2022 Maricopa Open • Round 1 • Front 9 • Adam Hammes • Jordan Castro • Austin Turner • Mike Lassuy
The 2022 Maricopa Open features Round 1 at the Copper Sky Disc Golf Course, where defending champ Adam Hammes faces stiff competition from Austin Turner and Mike Lassie. Hosted by Tim Miller and Nick Newton, this event showcases the best of disc golf on a windy day. The course's new t-pad design and strong tailwinds make for challenging shots. Watch as Adam Hammes employs a safe approach to navigate through trees, while Jordan Castro takes advantage of the wind with a precise throw. Austin Turner's reliance on his trusty Raptor discs is evident throughout the round, and Mike Lassie demonstrates impressive accuracy despite the windy conditions. With expert commentary from Tim Miller and Nick Newton, this video offers an in-depth look at the strategies and techniques used by top disc golf players in the face of adversity.
Watch Adam Hammes, Jordan Castro & more battle on the front nine at the 2022 Maricopa Open: intense disc golf action from top pros.
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hello everyone and welcome to round number one of the 2022 maricopa open tim miller the disc golf guy along with nick newton as we're out here at the copper sky disc golf course and we have our defending champ adam hammes here today along with him mike lassie third on the card being austin turner and fourth rounding out the card is jordan castro and nick you weren't on this card we'll talk maybe a little bit later about the scores but one windy day out here at copper sky wasn't it oh yeah i mean it was absolutely windy i really appreciate you having me on the commentary today and super pumped to get the season started so let's watch some awesome disc golf and definitely windy today yeah here's hole number one as we're seeing the drone fly over a little bit different t-pad this year of course the ob directly behind the basket and again we can't overstate enough just the wind that's out here here's your two-time defending champ adam hammonds he's going right up the cut yeah this was a safe play for sure trying to get through the trees straight up the gut because you weren't really playing with any ob but it was windy definitely a good sizable tailwind here as lassie definitely smacks the tree tail wouldn't come into effect for sure and that is going to be considered out of bounds right off the bat here's austin turner looks like a raptor of some sort yeah i'm going to spoil it right now folks almost every throw by any discrap representative is a raptor here today that was their go-to as turner oh parking the shot what a great read throwing it a little shorter than he normally would obviously because of the tailwind jordan taking that up the middle route oh and just squeaking ob i mean it was so easy to do especially when you were throwing anything over an eight-speed disc today for sure so mike goes it's back to the t it's actually a re-t at this point and talk about just daunting knowing here you are yeah you really want to put it close after you throw it ob off the tee and having to re-t and he throws a pretty pretty decent shot just a little short from saving any type of uh any...
