Buhr ties European Open lead with clutch birdie on hole 17
Buhr’s hole 17 C2 birdie tied the lead and flipped the pressure at Tallinn, where the defending champion is again hunting a major title.
Gannon Buhr did more than save a birdie on hole 17. In round two of the 2026 PDGA European Open, he dropped a clutch C2 putt to tie the lead and turn the tournament’s emotional balance on its head at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.
That is the kind of shot that changes how a leaderboard feels. One make from circle 2 does not just add a stroke to the card. It changes strategy for the players ahead, reminds the chasers that Buhr is willing to take on the hardest putts, and puts every clean look from here on out under a little more heat.
The timing made it matter even more. The European Open runs June 18-21 in Tallinn, Estonia, and the Disc Golf Pro Tour has framed it as the second PDGA Pro Major of the year. The event also returned to Tallinn after the 2025 European Disc Golf Festival used the same Song Festival Grounds venue, giving every late-round swing a bigger feel in a venue that has already become central to the top of the European schedule.
Buhr arrived with the profile of a player who should be making those shots. The PDGA lists the Urbandale, Iowa, star at a 1062 rating as of June 9, along with 192 career events, 59 wins, and $657,902 in earnings. He is also the defending European Open champion, and that matters because he already proved he could close here. In 2024, Buhr won the event and claimed his second PDGA Major title while holding off a crowded chase that included Paul McBeth and Ricky Wysocki.
That resume helps explain why the hole 17 birdie felt like more than a tie. Buhr is not waiting for the tournament to come to him. He is attacking the moments that can break a field apart, and at a venue where pressure builds fast, that edge travels.
Coverage of the round has been centered on the PDGA event page and Disc Golf Network’s live and replay broadcasts, with the lead still tight as the European Open moved deeper into the weekend. If the battle stays close, Buhr’s putt on 17 may be remembered as the shot that told everyone else he was ready to force the issue.
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