2018 Keeper of the Chains | RD1, F9, MPO | Convers, Carrasco, Fluty, Hall, Arndt
Watch on YouTubeThe 2018 Keeper of the Chains tournament is a highlight from the world of disc golf, showcasing top players competing in an exciting match at Cessna Park in Wichita, Kansas. The tournament features professionals such as Crispin Carrasco, Ron Converse, and Casey Flutie, among others, as they face off in a battle of skill and strategy. The course is described as having both open shots and wooded areas, with obstacles like OBs (out-of-bounds) and trees that demand precise throws. The players discuss their approaches to various holes, including techniques for navigating tricky obstacles and executing long-range shots. Ron Converse, a champion disc golfer from Blackwell, Oklahoma, is particularly impressive on his drives, while Casey Flutie, a local Wichita player, demonstrates his accuracy and control. The video provides an entertaining look at the 2018 Keeper of the Chains tournament, offering insights into the strategies and skills of top professional disc golfers.
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welcome everyone to the 2018 keeper the chains tournament sponsored by and of a champion disks we are in Wichita Kansas and we are playing Cessna Park brought nine this awesome car we got Crispin Carrasco wrong converse Kevin aren't Casey Flutie and Christopher hall and this is really a beautiful park there's some open shots like half it's pretty wooded a lot of Obi's so it's see how they attack it first up we've got kevin and that road is OB gotta go over the road there's like a little landing area by that tree up top see us a little bit short then you gotta take a right turn and the baskets kind of near some danger here's Crispin so he's going with a big ante shot and I'll do just fine here we got the legendary Ron converse from Blackwell Oklahoma he's got some championships and he absolutely crushes this this is way farther than it needs to be but that's a great shot here we got Casey he's a local from Wichita and he puts it right right in the middle he'll have to avoid those trees in front of him but I think he can throw for Anheuser over on top of him here we got Christopher yeah and he's in that same landing area here's Kevin's upshot he's pretty far bags gonna be a tough shot yeah he left that quite a bit sure it's gonna be a tester putt with that downhill slope he got Casey fell in the forehand that's my preferred play on this in the shop and yeah that worked about 25 footer and Christopher with an awful lot but he managed to get it down there no I'll be a look first three wrong con you won't see many four minutes from him and that's a great shot here's Crispin's second and that grass is really grab you right there but if you hit that downslope you can get a bad roll and there is OB down by the tall grass here's kevin's third he gets that pretty close case it's just barely missing on his uh his birdie putt and here's Christopher for birdie this is a par four oh and he hits the ring inside the chains and spits right out that's not how you want to start you around crisp and just coming up a tad short see Franck can get this birdie and today was extremely windy probably a consistent 20 mile-per-hour wind which is pretty normal for these guys since they're in Oklahoma in Kansas and he can't seem to find the chains on that one you should heaven for a poor yeah he knocks that right in crispin tapping in for his par and Crispin is actually the founder of hand-eye which is pretty awesome and there's Casey's happening for his par rock on tapping in everyone's definite all right on to the next I'll write a hole to par-3 344 feet and you got to make this small tunnel right here and then the hole is down to the right a lot of trees in the way flick is probably the preferred route but some of these guys prefer the backhand and that's that's still it's gonna be a tough par Civ and Rollins actually pulling at the for now I think he's developed a forehand over the past couple months maybe longer and he solves that off a little bit comes up a little short but he'll have a very hard look for too and it does drop off about ten feet behind the basket like right behind the basket so you got to be very careful on your runs that one just hits a tree Knoll enjoyed getting all way down there it's one of the easier holes out here I think there's Christopher going with the backhand turnover I look pretty good be easy too but he'll have a chance at it Crispin going with the forehand he needs a little bit left that's gonna be tough but and you'll see Kevin throwing that black I think it might be a hard on the what it is but he throws it constantly oh my god that was an awful kick that's gonna make his par putt just that much harder and Ron can't seem to get away from the trees he hits that one right in front of them we've got some scary putts and Chris hits a tree everyone's head injuries Kevin just goes right off the band I can't tell if that went all the way down that backside or not Oh crispin with a laser putt and that was a par Civ crisper making putts as well and once you get that first long putt in at the beginning of around it just makes the rest your putts so much easier you had that confidence and he just kissed that nose up and it just kind of sails on him Kevin with a great looking bogey putt nice to come backer there and he didn't go too oh no hit the tree he didn't go all the way down and think but still tricky putt wrong with a solid par Casey could