46th New Zealand National Championships | RD1 B9 | Ellis, Humphries, Perkins, Watkinson
The 46th New Zealand National Championships come to life in this thrilling Round 1 B9 segment featuring Cory Ellis, Humphries, Perkins, and Watkinson. The video captures the back nine of the first round, showcasing the challenging conditions brought on by a crazy windy day. Corey stands out as a force to be reckoned with, playing bogey-free and finding himself under par in an impressive display of skill. The discussion highlights Cory's innovative Gap shot, which takes him out of play high over obstacles. His competitor, Humphries, attempts a forehand setup but falls just short. The pair's approaches to the challenging hole demonstrate varying degrees of success, with Corey's unconventional strategy proving to be a game-changer. The video offers an inside look at the competition's strategies and techniques, providing insight into what sets these top players apart.
Watch top disc golfers Ellis, Humphries, Perkins, & Watkinson compete in round 1 of the 46th NZ National Championships on a challenging course.
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all right coming at you with the back nine of the first round of the 46th annual New Zealand national championships brought to you guys by the PDGA RPM discs and winow it's been a crazy windy day thus far somehow corellis he appears like he's playing a different course yeah he's having no problem with the wi yeah it's absolutely killing it going bogey free we've all had a bunch of blemishes on our cards and at the moment Cory is the only player under par which is crazy to say there's a bunch of good players in this field a lot of thousand Raiders coming out of Australia New Zealand and we've got a crazy back nine ahead of us starting with this Gap hit right here moving left to right this hole it's nuts dude is funky and it's only it's tight towards the end yeah you just want to get yourself a look at the basket parking it is tough only ever been twed twice no kidding one of them happened yesterday not of luck today so until then there was only one two ever on this hole we got a bit of an unconventional play for most of our players here if you got what he's got it's genius I heard about it pow it took a grunt that's a big shot taking the Gap out of play high with Heiser goes over the catch cam in circle one he's looking at 18 ft for his birdie Bob was sweating on that one this is the typical play either a forehand or a turnover Fairway driver yeah I like the setup for the the forehand even if this goes the best that it can go it's 50 ft short with an obstructed putt that ceiling really kept you from getting all the way to the basket but I I think it it was it set up well for the shape of the forehand just past that tree come on yeah I know both those guys looked great committed lines but just a bit tight they got them flat just needed a bit wider and I'm just not going to mess with The Gap either you're I love it I throw it a little lower than Corey though and I'm headed to like a weird spot you guys will see I didn't hear a grunt I...
