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News, 29/6/2009
The biggest EuroTour event, Stockholm Open, concluded the first half of this year's EuroTour. See results on the PDGA website here.
Story from the webmaster's point of view:
Stockholm Open was yet another succesful tournament on the EuroTour with sunshine the whole weekend and only some wind on Saturday. There was a stunning 216 players in the field, but the staff handled the pools/groups, scoring and administration excellently, which resulted in a steady tournament flow. High praise for the experienced and dedicated coursekeepers, players and families of the Järva Park Disc Golf Club.
In almost all divisions there were battles from start to end, before the champions could be crowned. In the Open division final it was not until the second last hole, that Markus Källström felt secure about his victory. On he first five holes the shooting star, Oscar Stenfelt - who just turned 16 before the tournament, had played error-free disc golf and thereby put a lot of pressure on Markus. Jesper Lundmark, who was tied with Oscar and Ville Piippo before the final, came back after a slow start, and parked the last hole to tie Oscar for the second place in the end. Ville took the fourth place.
In Women division there was no doubt about Birgitta Lagerholm's first place on the way, although Anne Matilainen played flawless from second round until the last putt, and fought back from a sixth place after lunch Saturday to a second place in the end. During the tournament the women changed places a lot, but the strong Swedes, Angelica Frantz and Lydie Hellgren, took the last final places and the third and fourth place respectively.
In Master division excitement arose, when Jonas Lindholm suddenly found his strongest play back (he lead after the first round) and won on the very last hole before Marco Lehousse, who had played consistensly until the final. Also in the Master division players went in and out of the top 4 - in the end Stefan Swärd and Laurens Benschop took the third and fourth place.
In Grandmaster division Neal Dambra and Harri Hynönen also fought until the last hole, where Neal took home the victory. Charlie Mead and Björn Lindholm took the next places.
In the Amateur Advanced division all suspense was gone after the third round, when the talent, Félix Ban, came in with at stunning 52 round and in the end won by 13 shots. Mikhail Krivyy and Tommi Tohni were close, but Mikhail took the second place in the end. It was the third tournament in a row (with an Amateur division), where Félix won comfortable! Josef Alexandersson took the fourth place.
Also in the Junior division it was determined on the last hole, who could be crowned as the winner. In the end, Kjetil Heiland took the victory before William Gummesson. Pontus Welin and Mattias Sandkvist were the other two finalists.
Next EuroTour tournament is in United Kingdom in less than two weeks. The tournament is not filled up, so you might still have a chance to register for the tournament at www.quarrypark.co.uk/british-open.
