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.

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. 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.

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

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

Majors (17) YearTournamentStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize money2011 PDGA World Championships -3 (89-89-91-88-60-28=445) Valarie Jenkins $2,0002012 Stockholm Open -8 (62-65-65-72=264) Valarie Jenkins $1,3022013 Copenhagen Open -6 (67-65-72-67=271) Valarie Jenkins $9312013 European Open -17 (68-79-68-68=283) Valarie Jenkins $1,3002013 PDGA World Championships -1 (58-63-61-59-56-59-54-35=445) Valarie Jenkins $2,0002014 USWDGC -6 (55-68-57-72=252) Valarie Jenkins $2,3002015 PDGA World Championships -1 (68-62-65-65-64-60-32=416) Sarah Hokom $2,5002017 Aussie Open 2017 -20 (62-64-59-69=254) Jennifer Allen $1,1002017 2017 United States' Women's Disc Golf Championships -6 (53-65-61-48=227) Jessica Weese $2,2002017 PDGA World Championships -5 (65-60-68-66= 259) Valarie Jenkins $5,5002018 United States Women's Disc Golf Championships -2 (67-59-59-61=246) Vanessa VanDyken $2,0402019 European Open -17udisc.com (61-62-65-66=254) Henna Blomroos $2,0302019 PDGA World Championships -5 (64-57-59-52-52=284) Eveliina Salonen $5,0002020 Women's National Championship -4 (60-65-66-68=259) Catrina Allen $3,0002021 United States Women's Disc Golf Championships -13 (50-47-47=144) Hailey King $4,4002022 Champion's Cup -2 (68-64-64-67=263) Kristin Tattar $8,0002022 European Open -3 (71-65-65-63=264) Eveliina Salonen $8,000

Majors playoff record (0–1) Year Tournament Opponent Result2012 US Women's Disc Golf Championship Catrina AllenLost

National Tour and Elite Series (27) YearTournamentStroke MarginWinning scoreRunner upPrize money2011 Memorial Championship -1 (58-61-63-56=238) Valarie Jenkins $1,3002011 Kansas City Wide Open -5 (64-51-70-59=244) Liz Lopez $6752013 Memorial Championship -11 (54-52-58-52=216) Valarie Jenkins $1,6002014 Memorial Championship -10 (55-51-54-59=219) Catrina Allen $1,6002014 Texas State Championships Playoff (72-71-75=218) Catrina Allen $8572014 Kansas City Wide Open -4 (60-66-58-33=217) Valarie Jenkins $9002014 Maple Hill Open -3 (64-65-61-65=255) Catrina Allen $1,5002014 Rochester Flying Disc Open -10 (58-53-56-55=222) Catrina Allen $9002015 Memorial Championship -2 (55-62-48-61=226) Valarie Jenkins $1,7752015 Glass Blown Open -11 (58-56-61=175) Jennifer Allen $1,2002015 Masters Cup -7 (78-72-72=222) Valarie Jenkins $1,8002015 Maple Hill Open -5 (61-63-59-70=253) Catrina Allen $1,6002015 Disc Golf Hall of Fame Classic -2 (57-74-67=198) Valarie Jenkins $1,3002016 Vibram Open -1 (66-63-59-57=245) Catrina Allen $1,5002017 Gentlemen's Club Challenge -3 (57-60-57-68=242) Catrina Allen $2,0002017 Dynamic Discs Glass Blown Open Tie (62-55=117) Hannah Leatherman $1,5002017 Masters Cup -9 (77-73-58=208) Jennifer Allen $1,5002017 Beaver State Fling -18 (58-60-57-59=234) Valarie Jenkins $2,0002018 Las Vegas Challenge -3 (64-57-64-59=244) Sarah Hokom $2,5002018 Dynamic Discs Glass Blown Open -2 (53-61-53=167) Lisa Fajkus $2,0002018 Santa Cruz Masters Cup -12 (78-73-56=207) Catrina Allen $2,0002019 Beaver State Fling -3 (60-57-62-66=245) Catrina Allen $2,2502020 Memorial Championship -14 (48+49+48+55=200) Jennifer Allen $1,5002020 Dynamic Discs Open -10 (60+61+66=187) Missy Gannon $1,5002020 The Preserve Championship -13 (55+56+55=166) Catrina Allen $1,6002020 Discraft's Great Lakes Open -6 (59+58+59=176) Ellen Widboom $2,0002021 Master's Cup +1 (72+75+79=226) Catrina Allen $3,5002021Las Vegas Challenge -1(52+69+57+62=240)Catrina Allen$4,0002021OTB Open -1(67+65+60=191)Catrina Allen$3,0002021Portland Open -3(61+65+63=189)Catrina Allen$3,0002021Utah Open -3(53+59+60=172)Catrina Allen$1,7202021Ledgestone -11(64+54+54+67=239)Missy Gannon$4,0002021Idlewild Open -3(65+70+65=200)Missy Gannon$5,0002022Texas State Championships -4(58+63+63=184)Kristin Tattar$4,0002022OTB Open -4(67+58+68=197)Natalie Ryan$5,5002022The Preserve -5(57+60+65=182)Missy Gannon$5,0002023Open at Austin -2(61+58+62=181)Catrina Allen$4,0002023OTB Open -4(60+55+61=176)Ohn Scoggins$7,4002024Portland Open -4(65+61+58+60=244)Holyn Handley$8,0002025Green Mountain Championship Playoff (61+59+60+61=241) Ohn Scoggins $10,000

NT playoff record (1–3) Year Tournament Opponent Result2013 Kansas City Wide Open Catrina Allen Lost to birdie on first extra hole 2014 Texas State Championships Catrina Allen Won with par on second extra hole 2015 Ledgestone Insurance Open Catrina Allen Lost to par on first extra hole 2016 Beaver State Fling Catrina Allen Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Summary Competition TierWins2nd3rdTop-5Events*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 Year Events Wins Top 3 Earnings $ / Event Rating †WorldRankings†2007 2 0 2 $0 $0 890 -2008 2 0 1 $0 $0 899352009 3 0 1 $50 $16.67 904352010 17 1 8 $3,643 $214.29 93482011 29 13 22 $11,249 $387.90 94842012 27 9 24 $12,209 $452.19 96042013 26 11 23 $18,128 $697.23 96132014 24 14 22 $17,661 $735.88 97612015 29 20 27 $26,571 $916.24 96212016 21 7 20 $18,556 $883.62 95832017 27 21 24 $36,328 $1,345.48 97512018 24 15 21 $26,877 $1,119.88 96912019 2413 21 $33,630 $1,401.25 97912020 14 8 11 $28,114 $2,008 991 1Career 269119 227 $254,698 - -- †At Year End

Major championships timeline Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019European Open2141552T71T23112PDGA World Championships517121T2121Other majorsOther majors (cont.)

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023European Open11T21PDGA World Championships2T5Other majors

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