The 2024 Texas Swing has begun! WACO brought the wind, rain, and action during this first DGPT+ event of the year; read the Team GRIPeq highlights below.
Team GRIPeq: FPO
Ohn Scoggins had a solid 2nd place finish from the chase card, throwing a hot -4 on the back nine of the final stretch of the tournament at Lake Waco! She finished with a score of -13 and a 995 event rating. Ohn also never went OB in the final round!
Eveliina and Henna were throwing excellent drives. They had some of the top fairway hit stats in the field, with Henna having 86% fairway hits. Henna also led the division in C1 reg and C2 reg. Eveliina ended the tournament with a final score of -10, earning T4, and Henna would end up in T6 with a score of -8.
Team GRIPeq: MPO
Anthony Barela was a few cards back from the lead but still managed to push to a T4 place with a scorching -11 round at Lake Waco on Sunday. Seven of those strokes came from the back nine of the final round alone, for a final event score of -31. He also threw a skip ace on hole 11, 265′!
Kyle Klein, the reigning WACO Champion, led the tournament after day two and only had one bogey in his first 36 holes! He finished the event in T7 with a final score of -29.
See all the Team GRIPeq standings for the 2024 WACO Championship below or on PDGA Live.
FPO:
2nd – Ohn Scoggins
T4 – Eveliina Salonen
T6 – Henna Blomroos
9th – Missy Gannon
13th – Paige Pierce
T16 – Jessica Weese
T27 – Ali Smith
29th – Jennifer Allen
T30 – Holly Finley
T38 – Cynthia Ricciotti
MPO:
T4- Anthony Barela
T7 – Kyle Klein
T10 – Adam Hammes
T23 – Austin Turner
T29 – Andrew Fish
T47 – Ben Callaway
T52 – Silas Schultz
T52 – Chris Clemons
T64 – Paul McBeth
T76 – Simon Lizotte
T83 – Evan Scott
T92 – Jacob Courtis
