Missy Gannon smiles at the Throw Pink Women's Disc Golf Championship. Photo: Kevin Huver / PDGA
In a year that includes her first PDGA Elite Series win and a constant presence near the top of the leaderboard, Missy Gannon is gaining confidence.
Fast.
With an even keel approach and her trademark putting, Gannon used that confidence in full force this week on one of disc golf’s most hallowed grounds to take down the title in a loaded field at the Throw Pink Women’s Disc Golf Championship in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
In the end, Missy Gannon emerged from the chaos with a one-stroke lead over Hailey King and Valerie Mandujano, the lone player left on the lead card from Friday, heading to Championship Saturday.
Pierce had a five-stroke lead after the first 18. On Thursday, it shrank to two strokes, grew to nine and settled right back at five stokes heading into moving day.
That could be a scary thing for the rest of the field at the Winthrop Arena.
“Not only no OBs and no hazards either – there wasn’t a time where I had to take an OB stroke,” Pierce said. “It felt great. My drives felt like I was in control today.
“I’ve been talking with a sports psychologist and one of the things he told me is that the things I can control, I need to be thinking about those things.”
Despite a soggy Saturday Morning in Rock Hill, S.C., a strong showing of 25 ladies shrugged off the rain to take part in the 2015 Throw Pink Event at Fewell Park in Rock Hill, S.C.
The all-female event began last year and is designed to be a relaxing, comfortable way for women and girls to get a first crack at disc golf, all while helping put an end to breast cancer via Throw Pink.
After a successful inaugural event last year, Throw Pink returns to Rock Hill, S.C., where women and girls can learn disc golf while helping put an end to breast cancer.
