2018 Keeper of the Chains | RD2, B9, MPO | Tillman, Hatfield, Allton, Convers, Rodriguez
Watch on YouTubeThe 2018 Keeper of the Chains tournament features a star-studded lineup of players from across the Midwest, including Bill Tilghman, Kota Hatfield, Nathan Allton, Dominique Rodriguez, Ron Converse, and Beau Tillman. Filmed on the challenging Oak Park championship layout in Wichita, Kansas, this video showcases the high-level play and strategy employed by these top disc golfers. The focus is on Round 2, Back 9, where Nathan Allton takes an early lead, closely followed by Beau Tillman. As the round progresses, each player's unique approach to the course is revealed, with standout performances from Kota Hatfield's accurate drives and Dominique Rodriguez's impressive distance control. Watch as these talented players navigate the toughest holes on the layout, including the notorious hole 10, where precise placement and strategy come into play.
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welcome everyone to round two back nine I'll keep her the chains tournament sponsored by end of the champion discs here in Wichita Kansas playing Oak Park championship layout super long course and on this leaked hard we got Bill Tilghman from Edmond Oklahoma Kota Hatfield also from Edmond Oklahoma Nathan Alton from Wellington Kansas Dominique Rodriguez from Emporia Kansas and Ron converse from blackwell Oklahoma and Nathan is leading the way at seven down followed by beau Tillman closely behind all right hole ten 617 foot par four yeah gonna have to cross that OB water take a left and head straight down this fairway OB road on the right and let's see how they attack it first up we got kota sitting at two down and it's really just the Heiser off the tee he is that tree but it didn't cut off that much distance so he'd be right from there and Nathan just does not throw back hands at all but he's fantastic with the forehand gets a good flex and hits looks like the same trees Kota here we got Dom you also got a ton of distance he's right in that same area ronk on that this is turning away too much oh no it's not that's perfect yeah that'll do just fine here we got beau trying to chase Nathan that comes up a little short but they'll be just fine we got Dom for Toms second shot and he got caught up in that tree that's gonna leave him a long long putt for his birdie oh yeah that's a great shot for more heels that having the highs around those trees I'll give him about circles edge but Kona's wide open on this shot and he takes advantage putting it about ten feet out I'd be a drop in birdie Nathan with a pretty terrible lie but he manages to get it out there he'll have a putt belt with the best tribe of the group just a simple upshot and he does that perfectly and this is Tom's third after he hit that branch and the wind just shut that straight down leaving him with a looks like a 60 footer yeah that wasn't even close he's not happy with this whole oh great run by Nathan oh yeah rolling out of the trees with a nice birdie putt puts him back at even and beau playing this hole about oh I was gonna say playing it perfect but you got to make the putt to do that so it so uncharacteristic from him one of the best putters in Oklahoma very solid now's his chance to take a stroke from Nathan but he can't do it oh I'm coda can't make a pot either what is going on Wow KO's gonna settle with the par and he is he needs he needs to get a lot of birdies here to make that leak our next round done with that unfortunately bogey put some that one big Nathan with the par keeps him a seven all right whole eleven 317 foot part three and this shot is very awkward we got Obie on the right side mando pull you gotta go left of the pole and it's like it's not straight enough for the dead straight shot and there's not enough room for the Heiser cuz it's gonna finish it doesn't finish left enough so the best shot is almost like a forehand flex shot yeah and you know it's a forehand shot whenever Ron pulls out the forehand but that looks like it's fading away too much oh no and that's Oh be on the road huge mistake by Roland didn't put nearly as enough Annie on it Cota did but he put it right into the ground he'll be pitching up from there and this hole is made for Nathan don't flex is all day that looks a little low as well nope yeah he'll have a puff from there go go with the backhand oh yeah and it only works when it flips up perfectly like that it stays on highs are the whole time it's going way left and you're not gonna have a but this is the first forehand for Dahl on this round and he puts it right to the ground as well same with Cota hopefully I squeak through there a little bit nice shot by a coda here's rollin on the outside of the trees gonna try to find a gap on his third shot after that would be stroke now looks like he just got shot down you think I'm a tester for his bogey oh and but with that fantastic birdie this hole is seriously so hard a birdie well done sir and wrong with a great bogey save that's one thing about Ron he usually doesn't miss two putts in a row he's very good at in-game adjustments in playing this game for a long time and he's very fundamental Don lose a little bit ha here's Coda's par save right in the middle and that's what I expect out of Kota nice putt by Nathan and Dom is tapping in here and dumb back that too big they're going the wrong way all right hold 12500 5-foot par three we got OB left on the road and OB right on the road you always got to keep this thing in bounds a lot of trees to start out with not a whole lot of room for the air shots so we're gonna be seeing some rollers that I believe and yeah you're just trying to break off as much distance as you can while staying in bounds here we got Bo and he's oh no and he finds the OB got a little more turn on that diss and he wanted coated with the hyzer flip right down the middle that works out just fine Nathan's gonna test that OB on the left side at the forehand get up oh yeah amazing he's in a great position for tap-in three I'll swing down the right side it lands right in the middle I guess we're gonna see no rollers on this group that came out was hanging a little bit early take it off that tree yeah that work we got kota with the hyzer over the road oh yeah he's still got about 60 maybe 50 feet out but it's got chance dom played that exactly like coda get over that curb whoa that's the worst part about roads is the freaking curbs that always seem to get you wrong lays up nicely and Nathan was way down the fairway Oh No that fight through yes it did he's kind of a tester putt for par see if he can knock one down Oh just short here's dawn for poor I'll sit he's hidden go beyond that I'm not but cut it with the same distance Tom had see if he can make