 14 16
National Tour 27 15 5 42 45

*As of January 1, 2017

Annual statistics

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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

Major championships timeline

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Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
European Open 2 1 4 1
US Women's Disc Golf Championships 5 5 2 T7 1 T2 3 1 1 2
PDGA World Championships 5 1 7 1 2 1 T2 1 2 1
Other majors – 4 1 1 2 – 1 –
Other majors (cont.) – T3 –
Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023
European Open 1
US Women's Disc Golf Championships 1 T21
PDGA World Championships 2 T5
Other majors 1 1 29
  Win
  Top 3 finish
  Top 10 finish
  Did not participate
  Tournament not held

References

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  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. ^ udisc.com
  7. ^ "Paul McBeth, Catrina Ulibarri win at 2013 Kansas City Wide Open".
  8. ^ Michalowski, J. "Wysocki, Pierce fight the elements to win 2014 Texas States".
  9. ^ Parcell, Z. "Ledgestone Insurance Open: Simon Lizotte, Catrina Allen take down largest disc golf purse".
  10. ^ Hill, S. "Wysocki Flies To Third Straight NT Win At Beaver State Fling".
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