Finland’s Rising Force
Finland has become a powerhouse in modern disc golf, and twenty-one-year-old Rasmus Saukkoriipi fits right into that new era. He came to the Disc Golf Pro Tour this year for his rookie season with the reputation of being able to send a disc halfway to Mars. He fully confirmed that reputation, but also proved he’s more than just a rocket.
The power part speaks for itself. Rasmus won the 2025 World Championship Long Drive Competition with a 647-foot crush, thrown with a Calvin Heimburg Halo Star Destroyer. He has trained relentlessly to have one of the biggest arms in the game and will be a major contender at every long drive competition he competes in, even against the Gurthies and Wiggins’ of the world. But being raised on European courses, where landing zones are tight and shot placement matters, helped shape a game built on more than power alone. When he needs to, he can attack lines few others would dare. When he doesn’t, he hits his gaps and keeps himself in position to score.
“I just like to go to the field and throw. I did that almost every day for two years.”
— Rasmus Saukkoriipi
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Rasmus finished the year 7th in Circle 1 Hits in Regulation (45.83%), 11th in Parked Percentage (10.65%), and 12th in Circle 2 Hits in Regulation (65.86%) — impressive numbers that point to precision and smart play. And it was that on-course success, backed up by his power, that earned him the 2025 DGPT Rookie of the Year title.
Distance that turns heads, accuracy to back it up, and a Rookie of the Year title to close out the season — Rasmus Saukkoriipi’s trajectory is pointed straight upward.
“I know I have all the tools. I can win every one if my mental game is good… I’m working on that.”
— Rasmus Saukkoriipi
