2026 Discraft‘s Supreme Flight Open - FPO R1B9 Recap

Welcome to the back nine of round one. The front nine played easier than years past, but the back nine at Olympus is as difficult as ever. Missy Gannon came in bogey-free at four-under – but that wasn’t even good enough for the top four, with Hanna Huynh leading the field and hot scores everywhere. The Two Hot Geese – Madison Walker and Erica Stinchcomb – are back on commentary, with Madison also competing on the feature card alongside Missy Gannon, Ella Hansen, and Paige Pierce.

Hole 10 | Par 3 | 325 ft | The backbone, tight tunnel

The backbone hole – a par 3 down a spine with drop-offs on both sides. Most players take the right-hand gap, though you see all sorts of shapes. Early is bad, late is bad, left is bad, right is bad – the only acceptable miss is late left. Missy landed in a tough spot but threw a soft bid from circle two that had everyone thinking it was going past the basket before it settled. Smart, controlled putting. Ella worked a forehand through the gap – incredible angle control that made it look easy despite the difficulty. Paige ripped a pure backhand drive and found the inside of the circle, converting for birdie. Madison played it safe and secured the par. There were 11 birdies on the day – it takes a really pure shot to find the circle on this one.

Results: Pierce birdie | Gannon par | Hansen par | Walker par

Hole 11 | Par 4 | New basket location, uphill finish

This hole got a significant change – same difficult tee shot with a high ceiling and low corridor, but instead of a basket perched on a mound, it now turns and goes up a hill to the tippy top. A much simpler birdie than the old layout, but by no means easy – you need to string together two perfect shots. Ella demonstrated her improving forehand game with a crushing shot up the hill, earning one of only seven birdies on the day – and the only one thrown forehand. Missy threaded a pure backhand through the edge and hit another neutron Tempo approach, converting the birdie to move to five-under. Paige went deep past the corner and attempted to cut back through a sneaky gap – the “field test” as the commentators called it – but couldn’t recover, taking bogey. Madison played smart, recognizing the danger and laying up for a comfortable par.

Results: Gannon birdie | Hansen birdie | Walker par | Pierce bogey

Hole 12 | Par 4 | 620 ft | Downhill, OB left

Same hole as previous years – a par 4 downhill with an OB line on the left that comes up fast, especially with a tailwind pushing backhand drives. The second shot features multiple gaps but none that are truly great. Missy pulled out a driver and absolutely pumped it, finding the OB deep – her first real trouble of the round. From the OB lie she had nothing to work with, pointing at the basket over the tops of trees and hoping to thread through sticky vines. She straddled out on a patch of pine straw and nearly did the splits, but couldn’t save the bogey. Ella played the smart forehand off the tee and managed well through the approach. Madison threw a Hex to the middle of the fairway, not wanting to flirt with the OB, then hit the inside gap on her approach for birdie. Paige went aggressively right, aiming at the MPO basket position, and found the friendlier side of the green to convert her birdie.

Results: Walker birdie | Pierce birdie | Hansen par | Gannon bogey

Hole 13 | Par 4 | 468 ft | Checkerboard pines, elevated basket

Same tee pad, same basket – and still one of the most confounding holes on the course. A difficult tee shot through a high-ceiling, low-floor corridor leads to a checkerboard of pine trees where you can land two feet in either direction and get completely different looks. If you ask 44 players where they’re aiming, you get 44 different answers. The elevated basket at the end adds insult to injury. Paige found a great drive and a tunnel putt that looked strong. Missy worked a turnover sidearm approach that landed on the edge of the circle but couldn’t convert the elevated putt. Ella took the wide hyzer route on her approach. Madison pulled out the new MVP Stasis – a gyro mid-range she’s obsessed with. All four settled for par on a hole that somehow still produced 13 birdies field-wide.

Results: All pars

Hole 14 | Par 5 | 900 ft | Headwind, three big shots required

Same as last year – 900 feet where you need to get up and over the bluff. If you make it on top, birdie is gettable. If you don’t, the cliff just gets taller and taller. A straight headwind today made this play much tougher than usual. Missy ripped a neutron Rhythm off the tee – throwing seven-speeds like drivers – but her second shot from the center landed in a tough spot. She had to take a knee and chipped up smartly, settling for par. Ella released a bit early on her drive and found the shul on the left side, but her standstill power got her past the tree line and back into play. Paige trusted her disc on the second shot with a beautiful line along the OB, then crushed a wide-open third shot – one of the few holes all day where she could really open up and send it. She converted the birdie. Madison threw a standing Hex approach, not trying anything crazy, and took a clean par. Only nine birdies on hole 14 today, largely due to the headwind.

