San Francisco Open 2019 - Men - Round 1 of 3 ｜ Front 9 - McBeth, McMahon, Wysocki, Paju

How we doing everybody, my name is AJ Risley I'm joined in the commentary booth by the one and only Nate Perkins We've got the San Francisco open for you. Look at these beautiful shots Nate. How we doing? Doing great AJ really happy to be here. We've got an absolute dream card. Yes, we do Eagle McMahon, Paul Mcbeth Seppo Paiu, Ricky Wysocki. I mean, let's just dive right in Absolutely, dude Tell me about it. What do we got? These players are gonna get to open up. I mean some of these players are probably thinking Eagle opportunity right here on the first hole. Oh, yeah 640 feet to the pin There is OB on the left side Over the cart path that's way over there and then those bushes that you can see on the right Those are actually out of bounds, too so It definitely requires you to think you have to get the angle, right? hyzering out left is probably the It's a common mistake But Paul takes a nice little hyzer flip almost a flat over that bush line on the right. That's a it's a great Conservative play. Yeah, I was just about to say that. I think that was a pretty conservative shot from Paul It's like Eagles lining up something pretty big Yes Starts this one out way wide And it's flexing out perfectly. What the heck? Is that pin high? That's close, I mean this hole is what 668 according to UDISC live stats and I mean, I didn't what a way to start around though just to rip like that I mean that was a hundred feet past any drive that I've ever seen on that hole And Rick getting past that white stake in the middle of fairway. That's 200 to the pin. So that was a smash as well Seppo going beat up d2 And I think that looks like he's made a mistake yeah, that's found the OB So he's throwing three from here gonna go with a a2 sidearm And this is a pretty interesting green it slopes away down to the right guarded by a bunch of big trees Seppo's in circle one. Yeah, there's a few different gaps that you can hit and We might as well bring this up now that sure the the size of the trees here and the scale of everything is different than Anything that we've seen on tour so that oh, yeah I know a lot of players were having trouble with the that kind of the depth perception, right? Yeah No, I agree, especially with the way that we're playing on pretty much the side of a hill. Mm-hmm. So These first few holes just looking down at everybody else on the course. It's like oh, they're little ants Yeah, they're little ants down there on hole 7 You feel like a little ant when you're out here jeez and this is where Eagle's Drive landed I mean, he's been high putting right down at it got to be up he Had to have thrown that at least 600 feet a little roll away is gonna give him a little 20-foot tester You can just hear the wind ripping. Yeah This is just one of those courses Oh Nice circles edge for birdie great putt But this is just one of those courses where it feels like it's always windy, you know what I mean? Yeah, just constantly no matter where you are. There's some sort of wind swirling, right? And even watching the FPO live yesterday. Yeah, that wind was starting to pick up in the morning Great putt from Paul from what about 36? Yeah outside circle one right to left wind Are the more difficult winds to face for a hyzer putter right and I know it's said often But it's like these Wow great putt These are the putts you want on the first hole of the tournament really, you know circles edge just to get you started feeling good And I got to give a shout out to one of my card mates yesterday Anthony Perea Did you see it threw it in? Come on how far he threw it in from I mean I was doing the UDisc live At least 260-270. Oh Here you go with the rip catches the shades That's huge good save by Seppo though. The lone par Still a good save from an OB drive Then on to hole two somewhere, let's see 370 foot par three you got OB right the whole way. So you're gonna be carrying OB You need to hyzer just low the branches just in front of that big cedar on the right Elevated basket not too many of them out here, but this one the greens wide open enough not as much challenge and so We've got an elevated basket folks Push them forward on that hyzer. Oh and he catches one of those little pines Catches early. He's gonna have a pretty obstructed putt from the bottom of that hill and he might be Circles edge, you know within within a decent range, but definitely obstructed That's kind of the conservative play on this hole is to just hyzer into that hillside left and leave yourself the circles edge putt back And at this point the wind is just like just ripping at their backs just straight tailwind So anything that's hung out too far to the right is gonna get pushed down Has a really good chance of staying out of bounds, so you see all these guys taking this tight inside Decent it's a smart decision. So yeah, here's think about it. Here's Macbeth. Oh I had a feeling I had to you know, when you hit that tree, I was like, I walked past that tree yesterday It's not that far from the basket. It's still within Macbeth range Yes Seppo with a little knee right with that branch in his face These are not easy putts. These guys are knocking down putts early. I Mean Eagle was pretty smart to lay up from where he was. Elevated basket crazy green Wow