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Gatekeeper MediaAugust 21, 2022

2022 TruBank Des Moines Challenge | RD2, F9 | Lizotte, Anttila, Callaway, Fish | Gatekeeper

The 2022 TruBank Des Moines Challenge is a highlight reel from Gatekeeper Media, featuring coverage of the tournament at Picker Park in Iowa. Dusty Murray and Nathan Queen provide virtual commentary on the event, discussing the unique weather conditions that affected play, including lightning delays and strong winds. Dusty Murray explains Simon Lizotte's strategy, focusing on his putter as P1, with a strong emphasis on the PD2 for distance shots. Meanwhile, Nicholas Anttila opts for the Roadstones putter. Ben Callaway employs a similar approach, relying heavily on the Onyx and Force drivers. The commentary also highlights the techniques used by Andrew Fisher, who favors the Comet and Thrasher discs for up shots and the Force driver for long-range shots. With seven cards playing nearly two full rounds, this video provides an insightful look at the strategies employed by top disc golfers in challenging conditions.

Watch epic moments from Round 2, F9 of the 2022 TruBank Des Moines Challenge featuring Paul Lizotte, Anttila & more. Top players clash in Iowa.

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Video Transcript

hey folks and welcome back here to gatekeeper media as we continue bringing you coverage of the 2022 des moines challenge out in iowa at picker park we thank you all for tuning in a special thank you of course goes out to our patreon supporters who helped make all of this coverage possible once again here in the virtual commentary booth it's going to be myself dusty murray with nathan queen how's it going sir well and it seems like per usual the midwest is offering us some strange weather to go along with our tournament so we're gonna be looking at the exact same card today since we had a lightning delay yesterday and a lot of cards are having to play two round almost two full rounds today yeah actually like seven cards still had to play two four rounds today and there was multiple cards that were at various stages of finishing off round one had to complete that and then come into round two so yeah i got the same card we are going to have simon lizotte's bag up first here putting with the p2 definitely seeing him throw the pd a lot today that uh very nicely died one that everyone knows and loves now also could see some dd3s i imagine out here maybe some pd2s if it gets windy and nicholas onto his bag p1 is going to be his putter he throws those tactics and logics for his up shots don't lean on the md3s for his mid-ranges and then the pd's and dd-3s gonna be his big distance shots and we get the ben callaway putting with the roadstones for approaches i'm sure we're going to see the onyx a good bit and then the force is kind of his main distance driver though we will see him throw the nuke as well for distance and then getting into andrew fisher's bag puts with the roach really leans on his comet a lot for his up shots likes to throw the thrasher and really leans on that force for his big distant shots straight into hole one plane as the hardest hole on the course today with a pretty ripping headwind for the majority of the day tough to get that 415 420 feet that you really want to approach this green so i imagine we're going to see...

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