As we previously reported, The PDGA EuroTour kicked off last weekend in Netherlands, as Dutch Open welcomed a field of 125 players in 7 different divisions. The weekend was victorious for Team Discmania, as Anders Swärd (SWE) won the open division and Seppo Paju (FIN) placed second. Additionally Angelica Frantz (SWE) was placed at tied second place in the womens division and Discmania Junior Team’s Sven Rippel‘s (GER) victory in Juniors topped off a great weekend of Disc Golf. Full list of results here.
Anders Swärd, Dutch Open Champion 2012
The tournament itself was not without controversy, as many of the players described the course as toughest they’ve ever played, and not necessarily in a good way. A vast majority of the critique surrounded the employment of numerous OB areas, many of which were canals filled with water. Some estimates even say, that a solid 6000 EUR (8000 USD) worth of plastic was lost in the canals during the tournament. This naturally left some of the players struggling with gaps in their bags and most probably affected the game of many players.
Beside the ultra-challenging course design (MPO winner Anders Swärd was the only player to settle to -3 total score, the rest of the field played over PAR), the tournament was well organized and the Dutch Open Staff have promised to return all the discs they can rescue from the canals to EuroTour’s next leg: The Copenhagen Open in just 2 weeks. Discmania will once again on top of the action in Copenhagen and we’re proud to announce that Discmania Golf Discs will be the main sponsor of Copenhagen Open 2012.
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After an ab sens of 4 months,I only lost 1 discs and that was in doubles(grip lock on a water hole) ,and I play GM….but I think it isn’t strange that players lost discs.I have seen players trying to make shots which were to hard to execute in that wind(very hard on Saturday).I also had 1 hole that killed me(#23), but that was mine own fault.Had nothing in my bag to withstand a 40km headwind :-( There were some stupid holes but the big part was good (eventhough the longer throwers had an advantage). But I never had free pizza and a soda just before the players meeting! The organisation ran like a clock! To bad that we had so much wind but I enjoyed the tournament. Congrats to Anders,never saw him win and i know him since forever,so I was very happy for him! And also a great performance by Seppo and Greg Marter,the lefty who is alright,in Masters!
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