2024 Chain Hawk Open XIII • R1F9 • Garrett Gurthie • Gavin Rathbun • Noah Meintsma • Hjalmar Fredrik
The 2024 Chain Hawk Open XIII is presented by Dynamic Disc, held at North Side Park on a beautiful Friday afternoon in late spring. The event features a talented lineup of professional disc golfers, including Garrett Gurthie and Gavin Rathbun, both previous champions of this tournament. Other notable competitors include Hjalmar Fredrikson from Sweden and Noah Meintsma. In this analysis, the strategy and techniques employed by top players are showcased as they navigate challenging holes at North Side Park. The discussion highlights the importance of conservative play, particularly on protected or narrow peninsula greens like the first hole's par 4. Skips and avoiding obstacles like the Single Tree in the middle are crucial to maintaining position. The event also features an examination of the mental game, with players discussing their approaches to handling pressure and navigating tricky putting situations. Watch as top disc golfers share their insights and strategies from one of the most highly anticipated events on the pro tour.
Watch Garrett Gurthie, Gavin Rathbun & Noah Meintsma's thrilling round at 2024 Chain Hawk Open XIII • R1F9.
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hello everyone and welcome to the 2024 chain Hawk open 13 presented by our friends at Dynamic disc North Side park here for rounds one and three Doug Garrett girthy on the card along with Gavin wrath buun both of them previous champions of this event ymar Frederickson coming in from Sweden and rounding out our card Noah minma got front nine action Beautiful Friday afternoon starting at about 2 p.m. Chile only in the high 50s low 60s today and we're at hole number one with the flyover 582 ft this right side ditch line out of bounds great par 4 to get us started somewhat of a protected or narrow Peninsula green here and and of course plenty of Skips can happen out here first available for yelmar that's going to put him out of position right off the bat especially being left-handed good conservative righty Heiser that's really all you need you're just trying to avoid the Single Tree in the middle and not yank it to the right those are the two mistakes you really can't make any other Heiser such as this gets you into position we saw three of these guys at the Mary Sunshine House classic the Q Series event just a few weeks ago all but the swed course Noah went on to win that one yeah way out and around that's really where you'd like to be after your initial t-shot so he still has a chance though get up and down and save the par m a little afraid of the right side out of bounds and is going to be on the short left side with an obstructed putt somewhat light good line but a little light coming out of Wrath bun awkward stance for double G you'd love to be about 10t short of that or 10 feet past it rather than standing there but makes up for it really solid approach and you're seeing this correctly after a couple of Lefty drives he goes with the forehand with the right hand and unfortunately it fades out and he's going to be out of bounds so he's going to have a look to save bogy with the birdie attempt by minma comes up just short online for Gavin but also short and we saw three out of four of these guys yesterday during our skins match Paul McBeth...
