2026 Australasian Open | FPO Final RD B9 | Mertsch, Hokom, Pierce, Reigh
Catch the action from the 2026 Australasian Open as Nate Perkins and world champion Paul McBeth walk you through the final nine holes of round three at Spa Park, one of the highest rated courses in the Southern Hemisphere. The FPO field is down to a four-player race, with Cat Meche leading by four strokes over Sarah Hokom, five over Paige Pierce, and six over Chandler Ray. Nate and Paul offer insight into the strategies and techniques employed by each player, including Paul's unique accessory - a stunning blue and green crystal necklace that has become his trademark. They also discuss the challenges of navigating Spa Park's tricky tee shots, particularly for Sarah Hokom, who found herself with a tricky mandolin shot on the tree not in play for the FPO field.
Watch Mertsch, Hokom, Pierce, and Reigh compete in the intense 2026 Australasian Open FPO final round!
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All right, everyone. Welcome back into [music] the 2026 Discraft Australasian Open presented by OTB. [music] This is the second stop on MVP's Tour Down Under. These are the final nine holes from round [music] three. I am Nate Perkins, joining here with my best friend Paul McBeth Masters world champion. We're here to walk you through this coverage from Spa [music] Park, the highest rated course in the Southern Hemisphere. This is the first opportunity >> [music] >> to get go through points right here. Cat Merch in the lead by four over Sarah Hokom, five over Pierce, and six over Chandler Ray. Paul, how you doing? I'm doing very well, thank you. Um just happy to be in New Zealand watching some disc golf. Looks kind kind of a you know, four-player race here. >> [music] >> So, believe last year Paul McBeth found >> [music] >> one of the sweetest blue and green crystals all time, and he has it around his neck. And when he's walking around the country, he gets these weird looks from the Maori and the locals like, "Hey, man, that's the coolest autia I've ever seen. How did you get that?" Got to walk around some beaches. Meet the right people. Hold just a bit from Pierce. Going to get back in bounds. Lovely. Sarah was saying this mando on the tree is not in play for the FPO field, and she wish she would have known that yesterday. I'm wondering Oh, yeah, she's going to take it out Interesting. It's It's hard to imagine it not being in in play when there's just a giant M on the middle of the pine tree. She read the rules. She's playing by them. This is a very tricky tee shot. I mean, not tricky to put it in play, but tricky to get yourself a birdie look. Oh, a slip. Hold on. Throws off the trajectory. Just going to hit something. Ah. Yeah, hopefully she doesn't get kind of double penalized there by that tree line. I didn't see where she really went out of bounds. Some sliding here. 32 ft. >> Yeah. Little bit of pressure on Cat to get up and down. Touchy. Believe that's her Rhino she's been throwing there. >> Soft plastic. Do you ever bag that? I haven't worked a Rhino into the bag. Feel like you've had...
