Today was the first day of the 3rd European Deaf Golf Open Championships at the Kytäjä Golf Course in Finland. The course is about 70 kilometres away from Helinski and is voted as the Finland’s fifth best course. The greens are fast and several bunkers are spread out on the fairways and near the greens. This proves to be a challenging course! 54 golfers from 7 countries are participating in the event under three divisions: Men’s Competition (handicap 18.0 or lower), Men’s Stableford, and Ladies’ Stableford.

The top scores are Paul Waring of England with 72 (even par), Hans Elgaard of Dennark with 74, and Andrea Hjellegjerde with 78. Please note Andrea is a lone lady golfer participating in Men’s competition.

Here is the link to the live scoring website. Please select one of the flags on the upper left side for your language preference.

The first hole of the golf course (Photo credit Anders Hillding):

Paul Waring and Hans Elgaard on the green (Photo credit):

Golfers shake hands at the end of their round (Photo credit Anders Hillding):