Eveliina Salonen completes rare FPO career grand slam at European Open

Eveliina Salonen won the 2026 European Open in Tallinn, Estonia by four strokes and completed the FPO career grand slam, finishing a rare run that now places her alongside only Paige Pierce and Kristin Lätt in disc golf history. Salonen’s final round was rated 1031, the kind of closing statement that turned a major title into a legacy marker.

The victory gave Salonen her first European Open title and her fifth PDGA Major championship overall. It also completed the full set of PDGA Majors, adding the European Open to a résumé that already included Pro Worlds, the U.S. Women’s Disc Golf Championships and the Champions Cup. The Disc Golf Pro Tour marked the achievement with photos celebrating the milestone, while the PDGA said the result completed the career grand slam at the Majors.

Salonen’s pace is what makes the accomplishment stand out. She became the third FPO player to complete the career grand slam, and she did it in just a three-season span, a stretch that fits the level of consistency usually reserved for the sport’s all-time elite. Since the start of 2024, Innova said, Salonen has won four Major championships, more than any other FPO player, and the European Open was the most significant of Team Innova’s six FPO wins in the season’s first ten Elite Series and Major events.

The backdrop around the win was just as telling. The PDGA said the 2026 European Open was the first ever held outside Finland, and the tournament will now rotate around Europe, with the 2027 edition set for the Ale Disc Golf Center in Sweden. Salonen’s podium was also a snapshot of the sport’s next wave: Sweden’s 14-year-old Julia Fors finished second and Czech player Kristýna Jurčíková was third. As listed on the PDGA player page, Salonen entered the moment with a 982 rating, 59 career wins, 10 career DGPT Tour victories and career earnings of $225,008.98, numbers that now sit beside a career Grand Slam completed in a compact, three-season burst.