double alright hold three 270 foot part three and you got to make this tunnel and the basket is kind of like on a peninsula with water right behind down there where he just went yeah as long as you make the the initial gap is holes not too hard and it looks like Ron took a awful kick left he's gonna be the middle of thorns all kinds of stuff Christopher going with the forehand probably so he can face the target the whole time that's a great shot you'll have a about 30 footer uphill first birdie Kevin wanting to bounce back after that bogey he took just now that's a great shot he's about 10 feet away here's Casey who stays going maybe a fairway driver up the middle and he kicks left but it'll be an easy par here's Ron from just the middle of the woods that's a great out he's gonna have to take us for O'Casey tossing up their hits a tree and that's gonna be a that's gonna be a long par putt as well wrong just going back to that forehand now worked out pretty well just off the cage here's Kristen for two I believe you need to get that putter going he hit it a good one on a hole to but he's playing some really high level players so he's been making some Christopher bangs his birdie putt that bring that brings him to one down he takes the lead here's Kristen's come back here for par oh yeah there it is and he says that even here's Kevin tapping in for his birdie and that brings him back to even so that's a great way to bounce back and Casey's starting off not on a good note he is three big Rollins not doing great either right now he's one day sleeping get these guys to turn on Go Go all right whole four to five hundred twenty foot par four and this hole is very challenging water runs along the right all the way up to the basket the fairway is basically a mound all the way down and there's some OB on the left so you got to find your placement shot and and hit it that's looking really good oh yeah that might be too far left actually wants to see crispin looks like you had enough Heiser on it oh yeah that's gone way left but safe maybe that wasn't safe I don't know we'll see and it's crazy how much power Ron generates it's got such great form that's gonna be a tricky spot that's also on the left side of the trees but he should have a look for a pretty solid upshot and Casey just turns his all the way over and he's gonna find the O be in the water there's the drop zone on this hole on this hole here's Christopher's upshot it's got about 250 left of the pen and he leaves that about 30 feet short and Crispin did find though B so that was his third shot and he leaves that way short he's gonna have a lot of distance to cover still and Ron's got tricky lies well he's got a weave through those trees and that's pretty darn good for where he was at he's got about 30 footer maybe a little bit longer so here's Casey from the drop zone this is for three as well just a basic Heiser you gotta control the height on these shots today though because that wind is howling and he's Pete he's people to make that putt Kevin with the big Heiser as well and all these guys seem to be kind of pulled it short there's Crispin's forth and he'll just tap that in for a for a bogey five Kevin little short see if CRISPR can continue making these putts has a great run though he'll be tapping in for a par here's Ron for birdie and that wind just kind of pushes it up in the air a little bit a little bit too much he's got a pretty pretty far come back here but it's not it's not gonna hurt him at all he's a fantastic putter probably way he's known for having taps in for his bar Christopher taps in for his bogey that's gonna hurt his run case with the par as a great par save and Kristen with your bogey all right hole 5 588 foot part par 4 there is OB sidewalk on the right there is a flag off OB on the left side so we just gotta throw it far and desperate which is not the easiest thing and once you're out in that open they you're up shots pretty simple but again the wind is just ridiculous to that a lot of overstable discs being being pulled out here's Christopher and these guys are trying to release it on a slide Amy and then just have it fade out towards the middle to fairway but if it fades out too early you're probably gonna find some OB spin looks to be going that way I'm not too sure if that when will be or not we'll find out in a sec Kevin's got about 350 plus to the pen still and Crispin was OB but he's in parting arrange for a par Civ Casey go with the forehand that's looking pretty good oh yeah that's potable for sure it's for kind of like let's go Whaley those animals right into the ground and wrong with another forehand looks like that gets way more turn than he wants yeah it's gonna be about a 45 footer and that's a better I mean that's a good recovery shot and Kevin with that black harp thing pissed that whatever he wants to basically Ron misses short for his uh birdie oh my god that girl would be all but a disc length away from OB again and he's got that nose down a little bit up and when he does it's an inch too short that has not a good hole for a Crispin seen a lot of nose up the head one's just pushing his stripe in the air that's a great bogey putt for Christopher Casey with a nice birdie the lone birdie Kevin with the par he's sitting that even Tristan with a painful triple bogey he's gonna need some birdies to recover from that well on this back nine there's a lot of opportunities so I hole 6 395 foot part 3 and it's a really pretty basic hole but there's a lot of OB surrounding