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Gatekeeper MediaJanuary 15, 2022

2021 Helsinki Open | RD1, B9 | Anttila, Hänninen, Stenman, Rättyä | ENGLISH COMMENTARY

Watch the 2021 Helsinki Open's back nine action from the Prodigy Disc Pro Tour 2021, where top players face off in a rollercoaster of holes at Anttila Country Club in Finland. Commentary by Mitchell Phillips and Hayden Ricard of the popular podcast "Parked Podcast" provides expert analysis on the game. The duo breaks down Samwell Stenman's impressive -3 score, Samuel Heinen's minus two rounds, and Nicholas Rättyä's struggles with a tough front nine. As they guide viewers through each hole, they share valuable insights into strategy and technique. Specifically, Mitchell focuses on Hole 10, a challenging par-4 with a big uphill transition and tight gap. He advises players to lay up safely, but also highlights the importance of taking risks and playing aggressively when possible.

Watch top pros Anttila, Hänninen & Stenman at the 2021 Helsinki Open. Highlights from RD1, B9 with commentary.

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Video Transcript

what's up everyone and welcome to the first stop of the prodigy disc pro tour 2021 here in helsinki finland this coverage is brought to you by natural born disc golf we appreciate you guys sharing this coverage with us here at gatekeeper media my name is mitch phillips and joining me is my co-host hayden ricard we are the guys of parked podcast let's get into this back nine man how are you i'm doing good i'm excited to see this back nine and what it has in store for these players yeah there was some roller coasters for some of the players and some smooth sailing for others checking our leaderboard here we had samwell stenmon at -3 samuel heinen at minus two nicholas finding himself just under par there towards the end and a kind of a rough roller coaster around here for nico yeah nico ratia is just struggling on the front line i mean two double bogeys to start off with an eagle but then have just the difficulty talk us through hole 10 here let's get it going got a whole 10 par four 584 feet big uphill transition here and i think you're going to want to land in this safe spot and then just play for the gap i mean you can push it as far as you can but i think laying up to that gap is going to give you the best chance at a birdie yeah definitely one of the i will say this lightly easiest greens we've seen so far yeah um but definitely a chance for these players to finally just get a full rip behind a disk you guys see him asking it for to get left that's a good kick down right there he'll be happy with that yeah at only 584 feet with a pretty easy gap off the tee this is birdie or die here at whole time i mean i think this play is more 600 because the elevation but you could see differently but you can see he's a little bit off the gap right there to the left but he should have a get through um to lay it up underneath the basket actually i can see now why heinen was asking for that thing to get left didn't realize how tight that gap is what a smash there that's...

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