2021 Discraft Great Lakes Open | R1B9 FEATURE | Conrad, Hammes, Wysocki, Klein | Jomez
Watch the back nine of Round 1 at the 2021 Discraft Great Lakes Open, featuring an all-star lineup of players including James Conrad, Ricky Wysocki, Adam Hammes, and Kyle Klein. The round is neck-and-neck, with Conrad and Hammes maintaining their lead through bogey-free play so far. As the back nine gets tougher, scoring becomes increasingly challenging, but if these top players can replicate their front-nine performances, they'll be thrilled. The course proves to be a true test of skill, with holes like 10-3 measuring in at 360 feet but playing out to over 430 feet uphill. Players must master precise angle control and understable drives, as seen in Ricky Wysocki's roller shot using his trusty old Valkyrie disc. Tune in for an inside look at the strategies and techniques employed by these top players, including Adam Hammes' story of how he got into disc golf.
Watch Round 1, Back 9 highlights from the 2021 Discraft Great Lakes Open with Conrad, Hammes, Wysocki & Klein in action.
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hello and welcome back to the back nine of the round one at the 2021 disc crafts great lakes open milford michigan big berry commentary jeremy polling he's paul yuleberry let's get into the back nine we got a set of four unders james conrad ricky and adam all bogey free thus far kyle klein three under but he's got a couple of bogeys eagle mcmahon and about a million other people at five under on the front nine that's what this place does it draws everyone close together let's get straight into the back nine if though if those guys can pop off the same scores on this back nine they're going to be pretty happy with their rounds as back 9 gets super tough the scoring 9 is definitely the front nine and now we're into almost every hole feels like a bonus get excited for maybe two or three yeah this is this is exactly right this is a maintaining year-round back nine and uh starting here on ten three it says that it's 428 feet but it actually lasers in at 360. but it plays every bit of 430 if not 450. uphill low ceiling that's the route if you can get a good annie skip yeah good angle control from kyle not quite getting full skip but he will have about 45 to 50 feet ricky going to roller play that needs to be really understable and move right it's gonna be a putt and that is that old 167 champion valkyrie that he found on the course in nantucket so many years ago still utilizing that disc that is what you're looking for just miss that tree yeah beautiful shot from james conrad adam hannes i like him you like him let's hear more about him i'm adam hames i'm 22 years old i'm from monaco wisconsin i picked up disc golf as silly it is a little league baseball practice you know and then all of a sudden the the local park built a disc golf course my dad was like oh that's disc golf i was kind of intrigued like i thought it was really interesting and i think it might have been a couple weeks where i was out there with you know my first disc i bought my first win was the winning juniors at the northwoods open in uh...
