Paju Wins A Thriller At Prodigy Disc Pro Tour in Turku

Seppo Paju's win at the Prodigy Disc Pro Tour stop in Turku, Finland, wasn't short on drama. Paju was tied for the lead after three rounds in three days, and took the trophy with an outside the circle putt during the playoff.

After seizing the lead with a 1071-rated second round hot score, he played clean golf for most of the tightly contested third round. He then took a double bogey on hole 17 before recovering with a birdie on the final hole to secure a playoff.

During the extra session, Paju saved par after his drive went OB to keep his hopes alive. On the ensuing hole, he drilled a step putt from long range for the win. It marks his first victory of the season after a top-5 showing in the last Prodigy Disc Pro Tour event. Friend and teammate Väinö Mäkelä posted his best round the final day to move up into fifth place. Lykke Sandvik also steadily improved her score over the course of the event to finish fourth in FPO.

The Disc Golf Pro Tour was off for a week but still drew a crowd to its Silver Series event bearing the same moniker. Cale Leiviska and Kevin Jones were among those making the trip to Two Rivers, Wisc., for the Silver Cup XX.

Leiviska made a lead card appearance and laid down a second double digit score out of three rounds the final day to land in seventh place tie. His final round was bogey-free and included a run of three birdies and an eagle. Jones moved up 23 spots on the leaderboard with consecutive 9-under par rounds to secure a top-15 spot. His final round also included a stretch with an eagle and three birdies on the way to the solid finish.

The DGPT picks back up this weekend with Discraft's Great Lakes Open in Milford, Mich. Both Jones and Leiviska will be in the MPO field and Catrina Allen will compete in FPO.