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Gatekeeper MediaFebruary 24, 2022

2021 Kuopio | FPO RD2, F9 LEAD | Salonen, Blomroos, Karppinen, Eskelinen | ENGLISH COMMENTARY

Watch as the top players on the FPO RD2 tour tackle the challenging front nine at Kuopio in 2021. Hayden Ricard and Mitch Phillips bring you expert commentary on a course that requires precision and strategy to navigate its obstacles. Hannah Bloomrose, Yenni Carpinen, and Salonen are among those competing for the lead, with Salonen currently four strokes back and Henna just two strokes behind. Meanwhile, Yanni Eskelinen is in contention too, sitting plus three on the leaderboard. As they face off on the par-four 709-foot hole, Ricard and Phillips analyze the key factors at play, including shot placement, putting, and risk management. With wind and rain potentially affecting play, can Henna make a charge to catch up or will Salonen's lead hold firm?

Watch top FPO players Salonen, Blomroos, Karppinen & Eskelinen battle for lead at Kuopio in round 2, with expert English commentary.

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Video Transcript

pizza hello and welcome to the round two front nine here in columbia finland this is the fourth stop the project disc pro tour brought to you by natural-born disc golfer thank you for sharing this coverage with us here at gatekeeper media and this commentary is brought to you by parked podcast my name is mitch phillips joining me is hayden ricard yeah i'm excited to see round two come in who's gonna push a little bit and maybe throw a fight at evelina because she's four down and no bogies yeah bogey free on this course is incredible just four strokes back hannah bloomrose a little bit off here and there but we can see her continue get that putter going in that kind of edge of circle one range gonna definitely make a charge new face here yenni carpinen had that double bogey early but then played pretty well only two strokes back from henna not too bad at all i mean that is a good score and we have another familiar face is yeni escalinen and she's sitting at plus three just one back from yeni carpenten yeah i was checking with our leaderboard here a lot of players pretty close um definitely gonna be pushing to get on that lead card final day but it's that middle of a pack that you're gonna have a separation of fighting between first and second but also that middle of pack fighting as you know we go to a hole that you gotta fight for it's a whole one yeah par four 709 feet gonna have to push it very far off this tee to be able to attack the green really if you break this one into two 350 foot is shots it's not too bad playing for par here also a good thing because there's so much out of bounds the chance of a roll away chance of fading too much into that sand trap a lot of discs tend to just be pulled there and then you have that kind of mid circle one edge putt but as the wind and hopefully this rain kind of calms down a little bit as we continue into round two we're gonna see how it's gonna play out this basket placement looks to be a destroyer getting hyped up in the background and getting hyped up is that...

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