2025 MVP's Open at Austin | FPO FINALB9 | Handley, Lätt, Mandujano, Allen | Jomez Disc Golf
Watch the thrilling conclusion of the 2025 MVPs Open at Austin presented by Flight Factory, as the top competitors battle it out in a nail-biting finale. Erica Stinchko and Madison Walker provide play-by-play commentary from the sidelines, highlighting Kristen Lot's momentum and Paul Hanley's dramatic swing back after holding a six-stroke lead. As the day wears on and wind picks up, every hole becomes a crucial test of skill and strategy. The duo discuss how island holes can be particularly challenging, and how players must carefully weigh their options to navigate the green. With Kristen Lot pushing hard against Paul Hanley, every birdie or double bogey counts, making for a truly heart-stopping finish at Harvey Pinnick.
Watch top FPO players Handley, Lätt, Mandujano, and Allen dominate in the 2025 MVP's Open at Austin final round!
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Hello and welcome to the final nine of the 2025 MVPs Open at Austin presented by Flight Factory. We made it on this third event of the year. Our first 4-day event. What a time to be alive. I'm Erica Stinchko. I'm Madison Walker. We're your two hockey geese. Honk. And we are watching a very tight battle. Kristen Lot pushing Paul and Hanley making some mistakes going from a six-stroke lead to only three stroke separating with nine holes to play. Each one birdieable or double bogeyable. Yeah. And we do have a little wind picking up as the day goes on. So that is going to come into play. Every single hole can cause a two or three stroke swing. That's what's crazy out here at Harvey Pinnick. Um, and Kristen really seems to have some momentum going into the back nine. Let's start out with this very birdable par three. It's an island hole. It looks very easy on this flyover video, but this island can be tough to stick if there's any amount of wind. Uh, you can see how close that o out of bound line out of out of boons is what you're looking for. Out of binds lawn. You can see how close it is behind the basket. You can easily forehand flare skip. And I think that's what we're going to see most of the competitors on our card use. Although I like this uh Holland able to go zone. So maybe kind of minimizing the amount of skips that can happen. And actually just going to just gonna base it. Look how hyped she is too. Pumped. Slow-mo celebration. Yeah, this is big with the battle being as tight as it is right now. I mean, perfect. Perfect. I want to follow flight on the fist bump she just did. She had to really get herself hyped up running up the hill to this teapad. And whatever she did, it worked. Let's see if Kristen can respond. She knows she's within striking distance. Trusty heart put a little high, but wow. So good. That's such a cool shot. Yeah. Out of her hand, I was like, uhoh. Right. Cuz it's not. You'd think it's going to fade more, but she's been throwing it for so long that it goes so straight for a really long time. Uh Katrina opting for the...
