MILFORD, Mich. – The PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships will be held at a Southeast Michigan park in 2026.
For the first time in more than 20 years, the event will return to Kensington Metropark in Milford, according to a release.
“We are so excited to welcome the 2026 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships to Kensington Metropark,” said Amy McMillan, Director, Huron-Clinton Metroparks. “We take pride in knowing how great the disc golf courses at our parks are, and how much local players enjoy them. It is awesome that professional players from around the world are going to get to experience that firsthand. We can’t wait to show players everything Southeast Michigan and the metro Detroit area has to offer.”
The 2026 event will be held from Aug. 26-30 at the park’s Toboggan and Black Locust South courses.
The Toboggan course was originally put in the ground by Discraft owner Jim Kenner for the 2000 event. That year, the event was won by Ken Climo in the MPO division and Juliana Korver in the FPO Division.
The Toboggan course is one of the most famous courses in the world, according to the PDGA. It hosts the United States Amateur Championship and has hosted the Discraft Great Lakes Open since 2013.
The Black Locust South course is set to get revamped ahead of the 2026 event, with lengthened versions of the 13 holes on the current course and five new holes being added near the Martindale Beach area, according to the PDGA.
It will also get some changes to be up to standards for Worlds, and the new layout will be over 10,000 feet.
Ledgestone is running the event and will work closely with multiple partners, including Kensington Metropark, the Detroit Sports Commission and the Livingston County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“We are grateful that the PDGA Operations staff has placed trust in our team to once again run the pinnacle event in our sport. We are incredibly excited to return the PDGA Pro World Championships to Kensington Metropark,” said Nate Heinold, Ledgestone CEO. “The 2026 event will be the third time the Ledgestone team has run the PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships, after successfully running the event in 2019 and 2024.”
Tickets will go on sale in early 2026. For more information, visit here.