DGPT previews 2026 Swedish Open return to Borås
Silva Saarinen returns to Ymergården as the 990-rated favorite, with Borås set to test Europe’s best on a 718-foot downhill hole and tight wooded lines.
The Swedish Open is back in Borås, and the draw is bigger than another stop on the European swing. The 2026 edition runs June 26-28 at Ymergårdens Discgolfcenter, where the Disc Golf Pro Tour says the event is being held for the fifth time and where one hole, the 718-foot downhill fifth, can still split the field in a single throw.
That matters because Ymergården does not reward one-dimensional golf. The PDGA course directory calls it mainly wooded, well maintained and continuously developed, and the tighter lanes and elevation changes force players to earn every scoring chance. On a course like this, power only helps if it comes with control, and the 2024 results showed how quickly a clean round can become a real separation round when the lines are there. For a European swing still sorting out its pecking order, Borås has become a place where the rankings tend to get stress-tested in public.
Silva Saarinen arrives as the player to beat in the FPO field. She is the highest-rated player in the event at 990, the defending champion, and already a two-time winner at Ymergården after taking the title there in 2023 and 2024. DGPT also notes that her worst finish of the season before Swedish Open is 13th at the European Open, which makes this more than a title defense. It is a reset point for the form line of the most accomplished player in the field. Julia Fors, Eveliina Salonen and Saga Dahlstedt are set to share a featured card with Saarinen, while Henna Blomroos, Amanda Lennartsson, Chandler Reigh and Kristýna Jurčíková anchor another of the top viewing groups.
The setup around the event looks built for live attention. DGPT says coverage will stream on Disc Golf Network, with FPO live broadcasts at 10:30 AM CEST and MPO at 4:00 PM CEST each day. Spectators can choose General Admission, Fairway VIP or Silver VIP passes, and children 10 and under are free with a ticketed adult. Doors open at 7:30 AM.
The tournament’s recent history only sharpens the stakes. The 2024 Swedish Open drew 144 players across MPO and FPO and paid out a combined purse of $61,370, with Saarinen and James Proctor taking the trophies. Proctor’s win was his first DGPT event victory after 13 years as a pro, which is exactly why Borås has more bite than a routine tour date. The DGPT EuroTour, launched in 2024 after the merger of the European Pro Tour and DGPT Europe, was built to produce events like this one, and Ymergården has already shown it can deliver a result that carries beyond Sweden.
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