**Changelog for 2025 plus reasoning for the changes**
Individual PDGA divisional leaderboards have been done away with. In their place, we will be consolidating the divisions in WPAS to 4 categorie ...
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Changelog for 2025 plus reasoning for the changes
Individual PDGA divisional leaderboards have been done away with. In their place, we will be consolidating the divisions in WPAS to 4 categories. They are as follows.
--Division 1 - All Pros
--Division 2 - Advanced and Intermediate Amateurs
--Division 3 - Recreational and Novice Amateurs
--Division 4 - Age Protected Amateurs and Juniors
For examples of what these leaderboards look like based on 2024's results, please look at the 2024 leaderboards on DGscene
https://www.discgolfscene.com/series/36881/2nd-annual-western-pennsylvania-series-wpas/leaderboards
Note that ensuring you meet the minimum played event total is the surest way to score highly on points!
This change was made to help us bump payouts for less attended divisions, increase competition and comradery between multiple divisions, makes tracking point totals less complicated for the series organizers, and allows us to increase the quality and grandeur of trophies
Played events that count for points is now 5 total events, down from 7. This is due to a planned slight reduction in number of WPAS events. This number may go up to 6 or down to 4 depending on the finalized series schedule. Overall we are aiming to reduce the frequency that the series visits courses. Our general goal is to only use each course once to per season. If an event is a multi-course event (like the finale this past year), we will give some leeway to it, but we only want to play up to 3 rounds at each course where possible. We felt we used Deer Lakes far too many times in the series this past year and that doesn't really meet our goal of showcasing as much of Western PA Disc golf as we can.
Camber Disc Golf Company run events during the regular season (Winter's End Open, Hunter Farm Huckfest, and Summer's End Open) are now considered "Series Majors" and are worth 1.25x points. The finale at Autumn's End Open remains worth 2x points. This is to give a couple events for folks to prioritize attending and playing well at as our team can guarantee the quality of events expected of us.
Given the larger divisions, the number of people paid out, and the amounts paid out have been updated to the following (these are subject to slight change in the event of drastically higher or lower than estimated registrations):
Less than 100 Players = 100% to 1st place
100-249 Players = 65% to 1st place, 35% to 2nd place
250-399 Players = 55% to 1st place, 30% to 2nd place, 15% to 3rd place
400+ Players = 42.5% to 1st place, 25% to 2nd place, 15% to 3rd place, 10% to 4th place, 7.5% to 5th place
Note that how players are counted remains the same as last year. If player A participates in 4 events, that individual is counted as 4 separate players for the total player count in that division for the season
The estimated champion's purses after every 2 events will be posted here in the comments section. This is a tracking system for players to ensure every dollar collected in series fees is accounted for. Bonuses to the series pot from sponsors will be added after the last regular season event after all costs have been determined to bolster each division's purse as needed.
Lastly, pro players will once again have to have a stake in the series to compete. Similar to amateur divisions, a $2 or $3 fee per player at each event will be taken out of entry fees to bolster that division's Series Champion's Purse (Fee amount will vary based on budget constraints and PDGA tier but will always be available on that events DGscene page prior to registration opening).
