2024 PDGA Pro Worlds | FPO R2B9 | Handley, Mertsch, Blomroos, Saarinen | Jomez Disc Golf
The 2024 PDGA Pro Worlds are underway at Ivy Hill, where the top competitors are vying for the title. Erica Stinch and Madison Ornelas guide viewers through the back nine of Round Two, offering insights into the challenging course design and high-pressure situations. The discussion focuses on the unique features of this particular layout, including its abundance of obstacles and narrow fairways. The commentary team highlights notable performances from players such as Holland Hanley, Cat March, Hanne Blomroos, Silvan Saarinen, and Jomez Disc Golf's top competitors like Emily Weatherman. Strategies for navigating difficult holes, such as the par-4 10th with its treacherous bunker, are dissected, offering valuable tips for disc golf enthusiasts. As the competition intensifies, the stakes grow higher, making this event a thrilling watch for fans of the sport.
Watch top FPO players Handley, Mertsch, Blomroos, & Saarinen compete in round 2 of the 2024 PDGA Pro Worlds on Jomez Disc Golf.
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hello and welcome to the back nine of round two of the 2024 PDGA Pro World Championships presented by zuka it's our final major of the year I'm Erica stinch I'm Madison or we your two hoot Keys honk honk it's round two of five we're at Ivy Hill if you didn't watch the front nine there's out of bounds everywhere there's so much pressure there's a shuffle uh for the field the top 50% will kind of get reshuffled and it um decides which courses you play the next two days there's a lot on the line here it's world yeah we're seeing a lot more green on these scorecards than we were expecting here in the booth but these ladies never fail to impress uh we are watching Holland Hanley cat March H Bloom Rose and silvar and in kind of wrangle their way through this course yeah Wrangle indeed yeah hna making it look easy we're getting a lot of check-ins with our Chase Card competitors as well they are playing super hot through especially evina five down yep Emily weatherman not so hot herself uh let's start with h 10 it's a par 4 we just watched Emily play or who do we watch yeah we watch we watch Emily andina play this hole on the tail end of the front nine you just want to get get a really big t- shot avoiding that bunker on the left hand side don't push too straight there's OB everywhere on both sides of the Fairway we're going to probably not have to say that every hole no it's every hole if you're playing the drinking game you are gone yeah sorry guys uh the second shot is one of the most fun shots in dis gol it is a huge downhill shot carrying a very narrow pinch point in the Fairway most players getting across on their second but you got to be like far enough off the te you got to have a nice booming T shot to go for it or just get dummy aggressive on your second shot is that what is that your play yeah there's room you're a wild one yeah I like to like land within four feet of this bunker then go for it that's a big shot though near the bunker like that's that's pretty good and a yeah...
