It is one of the major championships in Women's disc golf along with the PDGA World Championships, the PDGA Champions Cup and the European Open.
For the first three years, the tournament was played alongside the USDGC at Winthrop University.
[1] The tournament was known as the "Women's National Championship" for the first two years of its existence before switching to "United States Women's Disc Golf Championships" for the 2001 tournament.
[3] In 2013, the six highest-ranked players in the world, and seven of the top ten competed in Portland, Oregon.
[6] The 2020 USWDGC which was scheduled to take place across three courses in Northern California was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.