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With 31 Disc Golf Pro Tour and PDGA Major podiums, as well as 8 wins, Team Innova ‘ROC’ed the 2024 season. Eveliina Salonen brought home the most important title of them all, winning the 2024 PDGA Pro World Championship. Ohn Scoggins shot the highest FPO event rating in PDGA history. Calvin Heimburg secured two back-to-back wins on Tour. The Team earned 18 Age-Protected Major titles, had athletes cross historic milestones in terms of win count, and saw breakout performances from juniors and rookies.
Top Innova Storylines from 2024
Eveliina Salonen’s Best Season Yet
Eveliina Salonen led the charge for Team Innova in 2024, earning two Major titles, two DGPT victories, the Finnish National title, and six DGPT & Major podiums.
It all started at the Pro Tour season opener, the 2024 Chess.com Invitational, where Eveliina ended a 4-year win drought. She set a course record in the final round and overcame a two-stroke deficit, ultimately winning by a margin of 5.
From there, Eveliina didn’t look back. She won the second PDGA Major of her career at the 2024 Champions Cup, joined on the podium by teammates Henna Blomroos and Ohn Scoggins. Just weeks later, she earned a Pro Tour win overseas at the 2024 Copenhagen Open.
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At this point, Eveliina was already having the best season of her career, but she wasn’t finished yet. Eveliina rounded out her sensational year by achieving a goal she had since she was a little girl, winning the PDGA Pro World Championship.
Salonen Wins the 2024 PDGA Pro World Championship
In late August in Lynchburg Virginia, Innova Star Team Member Eveliina Salonen earned the title that secures her place as one of disc golf’s all-time greats. She won the 2024 PDGA Pro World Championship, after five rounds at two of the hardest courses we’ve seen. She became the first Finnish player to win Worlds, coming from a country that has one of the most enthusiastic, committed disc golf communities anywhere. Eveliina led the event Strokes Gained Tee to Green with a staggering 41.44 strokes gained. To put that into perspective, 2nd place in the same stat came in at 28.14.
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Scoggins Shoots Highest FPO Event Rating in PDGA History
Ohn Scoggins made disc golf history at the 2024 Open at Austin, setting the new record for the highest FPO event rating at a PDGA tournament. She won by 11 strokes, the largest margin of victory at an Elite event of the past three seasons. Ohn averaged 1029-rated through three rounds. Her -13 in the second round is tied for the 5th highest single round rating in so that it is unique, without replacing any of the technical terms.
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