2026 Doubles Championship @ The Preserve | FPO R2B9 | Mertsch, Hansen, Mandujano, Laine | Jomez
Catch the action at The Preserve as the 2026 Doubles Championship heats up! Eric Stinchcomb and Madison Walker guide you through the back nine of round two, where teams are battling for leaderboard supremacy in a challenging, humid course with wind and wet conditions. Watch Addison and Holland make a comeback on the final stretch, while Tay and Owen struggle to capitalize on their birdie opportunities. The 10th hole proves particularly daunting, with its narrow safe area and steep uphill second shot over a treacherous hazard bunker. The teams are also navigating tight out-of-bounds carry holes, including holes 7, 18, and the infamous 13th. Get ready to witness high-stakes golfing action as top doubles teams like Mertsch/Hansen, Mandujano/Laine, and Jomez face off against each other in a thrilling competition for the championship title.
Watch the thrilling doubles championship at The Preserve, featuring top players Mertsch, Hansen, Mandujano, and Laine, as Jomez leads the pack.
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Hello and welcome to the back nine of round two of the 2026 doubles championship at the preserve presented by Simon line. I'm Eric Stinchcomb. >> I'm Madison Walker. We're the two hockey's. >> Honk. >> Kind of swimming in the air here today. Very humid, almost raining, kind of misty. Uh some wet ground conditions, some more wind, but we're still seeing these doubles teams shred. >> Yeah, [music] absolutely. Seems like if you want to be at the top of the leaderboard, you got to shoot double digits two days in a row. Um Addison and Holland having a bit of a slow start, but picking up four in a row on the end of the back nine. Tay and Owen stringing [music] together some birdies here and there, not quite capitalizing as much as they'd like. And both of our feature or our lead card teams falling out of the lead here. Uh the 10th is the hardest hole of the day. You can get a birdie here, you are taking strokes on folks. We watched Missy and Paige get it parking it. There was only one birdie yesterday. So, let's watch our teams attack today. OB everywhere. It's important to get really far off the tee in that very [music] narrow uh safe area. Your second shot you have to go so steeply uphill and you're throwing right over this uh hazard bunker that is very difficult to get over. You see a lot of this landing right inside of it or just short on the hill. >> I can't decide which hole is going to be the hardest in alt shot. Seven, this one, 18. All some very intense out of bounds carry holes. >> Oh, Addison went deep. >> Yeah, it's crazy, man. >> heck? Um I think this one will. It played as the most difficult hole again today. Uh-oh. Holland >> Taking a lot off. That's going to be tough. >> Yeah, even tough just to cross on the second. Uh yeah, the Yeah, I think this one will be except for for the big distance throwing teams, but they really had to have set it up perfectly and have to throw perfect shots. >> Mhm. That was a great shot from Owen. >> This is uh talking to like other members in the field, even distance throwers, a lot of competitors...
