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Round Three 2019 Play It Again Sports Jonesboro Open - Back Nine | Allen, Cox, Blomroos, & Pierce
Join Sarah Holcomb and Page Pierce as they call the shots at the 2019 Play It Again Sports Jonesboro Open presented by Pro Discus on the Back Nine of the final round. The lead card features a strong lineup of Katrina Allen, Paige Pierce, Hannah Bomberger, and Rebekah Cox, all vying for the top spot in the FBO standings. As Sarah Holcomb explains, the back nine is a challenging stretch, with increased wind and cold temperatures making scoring tough. They're currently tied at 16-under par, just a couple strokes behind each other. The group will need to navigate tricky holes like hole 10, which requires a precise balance of power and accuracy, with a sloped green and a pyramid basket behind it. Sarah Holcomb shares her insights on the key techniques required for success on this demanding course, including the importance of controlling power and avoiding over- or under-shooting. With expert commentary and analysis from Sarah and Page Pierce, viewers can gain valuable insight into the strategies and tactics used by top players in the FBO tour.
Watch top players Allen, Cox, Blomroos, & Pierce on the back nine at the 2019 Play It Again Sports Jonesboro Open.
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welcome back everyone to the Jonesboro open presented by pro discus we're out in Jonesboro Arkansas at the disc side of heaven for the back nine of the final round of the lead card for FBO we have Katrina Allen page Pierce Hannah bombers and Rebekah Cox for the final nine action my name is Sarah Holcomb I'm here with page Pierce to call the shots welcome back page thanks good to be here and as you saw in the front nine a lot of things happened you know I I started out pretty good and made up a couple strokes and took the lead by 3 and then Katrina got three back within four holes and we are now tied up again at 16-under with the other two of Rebekah Cox and henna just a couple strokes back so this is the part of the course that gets a little bit harder and the rain starting to go away so the conditions are still tough to score we've got more wind than we've seen and it's really cold out here so starting off with hole 10 360 feet with a late turn to the right to the straight for 320 feet and then it's got a you gotta go right very quickly while still staying in the center with a sloped green behind the pyramid basket making putts really difficult and any misses are sure to roll away absolutely this is I think my favorite hole of the course one of my favorite part threes that we play on tour it's just it's kind of easy but it's so hard anything's very gettable yeah when you're looking at it you're like oh this is so gettable but lightly uphill though so we're Tiger does I playing like 380 it does but the amount of power you have to put behind the shot to get your just to fly that way is you know it requires a full-power shop but then if you overpower it you're down that hill that you spoke of by the basket and so a lot of us are taking some off or accidentally turning it too early and ending up in the woods over there on the right I also have a low ceiling so it's power low power even you don't get to use the distance and gravity to kind of get you up...
