2026 Jonesboro Open | FPO R1F9 | Saarinen, Handley, Mertsch, Laine | Jomez Disc Golf
The 2026 Jonesboro Open is back on tour after a two-year hiatus, and Addison Walker and Erikica Stinchcom are hosting this event presented by Westside Discs at Play It Again Sports in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The course features a unique redesign of hole one, which has been changed from its previous layout seven years ago to now be a par-three with mandatory relief areas on either side. Silvas Sarin is expected to excel on the throwers' course, having thrown well in round four at the Champions Cup earlier this year. The event takes place in windy conditions, with sustained winds of around 20mph affecting play. Walker and Stinchcom provide commentary on the challenging layout, wind patterns, and player strategies, including Silvas Sarin's powerful throws and Katie's attempts to tackle the course from different angles.
Watch top women play Round 1, Feature 9 of the Jonesboro Open. Saarinen, Handley, Mertsch, and Laine showcase their skills on challenging holes, courtesy of Jomez Pro's exclusive disc golf coverage.
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Hello and welcome to the 2026 Play It Again Sports Jonesboro Open round one of three presented by Westside Discs. We haven't been here in a couple years. Good to be back in Arkansas. I'm Addison Walker. >> I'm Erikica Stinchcom. We're the two hot geese. Honk. They gave us sound effects. I can't believe they're letting us do this. This is probably a one time thing. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, enjoy it. >> Um, yeah, we took a year hiatus. Okay. And, uh, we are back. Hole one is the same as it was 2 years ago, but it's kind of a redesign from the other, I believe, seven years we've played out here. Um, seven, >> I think. So, this is its ninth year on tour. So, it's the same hole, but it's now a par three. They cleared out the middle. The red area you see is mandatory relief. So there's no stroke penalty, but there's OB to either side. So it's a bit strange. Never really seen a layout like this. We are not going to see a lot of twos out here. But that does incentivize you to go across on your first shot. Silvas Sarin so far this year throwing the disc really well. She looked unstoppable in round four at Champions Cup in some tight woods. Jonesboro is going to be a breeze for her. >> Yeah, this is definitely a throwers course. >> Pun intended with breeze. There was some wind out there today. >> You can see us starting out with a right to left crosswind on hole one. >> Yeah, honestly the way the hills are and how windy it was, it was at least sustained 20. So that's I believe fine. She'll just have to take it back. No penalty. Um, it's kind of hard to call the wind because it just is smashing into these hills and changing. The amount of times where I like dropped grass right to left, 3 seconds later, left to right, next second it's just a tornado of grass. So, we're just going to say there's lots of wind. Cat really >> bailing left on that one. >> And that was still safe, right? >> Yeah, she's across. Just going to be a weird hiser. Katie trying to go big here. Get putting a little too much turn, but she gets through it....
