The PDGA World Championships is one of the major championships in the sport of disc golf

Disc golf

Disc golf is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, "The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc." Of the more than 3000...

, along with the Japan Open and the United States Disc Golf Championship

United States Disc Golf Championship

The United States Disc Golf Championship is a disc golf tournament held at the Winthrop Gold Course, on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The professional event was held annually from 1999 to 2010, before moving to a biennial schedule. Along with the PDGA World...

. Held annually since 1982, the event crowns world champions in several divisions in the professional and amateur disc golf fields. Since its inception, male and female competitors have played at the same venue every year.

List of Men's Open World Champions

Year	Winner
1982	Harold Duvall
1983	Jeff Watson
1984	Sam Ferrans
1985	Harold Duvall
1986	Johnny Sias
1987	Gregg Hosfeld
1988	John Ahart
1989	Steve Wisecup
1990	Ken Climo Ken Climo Ken "The Champ" Climo, from Clearwater, Florida, is a professional disc golfer and is unanimously considered the best player to have ever played the game. Climo has claimed Twelve PDGA World Championship titles, including nine in as many years from 1990 to 1998...
1991	Ken Climo
1992	Ken Climo
1993	Ken Climo
1994	Ken Climo
1995	Ken Climo
1996	Ken Climo
1997	Ken Climo
1998	Ken Climo
1999	Ron Russell
2000	Ken Climo
2001	Cameron Todd
2002	Ken Climo
2003	Barry Schultz Barry Schultz Barry Schultz is a professional disc golfer currently based out of Rock Hill, South Carolina.Barry has been playing disc golf since the early 1980s, and has been a professional since 1992. He is currently on the Innova Star team. For a number of years, he was one of the most dominant players on...
2004	Barry Schultz
2005	Nate Doss Nate Doss Nate Doss is currently the number one ranked disc golfer in the world. Doss has won three world championships . With his win in 2011, Nate became only the second person with three world championships, after Ken Climo's 12...
2006	Ken Climo
2007	Nate Doss Nate Doss Nate Doss is currently the number one ranked disc golfer in the world. Doss has won three world championships . With his win in 2011, Nate became only the second person with three world championships, after Ken Climo's 12...
2008	Dave Feldberg
2009	Avery Jenkins
2010	Eric McCabe
2011	Nate Doss Nate Doss Nate Doss is currently the number one ranked disc golfer in the world. Doss has won three world championships . With his win in 2011, Nate became only the second person with three world championships, after Ken Climo's 12...