2022 PDGA Amateur Worlds | R4B9 | MA1 Lead | Krans, Helms, Groh, Bates

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welcome back it's back nine coverage of round four at the 2022 pdga amateur disc golf world championships grant zellner and pavo stubstead from mesker park where the opening nine saw a lot of movement that's right grant we saw paul crans starting off the round with an eight-stroke lead over matthew helms now going into the back nine he has a six-stroke lead over ilkin grow who has jumped to second place they've been battling in the front nine we'll see what happens here on the back these two no strangers to battling each other obviously went to seven playoff holes just a few weeks ago at the united states amateur disc golf championships we start things off with hole number 10 here deep in the woods at messger park a 225 foot uphill par-3 this low-lying creek area of course not playing as anything special no no water no out of bounds lines just a very sort of straightforward yet somehow odd hole to start the back nine here austin bates first off the t a little high gets through the branches and he's gonna be right there on the green players are really hoping to birdie this hole a par feels like a bogey on a par 3 this short no doubt about it here's paul crans your leader also playing that left drifting putter or slow mid-range shot to perfection indeed he's going to have about five feet tap in for birdie matthew helms playing quickly as per usual a little bit of a pull there may get fortunate though and does in fact did get fortunate he looked at his hand after that one a little bit of grip lock it's kind of muggy out there players had to make sure to use chalk or whatever your preferred method of regaining your grip is and finally ilk and grow following suits and we may open our back nine here with a star frame if we're lucky matthew helms will putt first from well below the level of the basket this kind of a common theme here on the back nine mostly par threes mostly short often a fairly straightforward challenge in that what you see is what you get but an odd challenge in that you end up with putts like this with a lot of frequency here on the back nine at musker park...