2023 The Open at Austin | FPO R1B9 | Tattar, Allen, Fajkus, Carey | Jomez Disc Golf
Erica Cinchcombe and Madison Walker take on the inaugural Open at Austin presented by Lone Star Discs at the newly designed Henry Penick disc golf course in Austin, Texas. The two experienced players share their perspectives on the challenging back nine of Round 1B9, featuring holes with unique obstacles such as out-of-bounds sections, tricky wind conditions, and deceptive distances. The conversation highlights the difficulties of scoring well at this course, where par is often a good bet for top performers. The duo discusses specific strategies, techniques, and mental approaches to overcome these challenges, including Kristen Tattar's forehand skills and Katrina Fajkus' Heiser line lining up. Throughout their discussion, Erica and Madison provide valuable insights into the course's design and how it affects gameplay, offering a unique perspective on this exciting event in the disc golf world.
Watch Kate "The Kat" Carey lead the pack in a competitive Round 1B9 of The Open at Austin with Paige Pierce close behind.
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foreign hello and welcome to the back nine of round one it's our jomas Pro feature card the inaugural open at Austin presented by Lone Star diss we're at Henry Penick disc golf course here in beautiful Austin I'm Erica cinchcombe I'm Madison Walker we are your two hotkeys yeah same folks who did the open at Belton but this is a brand new course if you didn't watch the front nine talking to you Psychopaths I love you yeah totally new we're all experiencing this for the first time and in some horrible conditions look at some rough scores there like we're talking a 50 degree temperature swing from yesterday that's not dramatizing it that's real life um even in one under is only three people in our field of 50 uh being plus four keeps you in the top 20 though so not a lot of scoring separation happening at all at this course it's a lot of just par or die here yep birdies are hard to come by hole 10 is kind of an interesting one you're throwing over out of bounds but the line is kind of pulled back so some of this Greener rough areas actually in bounds the Drone is flying over the forehand or the turnover line you see there is some OB string line on the left in the woods and there's going to be green deep that doesn't really come into play so you see the turnover or forehand on the left or you see the big hyzer trying to get a skip on the right side it's only 276 so you really want to get a put on this one um worst mistake is leaving it low going this left Gap and ending up OB by hitting a tree this is a deceiving 276. I feel like it plays a little longer maybe just having to go over the top of that stuff it feels longer but on the hyzer route it's definitely longer Kristen blasting past it really great height on her forehand she'll have a putt for birdie Katrina lining up the Heiser line we had a right to left crosswind here is that right I actually tail no Tailwind it was left to right I remember okay so it was like really great for the forehander to turn over play uh Katrina going hyzer and leaving...
