2021 The Preserve Championship | RD2, F9 | McMahon, Conrad, Oman, Hannum | GATEKEEPER MEDIA
Join Brian Earhart and Nate Perkins as they provide front nine coverage of Round 2 at The Preserve Championship, presented by Prodigy Discs. Due to air quality concerns on Sunday, players entered this round with a sense of finality, making each shot count in the fight for the win. Eagle McMahon and James Conrad, both highly motivated after their respective tournament performances, are among the top contenders. Paul Oman, now the groundskeeper at The Preserve, joins Brian and Nate to offer insights into the course and its unique challenges. The duo discusses the mental approach of Eagle McMahon, who has shown exceptional focus under pressure, and how it might serve him well on this demanding course. They also examine the recent form of James Conrad, who landed a 900-foot drive at the World Championships, and speculate about his chances in this final round. With The Preserve Championship's unpredictable nature, anything can happen, and Brian and Nate break down each hole, discussing the strategies, techniques, and mental approaches required to succeed on this iconic course.
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hello and welcome disc golf fans to the front nine coverage of round two of the 2021 preserve championships designed by leviska disc golf and presented to you by prodigy discs i'm brian earhart joined here by nate perkins again and round two was kind of strange we were presented with uh some information that the air quality on sunday might be back in the hazardous category unfortunately canceling the tournament so players were going into this round potentially thinking this was their final yes and for the players on the chase card that is really important because they are only four in five back of rick and so they're playing for the win and this is a course where legitimately anything can happen i i think an 18-under can happen on this course but also a 7-under can happen hole number one 708 feet you know this is a hole and a stretch of the course that you have to start out with some birdies it certainly is got ob left no ob right players can just unleash on this first team please welcome from boulder colorado eagle mcmahon and you and i were talking about eagle i guess we talk about eagle quite a bit as an athletic specimen but he is reaching a different wavelength in regards to mentality um we watched him hit a 45-footer to win d-glo with perfect focus and let's just see how he dives into this potentially final round just gets to flat and gets that huge forward skip yeah just hovered on the ground for an extra 150 feet james also obviously riding high having a solid stretch of tournaments ever since that big win at the world championships yeah he landed the first 900. he did didn't he yes he did and if that gets the flat that might get the same skip that eagles got and it did second shot sorry brian that's a new disc for james he's doing a dimension yeah i was going to say one of those big rim drivers that they make and what this is awesome paul omen is a phenomenal human being phenomenal player and he's now i believe the head groundskeeper at the preserve one of kale's longtime friends he is stoked to be here yeah it's a pretty big moment making it the chase card playing his home course with...