Look at that little spinner That was that was a complex putt right there. Paul two for two Seppo joining the other guys one down through two Hole three 440 downhill Ripping tailwind. Yeah OB on your right. You can say that again Yeah ripping tailwind for sure and that kind of it makes the shot more difficult I think for a lot of the a lot of the backhand Approaches because it's harder to get the disc to stay on that anti-line when you've got that tailwind Were you watching my round yesterday? Cuz I threw a fairway driver expecting it to turn and instead I just crushed it like almost 500 feet So Paul Forehand force plenty of distance needs the hyzer a little bit That's the play he's got it and that's the play yes, it is windy Seppo also opting for the forehand So the tailwind actually helps the forehand get the distance you need right It also does and kind of leaks it right It does bring in to play that OB on the right though If you get this one on too much hyzer, you can skip right of the pin. It's like Rick's needs to slow down He's headed straight toward that OB and it checks up nice Right. Yeah, he got that. He got a better soft skip. I know exactly what you're talking about that big old flare skip It looked like Eagle swung it out a little bit too too far to the left and that tailwind just kept it from falling in This is a difficult approach right here To get the angle right the basket is kind of nestled on on top of a little crest of a hill Sloping down toward that OB and with this much wind you you really feel like you need to get it close Is he running this? It kind of looks like it Couldn't tell. Okay. Yeah, I think that was a run Yeah, I think Eagles got such good control with that long long spin putt that Rolling back to him I feel like when Eagles trying to lay up, he's really really good at laying up from distance like that great putt by Rick So to see Eagle go past the basket 25 feet. Yeah, I think that was a run Seppo taking his time on this 20 footer Yeah, good stick. Well done another good par save Yeah, anytime you can and especially anytime you start with three circle 1x putts at the start of your round, I mean, that's It's kind of what you want to get the putter going You're feeling good Can you explain the circle 1x? Right any any putt outside 11 feet so like 12 feet to 30. Okay, so they're not counting the tap-ins, right? okay, so like if you started your round with like 6 or 7 or 10 or whatever Just tap-ins. It's like, okay. Well you haven't attempted a circle 1x, right? Haven't I haven't made a real putt in like two hours. It's gonna be fun Speaking of fun though hole four Love this change. Yes, really love this change. Yeah, they pulled they Put a new sleeve a lot shorter. So now we're for the MPO. We're playing a par-3 that comes in at about 415 feet to the right of that bunker And the great thing about this hole is that the gap is late. The gap is late in the shot Well, wow all getting some elevator action and man He put the heat on that one a little too much hyzer and the wind probably Didn't help that Couldn't really tell where Paul's finished. Ricky's got his a little too flat And so we're throwing from we're throwing like across the golf fairway Perpendicular to it almost and we're throwing across the open. Oh, wow And then into the tree line. Mm-hmm. And so these guys it looks like they're just trying to stab it right at the tree line just I don't even know like they're not beating around the bush No hammering it into the bush no flat to hyzer straight through the gap Wow like that gets the love it needed He's inside 20 feet And again, they're there they were facing a pretty stiff right to left crosswind off the tee Yeah, and you're kind of teeing off from like one little pocket and then you're finishing in another pocket So sometimes it's hard to get a read on that wind Paul's putt from 55 just getting slammed down. Yeah pretty much This into what looks like a direct headwind. And there we go again Seppo is Doing work great birdie. That's a tough one Yeah, how was this hole playing? Well Making me seem silly. It was the 14th most difficult hole on the course. It did average under par. So Yeah, yeah Seppo you should have better have birdied that one You can see Eagle is actually MD5 right there goes to show you how windy it really is even in that protected little cove Eagle and Seppo with the birdies They were really the only two to like penetrate into that tree line as you can see by our sweet graphics Hole 5 one of the 2,000 footers on the course and this is actually playing as the hardest hole on the course Why do you think that is? No surprises. I mean, there's just so much space. There's so much airspace, right? Yeah, where do we start? You know it and when you when you're throwing downhill like this it Exaggerates your miss so much, you know, if you hyzer it too much It's just gonna keep hyzering and there's actually OB down there left. This is looking crushed Wow, that turned over late. That was angle mastery One of the furthest drives I've ever seen on this hole he's down in the bottom Let's see if Eagle has anything to say about that one, right? Yes PD2 See that's just a little too turned over Enough that it's gonna unless roll into a perfect roller The Eagle McMahon thrower out drives Seppo and Eagle says six shots Wow So Paul sees that and