Eveliina Salonen was able to utilize her greatest strength and scored the best result of the day -5.
On Thursday, the women throwing the longest forged the result in the second round of the Frisbee Golf World Cup in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. From the forest track, we moved to an open golf course, where the puck could be hit with wider lines.
I see Eveliina Salonen (9 under par) was able to utilize his greatest strength and shot the best result of the day -5. In the overall situation, he rose to the United States to Holyn Handley (-12) back for second with three rounds remaining, two of which are on the golf course.
Henna Blomroos (-6) shares fifth place. She also throws further than most of her competing sisters, but putt woes diluted the result again.
Heidi Laine (-1) won the long throw world championship from the beginning of the week, so a -4 round and a rise to the top ten was expected. Silva Saarinen his strengths lie elsewhere, and he didn’t have to make any bad mistakes when third place changed to 21st.
The sport’s professional events have been moved from forests to golf courses in recent years. This has been based not only on the increase in the skill level of the players, but also on audience friendliness and securing the strength of the broadcast signal.
The change has been criticized because it is no longer necessary to control the puck’s trajectory so precisely and the competition has shifted to the starting speed of a piece of plastic. However, Blomroos, for example, has defended the current trend because “long throwing is equally a skill”.