2024 The Open at Austin | MPO R2F9 | Ellis, Marwede, Rathbun, Barela | Jomez Disc Golf
Watch as pro disc golfers Cory Ellis and Gavin Rathbun take on the challenging Open course at Austin, located in the Harvey Penick Golf Complex. Big Sexy Brian takes a closer look at the layout, sharing his thoughts on the mix of wooded holes and open fairways. He also discusses how the course has changed from last year's edition, with a greater emphasis on longer throws. The discussion touches on how to navigate the tight wooded holes, where accurate shots are crucial for scoring birdies. As the round unfolds, Brian highlights the skills required to excel on this course, including precise putting and strategic shot placement. He shares his own approach to the game, focusing on consistency and strategy to achieve a high scorecard. With stunning views of the Texas landscape, this video offers an insider's perspective on what it takes to succeed at the Open at Austin, featuring expert analysis from Brian and interviews with the top players competing in the tournament.
Watch Ellis, Marwede, Rathbun, & Barela battle on the course in this feature card from The Open at Austin tournament.
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uh you know I like the woods Brian that's that's my bread and butter I think it's a good change overall I think if specific trees here and there could go it would be amazing but I mean it's incredible the amount of work that they've done to get these holes in I think everybody's really enjoying it it's a good mix between woods and Open golf and I feel like last year it benefited the longer throwers a lot more than it does this season I've noticed so far this season the courses that I really enjoy I seem to do pretty good at ideally I could change nothing that'd be great so just going to take it as it goes and try to reenact the same kind of shots and hopefully have a clean scorecard the rest of the weekend yeah it's really tight on those wooded holes you got to really peer your gaps to get some birdie opportunities and for the most part I play those holes pretty clean I'm just trying to focus up extra hard and hopefully just keep the groove going and keep the birdies coming hello and welcome to JZ Pros coverage of round two of the open at Austin presented by flight Factory discs we are of course at the Harvey penck Golf Complex on the open course and you are with big sexy Berry Nate Sexton Jeremy coing and Paul youber everybody loves puppies first off cannot pet that dog uh secondly the conditions for today uh we were expecting nothing but storms didn't even think that we'd get the round in but spoiler alert we play the whole round I didn't think that we would even be able to finish before it got too dark because the this car isn't teeing off until mid 4:00 and that's two days in a row to be fair that we thought that the weather apps were ringing the alarm Bells yeah and somehow we've gotten away with it twice now two players able to shoot 10 under first round Cory Ellis and this man mared c1x 100% that is a surprising statistic from him only kidding of course one of the best Putters on tour Gavin Rathbun uh he had a really solid round in Florida he's already off to a pretty decent start beginning of the Season putting together some hot...
