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Gatekeeper MediaMarch 1, 2021

2021 Las Vegas Challenge | RD3, B9 | Gurthie, Calvin, Wysocki, Conrad | DISC GOLF COVERAGE

Watch as the leaders of the 2021 Las Vegas Challenge continue to push their way to the top in a thrilling back nine showdown. Gurthie and Calvin lead the pack, making strong moves on this challenging Factory Course. The front nine showcased Garrett's struggles with putting, while Clint Calvin's solid drives hinted at a frustrating round. As the leaders navigate the tricky back nine, including the infamous hole 10, they'll need to rely on their skills, strategy, and trust in their equipment to come out on top. In this video coverage, Brian Earhart provides expert commentary alongside Nate Perkins, breaking down key moments from James Conrad's approach shot, Clint Calvin's backhand setup, and Garrett's straightforward attack. From the nuances of disc selection to the importance of reading greens, DISC Golf Coverage takes you inside the minds of the top players as they battle for victory in the 2021 Las Vegas Challenge.

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Video Transcript

welcome back everybody to the back nine coverage of round three of the 2021 las vegas challenge presented by innova champion discs brian earhart back here again with nate perkins nate what's going on what's good brian we saw some good disc golf on that front nine james conrad hitting stride six under par looking great garrett struggled a little bit on the putting green good to see clint calvin making it on to some coverage and ricky wysocki a couple bogeys there on the front and you know we saw clint calvin was throwing a lot of solid drives that just you could tell he was frustrated with his putt in the front nine and i'm hoping he can make some adjustments in the back as you can see the leaders of this event calvin and ezra are not slowing down they are still making a push and this factory course we're playing uh has a pretty challenging back nine hole number 10 is super tricky back now yeah hole number 10 is a fast green ob to the right here and it's so hard to get your disc to land softly here it's somewhat blind it's kind of hard to judge the distance kind of hard to tell how far past that tree that the basket really is and james is going to be about 40 away here if you have this distance of sidearm this is a great play oh he needs that to skip and roll man he just started that one out a little too wide clint's also lining up the backhand this backhand gets a little tricky right there that palm is right off the tee and you kind of need to flex it out over the ob water yeah throwing it with turn at the ob so it's a lot of trust in your equipment here yeah that setup is so high i love that we both brought up vino just that that setup chest height with that disc as he's pulling back very mechanical motion very consistent garrett just goes straight at it and the card likes it and i'm sure garrett likes that one as well that's that t-bird yes i i do believe so it looks like a flippy t-bird and there is james finally not hitting metal on one of those long jump putts he's got another long one...

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