2022 Canadian National Championships | RD1 B9 | Gilbert, Bell, Keegan, Mallard
Watch as Thomas Gilbert and his competitors navigate the challenging back nine of the 2022 Canadian National Disc Golf Championships at Prince Edwards Island. Four under par on the front nine leaders Dustin Keegan (+3) and James Mallard are in a tough spot to catch up. Play It Again Sports brings you this exclusive coverage, hosted by Luke Humphreys. The course is notorious for its tricky greens and tree-lined fairways, forcing players to make precise decisions about shot shape and distance. Thomas Gilbert shares his strategy, weighing the pros and cons of different approaches, including the importance of a smooth anhyzer roll and how to avoid trouble on the notoriously tricky hole 10. Witness the drama as James Mallard pulls off a stunning birdie putt on the same hole, while Matt suffers a frustrating tree-related mishap.
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welcome back ladies and gentlemen this is the back nine of the first round of the Canadian national disc golf championships brought to you by Play It Again Sports and I'm your host Luke Humphreys you're watching GK Pro Thomas Gilbert best player in Canada leading the way here today as well four under on that front nine Mr Bell at one under Dustin Keegan plus three and James Mallard at plus six those guys got a little work to do Thomas looking to keep his work going foreign Epic found on the island of Prince Edward Prince Edwards Island this is one of the best courses in Canada and we start off whole 10 with a left to right moving Par Four ERS are going to have options here depend how aggressive they want to get a big forehand plays perfect but a roller or a backhand late turning anhyzer for those varieties is going to get them way up the Fairway super tricky green you'll see it consistently throughout this course that there are trees inside the circle forcing you to straddle constantly that's a great place to be right there looking to get aggressive I think but pushing it past the opening gotta keep it more hyzer than that but less hyzer than that he may have a gap you can get yourself in trouble early right though that is not where you want to be that's the smart play right there mid-range turnover meet the ground on the anhyzer get that little bit of slide set yourself up perfectly yes I think that's it right there get the skip oh don't do that oh no way oh my gosh perfect one second stuck on a tree the next that's disc golf right there and that's unfortunate there kicking all the way back down oh a me oh don't two nasty rollaways on the same hole hit something come on that was eight feet away from the basket nearly stopped it's unfortunate for Thomas that's not terrible from where Matt was that early right it's not good looks like James has a little lane up that catches that little bit of Shrubbery but he's got a birdie putt an awkward one a dangerous one but he's got one that was kind of best case for Matt tug that one a little bit ends up with a putt...
