DEAN'S CUP

College Disc Golf and Innova Champion Discs are proud to present the Dean’s Cup Invitational, hosted annually at the United States Disc Golf Championship. What an honor it is for these young competitors to be a part of the most prestigious disc golf tournament of the year. The USDGC has long been the greatest event in our game. College Disc Golf, the schools, and its student-athletes are immensely gracious to now be included in this event’s wonderfully rich history.

Invites

The teams that receive the honor to play are invited based on results from the previous College Disc Golf National Championship. Teams are awarded invites based upon their region (map below). If there are four spots, one team from each region is awarded an invite. If there are eight spots, two teams from each division are awarded. If a team is unable to attend, the next highest placing team in that region will be invited. If there are no teams from a region in the top 20 or are unavailable to attend, College Disc Golf will award the bid at their discretion. Field size is dependent upon availability at the USDGC.

Format

The Dean’s Cup is awarded following a two or three round, head-to-head match play event including four or eight teams. Each round starts with a fresh score and strokes do not carry over. In the event of a tie, the team with the most birdies moves on.

For a four team field, the competition for the Dean’s Cup will take place over two days, Friday and Saturday. If there are eight teams, play will start on Thursday. The match play is played in the same Team Doubles format as in the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships and at many regular season events. The victors from each round will move on to the next round. No teams will be eliminated, they will have a match everyday of competition. The team that wins all of their matches will be awarded the Dean’s Cup.

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You need 2 players for a Women’s team and 4 for all other divisions. The women’s division is the only field at the National Championship offered for individuals to compete.

Find your team page here. If you see your school listed there, reach out to us or fill out the form on the team’s page for your captain or leader’s information. If you do not see your school listed there, reach out to us and we’ll create your team page and help get you started!

Conference events are open for anyone to participate! Find an event you’re interested in and register your team to compete!

Regionals require current College Disc Golf membership. Have you reached out to us? You need a team page and login before you can join and renew your CDG membership. After your join, your team can compete in any Regional event.

College Disc Golf events are organized and ran by volunteers that range from Tournament Directors with PDGA Major experience to students running their first events. There are two main types of events – conference play (league like play, more casual events) and Regionals (more competition focused events that require CDG membership and where you earn your invite to the CDGNC). All CDG Regionals are PDGA sanctioned and consist of at least round of team alternating shot doubles and singles play. More scoring and format information. Event format and layouts are determined by the TD for that event. Events can be one or two days. Find a qualifier near you – event map and schedule.

No, you do not need to qualify to compete. If you are interested in competing in Division 3 (DIII) or the Women’s Division, you do not need to qualify. Only teams interested in competing in Division 1 (DI) or Division 2 (DII) need to qualify.

To qualify, earn your invite by being one of the highest placing teams without a bid at any Regional on the schedule!

Only teams interested in competing in Division 1 (DI) or Division 2 (DII) need to qualify. To qualify, earn your invite by being one of the highest placing teams without a bid at any Regional on the schedule!

  • Example: results and bids for an event with 3 bids to DI and 3 bids to DII.

Place

Team

Bid

1

School 1 – A

DI

2

School 2 – A

DI

3

School 1 – B

DII

4

School 3 – A

DI

5

School 2 – B

DII

6

School  4 – A

DII

7

School 5 – A

 

Bids are are awarded to the school and can only field one team in DI. If registration does not fill, schools will be able to register more than one team in DII.

Yes, professionals players can participate. Only PDGA Premier Pros are ineligible.

Yes, graduating seniors are eligible.

PDGA Memberships are included with your College Disc Golf Season Membership!

If you join CDG on or after October 1st, your PDGA membership will renew for the rest of the calendar year and all of next. If you join CDG prior to October 1st, your PDGA membership will not be renewed until October 1st but will still be renewed for the rest of the calendar year and all of next.

Step-by-step

Do you already have a team page on the site? If so, follow the steps below!

Step 1 - Player Page & Account

Every player needs a player page and an account.

Players, are you listed on the team’s page? If not, reach out to your team’s leader to create a page and an account.

Team leaders, login and navigate to your team’s page to create new players.

Step 2 - Membership

Regionals require a CDG membership to participate.

Players, do you see the current season’s membership on your account page? If not, there is not a membership assigned to your account. Reach out to your team leader to assign a membership or purchase one yourself.

Team leaders, players can purchase memberships individually or you can purchase them and assign them. To assign them, navigate to your account page and click the team name you’d like to manage. Using the same email that was used during the player creation process, you can assign players to the team. You can also share a link with them to access the team.

*Team designation/assignment does not matter for memberships. The teams on your “My Account” page are for membership purposes only. A “Team” will be created each time you make a purchase. Players do not need to all be on the same team, everyone just needs a membership assigned to their account.

Step 3 - Roster

Teams must submit a roster before competing in a Regional.

Team leaders, download and complete the roster form. You will have to submit the roster to your registrar for verification. Please plan accordingly.

ROSTER FORM

Step 4 - Play!

Now’s the time to earn your bid to Nationals.

Enjoy the journey from Conferences to Regionals to Nationals.

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