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Gatekeeper MediaAugust 18, 2023

2023 Discraft Great Lakes Open | R1, B9 FEATURE | Proctor, McMahon, Barela, Klein | Gatekeeper

The 2023 Discraft Great Lakes Open | R1, B9 FEATURE | Proctor, McMahon, Barela, Klein | Gatekeeper showcases a thrilling opening round of the Discraft Great Lakes Open, an Elite Series event on the Disc Golf Pro Tour. Nathan Queen and Andrew Fish provide expert analysis as James Proctor and Eagle McMahon take the early lead. The discussion highlights the importance of scoring well on the front nine, with average scores over par on many holes. The commentary also delves into specific strategies, such as navigating tight fairways, mastering hyzer flips, and using power to overcome obstacles like trees and hills. Watch as Kyle Klein expertly lands a flat shot in a tricky position, while Anthony Barella's bonus power is put to the test. This video offers an insider's look at the Discraft Great Lakes Open, providing insights into the techniques and tactics employed by top players like Proctor and McMahon.

Watch Proctor, McMahon, Barela, & Klein compete at the 2023 Discraft Great Lakes Open in this epic round featuring Gatekeeper on a challenging course.

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Video Transcript

foreign welcome back disc golf fans to the Discraft Great Lakes open presented by group six our first playoff event of the year the disc golf pro tour I'm Nathan Queen again joined by Andrew fish yeah this is continuing a very busy month where we have three disc golf pro tour Elite series events and then the World Championships coming up in only a couple weeks a lot of these players using the Great Lakes open as one of their main tune-ups James Proctor and Eagle McMahon out to four down starts Kyle Klein Anthony Barella not far behind and getting the job done on the front nine in my opinion yeah gotta get the birdies on the front nine as the back nine is very difficult to score on she'll see all but one hole I believe average over par that's wild you see the leader of the tournament out to just six down at this point and into hole 10 650 foot Par Four playing closer in the 800 foot range yet again gotta get up to that first big tree on the right to really have an opportunity to go down the right side of this Fairway and get a nice skip up to the basket but you've got a low ceiling along the way as the floor continues to get higher another hole it was new last year had a chance to beat in a little bit Proctor trying to play a hyzer flip down the left side could have used a touch more drift but is still going to land in the Fairway with a chance to get up up and down for a birdie yeah even with that tree he's still got almost to the flat that you need to get to low ceiling and high florists everything continues to climb here Eagle does get the drift but not the height gonna be back in a similar position and I think for somebody with barella's bonus power okay I was gonna say he would just like try to blast it up the hill not the roller go over everything I don't he's in a good spot yeah just crashes into the the tree that we'd all like to land by Klein good flat shot once this catches up with some stability oh yeah he's gonna push up to the same position looks up...

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