the basket area so you really just want to go with the high turnover flex shot and hopefully you don't hit that a parking lot like that but it's so easy to do because it's pretty much blind from the tee box along with the big Annie it's coming back pretty nice oh my god GK slow-mo about a foot away from a 400-foot ace really wish we got that on camera if that would have happened and now looks like a great shot as well and it's hard to get your discs up in the air and turning enough to where you're not way left to the basket on this hole because you can bail out on the left side there's no B on the left side and that sneaks over the road as well there's been like four over the road here's Kevin with this OB three so he'll be tapping in for a bogey and he'll most likely lose a stroke to Ron and Crispin that's a great putt by Crispin Casey fund this putting stroke now he's trying to fight back in this battle wrong with the birdie well there's a lot of birdies on this hole making it look way easier than it is I think this is for birdie for Christopher yeah another birdie Kevin's gonna be tapping in for his bogey he's gonna lose his stroke to the field two strokes the field actually all right hole 7 397 foot par 3 and there is OB right but you gotta go over those trees which is pretty hard to do and the hole goes straight and then down to the left quite a bit downhill and yes some of these guys can reach it for sure including Ron and Ron puts it way over there Oh My yes that is perfect he'll be tapping in for a birdie for sure it looks like you saw that off a little bit yeah he's gonna be on the left side kristan trying to find something good here to do that's over that's hanging out with Christopher over there on the left side you're just Kevin he's the bounce back after that bogey he's currently in second on the card it's a great line looks like he's gonna be a little bit short no actually he's about he's in circle he spotted Christopher left that way well it looks like 30 feet short that's a second forehand up shot where he kind of shanked it here's Kevin 4 - oh the wind drop and that's that's a painful hole for Christopher had a great Drive just a poor upshot a very difficult putt wrong with a great birdie now he's getting on a roll and he actually took his hat off because I kept blowing off his head that is how windy it is Casey tapped in for a par same with Crispin no Crispin got a birdie never mind Kevin with the power though and Christopher with the unfortunate bogey all right Ron takes the lead at one down hole eight 420-foot part three it's pretty much a wide open hole you really just got a show-off your power and try not to have anything flip over there is OB on the right but it's gonna be pretty hard to to reach and after that bad start Casey had he is really starting to come together and connected with some shots looks like it found his parting stroke that was way up there and this hill plays a little bit uphill too so it it probably plays more like 450 ish and Kevin with a high turnover flex shot and that's putting as well just outside circle and now looks like it came a little bit early and a little bit low yeah I don't think he's really put in there but he'll he'll toss up there as an upshot Crispin from about a hundred lose that little bit right Christopher him with that forehand and he did it again needs to get that thing up in the air okay see oh my gosh KC from downtown drills that birdie putt he's just staring at it going and it did and that was case yet even he's creeping up on Ron see if rongkhun knock on in Oh you coming with the forehand I'm wondering why I didn't try to put that it wasn't that far and Kevin just white off the cage for his to crispin off the cage as well and here's Christopher for par I believe yeah nails it just a couple tap ins Chrisman for bogey drawn for par and Kevin for par and Ron is still leading by one whole nine three hundred fifty eight foot part three and this Hill is really pretty similar to the previous one pretty open there's a couple trees on the right side but they're easy to avoid and you can be seen mostly just Heiser since it's only three fifty eight looks like he got caught up in a couple trees and he's gonna be about a hundred fifty short coming on with the forehand that'll work little short though I'm not sure if there's actually 3050 a I think it might be playing a little bit longer than that but Christopher keeping it nice and low and he'll have a putt it's gonna be a long one but you'll have them Tristan going with the the Flex shot but it just didn't get any turn and he's gonna be way left but I mean this whole this fairways so open it really doesn't matter as long as you don't go be right see if Casey can knock another 150 footer now he's that little short yeah this holds gobby over 400 because no one seemed to even get close to the basket and wrong with bold patent-pending shot there hatless crisper needs to get a birdie here let's see if he can make this nice can't quite commit to it right now and these 15-footers with this when they feel like 40-footers yeah and Kevin just sneaks that over the cage for a par Tristan for par as well gonna be seeing a lot of pars it's a pretty tight ballgame with the exception of Crispin I mean everyone's pretty close to even we got wrong at one couple of even couple of one big so okay see with the birdie alright thanks for watching that front 9 make sure you look out for the back 9 coming out soon and yeah subscribe like the channel GK Pro and help us out