he just goes low Rips it on hyzer flips up the flat. Look at that thing just scoot. Yeah, I mean it's like you're throwing into a straight You're thrown into a headwind off the tee But then your disc starts to fade and then it turns into a crosswind and I think I mean there's an there's like an art to throwing into headwinds and I think the secret here that we see from I Mean really all four players is that they just fully committed to their shots. Yeah, and the only mistake Air quotes mistake that we saw was Eagle and he over committed Mm-hmm, but man these three players I mean four players they just threw something nice and overstable and really committed to that low line And they're all in position here. Exactly the approach is Not easy by any means you got to carry this green right here There's bunkers on the right and the basket is up on this little mound. Yeah, great Pat great basket placement Paul a little bit early comes up a little bit short left but really there's a little bit of deception here too like if it almost feels like the green is pin high with or the Basket is pin high with the back of the green, but really it's almost 50 feet past that And this looks great Wow No reaction off the ground just sticks it. That's pretty unfortunate. Yeah a little bit Yeah, I mean he had such a great line on that one just finds the the luscious part of that little depression Rick looking good, too And he finds the same. Are you sure this? Yeah, how does it stick? It's because it's at the bottom of the all the waters collecting there I mean they hit within five feet of each other. Both of their discs didn't move a muscle. It's crazy Well, if you guys are watching this Semo, you've probably already played round two, but Rick Eagle just throw it where Seppo threw it and you'll get that little play off the car path Not even messing around with it Those are two players that you really don't see play up very often two players that make some of the biggest putts on tour but Seppo He's starting off hot on the green. Oh too hot. He knew it out of his hand. It's wide. It's high He's got a little bit longer of a putt coming back It looks like uphill and with a little bit a little bit of a headwind No And this is Mcbeth for par No problem And that that's got a sting That's got a sting a little bit more than your normal bogey when you're so far down the fairway You're in position for birdie and the dreaded the dreaded three putt AJ. Right, but really I mean, what's what's he gonna do? I mean He's gotta go for it. Yeah, the two guys that laid up before him. I mean they were a good 20-30 feet Behind him. Mm-hmm. So what you're gonna lay up a 30 footer. Oh No, it doesn't And he can't stick it for the single bogey Really stings I mean when a little bit I love it when the players lay up behind me because then it gives me It gives me free ring to just lay on up This is layup party today on this hole Yeah, it's when it's when they stick those putts right in front of you. Oh, yeah, I go. I can't lay up at all, you know You got a good point there Good looking par putt from Paul Seppo back to even par Paul Three down through five. That's where you want to be Now we're moving into hole six. Hole six is pretty interesting. There's this there's this middle tunnel fairway. Mm-hmm right here There are also a lot of players are opting to go hyzer outright. Correct. That's what I did. Nice and Really? It's it's a par four It's about Not a thousand feet six hundred and forty four feet so two shot hole if you can if you can do it to get up there for the birdie and Really? I mean right back into the headwind. You're just trying to get yourself 350 feet down the fairway at least. Mm-hmm. So whichever way you can do it whether it's the confidence in this tunnel shot Which Eagle looks like he's got A little too confident and but it does kick right into the middle of fairway So I mean that that that shot is tight and I'm kind of surprised to see Eagle throw the backhand right there I feel like that that left tunnel shot is kind of calling for the forehand and you pick one of those late gaps and get Out into the fairway where you can approach the pin Or you just throw it all the way through the gap yeah, he lasered it through that initial gap, but A little too much hyzer and he's off into the shoal left. A little too overstable. Yeah Well careful Rick. It's like Rick's also going up the middle. Oh and it finds one of the gaps I Not the intended line, but it's split and he's out in the open and he's gonna have an approach I Don't know. I'm pretty sure he was trying to flex it through that early gap there. Uh, yeah This is layup territory right here There's there's not really access for the birdie from this distance, especially when he's pinned up against this log pile There is a bunker. I think there's like two bunkers and a green and an OB wall on the right side and short So yeah, smart smart play from Eagle Mcbeth is in some trouble as well. He's deep in there He's also just laying up Yep Nice and safe and Rick finds himself in the Right where you want to be. He's prime time. He's got 350 to the pin. Oh, yeah He's definitely thrown that shot before. Yeah That was nice. He's starting to figure those destroyers out with that forehand. I thought you were about to say he's he's starting to figure that forehand out No, it's