2023 Philadelphia Disc Golf Open | R1B9 | Chace, Williams, Heckman, Oberholtzer, Hanson | Gatekeeper
The 2023 Philadelphia Disc Golf Open presented by Gatekeeper Media powered by Dynamic disc takes to the challenging Outback course at Sedgley Woods in Philadelphia's inner city jungles. Hosts Chris German and Derek Skidmore navigate through a colorful and technically demanding layout, discussing strategies for success on this B-tier event. They focus on playing safe and smart golf to stay in contention, with green as the ultimate goal. As rain begins to fall, conditions become more treacherous, particularly on the added Meadow holes not part of the traditional 27-hole layout. The discussion highlights the importance of OB play, and how defending champion Harry brings his expertise to the table. Viewers can expect insightful commentary from Skidmore on the nuances of this complex course, including technique tips for players at the top level, as German expertly guides the conversation through the highs and lows of the first round.
Watch top players in action at the 2023 Philadelphia Disc Golf Open! Chace, Williams, Heckman, Oberholtzer & Hanson take on Gatekeeper course.
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welcome back disc golf fans to the first round of the 2023 Philadelphia Disc Golf Open presented by gatekeeper media powered by Dynamic disc we are here for this B tier event and we are in the jungles in the inner city of Philadelphia on this Outback my name's Chris German we have Derek skull as we saw very challenging course and very colorful Skool cards to start yeah and a lot of gray there in between so part is good here at Sedgley Woods for this layout obviously green is where you want to be but playing Safe and Smart golf will keep you in the mix yes we're going to jump into hole 10 this is the first time we're out into one of the meadow holes as we mentioned in round one it wasn't or in front nine it really wasn't coming down yet but we could see now on the camera that the rain is coming down weather is a factor and this being a two round two a day so two rounds in one day it's tough you got to stay dry and stay clean out there yeah and these Meadow holes are not part of the traditional 27 hole layout here so we do add a few different holes for the event uh I do believe that there is OB on the right kind of right where Nick's going I think he's safe there is Obi long as well but that left side is pretty open yeah Harry are defending champ hitting first available luckily he did kick out into the open should be able to get up and down okay it's that so we can see that OB does come into play pretty quickly there on the back is Bradley another birdie had a couple tough breaks there in the front nine he able to gather a couple birdies here on this Outback SL meta like you called it Harry with the cleanup for his par save yeah I would say this is I mean compared to some of the other holes this is a must get for these guys at this level Chris sneaks it in there there right above the cage gets that green back on his scorecard great bounce back after his double on nine nice high putt there from Brian nice nose down drops right into the basket and...
