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Champions Crowned in Manitowoc

2025 USWDGC - Final Recap

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - 12:41

After a week-long celebration and competition, it came down to the wire when crowning PDGA Major champions at the 2025 United States Women's Disc Golf Championships presented by Discraft and SeehaferNews.com.

And Championship Sunday delivered the perfect finale of both celebration and competition in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

There were three playoffs and three divisions where champions were crowned with one-stroke wins, including a race-to-the-finish finale in FPO.

Eveliina Salonen birdied four-straight holes on the back nine, setting up a tie with Hailey King on the 18th tee. King found OB, enabling Salonen to lay up for par and take home her first USWDGC crown and fourth PDGA Major title.

Cadence Burge had a share of the hot round on Sunday at 6-under to finish second, tied with King.

Just a few hours before, Jennifer Allen staged a final-day comeback of her own. Down six strokes to Holly Finley entering the final round, Allen went off for a 3-under round and claimed her third USWDGC title in FP40 on the second playoff hole.

The close finishes started earlier in the day in Wisconsin.

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Kim Adams took down FA55 in a playoff and Patti Adams collected another Major title in FA70 on the first playoff hole at Cato Falls.

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FA60 Champion Janet Cranshaw

In FP50, Juliana Korver held on for a one-stroke win for her 15th overall Major, 8th Masters Major and 4th USWDGC title. After a tight battle all week, Jeanette Scribner won FA3 by one stroke.

There were two more comeback wins on Sunday in FA1 (see below) and FP60, where Chris O'Cleary, the 1988 and 1989 FPO World Champion shot the highest-rated round of her career to come back from a four-stroke deficit for an 8-stroke win.

New Zealand was represented on top of the leaderboard in FA40 with a dominant win from Aimee Whitmore and in FJ10 with Sarah Wadsworth.

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Eva Lutsenko

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Sarah Wadsworth

In FJ12, Eva Lutsenko was unstoppable all week. Lutsenko averaged 84 points above her rating for the week with a 960 event average. Her total score would've won every division in the C Pool. Hayden Harper, in second place, averaged 904 play for the week, 62 points above her rating.

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