it's really, you know, I've been talking with him a little bit about Wow Great reaction to stay inside the circle right there. That was a committed shot and a great result. So what was Ricky saying about? Oh, Rick's destroyers, you know I've been talking to him why he hasn't thrown as many forehands and he's just saying that he's still working on it still figuring it Out with the destroyers, you know, he gotcha. He learned with them, but for so many years he's been Throwing over stable enforcers and stuff. So it's kind of changed his the way that he's approaching his forehand He's really starting to figure it out that flat to hyzer shot So you're saying that We should everyone else should try to beef up their game, too because he's gonna be a force to be reckoned with No pun intended great shot by Paul Mcbeth. I think he's I think he's in the zone That's a great birdie by Seppo Fortunate birdie too for Seppo. Those are tough tough into that straight headwind I mean hole six was playing as the second hardest hole yesterday. Yeah that that doesn't surprise me. There's a lot of danger There's even danger around the screen. I mean that bunker right there is inside the circle and it's a hazard. There's OB right? Yeah And then we're going into the second change on this course all-seven Yeah, they backed this one up and they made it and made it a true par four. Yes Last year ties it up with Paul Yeah last year. This hole was like one of those untouchable par threes, right? I think there might have been one two on it. Yeah But now we're backed up 579 From T to basket pretty short for a par four But they did factor in that a lot of times you're playing into a headwind and yesterday we're playing into a direct headwind I would say that it made the hole like 200 feet further. Almost. Yeah, it was yeah, and you can hear it But yeah, OB on the right and then just a wall of trees short right of the basket too, which is a pretty common collection area Rick going with one of those Star Destroyers again. That's a great angle And that's the angle control that we're talking about in the wind not exposing that nose keeping it flat Right through the wind that might that might have been an X1 From Seppo. That's how much wind we got here. That might have been the X1 instead of a D1 Although a force. Oh the wind is just gonna work this one That's headed OB a little bit too much torque and not enough spin. I think That's out of bounds. Yeah Relatively simple par four I'll say I mean and no. Oh, he's doing it too That might have stayed in. I think that was OB. I'm not seeing an OB graphic. So Paul's was definitely OB He's throwing three and this is a dangerous Dangerous shot right here because he's having to swing this wide out over the OB and if it doesn't come back in It's a stroke and distance penalty. Mm-hmm And I think he's safe. Oh and this looks like it might Eagle might have gone out of bounds too. Eagle was OB and he is also choosing to go wide Such a dangerous approach And that's low that needs to skip No, and he's saying that it never came in bounds probably hit the wall. Oh, no, that's worst-case scenario It's an absolute rethrow. He's calling a provisional just in case that other shot is in bounds This is high enough, but it might be wide but no, okay, it's got the distance He makes the correction. Wow, that is a big mistake by Eagle McMahon. That's rough Yeah, and really from I mean, I guess now seeing that Seppo's throwing this sidearm into the green That's what I was expecting out of all four of these players was was just a nice long straight throw that tails off To the left opens up that sidearm sidearm gap I mean you can If you can't hear the wind ripping, it's I'll tell you again It is strong I mean for it to for it to turn over pulse force and then Eagles PD2 back-to-back like that You know, it's got to be strong. Well, and then you know that those two Golfers have to be strong as well Because those are overstable discs. Oh, wow. That was a great view for that putt You could just see the arc in that one and Rick is strong too with the putter in his hand That was way out there, yeah And I feel like the wind was blowing left to right So if anything it was gonna try to push the disc down and he hit the band Seppo From just outside the circle. Yeah, and here's that tree wall. I mentioned earlier It's a pretty tricky putt for par Out on one deep knee. Oh Wow, what a stick really? I mean that was like hyzering left and still He definitely put on the left side. I mean, yeah, like you said that was a difficult putt but Good hit and a really good catch by that basket And a great par save you see right there. I mean if so we missed Did we miss Eagle's putt? Or did I just miss it? I think so. Yeah, we missed his putt for six. He also he missed his putt too so let's check his graphics just to figure it out. He taps in his seven and And that's the difference so Paul Paul and Eagle were both OB Paul gets up and down Eagle does not has to rethrow takes the triple bogey seven On hole seven. Yeah, and thank you. Marissa Martino and Casey Johnson for helping us out with these shot by shot hole graphics for Without you guys, we wouldn't know what the heck just happened But here we go moving on to hole eight another par four with the infamous bowtie OB in the middle You got to either make your choice. Are