2022 Las Vegas Challenge | R2B9 | Dickerson, McMahon, Paju, Buhr | Jomez Disc Golf
The 2022 Las Vegas Challenge is a pivotal stop on the Disc Golf Pro Tour, showcasing top players' skills at Jomez Pro. The event features an impressive lineup of professionals, including Nate Sexton, Jeremy Colling, and Paul Ulibari. Chris Dickerson takes an early lead, but Seppo Paju battles back with clutch putts, narrowing the gap. A key hole to watch is 10, a challenging par-4 with a tight gap and one of the fastest greens on the course. Guest commentator Seth Popayo shares his expertise as a Finnish disc golfer with over 15 years of experience. Born in Finland, Popayo has seen the game explode in popularity across Europe. As a pro playing in his first major event since returning after a long absence, he prioritizes enjoying the game and leaves pressure aside. The event provides insight into the strategies employed by top players and showcases exceptional skill on the course.
Watch top pros Dickerson, McMahon, Paju, & Buhr compete at the 2022 Las Vegas Challenge: thrilling shots & strategic gameplay on display.
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hello and welcome back to the 2022 las vegas challenge presented by innova you're watching the disc golf pro tour stop number one for 2022 on jomez pro with nate sexton jeremy colling and paul ulivari the front nine we had chris dickerson guns blazing staying in the lead by a stroke over or beating the man by a stroke but extending his lead to two over eagle and gannon hanging in there with a lot of really big clutch putts sepa with a little bit of a back track with that triple the bogey bogey bogey stretch but everyone else is pretty tight on a leaderboard hole 10 par 4 721 220 meters for seppo make sure he knows that and this is a new t-spot over to the left you're going to be throwing through a pretty tight gap should be manageable for this tier of player one of the fastest greens not just that it's super sloppy but it's wow wow you do not see that from chris dickerson very often totally missed the gap frustrated my name is seth popayo i'm from finland and i have been playing disc golf since 2006. this golf has exploded in europe especially in finland where i'm from when i got here it's actually amazing how big it is here but still we're catching up in europe prodigy started in 2012 and my dad got this idea that maybe we should start distributing products into europe since it was a new brand and nobody was doing it yet so we started doing that with my siblings and now we have lots of employees and we're doing the finnish pro tour distributing more discs than ever selling courses all over europe my focus this week is just enjoy the game because i've been away for so long so i don't want to put any unnecessary pressure on myself so i'm just here enjoying this golf as a player is not really my job so i'm here almost on a vacation cep oppai one of my first times ever playing with him was so many years ago and i think he was 16 years old and came over flew in from the states you see maresma drove him straight down to rock hill and out of the car very little warm up just birdied the first 12 holes at winthrop gold wow...
