2018 Great Lakes Open | R1, B9, MPO | Gurthie, Oakley, Johansen, Frescura
The 2018 Great Lakes Open presented by This Craft is on display in this round 1 feature card coverage of the back nine for men's professional disc golfers. The discussion focuses on the challenges posed by windy conditions and tree-lined holes, particularly hole 10, where players must navigate a long dogleg to the right. Expert analysis highlights the skills required to overcome these obstacles, including hyzer shots with power and stability. Gurthie, Oakley, Johansen, and Frescura are among the top players featured on the card, showcasing their techniques for navigating the course's most demanding holes. The video provides a unique insight into the strategies employed by professional disc golfers when competing in windy conditions, offering valuable insights for enthusiasts and competitors alike.
Watch top pros Gurthie, Oakley & Johansen compete at the 2018 Great Lakes Open in round one, MPO division. High-stakes disc golf action ensues!
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hello and welcome to the first round feature card coverage of the back nine for the 2018 Great Lakes open presented by this craft we've got bigsley commentary Jeremy calling and aj Risley sorry I just just like tried to I had a cough drop going and it made me cough okay what eric oakley five down to the front nine read-through sakura three downs and we got a couple players at one down moving on to hole ten here are three three hundred seventy feet and this one is really really far up though yeah imagine this a big old dogleg to the right that's right okay oh we got some crazy wind that's just starting to funnel in from all different directions on this back nine mm-hmm but we got some big throwers yeah and reed is a big lefty thrower who can get a hyzer shot they're relatively easily with this power kaboom and this is looking really nice if you like good shots get up the hill oh no and that just didn't quite hold the hyzer enough maybe that headwind was just pushing it around you know it was crazy we we were switching directions on all our T's yet seemed like we had a head win on every single hole and somebody our our card said that the wind was in a cement mixer it was just rolling around and and there was a really nice turnover shot that's gonna put him inside right around circles edge I think so yeah he might be inside the circle by a good bit it's hard to tell there from that angle Eric going thief trying to just turn something around that corner and that mean that tree is really the one to beat if you can get past that tree and around it and not hit the one that Reed hit that's really that the field goal gap that you're trying to make that yeah MJ that's the nice angle if this holds over this is gonna be really nice started to fade a bit too soon and yeah didn't quite have the power it takes so much distance to be able to get all the way up this hill yeah a combination of distance and height and under stability it's a tricky one whoa he almost he almost tossed it in Wow how many twos...
