2020 Memorial Championship presented by Discraft | RD1, F9, FPO | Pierce, Salonen, Gannon, King
Join Madison Walker and Missi Gannon as they bring you live coverage of the 2020 Memorial Championship presented by Discraft. The event marks the first Pro Tour competition of 2020, featuring a talented lineup of players including Paige Pierce, Hayley King, and Evelina Salonen. Filmed at Fountain Hills, one of the most challenging courses on the PDGA map, this video captures the action from Round 1. Madison and Missi share their expertise and insights as they guide viewers through the competition. Watch as Paige takes on the first hole with her trusty Raptor driver, aiming for a birdie. Evelina Salonen, last year's champion, returns with her signature Destroyer driver, looking to repeat her success. The duo also discuss the course layout, challenging tee shots, and expert throwing techniques. Get ready for a thrilling competition that showcases the best of professional disc golf.
Watch the top players of Round 1 at the Memorial Championship present by Discraft, featuring Pierce, Salonen, Gannon, & King.
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hey everybody welcome to the first disc golf Pro Tour event of 2020 this is the Memorial championship I'm Madison Walker and I'm Missi Gannon thank you guys for coming and hanging out with us the Memorial Championship is presented by disc craft and such forth we have a disc craft feature card page Pierce Missy Gannon a Hayley King all on the women's team for disc craft and Evelina saladin who won this event last year in 2019 we're starting round one at fountain hills it is one of the more challenging courses and more challenging starting holes we play all year long lots of water lots of places but we had a really nice winless afternoon yeah it was actually really beautiful other than the fountain going off adding a little bit of wind here and there it was really really calm a whole one is a par-3 318 feet as you can see we're carrying water for almost the entire flight you can kind of bail out to the right if you're not feeling it right off the bat it is hole one you know jitters are still quite there so you can bail out to the right or you can a lot of us can reach this hole so if you want to get aggressive right off the bat you know you can absolutely try and do that so first on the tee is page Pierce she will be throwing a raptor on this hole it's a nice overstable fairway driver we all know she is probably trying to get the birdie on this hole for sure yeah Paige is always gonna do the aggressive play looks right on line the only real change this holes they added some out about a little bit tighter than we're used to because they added gold we'll see you're not able to go as far to the right for the safely Evelina our returning champion she will be throwing a destroyer off the tee again I imagine she is trying to get this hole and yeah right there she's just outside circle one it looks like just a scary putt it's a little downhill straight at the water and again just hope the jitters are are going down by this point super excited to watch Hayley King throw all day today my favorite I feel players drives a little...
