2026 Kansas City Wide Open | MPO R1F9 | Buhr, Barela, Lizotte, Hammes | Jomez Disc Golf
The 2026 Kansas City Wide Open is underway at Liberty, Missouri, featuring a strong field of disc golfers, including reigning world champion Ganon Brodie. This video provides live coverage of round one front nine, focusing on MPO play, with highlights from Simon Lizotte and Paul Ulibberry. The tour has introduced new boundaries to the hole, requiring players to navigate a reduced landing area. Watch as top competitors like Lizotte employ innovative techniques to overcome the challenges posed by the course design.
Witness top MPO players Buhr, Barela, Lizotte, Hammes compete for victory on challenging KC courses.
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Hello and welcome to round one front nine coverage of our mo feature card here in Liberty, Missouri for the 2026 Grip Equipment 44th Kansas City Wide Open presented by Nexus Disc Golf. Jeremy Cole, Paul Ulibberry here in beautiful Missouri, man. >> Yeah, I was just sorry I was a little taken back by that super >> adorable puppy dog. >> No, after that the triple whammy flipper make from Simon, but the puppy dogs were nice. How you guys doing? Let's get into it. That was awesome. Nice putt, Simon. Hole one, par4, 575 ft. I mean, you can go for this. It's a little headwind today. Uh, it's downhill, so don't look at that distance as a real number. Plays a little bit shorter. I'd say it plays about 500 ft. >> Yeah, I think that's fair. >> And out of bounds, it goes all the way down the around the pond. And then, uh, >> wa, we're already starting off with a check-in. >> And there is out of bounds left. So, you used to be able to go as far left as you want. Not anymore. You uh you have a little landing area you got to get to. >> Eeks is going is going, man, today isn't a going day. But he went >> are just softly lands it on the five foot green. >> Wow. >> What a start. >> Does he make it? Oh, >> he stays in the circle. >> What? It's hard to stay in the circle on your up shot. Honestly, >> that is that's amazing. >> Fantastic shot. >> Not too many uh eagleable par4s that we have on tour. Hole one at ID Wild is one. >> Yeah. >> And threetime Kansas City wide open champion. and he's your reigning world champion from Urbanddale, Iowa, Ganon. >> Sorry, I didn't explain the hole very well. There is a left two pockets that you can land. One's at about 420 ft and one's at about anywhere from 300 to 350. Anything super far left, you you have a shot at going out of bounds. >> And Ganon with the pretty conservative layup. >> That's lifting. I don't love it. That could find itself in like that no man's land. >> Yeah, that's gonna be pretty close to the OB line, too. I think >> from Mesa, Arizona, Anthony...