Results: Pierce birdie | Gannon par | Hansen par | Walker par

Hole 15 | Par 5 | Long tunnel, player’s choice

One of the coolest disc golf holes anywhere – a long tunnel where you tee off from up high and controlling the nose angle is everything. A player’s choice hole: rip a driver and bite off distance, or throw a mid and chip your way up. The shul on both sides is brutal if you miss. Missy threw a Cicada with a perfect hyzer flip – lots of glide, fighting the turn all the way down dead center. Her approach pushed the OB line on the right but she trusted the disc, and she drained the birdie putt to move to five-under. Ella played it smart with slower speed off the tee, chipped to the middle, then used her wide-open third shot to attack the green from 28 feet – a really well-played hole for par. Madison also chose the conservative mid-range approach – “getting greedy gets you into trouble so fast on this course.” Paige hit early off the tee and was forced into a difficult forehand approach through sawgrass stumps, unable to save the bogey.

Results: Gannon birdie | Hansen par | Walker par | Pierce bogey

Hole 16 | Par 4 | 635 ft | Hardest hole of the day

The hardest hole on the course – played as the most difficult again today, averaging three-quarters of a stroke over par with only three birdies. The left-side gap off the tee is an optical illusion: you think you threw a great shot, but it lands in an awful area. There’s not one good thing to do here, just a thousand bad things. Missy filleted the left gap perfectly but still ended up way right – the deception of this hole. Her approach was about as good as you can ask for, landing just outside circle two, and she drained the long putt for a clutch par save. Madison felt she threw one of the best drives of her career on this hole but still had to work a skipping backhand to get to the corner. Par was a victory. Ella and Paige both struggled off the tee. Paige trickled four inches out of bounds and found dense trouble deep, taking a double bogey. Ella chipped up her fourth shot just outside the bullseye but couldn’t save the bogey. Shoutout to Rebecca Don, Sofia Donnecke, and Holly Finley for getting the only birdies on this beast.

Results: Gannon par | Walker par | Hansen bogey | Pierce double bogey

Hole 17 | Par 3 | 175 ft | New hole, putter shot, pressure birdie

A completely new hole – the old super-difficult par 4 replaced by a straightforward 175-foot putter shot that plays closer to 200. The commentators thought it was a joke in practice: where’s the fancy mando? But the tricky green and the mental challenge of knowing hole 18 is coming keep things interesting. There were only 16 birdies despite the short distance. Paige found her forehand line and converted nicely for birdie – a momentum builder heading into 18. Missy ran it at full send and was a little worried for a second but secured the par. Ella went too soft trying to avoid the drop-off behind the basket and settled for par. Madison flew just over the top of the hill and had to grind out a scary comeback putt for par.

Results: Pierce birdie | Gannon par | Hansen par | Walker par

Hole 18 | Par 5 | 680 ft | The mountain, rain, lightning delay

The iconic finisher – 680 feet down the biggest mountain in Florida. Eagles happen. Triple bogeys happen. And today, a gully-washing rainstorm happened. Taylor Chocek had already eagled this hole several cards ahead before the weather turned. By the time the feature card arrived, it was a straight “upwind” (as Missy called it instead of headwind) coming up the hill with rain pouring down. Missy managed it brilliantly – a perfect drive that had the commentators stunned, then a smart chip-up, and she was laying on the green throwing three for birdie. Ella worked a forehand off the tee and found eagle position, but the rain and puddles made everything treacherous. She ended up going out of bounds and never recovered, taking a heartbreaking double bogey. Madison panicked, slipped, and chucked her drive onto the hill out of bounds. Her drop zone shot thankfully landed on top – with a huge crack of thunder as she threw – and she scrambled for par in a fresh outfit after the delay. Paige also went out of bounds and missed the drop zone shot, stacking penalty strokes in the deluge for a brutal triple bogey. A lightning delay of nearly two hours froze the action, and when they returned, Missy and Madison had short putts while Ella and Paige had to throw cold after sitting in the rain.

Results: Gannon birdie | Walker par | Hansen double bogey | Pierce triple bogey

Back 9 Summary

Missy Gannon was the class of round one – six birdies and just one bogey across 18 holes, keeping her composure even as the conditions deteriorated into chaos on the back nine. Her birdie on 18 in the pouring rain was the exclamation point. Madison Walker ground out a respectable one-over despite playing on the commentary card, with a clutch birdie on 12 and solid course management throughout. Ella Hansen showed flashes of brilliance with her forehand game but gave back strokes on 16 and the rain-soaked 18. Paige Pierce fought early release demons all day but showed fight with birdies on 10, 12, 14, and 17 – unfortunately offset by the disasters on 15, 16, and 18.

At the top of the leaderboard, Lisa Fajkus led the field with a scorching eight-under 59 – the current hot round on the new layout. Rebecca Cox, Ohn Scoggins, Missy Gannon, and Taylor Chocek were all tied for second at six-under. The course played significantly easier than 2025, with the top 20 all finishing under par.

Tomorrow’s lead card: Lisa Fajkus, Rebecca Cox, Ohn Scoggins, and Missy Gannon.