2017 Konopiště Open Round 1 Recap
The 2nd Disc Golf World Tour event is officially underway here in beautiful Czechia and the first round brought us some hot scores on the gorgeous Franz Ferdinand course. The day started with a slight drizzle, but the weather held off nicely throughout the round, with temperatures around 20°C / 68°F. The scoring conditions were perfect, as there was practically no wind on the course today and the only bits of rain we saw were nothing but momentary trickles.
Eveliina Salonen leads the FPO field
Eveliina Salonen leads the FPO field.
Over at the FPO division, the highest rated young lady on the course, Finnish Eveliina Salonen, started the the day with a very solid 3 birdies and 6 pars for the first 9 holes. The very long back 9 bit back a little however, and Eveliina is leading the FPO field with an even par 67 for the day.
Vanessa Van Dyken sits 4 shots behind the leader.
Behind Eveliina, Vanessa Van Dyken (USA) is on the 2nd place, 4 strokes back of the leader. Rounding out the FPO lead card will be Henna Blomroos (FIN) with her +5 for the first day and Katka Bodová (SVK), who’s tied with Estonian Kristin Tattar, but will make the final spot in the lead card due to her lower PDGA number. Find the FPO division scores and stats over at discgolfmetrix.com.
Wysocki shoots lights out, sets a new course record
Video: Ricky Wysocki’s lines were so dialed in, he didn’t even have to follow the flight of his discs. Find more videos like this here!
While the majority of the focus today was on the fan-voted DGWT Open Division feature card, the reigning world champion Ricky Wysocki, who began his round on the second to last group of the day, was clearly the hottest competitor on the field today. Wysocki’s -15 score was enough to break the previous course record of -13, shot by Paul McBeth in 2016. Ricky’s round consisted of a total of 15 birdies and 3 pars. He was close to hitting an Eagle on hole 11, but missed the putt just barely. Ricky’s amazing round puts him on top of the leaderboard with a comfortable 4 stroke buffer before the competition.
Competition gets fierce behind the leader
Simon Lizotte and Paul McBeth were battling neck & neck during the first round.
Behind the leader, there’s 4 athletes tied to the 2nd spot with a total of -11 for the day. The duo of American 2nd time Konopiště Open visitors, Paul McBeth and Nate Sexton, both were able to keep their scorecards bogey free today and will be making a charge cut the deficit against the leader on the lead card on Saturday.
Video: Paul McBeth hits an amazing Eagle on hole 11. Find more videos like this here!
The defending Konopiště Open champion Simon Lizotte will be joining the trio of top US professionals on the lead card with his -11 for the day, while Finnish Luukas Rokkanen has to settle for the number 1 spot on the chase card on Saturday, due to his lower PDGA number. We’re also very pleased to see a number of different nationalities within striking distance of the lead card, as tied to the sixth place with the score of -9 are Marvin Tetzel (GER), Dominik Stampfer (GER), Raimo Sokka (FIN), Marcus Westberg (SWE). KJ Nybo (DEN), Juhani Vainio (FIN) & Teemu Nissinen (FIN) are just one stroke behind the fivesome on the tied 11th place.
Recap on the opening day action!
Video: Eagle McMahon hits a big putt for birdie on the huge Par 5 hole 9. Find more videos like this here!
During the opening round of Konopiště Open, our social media team was following mostly the feature card on the course. As a result, you can find a lot of photo updates, as well as hole-specific play-by-play videos on our instagram account. Make sure to check them out here!
We also have The SpinTV production crew piecing together play-by-play tournament coverage videos from the both the FPO and DGWT Open division feature card’s first round.
Scores and Stats
Click the picture to access the Round 1 scores!
We also highly recommend checking out the leaderboard and Metrix and course stats from round 1. The new feature we added last year, player- and hole-specific instagram videos on the scoring interface, is in place here at the Konopiště Open too, so make sure to check those out by clicking the tiny camera icons where available.
Find the PDGA results page with preliminary round ratings here!
There’s still plenty of action to come, so make sure to check back tomorrow for moving day action from the 2017 Konopiště Open!
