Kristin Tattar shot the hot round to move up seven spots into second place. Photo: Justin Anderson / PDGA Media

Cold Comfort

Usually, when a player extends their lead moving day, it makes them feel more comfortable, not less.

But Catrina Allen may not be feeling that comfortable after extending her lead to six during Saturday’s moving day round at the 2022 Throw Pink Women’s Disc Golf Championship.

After all, Allen finished 11 shots off her pace from Friday, and Kristin Tattar – the most dominant force in the FPO field all year --  raced up the leaderboard.

Catrina started strong but found trouble on hole 5 – the beach hole – when her C1 putt skipped off the top of the basket and OB for a double bogey. The 2-time PDGA World Champion would keep fighting, however, and regained momentum with a gutsy C2 putt on the elevated basket on hole 14.

“I just felt like I had finally gotten back in my groove after getting the birdie on hole 12 and kind of settled in,” Allen said about the crucial moment. “And I didn’t have any bad thoughts – I just really felt confident. So I trusted that inner thought and went for it.”

Catrina Allen is trying to secure her first win since Idlewild in July. Photo: Justin Anderson / PDGA Media

Tattar, meanwhile, was outclassing the field with the kind of golf that has seen her finish on the podium at every single Elite Series or Major event this year.

With the exception of Paige Shue, who posted an excellent five-under round of her own despite the blustery conditions, Tattar’s six-under was four strokes better than anyone else.

“To be honest, I didn’t change much in my game plan,” the reigning World Champion said. “Everything stayed pretty much the same. My gameplan was already setup for windy conditions – so, I already played with overstable discs anyway.”

Even though a handful of great players like Henna Blomroos (-8), Sarah Hokom (-8) and Ohn Scoggins (-6) loom just behind Tattar, each of them struggled to keep momentum on the back half of the third round – giving the final the feeling of being a two-horse race.

Six strokes is a big gap to close on a player of Catrina Allen’s caliber, but with the wind expected to continue to be a factor on Championship Sunday and her incredible run of success on the sport’s biggest stages, Tattar has to like her chances.

Live coverage of the final round begins Sunday at 9:30am Eastern only on the Disc Golf Network.