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Kristin Lätt
— Disc golfer —
Kristin Tattar 2023 Portland Open
Lätt throwing a shot in 2023
Personal information
Full nameKristin Lätt (born Kristin Tattar)
Born (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 32)
Pärnu, Estonia
Nationality Estonia
ResidencePärnu
SpouseSilver Lätt
Children1
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)Disc Golf Pro Tour
Professional wins94
Number of wins by tour
Disc Golf Pro Tour19
Best results in major championships
PDGA World ChampionshipsWon: 2022, 2023
USWDGCWon: 2019, 2023
European OpenWon: 2023, 2024
Champion's CupWon: 2023
Achievements and awards
PDGA Europe Female Player
of the Year		2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 [1]
DGPT Female Player of the
Year		2022,[2][3][4] 2023 [5]

Kristin Lätt (née Tattar, born 3 July 1992 in Pärnu)[6] is an Estonian professional disc golfer [7] and former competitive cross-country skier.[8] In 2022 she became the female disc golf world champion[9] for the first time. Lätt is the only female disc golfer in history to achieve a PDGA rating of 1000 or better (which happened in 2024),[10] and is widely considered one of the greatest disc golfers in the history of the sport.

Biography

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Kristin Lätt graduated from the Otepää branch of the Audentes Sports School in 2011. After high school she went to Tartu and began studies at The Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu.[11]

She is a former member of the Estonian youth ski team and a two-time Estonian skiing champion as a youth.[12] In 2011, Lätt gave up skiing due to ill health and started looking for new challenges.[12] Three years later at age 22, she found disc golf and became a professional a year later. In November 2017 she, together with husband Silver Lätt, co-founded DG Academy, where both are coaches. DG Academy offers disc golf instruction, as well as weekly training sessions.[13] They also work with course design and organization of various disc golf events and competitions. Since 2018, Lätt has been fully committed to a career in disc golf, both as a competitor and representative, and through the company she co-founded with her husband.[8] In 2021, her representative disc golf manufacturing company, Latitude 64° of Sweden signed her to a contract valued at up to $500,000 USD for 4 years.[8]

Disc golf career

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Lätt has been a member of the PDGA since 2015 and has competed in a large number of tournaments in Estonia, Europe, and the USA during the time. According to the PDGA she has won more than one half of the events she has entered.[7]

In 2024, Lätt became the first female player to achieve a 1000 PDGA rating.[14]

Lätt showed the potential for disc golf success from the very beginning. In 2014 she took part in the Estonian championship for the first time and won first place and a gold medal.[11] From then on she won just about every title there is to be won in Estonia, including becoming a six-time women's champion and a three-time doubles champion.[7]

2018 Season and First Tour in The United States

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In 2018 she embarked on her first tour of the US, which represents the world's best disc golfers (the Disc Golf Pro Tour), for part of the season. She participated in the Delaware Disc Golf Challenge and the US Women's Disc Golf Championship, finishing 2nd and 4th respectively.[15][16]

2019 Season and Second Tour in The United States

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In 2019, Lätt decided to compete in even more events in North America, having her most successful year to up until that time. During her tour she won first place in the Canadian Open,[17] and also won the US Women's Disc Golf Championship.[18] The latter win qualified her to compete against the men in the US Disc Golf Championship later that year. She was the first European to win the US Women's title.[19]

2020 Season

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lätt was relegated to only being able to compete in Europe. During this season she competed in 7 events, winning 5 and placing 2nd in the other two.[20]

2021 Season – All Top Five Finishes

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The 2021 World Championships were scheduled to be held in Ogden, Utah in June. In order to travel to the United States due to US requirements related to the COVID pandemic, Europeans needed to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days outside the Schengen area of Europe before they could receive appropriate travel visas. For Lätt and other Estonians wishing to make it for the World Championships, this meant a minimum two week-stay in Croatia, away from family, before getting the opportunity to fly without restrictions to New York City and then on to Salt Lake City and Ogden. She arrived just four days before the competition was to begin and on her first practice day for what was, in essence, her first big tournament of the year (Worlds), she became ill on the course due to a combination of travel fatigue (possibly jet lag) and unusually high temperatures in Utah for that time of year.[21] Given the circumstances she played reasonable well, placing 5th at the World Championships. She then remained in North America for a 5 additional events tournament stretch, finishing 3rd at the Des Moines Challenge and winning the four other events – Clash at the Canyons V, Discraft's CCR Open, Discraft's Great Lakes Open (aka DGLO), and The Preserve Championships.[22] With an exciting signature win over 5-time World Champion Paige Pierce at DGLO,[23] Lätt became one of the professional women favorites for every tournament she entered from that point forward.

