2025 Discraft Ledgestone Open | FPO R3B9 | Mertsch, Scoggins, Don, Mandujano | Jomez Disc Golf
Watch as Erica Stinchcom and Madison Walker guide you through the back nine of round three at the 2025 Discraft Ledgestone Open. The lead card is on high alert, with Missy Ganon currently leading by six strokes, while everyone else is vying to make the cut. The dynamic duo breaks down hole 10, a challenging uphill shot that requires precision and strategy. Madison shares her honest opinion of this tricky hole, describing it as a "poke and hope" due to its narrow window for success. Meanwhile, Valerie's clever play yesterday will be put to the test once again today. Join Erica and Madison as they offer their insights on the course, technique, and strategies used by top players like Mertsch, Scoggins, Don, Mandujano, and Jomez Disc Golf.
Watch top FPO players battle at the 2025 Discraft Ledgestone Open with Mertsch, Scoggins, Don & Mandujano in action.
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Hello and welcome to the back nine of round three of the 2025 Discraft Pledge Open presented by Zuka. We are at Sunset Hills for our last round before we move back to Northwoods. I'm Erica Stinchcom. >> I'm Madison Walker. We're your two hotkeys. Honk cut day, moving day. It's happening day. It's hot as a lot of things day. A lot of things. I I couldn't think of anything appropriate. And she's right. It is wild out there. There's a little bit of a breeze here and there, but it's not enough to feel comfortable. Own with the only blemish on our entire lead card right now. Missy Ganon with the current hot round from chase card at six down through 11. And everybody is birdie and trying to work their way up the lead up the uh leaderboard. Trying to make the cut here. Let's start things out on hole 10. It's 300 ft uphill though and plays closer to 320. And this one is probably my least favorite hole on the course. Um just because without a distant sidearm, which I think is a great shot, um it feels a little bit like a poke and hope. you're just throwing at that willow or a little bit to the right of it and hoping that you land somewhere where you have an open putt. There's some bushes. Um there's the actual willow itself. There's one other tree. There's some holes like a little drainage ditch that runs through there. So, a lot of times you're even stepping lower than just the regular ground. So, it's it's a weird hole. Um and doesn't really let you throw a backhand turning shot. You have to have that forehand if you want to work up the left side where that OB line is >> or you just sneak a hiser through the willows. But yeah, definitely a poke and hope >> there. From that camera angle, it looks like there is a line. You just so rarely see it happening. >> Yeah, it's so particular. >> Mhm. >> Valerie throwing throwing down the drainage ditch. Sometimes you get a look Cat went left side of the willow yesterday and was still able to find the circle, which is a cool play today. >> Up and over. >> Yeah, she finds that very particular line. That's so good. >> She...
