2018 Maricopa Meadows Open - Ulibarri, Barela, Johnson, Herr, Krueger - R1 Back Half
The Maricopa Meadows Open 2018 is back in action, and Paul Ulibarri is taking on Anthony Barela, Preston Johnson, AJ Her, Jason Kruger, and Paul Labarie in round one's second half. The group navigates the challenging course, with Barela facing a tough test after flirting with the tree on the left side of the fairway. Meanwhile, Kruger makes it look easy with a textbook drive, but ends up walking away from his chance at birdie. The group heads to holes 23 and 24, where Borella finds himself knotted up with Paul Labarie. Kruger takes the lead on 24 with a long shot that requires extra force to secure a birdie. The video showcases the group's strategies, including managing wind resistance and executing precise drives and shots around obstacles like trees. With its expert commentary and insightful analysis, this video provides an engaging look at professional disc golf in action.
Watch top disc golfers at the 2018 Maricopa Meadows Open: Ulibarri, Barela, Johnson, Herr & Krueger.
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and welcome back everyone we're here for the back half of the first round at the Maricopa Meadows open coverage brought to you by MVP we've got Paul you labarie anthony Barela Preston Johnson AJ her and MVPs very own Jason Kruger what's your word from MVP your proud sponsor Anthony Borella from Arizona on the tee here as we move to the back half of the first round hits that tree within 20 feet of the pin and gets a nasty roll away Jason Kruger looks to have the similar shot and just gets past the tree exactly where you want to be AJ her on the card 241 feet for a hole number 23 as you can see this one's really straightforward just well don't throw it OB and don't hit that tree like Barela Preston thinking he wants to flirt a little bit with that left side OB area the sidewalk and yulie making it look easy textbook drive Barela a long look at birdie oh and the wind lifts it carries him out of bounds he is making very difficult work of one of the easiest holes out here AJ's been all over that basket Borella with the and the peanut gallery and older gentleman in the back gives a little bit of a Simpsons laughs and says what rotten luck adds insult to injury for Pirela walking away with the 5 Preston's had his struggles here on the front half getting a few of those baskets just not in a sweet spot little tentative by Julie he's gonna card the birdie easy tap-in for Kruger and we're gonna see three birdies let's move to 24 and with a three-stroke swing we see Borella all knotted up with paul you labarie Krueger's got the honors on twenty four 490 feet you need an extra big pump here to be able to get the birdie I recall last year watching Borella Drive this one past the basket as Preston's short and left it just really can't make a mistake of hitting one of the few early trees there or turning it over all the way to that road and coming up just short of the OB is muley he says wow you can see a little bit of a headwind so you have to take that into account you don't want to turn it over too much...