2022 Season – World Champion

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The 2022 season proved her most successful to date. She joined the Disc Golf Pro Tour full time beginning in February. From her first event she built upon the previous season's 6 straight top 5 finishes (among National Tour, Elite Series, Silver Series or Major level events). In her first 8 events she finished no lower than 3rd place, winning the Memorial Championships, the Jonesboro Open, and the Dynamic Discs Open.[24] An elbow injury sidelined Lätt for the middle part of the season, causing her to return to Estonia and nurse her elbow back to health. She even was not able to compete in the two events where the DGPT moved into Europe for the first time, the PCS Sula Open in Norway and the European Open in Finland.[25] She returned to the US for the Ledgestone Open, finishing 3rd. She followed with a win at Des Moines before prepping for the World Championships.[24] Lätt had the likely best tournament of her career at the World Championships, scoring three of her four highest-rated career rounds to date during the 5-round event, which she ultimately won in commanding fashion by 8 strokes.[26] By doing so, Lätt became the first mother, the first Estonian, and only the second European to win the title.[9] She then continued her streak of podium finishes through 5 more events, winning at the Butler County Classic, the Green Mountain Championships, and the Disc Golf Pro Tour Championships.[24] With her win at the DGPT Tour Championships, Lätt became the first pro disc golfer, man or woman, to have a yearly tournament winnings total over $100,000 USD.[27]

2023 Season -- back-to-back World Champion, the Grand Slam, and pursuit of more records

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Lätt began the 2023 pro season winning her first event at the Waco Annual Charity Open, coming back from 4 strokes down with 3 holes to play to win by 1 with a 30-foot wind putt on the final hole.[28][29] Her historic streak of podium finishes ended at the Open at Austin on March 19, when she placed 5th following a tough final round.[30] Her string of finishing no lower than 3rd place totaled 19 consecutive of the top tier tournaments from July 2021 through March 2023.[22][24][31] She then went on to win three of her next five events, pro tour wins at the Music City Open and Blue Ridge Championship,[31] and her second straight major win (third overall) at the PDGA Champions Cup.[32] She finished 6th in her next event before returning to Europe for an extended break at the end of April.

Lätt returned to play in the US in June, winning 3 of her next 5 pro tour events – Portland Open, Zoo Town Open, and Des Moines Challenge[31] – before the pro tour headed to Europe. There, she won the PCS Open in Norway; the European Open in Finland, her second major of the year; and the European Championships in her home country of Estonia.[31] She returned to the US for the opportunity to defend her title as the World Championships were held in Jeffersonville, Vermont. At the Worlds, she was dominant getting out to a big lead by shooting the best round of the tournament field the first two rounds.[33] In a wire-to wire win, she led each round of the World Championships by no fewer than 4 strokes and won the tournament by 6. With that win Lätt became only the tenth woman ever with multiple World Championship titles, the first to successfully defend a World Championship title since Valarie Jenkins 2007-2009, the first woman to capture the first three majors of the year, and only the third woman to win four majors in a row, the first in more than 20 years. [34][31] In mid-September, Lätt became the highest rated female player of all-time achieving a 999 rating, eclipsing Paige Pierce's mark of 996 set in 2021.[35] At the US Women's Championships in September she became the first female pro open disc golfer to win the Grand Slam of all Major Tournaments in the same calendar year, winning by 3 strokes.[36] This win was also her fifth consecutive Major win (going back to the 2022 Worlds), making her the first woman ever to accomplish 5 in a row.[37] Throughout the 2023 singles season, Lätt won 12 of her 19 singles events on the year, placing 2nd four times, and once in 4th, once 5th, and once 6th.[31]

2024 Season -- First woman to reach 1000 rating

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Lätt began her first tour of the US in 2024 with a win at the DGPT Waco Annual Charity Open, and later in the season posted wins at the DGPT Play it Again Sports Open in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the Persimmon Ridge Retreat in Grenbrier, and the Music City Open in Nashville.[38] At the regular PDGA ratings update on May 14th, Kristin Lätt became the first female to reach the 1000 rating.[14]

2024 was another successful season for Lätt. She competed in 18 FPO singles events winning 8, finishing second 5 times, and third 2 times.[38] One key win was her seventh major title at the European Open, where she smashed the record for largest final day comeback at a major. Entering the final day in third place and 7 strokes out of first, Lätt erased the deficit by hole 10, and then held on to win by 1.[39] Lätt's other wins came at the Krokhol Open, Green Mountain Championships, and her first Throw Pink Women's Disc Golf Championship.[38]

Career Achievements

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Major results timeline

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Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
European Open 6 5 1 1
US Women's Disc Golf Championships 7 4 1 1 6
PDGA World Championships 8 6 5 1 1 3
Other majors – 4 – 2 1 5
  Win
  Top 3 finish
  Top 10 finish
  Did not participate
  Tournament not held

Recognitions

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In 2018, 2019, and 2021 the European Disc Golf Association chose her as the best female disc golfer of the year.[1] In 2022 she was named the Disc Golf Pro Tour's Female Player of the Year, with a unanimous vote of the media,[2] a feat she repeated in 2023.[5]

