2025 PDGA Amateur World Championships | FINALB9 | Carroll, Chirkis, Graber, Thompkins | MA1
The 2025 PDGA Amateur World Championships are featured in this final nine segment of MA1 action from the Columbia, Missouri event, sponsored by Disc and Gateway Disports. Commentary duo Derek and Chris discuss the intense competition, where scores can change with each round. The lead card is still up for grabs as players like Micah and R.J. push to take the top spot. The discussion focuses on strategic throws, including fairway hit approaches and forehand rollers. A par-5 936 hole is highlighted, featuring a challenging downhill throw, mature trees, low ceilings, and sand near the green. Players must carefully consider their approach to navigate this tricky shot, with Chris pointing out the importance of staying to the right side of the fairway. The commentary also touches on the skills required for this type of play, including backhand rolling and threading needles through tight spaces. With a high-stakes competition like the PDGA Amateur World Championships, every throw counts, and players must be at the top of their game to succeed.
Watch top players Carroll, Chirkis, Graber, & Thompkins battle for the 2025 PDGA Amateur World Championships MA1 title in this thrilling final round!
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Final nine here folks for MA1 here at the 2025 PDJ AM World Championship in Columbia, Missouri, sponsored by Disc. Thanks to the PDGA for bringing us along for the ride for all of these exciting events all season. And thanks to all of our Patreon supporters as well. Marshall Street is weighing this commentary. So, you got myself, Derek, and Chris on the mic. >> Bring it home. Bringing it home. This is it, man. This is five rounds of us, both men and women. Gateway Disports sponsoring all the coverage. Oo, this has been a crazy round, crazy event and really anyone's game still with people from the chase card making a push actually in the lead. Yeah. So, if you're a score checker, you might be sweating here on the lead card. That's going to bring us into a monster of a hole. Par five 936. First shot you're going to throw down this hill. That really sets up where you're going to be throwing your second shot. If you end up to the left, you can get pinched. You want to stay to the right. Couple different ways to get down there. A lot of mature trees, low ceilings, and a lot of sand near the green. So hard to get a good skip. Kind of just plants right where it right where it drops. Yeah, Micah's didn't seem to flatten out at all. So, it kind of pushed a little further to the left. Quite possibly could be in the mix of both of those fairways there. Oh, that got turned over. >> Yeah, that is >> pretty bad. >> Going to be a pretty tricky spot. And appar Oh, that's unfortunate as well. Butt wide open. So kind of >> pick your poison for >> fairway hit approach. Missed that. Gets through it. Takes a lot of the speed out of it, but finds himself in the middle again. Kind of just playing for par here. Maybe now >> R.J. going to have to go forehand roller. >> Threads the needle early. >> Wow, dude. >> Flexing all the way to the right fairway. >> That's nasty. >> Yeah, that is epic. Micah going to go left side fairway and he backhand roller. >> Stays on the fairway though. Yeah, probably would have been better off just throwing a stock backhand from there. Look...
