2019 Mid America Open | Final RD, F9, MPO | Keith, Johnson, Freeman, Rathbun
Watch the final round of the 2019 Mid America Open presented by Discraft, featuring a thrilling matchup between top players. The front nine of this crucial round saw Zach Johnson and Joel Freeman tie for the lead card alongside Gavin Rathbun, with Emerson Keith's impressive play earlier in the tournament contributing to the intensity. As one of the locals at the course, Zach Johnson is well-versed on its unique challenges, including the demanding 833-foot hole 1, which requires precision over water and tree obstacles. The players' strategies, equipment choices (such as Zach's recent switch back to his Eva driver), and course maintenance efforts are on full display in this compelling broadcast. Disc Golf Pro Tour stats provide valuable insights into the competitors' performances, while commentary from Brian Earhart and Nate Perkins offers expert analysis and behind-the-scenes tidbits about the players and the event.
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hello everybody and welcome back to the round three coverage of the 2019 Mid America open presented by disc craft the world leader in disc sports this is the front nine of this final round I'm Brian Earhart again joined here by Nate Perkins how's going buddy and it's going great great Brian it's been an absolute pleasure to commentate on this video with you thank you to you disc live for providing us with stats thank you to disk craft for sponsoring the event and thank you to gk pro for making it out here yesterday we saw emerson keith light up the course and Zach Johnson also had a fire round also tying the course record and bumping himself up onto the lead card along with Joel Freeman and Gavin Rathbun once again yeah it's great to see Zach on this lead card he is actually one of the locals of this course and actually puts a lot of time into the course maintenance I've mentioned this previously but both times that I've come here recreationally I've seen him out here doing a bunch of different work around the course so it's gonna be great to see his awesome forehand go to work out here hole one has presented quite a few problems to the players this week and what a starting hole we do have 833 feet ob Creek all the way through the fairway and let's see if ever since eighth can keep that fire going that he's had past couple of rounds he's been putting out of his mind absolutely and he's gonna have to today with Zach and Joel right behind him four strokes behind in only five in front of Gavin sneaks that hyzer flip over the water and I'm not sure if he's got an open look looked like he was pinched up against that tree but we'll see where he's at and here is the local boy Zach Johnson and Zach recently made the switch back to an eva and i know that he has been so stoked how his destroyers rocks t-birds and fire birds have all been flying oh its jazzed about it absolutely after clipping some cabbage I'm not sure if you went out of bounds on that one but it is definitely doable on this hole if you're going over the creek and Joel Freeman it on...
