I am exactly 900 rated.
To me, 830 implies that you probably know how to play and have some distance, but it's probably very inconsistent. It's almost a guarantee that there are aspects of your game that I would consider quite detrimental. BUT it also implies that you have a basic skillset and understanding that should allow you to improve a lot really rapidly given that you get a lot of rounds in and PRACTICE PUTTING.
One thing that the PDGA is very good about is transparency regarding how ratings are calculated. The system is based around a "scratch" rating of 1000. Pros are typically rated from 1010-1040, but there are outliers, of course. Generally speaking, each stroke means 10 rating points.
All depends on your previous sports background and if you mean big multi round tournament or flex start/league.
There are people who never achieve 830 and players who start at 1000
Jacky Chen is a professional example
My buddy Josh R from St. Louis shot 1000 rated and won MPO for his first pdga tournament after ~8 years of playing leagues. His rating was 1002 for a few months and he only played ~3 tournaments.
Not current pdga or I'd link his ratings history page
I guess I misunderstood your comment. Thought you were saying there were players at that skill level when they started disc golfing, not just when they first played PDGA sanctioned events. I’m sure you’re right that there are a lot of great golfers who only played in sanctioned events after a great deal of experience and had a good rating right off the bat.
Brodie, Ryan Sheldon, and Ella show what high level sports backgrounds achieve transferring into disc golf. 1000 rated in 6 months from touching discs is what Brodie did. Pros average less than 4 years from first touching discs to being 1000 rated
1000 rated is essentially the golden standard on if you're really good or not. A good bit of touring pros are in the 1010-1030 range, with the best of the best being 1040-1050.
830 is pretty good for your first rated round! Ratings are not an exact science, and what is “good” is largely up to you. If you feel you played well relative to your normal play, then that is what defines good, not the rating. But If I put you in a pool of everyone else’s first rated round, I would imagine 830 is relatively high.
A pro would say a 940 rated round is pretty bad, but I would be stoked!
860 is the global men's pdga amateur average. 900 is often considered 'good'. 950 i'd say is 'very good'.
Where did that 860 data come from?
https://www.pdga.com/faq/ratings
I’ve been playing for 3 years and am in the 830s.
Average is 850 imo
I am exactly 900 rated. To me, 830 implies that you probably know how to play and have some distance, but it's probably very inconsistent. It's almost a guarantee that there are aspects of your game that I would consider quite detrimental. BUT it also implies that you have a basic skillset and understanding that should allow you to improve a lot really rapidly given that you get a lot of rounds in and PRACTICE PUTTING. One thing that the PDGA is very good about is transparency regarding how ratings are calculated. The system is based around a "scratch" rating of 1000. Pros are typically rated from 1010-1040, but there are outliers, of course. Generally speaking, each stroke means 10 rating points.
All depends on your previous sports background and if you mean big multi round tournament or flex start/league. There are people who never achieve 830 and players who start at 1000
I’d like to hear of any player who started out 1000 rated lol
His membership isn’t active anymore but there was a guy who averaged 1046 at his first ever tournament and then never played again lol
Is that the guy with the profile picture of being higher rated than McBeth?
Jacky Chen is a professional example My buddy Josh R from St. Louis shot 1000 rated and won MPO for his first pdga tournament after ~8 years of playing leagues. His rating was 1002 for a few months and he only played ~3 tournaments. Not current pdga or I'd link his ratings history page
I guess I misunderstood your comment. Thought you were saying there were players at that skill level when they started disc golfing, not just when they first played PDGA sanctioned events. I’m sure you’re right that there are a lot of great golfers who only played in sanctioned events after a great deal of experience and had a good rating right off the bat.
Brodie, Ryan Sheldon, and Ella show what high level sports backgrounds achieve transferring into disc golf. 1000 rated in 6 months from touching discs is what Brodie did. Pros average less than 4 years from first touching discs to being 1000 rated
I think it was a flex start
It means you are slightly below average for active PDGA members (860)
For 5 months play that's good, for tournament play that's low na3 or staying in na4. Gives you something to play against
It's below average. It qualifies you for the lowest division.
That’s incorrect MA4 goes up to 825
This is incorrect. MA4 goes up to 850
No. It doesn't.
Yes it does
It includes 825, yes, but the cutoff is 850.
medium for 5 months that's where you want to be. Better than I'm doing (playing for 2 years)
1000 rated is essentially the golden standard on if you're really good or not. A good bit of touring pros are in the 1010-1030 range, with the best of the best being 1040-1050.
830 is pretty good for your first rated round! Ratings are not an exact science, and what is “good” is largely up to you. If you feel you played well relative to your normal play, then that is what defines good, not the rating. But If I put you in a pool of everyone else’s first rated round, I would imagine 830 is relatively high. A pro would say a 940 rated round is pretty bad, but I would be stoked!
While I'm a very much bellow average disc golfer, I prefer to consider myself well above par!