2023 MVP Open Presented By OTB | R3, B9 | Callaway, Lizotte, Smith, Anttila | Gatekeeper
Watch as Nathan Queen and Andrew Fish break down the R3, B9 hole of the 2023 MVP Open Presented By OTB at Maple Hill, a critical playoff event in the Disc Golf Pro Tour. The duo examines the challenges posed by the strong winds that affected play on the front nine, particularly on holes like 377 feet where even a good rip shot can struggle to reach the basket. Simon Lizotte's powerful hyzer left-to-right shot is discussed, as well as Ben Callaway's precision drive and Evan Smith's fade into the woods. The analysis also touches on the strategies employed by top players in navigating the high and low ceilings of Maple Hill, with a focus on how to approach shots from challenging mid-fairway positions.
Watch thrilling moments from Round 3 at the 2023 MVP Open's Gatekeeper course, featuring Callaway, Lizotte, Smith & Anttila.
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foreign welcome back disc golf fans to round three back nine coverage of the 2023 MVP open at Maple Hill presented by OTB a disc golf pro tour playoff event sponsored by Barbara saw we saw lots of red a little bit of green on that front nine here on our Chase card lots more to come I'm Nathan Queen again joined by Andrew fish and you are not wrong Nathan even on a calm day Maple Hill gives everyone the opportunity to alternate genius and idiocy let alone in 40 mile an hour gusts pretty wild to watch some of the things that happened in some of the some of the things that it made our players do on that front nine as you see just three under from Aaron Gossage leading the way so far yeah uh everyone's gonna have to take some Humble Pie at some point today whole tin not really a place to start that I don't believe 377 feet got to give it a pretty good rip to even get close to attack this basket with the high winds we might see some lower drives today rather than going up over top of those trees yeah Simon with his power may be able to still throw that big hyzer left to right the most severe component of the Wind on this particular shot Simon indeed does go up and started it inside to try to combat that win but too far inside not really going to make it all that far I kind of feel like at the tee and at the green the wind is strong but the there's not that much in the mid Fairway as Ben Callaway oh threw it too well hit the base of the castle and rolls back into Circle two yeah luckily he does get that right roll though it doesn't roll straight backwards it stays inside Circle too very well executed drive though Evan Smith doesn't quite get his disc up to flat so he is going to Fade Into the Woods probably near Circle two uh sometimes the High floor and low ceiling make a challenging approach from that spot knee class gonna be trying to get back on track here on this back nine gets this up pretty nicely it can stay inside of those trees he's gonna scoot himself up into Circle two...
