2025 Jonesboro Open • R2 Front • Ben Callaway • Väinö Mäkelä • Braeden Sides • Aaron Gossage
The 2025 Jonesboro Open is underway in round two, with top competitors vying for the lead. Ben Callaway is looking to build on his strong performance from round one, joining forces with newcomers Vinyl Mula from Finland and Braden Sides, who recently celebrated a birthday. Aaron Gossage is also competing, having had a great round in the first round. The tournament takes place at Played Against Sports Jonesboro Open presented by Westside Disc. The action begins with hole one, a challenging 520-foot starting hole that demands accuracy due to strong headwinds and obstacles (OB section) along the way. The field will employ their signature overstable drivers, which Callaway used effectively in round one. Tune in as players navigate the course and contend with unpredictable weather conditions. Expert analysis from Parker Welk provides insight into the strategies employed by top players, including those with standout finishes like Braeden Sides' 13-under opening round performance.
Watch Ben Callaway & Väinö Mäkelä take on Braeden Sides & Aaron Gossage in R2 Front at the 2025 Jonesboro Open!
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Hello everyone and welcome back. It's round number two of the 2025 Played Against Sports Jonesboro Open presented by Westside Disc. Our leader Ben Callaway off to a great start that we saw in round one. He'll be joined by Vinyl Mula coming out of Finland, Braden Sides who just celebrated a birthday and Aaron Gossich who had also a great round going. We'll see if he can carry some of that momentum. and I'm joined by none other than Parker Welk. How you doing, buddy? I'm doing great today. I can't wait to get into the action. Seems like there was just a bit of weather for this round. So, we're going to see how it plays out for these guys. We'll get into hole one. It's 520 ft and it's a scary starting hole, especially if there's that headwind cuz this OB section right here, it's tough to even get over. A lot of the time you're going to see people, you know, flipping their discs over and finding that out of bounds more than likely. But if you can get it close, you're stoked. Yeah, the sunshine from the drone preview from Disc Golf Van Life a couple days ago doesn't quite reflect what we're seeing here on Saturday afternoon, but we'll see what the wind and the weather will bring. Same overstable driver that we saw from Callaway. He leaned into that quite a bit during the opening round. We just appreciate for a second the shoe matching the the shirt there. I didn't even notice. I'm going to go back and uh take a look at that. On point. I think that's it. Found safe. So, right there there's going to be that OB line. I'm I'm very surprised that's actually in bounds. Very fortunate break there. Raiden sides opened with a 13 under as did VO in round number one trailing Callaway by uh four strokes that similar to where you were in opening round. Yeah, I think that's kind of a a common play. It's pretty stressfree as long as you know you don't six butt. If you missed that, go back and watch round one action. I wasn't going to bring it up, but hey man, I got it covered. Finding that right side, which if you throw it far enough, I think you get past the actual out of bounds line...