Sponsorship

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Lätt has been a member of Team 64°, sponsored by Swedish disc golf equipment company Latitude 64° since she turned pro in 2014.[40][41] She throws discs from Latitude 64, along with companion manufacturers Westside Discs and Dynamic Discs.[42]

Personal

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In August 2024, she announced on Instagram that she and her long-time partner, Silver Lätt, had married. [43]

References

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  1. ^ a b "PDGA Europe Players of the Year". 30 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Eisenhood, C. (11 November 2022). "Wysocki, Tattar Win DGPT Player of the Year Awards; Buhr, V. Mandujano Most Improved". Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "DGPT Announces 2022 End of Season Awards Winners". 10 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ Whyte, A., ed. (11 November 2022). "Estonian Kristin Tattar named US Disc Golf Pro Tour player of the year". Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b Quargnenti, N. (8 December 2023). "Kristin Tattar named 2023 Elaine King Player of the Year". Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Kristin Tattar, Eurosport Player Profile". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Kristin Tattar, PDGA #73986". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b c Williamson, A. (26 April 2022). "Kristin Tattar: Disc Golf Background and Career So Far". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b Rothstein, M. (3 September 2022). "Tattar Makes History in Emporia". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  10. ^ Eisenhood, Charlie (14 May 2024). "Kristin Tattar Becomes First Woman to Reach 1000 PDGA Rating". Ultiworld Disc Golf. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b Roosna, M. (30 September 2019). "An inspiring success story of a disc golfer; From zero to best in the world in four years". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  12. ^ a b Tomberg, J. (29 September 2019). "Health ended her career, but years later she became top in her field. How did this happen?". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  13. ^ "DG Academy". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  14. ^ a b Eisenhood, Charlie (14 May 2024). "Kristin Tattar Becomes First Woman to Reach 1000 PDGA Rating". Ultiworld Disc Golf.
  15. ^ "PDGA Results 2018 Delaware Disc Golf Challenge". 16 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  16. ^ "PDGA Results 2018 US Women's Disc Golf Championships". 23 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  17. ^ "PDGA Results 2019 Canadian National Disc Golf Championships". 8 September 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  18. ^ "PDGA Results 2019 US Women's Disc Golf Championships". 22 September 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  19. ^ Eisenhood, C. (23 September 2019). "Tattar wins 2019 US Women's Disc Golf Championship, Her First Ever Major". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  20. ^ "Kristin Tattar, PDGA 2020 Statistics". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  21. ^ Wineka, B. (17 June 2019). "International Players Prepare for a Less Global World Championship". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Kristin Tattar, PDGA 2021 Statistics". Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  23. ^ Ultiworld (22 February 2022). "2021 Women's Performance of the Year: Kristin Tattar's Final Round at DGLO". Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  24. ^ a b c d "Kristin Tattar, PDGA 2022 Statistics". Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  25. ^ "The Disc Golf Pro Tour Announces 2022 Schedule". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  26. ^ "PDGA Results 2022 PDGA World Championships". 3 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  27. ^ Henry, H. (17 October 2022). "Tattar, Wysocki Close Season on Top". Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  28. ^ "Prodigy presents WACO". 12 March 2023.
  29. ^ Flett, K. (14 March 2023). "Tattar is Back, Ella's Courage, Klein Gets His Second Win: Texas Swing, Pt. 1".
  30. ^ "DGPT - The Open at Austin presented by Lone Star Disc". 19 March 2023.
  31. ^ a b c d e f "Kristin Tattar, PDGA 2023 Statistics". Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  32. ^ "PDGA Champion's Cup Presented by Bushnell". 23 April 2023.
  33. ^ Sanchez, T. (31 August 2023). "A Run Through Fox Meadows".
  34. ^ Sanchez, T. (4 September 2023). "Title Defended: 2023 PDGA Pro Worlds Final FPO Recap".
  35. ^ Eisenhood, C. (12 September 2023). "Kristin Tattar Becomes the Highest Rated Female Player of All-time".
  36. ^ "Discraft Presents: 2023 US Women's Disc Golf Championships". 24 September 2023.
  37. ^ Westall, J. (21 September 2023). "2023 US Womens Disc Golf Championships Preview:Tattar Chasing Grand Slam".
  38. ^ a b c "Kristin Tattar, PDGA 2024 Statistics". Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  39. ^ Kingsley, F. (22 July 2024). "European Open 2024: Buhr Outduels Wysocki, Tattar Makes Record-Setting Comeback". Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  40. ^ "Tattar on Board for 3 More Years". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  41. ^ "Team Latitude 64°". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  42. ^ Fastborg, Jonathan (22 May 2022). "Kristin Tattar's Really Good In The BAG Video" (video). youtube.com. Latitude 64. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  43. ^ Lätt, K. "The best drive of my life". Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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