2020 Finnish Nationals | FINAL RD, B9 | Anttila, Nieminen, Mäkelä, Hirsimäki | ENGLISH COMMENTARY
Watch the thrilling back nine coverage of the 2020 Finnish National Championships on Natural Born Disc Golf Coverage's channel. Join Brian Earhart and Nate Perkins as they expertly commentate on the final round of this highly anticipated event. The video features a standout performance from Nicholas Anttila, who takes a three-stroke lead into the penultimate hole, holding off Yessi Niemanen by five strokes. With 42-year-old Hirsimäki providing a positive force and making the lead card, the tension is palpable as they navigate the challenging terrain of the course, characterized by elevation changes, varied fairways, and strategically placed basket placements that require precision and finesse to master. Brian Earhart and Nate Perkins share their insights on the unique design elements that set Finnish courses apart from others in the US, where basket placement is deliberately pushed back diagonally to create a distinct playing experience.
Witness the thrilling conclusion of the 2020 Finnish Nationals with Anttila, Nieminen, Mäkelä & Hirsimäki in action with English commentary!
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welcome back disc golf fans this is the back nine coverage of the final round of the 2020 finnish national championships again this is natural born disc golf coverage on gatekeeper media's channel highlighting the beauty of finnish disc golf i'm brian earhart joined here with nate perkins again and this has been such a treat to commentate on absolutely brian well said it has been a treat nicholas antila three strokes over yessi niemanin five strokes over vinyl michela yane hirsimaki such a positive force 42 year old making the lead card final round and really has been teetering on the edge of a fantastic round i believe he's hit three or four putts off the top band in the front nine and really has been throwing some phenomenal shots um this course is a ton of fun too yes lots of elevation lots of beautiful varied terrain stone fairways and we're going to move into the back nine number 10 341 feet subtle drift to the left back to the right we're going to see some slow sidearms and maybe some pop-up uh backhands from these players yeah double mando right off the tee those late trees kind of form a gap at the end they're right outside the circle what sit down did that keep moving forward oh that was kind of a magical flight what a way to get into the circle yeah hit three different uh trees and rolled nicely into a nice stump and he's in circle one and look at this disc just slowly move right oh brian loves it i love it too just the way that they play the game is just a little bit different over here because i think the courses make them do this the basket placements are so deliberate and in the states you know you kind of have an idea of where you think baskets should go on a hole but then in finland they take that basket placement and push it back diagonally 15 feet just to make the hole that much different and make the shape that much different and when i went over there that was the thing about the design that i i really loved and it makes the players do things like this just almost got it to pop over he is going to be about 30 from the basket yes...
