2023 Portland Open | R1, B9 FEATURE | Gurthie, Wysocki, Tamm, Semerád | Gatekeeper Media
The 2023 Portland Open presented by Latitude 64 is underway, and Gatekeeper Media brings you exclusive coverage of Round One's MPO feature card. This Elite Plus event marks the seventh stop of the DGPT 2023 season, bringing top players to Glendoveer West, the first course of the tournament. The front nine offers a challenging layout with a unique Mando tree that requires strategic shot selection. Ricky Wysocki and Adam Hammis are currently vying for top spots, with Wysocki holding his ground after a strong opening round. Carter Aaron is also making progress, but needs to overcome his 8-over par scorecard. The course features numerous backhand Flex shots and the use of cut rollers as popular options, particularly among right-handed players. With low ceilings and challenging obstacles throughout, each shot must be carefully planned and executed to navigate the demanding terrain of Glendoveer West.
Watch Gurthie, Wysocki, Tamm, and Semerád in round 1's final hole at the 2023 Portland Open. Top players' intense competition on display!
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foreign welcome back to the 2023 Portland open presented by latitude 64. this is gatekeeper media's coverage of our round one mpo feature card this is the seventh event of the dgpt 2023 season and this is our first Elite plus event Nathan we talked about that a little bit in the front nine uh it's a big deal out here in Portland it is uh Glendoveer West gonna be the first course that we see today we saw the front nine and that plus adds 50 percent uh extra points for your placement this weekend so all these players Vine for some top spots Ricky wysocki has himself in up inside the top ten with a three down on the front nine and at this point in the players round Adam hamis and Carter Aaron's carting their uh eight down overall so that's what we're trying to get to and uh the whole 10 seems like good place to start it does 625 foot par 4 if it were not for this Mando you would have a lot of wide open space on the left but there is an OB line all the way down the right side once you pass that Mando on the right side then you've got a pretty small or one of the more wooded parts of the course to navigate uphill towards this basket the farther right you get it opens it up a bit more gonna be way far back trying to get apart from where yaakov ended up at yeah low ceiling's certainly a theme Here backhand Flex shots for these righty players or cut roller is a pretty popular option more aggressively just a bit too high the Mando tree that you see right there is only about 290 off of the tee but with the low ceiling really makes it seem like it plays a good bit farther yeah unquestionably you're not able to you can go full power through this first Gap but because you don't want to work it all the way to the right in order to test the mando oh wow yeah Ricky is up there he should have a swath of options for his second yeah he was able to get over half of the hole there even with the low sailing and that Albert looks like he's gonna do the same it's a bit...
