Weather suspends Round 1 at U.S. Women's Disc Golf Championship

Weather stopped Round 1 of the 2026 U.S. Women’s Disc Golf Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday, July 16, and the Disc Golf Pro Tour shifted fans to its next round of coverage on July 17. The tour’s Round 1 video covered the first hour of live FPO action with Nate Perkins, Valarie Jenkins, and Sarah Hokom on commentary, then told viewers Round 1 was just getting started and to watch the rest on DGN Free.

The interruption mattered because the USWDGC is not a normal tour stop. It is a four-round major, and when play is split by weather, the rhythm changes for everyone in the field. Players who opened quickly in the first hour had to sit on that momentum, while anyone chasing early got extra time to reset before the round resumed. The tour’s preview page also linked live scores for the FPO round, giving viewers a way to track the field while conditions kept the competition in flux.

That competitive pressure showed up again by the end of the week, when Eveliina Salonen finished on top at 2026 USWDGC with a 17-under total. Her four rounds, 59, 65, 63 and 60, added up to the title, $8,500 and 300 points. In a major where weather already forced a pause in Round 1, that final card mattered even more: Salonen had to navigate the same stop-start event structure as everyone else and still close with the lowest total in the field.

The tournament’s place in recent major history is part of why the delay drew so much attention. The DGPT archive for the USWDGC points to Hailey King’s 2022 win, Kristin Tattar’s 2023 Grand Slam sweep across all four PDGA majors, and Missy Gannon’s first PDGA Pro Major title at this event. Against that backdrop, a weather suspension was never just a scheduling nuisance. It interrupted a championship that has repeatedly produced defining FPO moments, and it put even more emphasis on the live scores and broadcast handoff that kept the event moving for viewers once play resumed.