2017 DGPT Tour Championship | Round 1, Back 9 | Owens, Keegan, Cole, Conlee
Watch as the world's top disc golfers compete in Round 1, Back 9 of the 2017 DGPT Tour Championship presented by Prodigy Disc. In this crucial round, players are fighting for a spot in Friday's quarterfinals and must avoid coming in last place to secure their spot. Dustin Keegan, who struggled on the front nine, needs to turn his game around if he wants to stay in contention. Nate Sexton and Jeremy provide expert commentary, highlighting the challenges of holes 10-18, including the treacherous path across the added bounds ditch and the risk-reward strategy for players trying to navigate this par four. With a 700-yard drive and a demanding wind, even the best shots are not guaranteed success. The tension is palpable as these top players battle it out in pursuit of a spot in the quarterfinals.
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hello and welcome back round one back nine coverage of the disc golf pro tour Tour Championship presented by prodigy disc big sexy commentary with you myself Nate Sexton and Jeremy : if you didn't see the front nine this format is really all about not coming in last place for this round yep we have 13 players in the course today 12 will advance to Friday's quarterfinals so this is really about making sure that you're not the last place finisher especially in your cart yeah definitely it's a just one guy that's not gonna advance it tomorrow it is a you've heard of win or go home this is just lose and go yeah if you lose you're not coming back so very important for these guys to make sure that they don't slip up here they have plenty of strokes on Dustin Keegan who had a really tough front nine and it was gonna be inbounds no it is not this is a tough hole hole ten par four seven hundred seventy feet you're going across the added bounds ditch and then you also have the path to worry about yeah kind of a risk/reward you could lay up if you want to be silly to do so because it doesn't take a ton of power you just have to be able to get across that creaking I mean look that's a nice shot from Mike and he didn't clear it by more than 30 feet so it does take a pretty good shot to get across I will say when I practiced I was into about a 20 mile an hour headwind and I barely could cross I threw two discs one was saved by five feet and one was OBE so if the wind is not ideal for you like this that 370 or whatever it is starts playing pretty long yeah and Dustin does a perfect shot there good to see him get off a good shot he had no birdies on the front nine he needs to turn that around if you want solutely have a chance hard to know what the other cards are doing but obviously birdies are his only salvation now I mean it's windy on the course for everyone so somebody could be going through the same struggles he had in the front you just don't know but you...