you going are you laying up short going for the middle river or are you? really strong and you're going for The inbounds area past the second wall it looks like Rick's going for that OB river the bowtie in the middle and I think he I Think he's square in the middle of it What how far is it do you think to clear that OB that first OB the first OB I believe 415 feet to carry. I'm pretty sure it's on the T sign here and I might be able to pull it up. Yes Yeah, so it's three about 332 to clear the second OB line Okay to get inbounds and playing a little bit uphill into a headwind It's gonna play like 380 just to get past the OB line that Rick and Paul have gone past there Eagle taking a deep breath after that seven going over stable max This is probably one of the most dangerous holes on the course It definitely can be especially since again, we're going into a straight headwind but it looks like all four players have Put themselves right in that middle inbounds bowtie And they have a chance to attack the green from there. That's a huge forehand up that hill into the wind Just takes so much power Well over 425 feet of power to get all the way up that hill. Oh, yeah, I Would say on flat ground there maybe again, they're about 370 to 380 to the basket But then yeah, just going uphill headwind elevated basket again OB to the right Yeah, OB deep left as well, I mean this is a It's a tough shot to to commit to It's gonna circle it. Yeah, that was a great shot from Seppo That's a little low but on good angle good angle plenty of power Well done Mcbeth leaked his out a little bit to the left It's a tough putt 40 feet almost a death putt with that elevated basket and OB right behind Oh, he was actually pretty close to the OB right there, too I mean within within a few feet That's true Hmm doesn't really give that one a chance This is 25 footer for birdie three really the only option after last After the last hole is to do exactly that Well done good bounce back strong putt And hole 8 comes in as the fourth hardest hole of the day Not really for this card though, it looks like we're gonna see three birdies and one par most groups were averaging two bogeys Yeah, I'd imagine with all that OB. Yeah makes sense three birdies and a par Just make it look so easy. Just the way that Seppo just smooth that hyzer up there. Yeah And I mean we should I guess everyone should be taking notes. That's that's how you want to do it Whenever you can go hyzer hyzer Birdie putt on a par four Do it you're gonna be you're gonna be pretty happy. So might as well work that into your game plan Yes, one of the signature holes on the course hole nine 770 no 747. Yeah 747, but believe it or not This one's gettable. For sure. We're going way downhill with a tailwind Yeah, this card is definitely thinking two they're attacking. Yes Ricky is gonna take this boss that we saw him ripping on in, Utah He's gonna start this one out on just a little bit of angle if he can He's asking for it to turn a little bit. This is just carrying carrying That's a fine kick. Wow. Is that almost like 747 foot that is absolutely the furthest one I've seen Paul we saw Paul get close last year, but he was short of it. We didn't see anyone pin high or deep Seppo with the d2 and Again, like Rick throwing it nice and low kind of trying to match the angle of the hill Just keeps pushing Eagle gives it up tells him nice shot Maybe 35 short a little bit left, but Got about a 40 footer for Eagle 2. This is ridiculous. Awesome. Can we get any closer? Come on Eagle PD2 Low and ripped low rip. He's got it on miss those little turn. Oh and it does Bounce off that tree again. Oh same little reaction Just as long as Seppo's but other side of the basket. So we'll see if that wind comes into into play That's like a Kong right there and it just needs to keep turning Playing for that late hyzer flip. Oh, wow Without question the four best drives that have ever been thrown on this hole on the same card Wow Everyone is putting this is a true par four My approaches are 300 feet This is awesome Someone's cashing Hope so, they're all circled to green and extra regulation Seppo a little too much angle on that release 45 for Mcbeth Wind just holds it up in the air misses high Ricky's our last hope Feeling pretty good about it AJ how are you feeling? He's got that vintage straddle stance Come on. Yes He does it he comes through for us. Oh, yeah the Eagle to just the casual Wave to the crowd. Yeah, pick up my AVR And this was the easiest hole of the day But Rick had the solo Eagle for the Wow. That was it for the division I mean, it's it's it's truly special that all four of these players off the tee on the 747 foot par-4 are thinking Eagle and they all gave themselves opportunities. Yes, and they're all gonna birdie And then some superstar frame. So we go five down on the hole nine What a way to end the front nine AJ it's been a pleasure. Yeah, look forward to watching the back nine with you. Oh Yeah, Ricky six through the front That's good Thanks everybody for watching. Make sure to click on the back nine video And join us for some some more amazing views This turned out to be a beautiful day and we got some really good golf. Yeah, great coverage to subscribe to the Parse productions I'm really enjoying this video right now. Yeah All right. Catch you on the back nine