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Gatekeeper MediaApril 29, 2023

2023 Jonesboro Open | R1, F9 FEATURE | Lizotte, McBeth, Robinson, Humphries | Gatekeeper Media

The 2023 Jonesboro Open is featured in this video, showcasing the 9th hole of R1 at Disc Golf Pro Tour's event at Disc Site of Heaven. The course, now in its seventh year on the tour, boasts rolling hills, trees, and clean-cut fairways that offer a unique challenge for players. Joining host Andrew Fish are Nathan Queen, Simon Lizotte, Paul McBeth, Isaac Robinson, and Luke Humphries, who discuss their strategies and bag choices ahead of the event. The DGPT standings are also discussed, with Calvin Heinberg leading the pack. The group touches on their approaches to putting, including the use of Anode putters by Simon Lizotte and Paul McBeth. Long shots are discussed, with a focus on mid-ranges like Hex and Pyro, as well as upshots from Simon McBeth's bag. Players share their thoughts on course management and adaptability, particularly in light of Isaac Robinson's recent win at the Champions Cup.

Watch top pros Lizotte, McBeth, Robinson, & Humphries in action at the 2023 Jonesboro Open. Witness thrilling shots on a challenging course.

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Video Transcript

foreign Jonesboro open this is the seventh year that the Jonesborough open has been on the disc golf pro tour at disc site of heaven and that kind of corny pun belies an absolutely incredible property and course I'm Andrew fish joined here by Nathan Queen and it has been on the tour for seven years because of the reliability and the amazing Aesthetics of the course about lots of Rolling Hills lots of trees lots of Clean Cut Fairways and we got a great car to Showcase here Simon Liza Paul Macbeth Isaac Robinson and Luke Humphries and we see the 2023 dgpt standings this is just one in a long series of events this year Calvin heinberg out to a pretty good lead having played lots of events very well but some of those folks on our card well in contention yeah and Simon lizotte checking in to carrying a pretty similar bag putting with the anode gonna see some hex and Pyro mid-ranges some delirium and dimension out here for those long shots getting into Paul mcbeth's bag also putting with the CT swirl Luna is going to be upshotting with some zones and buzzes see the forces in the nukes possibly some zeuses also for the long shots our two Prodigy players on the back are in the bag Isaac Robinson uh coming off a huge Victory last weekend at Champions Cup wildly different course this week he's going to be putting with the pa3s and I imagine we will see D1 and D3 out of him for most of his long shots Luke Humphries putting with the p Model S and you see a number of d3s and d2s maybe not quite the power that these other guys do but plenty of ability to manage the fairways and uh Nathan not a big a lot of room to work with on every single hole Yeah and right off the bat a very wide Fairway to work with here hole one 470 foot Par 3 Massachusetts got plenty of room to flex a shot up there depending on the Wind or uh with the power that most of these guys have as you could just see some straight shots towards it yeah whatever angle you're most comfortable with is how you want to attack hole one and uh this course very challenging when there's a lot...

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