PEORIA — The Professional Disc Golf Association has a new home for its Masters World Championships.

And it’s right here in Peoria and surrounding communities.

The Masters and Juniors World Championships are in the area for the first time ever, and are playing out on 13 area courses this week with 1,100 players from 15 countries. The Peoria area already hosts the Ledgestone Open, which brings in the sports top players next month.

Sweden, Denmark and other Nordic countries where the sport reigns are well-represented in the masters and junior events. A few made the trek from Australia. And there are even players here from Estonia, a nation one-tenth the population of Illinois.

And there are some big-name players from the Ledgestone Open who have moved up into this field, like 2012 world champion Sarah Hokom, Holly Finley and Juliana Korver, the latter making her masters worlds debut with five pro open titles to her credit.