GBO 2017 | Final Round, Back 9 | McBeth, Sexton, McCray, Newhouse
Watch the thrilling final nine holes of the 2017 GBO tournament at Jones East Park as the players face off in a dramatic back-nine showdown. Despite the cancellation of the event due to severe lightning storms, the competition continues, and the tension is palpable. Paul McBeth and Simon Lizotte are among those competing, with McBeth aiming to take the lead. Meanwhile, Zach McCray and Paul Newhouse showcase their skills on hole 9, which has previously been aced by Paige Pierce. The group's unique techniques are on full display as they navigate the challenging course. With the weather conditions worsening, the players must focus on their game and push through the difficulties to emerge victorious.
Watch McBeth, Sexton, McCray, & Newhouse battle in a thrilling conclusion of the 2017 Great Lakes Open back nine. Exceptional disc golf skill on display.
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Hey everybody, we are back with the back n round two at Jones East Park. And breaking news, Germ, the tournament has been cancelled again. A huge lightning storm coming through. So this is actually going to be the final nine holes of the event. It's crazy. It's the third time this has happened in the last seven months or eight months and uh kind of getting used to this at this point, but it's something we don't want to get used to. Obviously, none none of the players are aware of that at this time. But uh but yeah, where we're sitting now, the tournament has just been called. Uh it's terrible weather out there, unsafe conditions, and uh yeah, so this is the drama-filled uh final nine. Yeah. And it's kind of interesting because the players don't know that obviously at this time and um you know there's just nine holes left of this round and we kind of knew that there was a bit of a storm heading in town. Yeah. Um and even Simon was mentioning that he was going for everything today because he wanted to win. He wanted to be in first place at the end of this round because the possibility of what ended up happening today. Paul said something similar. He didn't like that first T- shot though for this this back nine. He let let go that T-ird a little early. This is an ace run. Oh my gosh. I thought that was like I told John Johnny said, "Oh, my eyes aren't that good. I don't know." And I was like, "Dude, my eyes are pretty good." And I'm calling one inch from the chains. Wow. It was crazy close. This hole has been aced before. Paige Pierce last year doubles and she made Sports Center. It's a great little ace run line. You know, just poke a driver, whatever you have a straight driver just right down the middle of that gut there and the basket's just sitting there ready to get perched. Yep. Yep. I I went with the forehand Xcal. I was a little surprised to see Zach go backhand based on some of his choices earlier. Yeah. Um but uh it's not a bad shot. Yeah, he's within about 35 maybe 40 feet or so. Um the forehand play seems difficult. I you know it's really...
