Henna Blomroos brought a silver medal from Kansas to Finland.
Frisbee golf At the World Championships in Kansas, USA, European women managed to capture the first two places for the first time in the event’s 30-year history.
Number one in the world rankings and ruler of the season, Estonia Kristin Buckwheat took his own with a five-round total of 305 shots (38 under par), and to the delight of the Finns, the Rauma native Henna Blomroos22, reached silver (–30).
Blomroos is only ninth in the ranking, but it seems that he is ready for big competitions, because last year he hung the European Championship gold around his neck.
Both Blomroos and the fifth place finisher Eveliina Salonen (–22) has a clear strength in driving and a weakness in putting. Although Blomroos was the second worst putter of the entire competition in the statistics, the challenging fairways allowed the quality shots to shine.
“The drive has definitely always been my strength, but this week it felt like all the pieces were in place and I was able to play a really good game,” Blomroos said in the Frisbee golf association’s press release.
The silver medal gives the woman a prize pool of $7,000. Buckwheat gets $11,000 and the men’s winner $20,000.
Clearly was the best Finnish man Väinö Mäkelä (–32), whose 14th place is six places better than three years ago, when all the best were included last time. At the same time, Mäkelä was the best European, of whom there were only three among the 50.
“The goal was to improve the ranking. You have to be satisfied, but I was hungry,” he told STT.
Mäkelä referred to the second round, in which he started from second place. The bogeys on the first three fairways punished badly, when the scoring weather was good throughout the tournament.
“There was nervousness and haste, and I couldn’t stick to routines.”
During the training season, Mäkelä changed his throwing technique a bit in order to gain additional meters. If you think about the types of players, it has already produced results, because, for example, he has dominated on shorter courses in Europe Niklas Anttila (–16) remained in 64th place.
In an open class the non-US winner is still pending. Played through injury Paul McBeth (–46) already threw for his sixth world championship.
A year ago, he lost in a replay, but this time he is a challenger Aaron Gossage failed to defeat the Grandmaster.
Gossage is the longest open putter on the tour, so the two open courses clearly favor him. McBeth, on the other hand, does better on the track than on the track: he has always been at least silver since 2012.
Frisbee golf is played everywhere, but Mäkelä sees that the rest of the world has no chance if you don’t surrender to the American competitive culture.
“Playing is more real. The group works hard to get food on the table and drives after it in their motorhomes 12 months a year.”
Correction September 4 at 9pm: Paul McBeth won the open class, not the men’s.
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