Paige Pierce

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
Professional wins 74
Number of wins by tour
PDGA National Tour 14
Disc Golf Pro Tour 1
Best results in major championships
PDGA World Championships Won: 2011, 2013, 2015
USWDGC Won: 2014
European Masters 3rd: 2014
European Open Won: 2013
Japan Open 2nd: 2014
Achievements and awards
PDGA Female Rookie of the Year 2010
National Tour Series Champion 2014, 2015
PDGA Female Player of the Year 2015

Paige Pierce is an American professional disc golfer from Plano, Texas. She is a three-time World Champion, and has been consistently ranked in the top four professional women between 2011 and 2016.[1]

Pierce began playing disc golf at the age of 4 with her father and his friends. She went professional in 2009, and caught the attention of Phil Arthur, who became her coach and later sponsor after he helped launch Prodigy Discs.[2]

After winning the US Women's Disc Golf Championship in 2014, Pierce made history by becoming the first female to ever win the USDGC in the Performance Flight division.[3] She narrowly missed qualifying for the Open division in 2015, missing a playoff for the fifth qualifying spot by two strokes.[4]

Professional career

In addition to Pierce's three World Championships, she also holds two Mixed Doubles World Championships, both with teammate Jeremy Koling.[5]

Majors (7)

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2011 PDGA World Championships -3 +13 (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 -23 (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 -4 (68-62-65-65-64-60-32=416) Sarah Hokom $2,500

Majors playoff record (0-1)

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

National Tour (14)

Year Tournament Stroke Margin Winning Score Runner Up Prize Money
2011 Memorial Championship -1 +8 (58-61-63-56=238) Valarie Jenkins $1,300
2011 Kansas City Wide Open -5 +6 (64-51-70-59=244) Liz Lopez $675
2013 Memorial Championship -11 -16 (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 +17 (72-71-75=218) Catrina Allen $857
2014 Kansas City Wide Open -4 -2 (60-66-58-33=217) Valarie Jenkins $900
2014 Maple Hill Open -3 +15 (64-65-61-65=255) Catrina Allen $1,500
2014 Rochester Flying Disc Open -10 -8 (58-53-56-55=222) Catrina Allen $900
2015 Memorial Championship -2 -1 (55-62-48-61=226) Valarie Jenkins $1,775
2015 Glass Blown Open -11 -9 (58-56-61=175) Jennifer Allen $1,200
2015 Masters Cup -7 +6 (78-72-72=222) Valarie Jenkins $1,800
2015 Maple Hill Open -5 +13 (61-63-59-70=253) Catrina Allen $1,600
2015 Disc Golf Hall of Fame Classic -2 -4 (57-74-67=198) Valarie Jenkins $1,300
2016 Vibram Open -1 +5 (66-63-59-57=245) Catrina Allen $1,500

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 3 2 0 6 7
Other Majors 4 4 2 14 15
National Tour 14 15 5 42 45

*As of October 9, 2016

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 89935
2009 3 0 1 $50 $16.67 90435
2010 17 1 8 $3,643 $214.29 9348
2011 29 13 22 $11,249 $387.90 9484
2012 27 9 24 $12,209 $452.19 9604
2013 26 11 23 $18,128 $697.23 9613
2014 24 14 22 $17,661 $735.88 9761
2015 29 20 27 $26,571 $916.24 9621
2016 20 6 19 $17,756 $887.80 959-
Career 179 74 149 $107,267 $599.26 --

At Year End
Includes DGPT Championship (not PDGA sanctioned)

References

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