A new unified European tour, in collaboration with PDGA Europe and its PDGA Euro Tour, the European Pro Tour and the Disc Golf Pro Tour, was announced on Wednesday, ushering in a new era for professional disc golf in Europe.
All three entities have joined forces to create a singular, five-event tour series for 2024, which will include live broadcasts on the Disc Golf Network.
Silva Saarinen has participated in five PDGA Euro Tour events and has won... all five: Krokhol, Swedish Open, Skellefteå, Åland and now the PDGA Euro Tour Championship - Andalucía Open!
NOTE: Due to an extreme weather forecast on Sunday, the competition schedule for the final round of the 2023 Andalucía Open has been adjusted. MPO and FPO will both play at 9:35 AM local time (3:35 AM ET) with a shotgun start. Disc Golf Network will run concurrent lead card coverage of both divisions. Post-production coverage will remain unchanged.
The MPO Feature Card of this PDGA Euro Tour Championship was an absolute luxury: three of the top five in the points standings of the entire circuit (Jakub Semerád, Miro Ryhänen and Silver Lätt) plus the current European Champion Dennis Augustsson, but the luck was very uneven for each of them:
Jenni Karppinen was the regular-season points leader on the 2023 PDGA Euro Tour. Photo: PDGA Europe
Sunny Spain... most of the time! Sustained winds of 30-50 km/h (20-30 mph) added a touch (or two) of spice to the training days, although the forecast is for more pleasant weather for the competition days of the 2023 Andalucía Open - PDGA Euro Tour Championship.
What an end for the PDGA Euro Tour regular season!
Another day of more than pleasant weather and a total of 154 players between the Open, Masters and parallel Amateur tournament played for the final rankings of this 9Hill Open 2023 and met in a crowded trophy ceremony that had something of a farewell for this year, waiting for the Grand Final of the PDGA Euro Tour Championship in Spain at the end of October.
Moving day on Åland Islands was half way through with lead card of FPO almost holing out on 18 when a lightning delay suspended the round for 70 minutes before they could make their final putts.
PDGA Euro Tour stop number 7 on Åland Islands has been just that so far and nothing less. Everything you might have heard about the disc golf heaven is true and some more here on the archipelago between Sweden and Finland. If you are ever planning for a disc golf holiday, this must be on top of your list.
As if we needed more excitement, Kristin Tattar's three-shot lead over Missy Gannon vanished at the 10th hole to offer us an even more exciting final round!
We arrive again at the demanding 12th hole, and two almost identical shots have a very different destiny: the World Champion has a small cut-roll at the end that brings her back to inbounds, while the American has a higher skip and stays OB, and this two-stroke swing seems to end the excitement.
