2023 PDGA Champions Cup | R3, B9 | McMahon, Ford, Lizotte, Barela | Gatekeeper Media
The 2023 PDGA Champions Cup is live at the International Disc Golf Center at Wildwood Park in Augusta, Georgia, featuring a thrilling MPO Chase card on the third back nine of the four-round event. Andrew Fish and Nathan Queen break down the action as the players navigate the challenging course. Eagle McMahon takes an early lead with a hot start through the front nine, but Isaac Robinson and Nicholas Antila are hot on his heels. The duo discusses how Ford's mid-range approach is a smart way to play it safe and avoid taking unnecessary risks. They also touch on the importance of finding opportunities rather than scrambling from difficult positions. Meanwhile, Varela and others share their strategies for tackling the course's middle section, where a well-placed shot can make all the difference in maintaining momentum throughout the round.
Watch elite players McMahon, Ford, Lizotte, and Barela compete in the high-stakes 2023 PDGA Champions Cup.
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foreign welcome back to the 2023 Champions Cup this is at the international Disc Golf Center at Wildwood Park near Augusta Georgia and this is the mpo Chase card around three back nine I'm Andrew fish joined here by Nathan Queen I'm happy to be here with you at the first major of the year it's been an exciting ride so far through the first two and a half rounds we are on the way through the back nine of moving day a four round event with no cut line on this one so everybody has an opportunity to play again on the final day yeah in theory still in contention for the win I guess we see uh Eagle McMahon off to a hot start in that front nine and that puts him into the top three Isaac Robinson and Nicholas antila doing very well for themselves and a bunch of uh contenders from some deeper cards out there hole 10 606 feet R4 this is going to be a right turning shot forehand and backhand both in play off the tee you could bite off quite a bit on this to shorten the second shot and I wouldn't be surprised if some of our players do that but playing more Station to Station with a mid-range or putter still viable Ford gonna throw a Mustang backhand mid-range I think that mid-range is a really good way to keep you from going off too far to the right which you can do you know overturn it a bit too much getting aggressive yeah I think a lot of this middle section of the course is about giving yourself opportunities you don't want to have to scramble from jail it's better to be short in the Fairway with a mid Varela seems to think so also and with his power that still has a lot of distance potential hugging the right side to Fairway yeah it looks like it should end up in a nice spot slime rolls out playing that backhand and I wanted to see where that was going does find some high stuff you see the frustration from Simon a little bit of disbelief bit disappointed in that one it looked like it was going to be it definitely had some more speed on it just a bit too high though ego looks like he might be...
