Gannon Buhr woke up and took off in the afternoon after Holyn Handley came out the gate swinging in the morning as both left the Peoria, Illinois area with another DGPT title this season, both coming with seven-stroke wins.
Both leaders kept pace after another sprint around the Peoria, Illinois area on Saturday and both will have a small cushion heading into Championship Sunday of this DGPT+ event.
After wrapping up the European swing of the Major and Elite Series schedule, it was right back to action on Thursday in Illinois for Round 1 of the DGPT+ event.
And everything was in place for a perfect day of disc golf. The venue at Krokhol Disc Golf Course, the best rated course in the world on UDisc, makes for spectacular viewings, and when the best players in the world battle it out in near perfect conditions on this warm summer’s Friday, well, then something special is bound to happen.
With just a single bogey throughout the round, she finished R2 with a 1022 rated -7 round, taking her to 5 under par for the tournament so far.
She now sits tied for 1st place with fellow Finn, Silva Saarinen, who after taking bogeys on the first two holes, found the level we have seen from her in the last months and finished -4 for the round.
On the first card out to kick off the beloved stop in Minnesota, Gannon fired off a 1037-rated opening round — unofficially the highest of her career — to kick start what looks to be a sprint to the finish through the entire event.
