The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) Asia Disc Golf Summit 2026 Day 3 concluded with a short-course exhibition game and awarding ceremony featuring the 14 participating countries on November 6, 2026, at the Lucinda Campus.
Ms. Maria Luisa Bartolome Robins, PDGA Asia Ambassador and Flying Disc Confederation of the Philippines (FDCP) president, distributed sets of discs to the Tarlac Tourism Office, San Jose Disc Golf Club, through its advisers, Mr. Francis Capiendo and Mr. Roger Agunday, and the TSU Physical Education Department and TSU Disc Golf Club Adviser, headed by Dr. Zuriel Ross Tabian.
Mr. Ruben Tagare, College Research Coordinator and Disc Golf Club Adviser of the University of Southern Mindanao, also received a set of discs and a basket in recognition of their grassroots efforts for disc golf, while Mr. Joey De Leon from Mapalacsiao Elementary School received discs and a basket for being the first elementary disc golf club in the Philippines.
Representatives from Indonesia, Vietnam, and Mongolia also received discs and baskets.
“We have started with a small tournament (Jose V. Yap Complex), and we have gotten clubs in Tarlac. And now look at us, look at where we are now. We’re already hosting the disc golf summit here in the Philippines. Because of their efforts and the permission of our governor, we have the biggest course in the Philippines, the 18-hole course in JVY Sports and Recreational Complex,” Mr. John Allan Brylle Manalang, Provincial Sports Coordinator, said in his speech.
Mr. Manalang said they really want to promote sports, health, and wellness not just for the sake of exercise or recreation, but rather, he said, the province and the city government want more avenues for the children to have a better life. Not just to teach them about disc golf, but to teach them about discipline and to keep them away from possible addiction/illegal drug substances, which is a big problem in the country.
“[To] all of our guests today, we would like to thank you, and I hope you [will] help us to become our partners in promoting disc golf in more areas here in the Philippines, especially here in Tarlac,” Mr. Manalang added.
Mr. Craig Sheather, PDGA International Director for the Professional Disc Golf Association, commended all the delegates who participated in the PDGA Asia Summit and expressed his commitment to further disc golf sports across the globe.
Meanwhile, representatives from New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea were named as top performers during the friendly match.
The PDGA Asia Disc Golf Summit is the first conference to be held, organized by the PDGA Asia, together with FDCP, Disc Golf Association of the Philippines, and Tarlac State University. The three-day summit, held from November 4-6, welcomed disc golf leaders and advocates from 14 countries for collaboration, leadership, and sports development.
