Villmann and Tõugjas-Männiste win Pärnu Open titles in Estonia
Mauri Villmann closed with a bogey-free 13-under finish to win at 37-under, and Anneli Tõugjas-Männiste survived a playoff for a home sweep in Pärnu.
Estonia left the Pärnu Open with both trophies, and neither win came on cruise control. Mauri Villmann erased a third-place start with a bogey-free 13-under final round to finish at 37-under, while Anneli Tõugjas-Männiste turned a five-shot deficit into a playoff victory at Jõulumäe Recreational Sports Centre, a result that underlined how much homegrown depth is showing up at the A-Tier level.
Villmann’s charge mattered because he did it against a packed chase group. The 2026 DGPT EuroTour opener, a PDGA-sanctioned Pro/Am A-Tier held June 12-14 in Leina, Pärnumaa, drew 102 MPO players and carried a $17,420 purse. Villmann entered the final round at 24-under, then ripped off a clean 13-under close to beat Jesse Nieminen, Otto Mäkinen and 2023 European champion Dennis Augustsson, who tied for second at 35-under. Augustsson and Mäkinen both posted 9-under final rounds, but a bogey for Augustsson and a double bogey for Mäkinen left the door open. Villmann walked through it, earned $3,200 and picked up his first international victory of the season. Roland Kõur also delivered for Estonia, finishing seventh at 31-under.
The women’s title was just as tense, and just as local in its payoff. Tõugjas-Männiste started the final round in fifth place, five shots behind Elizabete Pēkšēna, then produced the best round of the day at 6-under to climb to 15-under and force a playoff with Sweden’s Julia Fors. She sealed the win with a birdie after Fors carded a bogey, collecting the title and a $1,350 payout. Iida Lehtomäki finished third at 14-under and added one of the day’s sharpest moments with a hole-in-one on the eighth hole. Estonia also crowded the upper end of the board, with Kaidi Allsalu ninth and Keiti Tätte 10th.
That is the part that matters most for Estonia. Pärnu was the first stop of an eight-event EuroTour across five countries, played on a custom layout designed by Kristin and Silver Lätt, with Silver Lätt listed as tournament director. With the European Disc Golf Festival set to begin in Tallinn on June 18, the Pärnu results read like more than a home win. They look like proof that Estonia’s pipeline is getting deeper, and that its best players are starting to handle pressure exactly where it counts.
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