2023 Discraft Great Lakes Open |FPO R2B9 | Scoggins, Lorentzen, Mertsch, Korver | JomezPro Disc Golf
Watch as Erica Synnott and Madison Walker break down the second round of the Discraft Great Lakes Open, a four-round event without cut-offs. Tune in to see how players like Cat Schmitt and Lupi Jomez navigate the challenging back nine, which features a notorious 507-foot uphill shot that requires precise placement. The duo discusses the importance of par playing and strategic shot selection, particularly when it comes to avoiding obstacles like low-hanging branches and navigating tricky wind conditions. Join Erica and Madison as they analyze the strategies employed by top players in the FPO, including Cat Schmitt's impressive performance on a front-nine bogey-free round.
Watch highlights from top FPO players at the 2023 Discraft Great Lakes Open, featuring Scoggins, Lorentzen, Mertsch & Korver in action.
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foreign hello and welcome to the back nine of round two of the Discraft Great Lakes open presented by barbasol and grip six belts it is our first playoff of the Year this is round two of four I'm Erica Synchro I'm Madison Walker we're your two hotkeys cookie cheers um I really want to eat it but you probably don't want to hear me eat it okay we are watching ownscoggins Shred the front nine bogey free three down I believe cat merch hanging in there lucky and Julianna falling down a little bit Lucky in the eighth Julianna into 13th I think the back nine is harder but there's still plenty of birdies and if you can get your pars and get a couple birdies you can move way up the leaderboard so weird too playing a four round event with no cut because you're like okay you know you just messed up a bunch of holes on the road like look at lucky three over on the front nine but it's like you gotta buckle up now because you still have two and a half more rounds that you really to hold on yeah I know like getting Reckless to make the cut sir no crazies here full 10 507 feet an uphill tea shop but not as steeply uphill as we've seen in the past still feels pretty insane though you don't have to bite off that much in order to get your second shot it's more about placement being center cut or to the left by that big tree is A-Okay you just don't want to be right behind it because it can make the third shot impossible you just have to play for par at that point no out of bounds anywhere on the spareway yay own trying to bite off a good bit do you know what I'm biting off oh my gosh right now nope just eating this cookie as quietly as possible oh no I don't think tuck too much around that tree especially with her Flex game she'll be fine probably gonna somehow throw a backhand Flex cat huge distance yeah I think she's far enough under that tree as well where she won't have to worry about those very low hanging branches it's nice too because it's a little flatter up there there's like three flat-ish spots on this...
