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July 1 Disc Golf News: PDGA Voting, Course Safety, and Sweden Follow-Up

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Today is not a “new mega headline dropped” kind of disc golf day. It is more of a useful check-in day: vote if you are a PDGA member, catch the better Swedish Open follow-up pieces, and keep an eye on course access as summer weather gets weird.

Here is the stuff worth having on your radar.

PDGA voting is now live

PDGA election season has officially hit the calendar. Voting runs July 1 through July 31, and the latest candidate Q&A is up for the Global Board race.

If you are current with your membership, this is one of those small admin chores that actually matters. The board seats help steer how the sport handles growth, event standards, member services, and the international shape of the game. Read the answers, pick the people you trust, and get it done before the month gets away from you.

Sweden gets one more useful lap

The Swedish Open is already in the books, so we are not going to replay the whole scoreboard again. The fresh value today is in the follow-up coverage.

  • PDGA posted a quick top moments piece from Boras, with Eagle McMahon’s return to the DGPT winner’s circle as the obvious center of gravity.
  • Ultiworld’s latest Upshot episode digs into the MPO side, including Eagle’s win and the long gap since his last Tour victory at the 2022 European Open.

If you watched the final round, these are good clean-up listens and reads. If you missed it, they are a low-effort way to catch the story without scrolling through every scorecard.

Course access note: water wins

Diamond Valley in Alberta posted that its disc golf course is closed until further notice because high water on the Sheep River has impacted the course. The town is also telling people to stay out of the area and away from riverbanks.

That is a local closure, but the bigger reminder travels well. Low-lying fairways, creek crossings, and river-adjacent holes can change fast after heavy water. If your home course has drainage trouble, do the boring smart thing: check local updates before you drive over, skip flooded holes, and let parks crews protect the place.

USWDGC prep is getting real

The 2026 US Women’s Disc Golf Championship page has fresh competitor planning notes dated June 30. The event runs July 16 to 19 in Salt Lake City, with play spread across Brighton, Creekside, Roots, and Dragonfly.

The useful part for travelers is the elevation and weather prep. Brighton sits around 9,000 feet, valley courses will be much warmer, and the guidance calls out sun, dry air, mountain layers, recovery time, and possible smoke or air quality changes. If you are playing, caddying, volunteering, or spectating, start packing like the venues are four different little climates.

Bottom line

No need to overcook today. Vote if you can, catch the Swedish Open follow-up if you want the tour storyline, and respect course closures when weather takes over. That is the disc golf homework for July 1.

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