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Gatekeeper MediaMarch 15, 2021

2021 Waco Annual Charity Open | FINAL RD, F9 CHASE | Wysocki, Heimburg, Newsom, Buhr | DISC GOLF

The 2021 Waco Annual Charity Open is the final round of front nine coverage from a highly anticipated pro tour event. The conditions are ideal, with no wind out of the south, allowing for a bird's-eye view of how two familiar faces and two up-and-coming players navigate the challenging course. Raven Newsom, a phenomenal player from MVP and the North Carolina area known as "Woods Paradise," teams up with Gannon Burr, the youngest ever thousand-rated player who throws exactly like Will Shoestrike. Ricky Wysocki and Calvin Heimburg start out on hole one, showcasing their skills in the windless conditions. The discussion highlights the impact of the changing wind direction on shot selection, tree placement, and disc choice. Brian Earhart and Nate Perkins provide expert analysis as they dissect each player's strategy, offering insights into the techniques used by Newsom to dominate previous events and Burr's promising start to his career.

Watch Wysocki, Heimburg, Newsom & Buhr in thrilling final round action at the 2021 Waco Annual Charity Open.

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Video Transcript

welcome back disc golf fans this is the final round front nine coverage of the 2021 waco annual charity open presented by prodigy disc i am brian earhart joined here again by nate perkins and we are capping off this wild pro tour event what are the conditions like today nate yeah biggest story today brian is that the wind has died no more wind out of the south the first three holes we are going to play in dead calm conditions and we have two familiar faces and two new up-and-coming players we have raven newsom a phenomenal player from mvp and gannon burr the youngest ever thousand rated player who throws exactly like will shoestrike of old times past a wonderful wonderful card we have today obviously with ricky and calvin and starting out hole number one this changes a bit with the wind being down it sure does yeah it was playing so difficult in the ripping conditions it still those trees right there low and to the right if you hit those those are out of bounds so you're re-teaming pretty much ricky looks like he's lining up wide wide hyzer whoa a lot wider ah that is a tragic mistake it didn't look like it crossed it got so close to that line wow is that a re-key i believe that would be the most comfortable option for him um i think what he was reading is you know when i teed off i felt a similar wind it was actually a slow cross to the left and he was maybe trying to take that into consideration and now calvin is making the adjustment to go straight at it avr x3 oh jeff great job guys a lot of these players we were watching the players before us t and we were watching so many discs hit by the bucket and just take that roll down the hill out of bounds and we've seen raven newsom is a woods player from the north carolina area which is woods paradise for disc golf and raven has been popping off some big finishes at some previous events he just won an a-tier down in texas in victoria the weekend before vegas yeah look how snappy his wrist is on that throw that is such a charlotte-esque throw beautiful straight up the gut shot out in front of...

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