2019 Mid America Open | RD2, B9, MPO | Locastro, Keith, Russell, Rathbun
Join Brian Earhart and Nate Perkins as they bring you the back nine coverage of round two of the 2019 Mid America Open presented by Disk Craft, the world leader in disc sports. This thrilling event features some of the best players from the Midwest, including Harmonie Binns, Emerson Keith, Gavin Rathbun, Nikola Castro, and Alex Russell. As these athletes tackle the challenging course, they showcase their unique playstyles and strategies. The conversation highlights the beauty of the relatively small tear in the middle of the course, which includes a scenic par-five hole number 10 that offers both aggressive and safe options for players. The group discusses the pros and cons of each approach, from going for the birdie four to playing it safe. Specifically, Emerson Keith is putting on a putting clinic, while Gavin Rathbun shares some insight into his mental game and forehand technique. Meanwhile, Harmonie Binns is living up to expectations, and Nikola Castro showcases her unique throwing style.
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welcome back everybody to the back nine coverage of round two of the 2019 Mid America open presented by disk craft the world leader in disc sports i'm brian Earhart joined here again by Nate Perkins and we have been so enjoying watching this course be played by these great athletes yeah absolutely well said it's it's really a pleasure Harmonie bins is living up to the hype oh for sure and watching these players with with all slightly different playstyles attack this course has been really entertaining to watch we have Emerson Keith Gavin Rathbun nikola castro and alex russell Emerson has been putting on a putting clinic yes he has and it's so awesome that these players have a platform to play on and that we're able to even watch this I mean this is a relatively small a tear in the middle needs just Midwestern United States Columbia Missouri and we're getting to watch it and we get to watch hole number 10 get played which is one of the most scenic par fives that I've seen it's you know Midwest let alone the rest of the country players get to either go huge aggressive off to the left we saw Nico try huge turnover left gap yesterday a lot of players are gonna play for the birdie four and push straight I just I love the layout of this hole I love the options to get aggressive I love the options to play safe and I love the rewards for both strategies Gavin going pretty quick oh no that was a pretty stubborn branch that he hit and he got a pretty nasty cut role as well what does he have it as hand here that orange just I don't know if we've seen it this round that is gonna be a defender okay and you see that there's that that forehand form looking looking down at his footwork just kind of like a mental reset thing it's a church every time yep but notice this notice the difference in Nico's forehand watch when Nico serves his forehand his it's out in front of them you see that very out in front of them in its it's due to the fact that Nico does not throw a lot of understable plastic when it comes to sidearm so when he's releasing he's releasing on the Anheuser holding...
