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Gatekeeper MediaAugust 4, 2022

2022 Discraft's Great Lakes Open Recap (New Hosts) | IN THE MIX PODCAST | EP11

The 2022 Discraft's Great Lakes Open Recap is a special episode of IN THE MIX PODCAST, where hosts Nick Hanson and Isaac Goldblatt share their experience at the 40th annual event held in beautiful Milford, Michigan. This season opener marks a new era for the Pro Tour, with fresh faces taking center stage. Nick and Isaac provide an in-depth look at the challenging course design, featuring rolling hills, significant elevation change, and variable wind conditions. They discuss how these factors will test even the most skilled players, making this one of the hardest courses on the tour. The hosts share their insights into the event's unique characteristics, including the use of toboggan hills that offer both uphill and downhill holes in a constant rotation. With its stunning natural setting and demanding course layout, the Great Lakes Open is an exciting event to watch and discuss.

Watch highlights from the Great Lakes Open with our new hosts, breaking down the action and sharing insider insights.

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Video Transcript

hello folks and welcome to gatekeeper media's in the mix my name is nick hanson and alongside me is my co-host how you doing today doing pretty well i'm isaac goldblatt and i am gatekeeper media's catch cam glad to be alongside you nick perfect this is in the mix and this is going to be some fresh new faces for you for the rest of the season so i hope you enjoyed like and subscribe if you haven't already but we are here at the 40th annual discraft great lakes open and i'm very excited about this event it's one of my favorites all year how about you uh being out here in milford michigan having all the folks bring us in it's looking beautiful the weather is amazing all the nature it's pretty great to be out here yeah these courses are really set in a great park and you're going to see that showcase today we have rolling hills the course is very long and the wind can always be a factor here in milford michigan would you say isaac for sure these hills definitely are rolling bringing in different elevation the weather will bring in plenty of wind these these hills are actually toboggan hills where in the winter kids can go sledding so the elevation is matched for great hills yeah so you can imagine how much elevation change is going to be knowing that this is on a toboggan hill um holes are going to be significantly uphill they're going to be significantly downhill and it's going to be a good mix of when you're going up and down throughout the course i would say um where it's not just all uphill holes in a row followed by a couple downhill holes definitely not it's almost back and forth every other hole i'd say one is downhill two is uphill three is downhill four is a little mixed but it literally does not stop back and forth the elevation is throughout yeah and i would say this is one of the hardest courses on the pro tour just because of you know what's physically demanded of you in three rounds here in michigan i would say the one thing that was good this week though is the weather was actually pretty good for this time of year won't you say i feel blessed compared...

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