an adjustment oh yeah walk that in and that feels like a birdie this hole is extremely hard to to Don with the tester come backer here nice nice comeback that puts him at three big but with the bogey as well and this is gonna be one of the easier holes out here it's not that easy to find the OB on this hole unlike some of the other ones I'll write a hole 13 375 foot par 3 OB on the road on the right side it's pretty far out of the way but it might get hit with the roller or something that's really the only danger on this hole just try and break out as much distance as possible I think it plays a little bit longer than 375 but it's whatever look at that color code it's gone with the air shot oh yeah parks it and that's what he needs he's get some birdies on this back nine to catch up with Nathan and Beau and we're all going to safe air Shaw as well right the middle now give him a circles edge putt for to look for - yeah not shocked by Nathan with the forehand here oh yeah always guys are downloaded in from this hole just bill trying to bounce back from that bogey on the previous hole and that branch gets in the way that's gonna leave him a long putt for two I seen see if tompa can get it going here he finds a tree as well Oh get off that yeah almost super long putts it's really easy to grip law cuz you're just trying to you really is trying to get it they're both laying up for his par here's wrong for two that never had a chance here's ago - up on bow nice putt that puts Nathan back at seven down very nice there you go Kota find your stride I mean Kota actually teamed up together for a four-man team tournament a couple weekends ago and yeah he carried that team by a lot played out Pau has got the lodge beautiful course courses two courses on that property and dom tap in for par I'll write hole 14 649 foot part 3 we got OB left yeah you're always trying to keep this one in bounds as well not a whole lot of things to mess you up again you got Therese spread out throughout the fairways just like every other hole it seems like it does narrow down this fairway does down by the basket so your drive is you got quite a bit of room on the drive but on your upshot you got to be very very careful it'll be on the right side too on that Sidewalk yeah and as you can see it gets extremely narrow look how beautiful this property is there's a roller and waiting to see one and the farther up on this hole I mean it sounds obvious but it is much better to be as far as you can get out there Nathan might have wanted a little bit more flex on that but I should do just fine he thinks since he's gonna be throwing a forehand he won't push that left side of it more but we'll see what he does from there Ron keeps out a little bit too low though going with the Flex shot oh yeah it's perfect guy that's crazy it looks like Dom's donut right into the ground on every hole oh no we're on hit that branch on his upshot see if Nathan can get real close to this basket there you go that work it's about circles edge putt for birdie or for par excuse me and Belle really testing that Oh beyond that right side I need to get back in now that's OB as well not happy with that that's fading towards the road oh I hit the tree and that saved him he'll most likely lay up from there and this hole really should be a par 4 I'm not sure why it's part three but it's not for me to decide and Ron come up short again oh yeah great shot by DOM bow after that OB stroke and he's not happy with that I'm not sure where that ended up is he laying up again maybe you just want to get out of here Oh hahaha and he wanted that so badly anything with kind of a shank on that but I believe this is Dom for par was just kind of like a birdie oh yeah and he played that hole perfectly wrong to happen in for his double just kept leaving every shot short seems like Nathan with the bogey drops him down to six down coated with the bogey as well all right a whole 15 520 foot par 4 there is um you know that might not be this will actually there's a OB on the left side I'll be on the right side again loud trees in the middle of fairway and yeah low ceiling all the way it seems like here we got dawn up to that great power I hate those a little bit CeeLo gets caught up in the grass Kota gets about three three fourths the way down the fairway don't look too happy at that but I don't see a problem with it I'll pitch it right up there Ron's going roller keep going that's a fantastic shot by roland and beau is now two down after that last hole really tore him up he's getting aggressive here he's going roller and he throw some of the best rollers oh yeah put him in the circle little backyard concert going on there and Dom's right under that tree he's having a very obstructed putt Oh Ron flashing chains yeah and with this low ceiling it makes it very difficult to get up there for a putt everyone was kind of pitching up here's Bo for Eagle yeah I just can't get enough energy on that and here's dawn for three get left Oh walk it in Dom wow that was so far I was like a 60 footer with the low ceiling fantastic putt Nathan knocking it in and if Dom can just polish off the little things he's gonna be a fantastic player in the future cut its happenin there my Nathan is just running away with this round all right a whole 16 350 foot par 3 Barry tackle there is a mando I black it's nice on that tree but you gotta go on the left side of this fairway so pretty much forces you to throw either a backhand turnover or forehand roto be behind the basket and yeah everyone here is wanting to get this one Dom's keeping it way too low don't know hard enough but can't get the height right well that's looking perfect from Kota oh yeah and that's what you want just I got a little bit of flip up on the disc and then a hard fade if it rides left at all it's got a chance of going to be and Nathan kind of sought his off a little bit but he's right in the circle Rowland pulling out the forehand Oh Annie's getting bounced and that finds OB and Bo's is leaking left as well oh no that's OB as well I'll know if they in just a wind ride or what but they got way more turn on that dist and they wanted and Bo is struggling this back nine here's Ron for a three save Oh and he's come up about three inches short on 50% of his outside circle past this round here's Nathan just keep separating from the field oh yeah puts him at eight down Kota is the only one that will have a look other than Nathan there you go and that puts Koda in second place now I was gonna fold the two down with the bogie there dump tap it in for his par then Ron's gonna be moving the three big with the bogey all right a hole 17 336 foot par 4 low ceiling pretty much all the way there is a mando tree guys stay right of it down right around this area and then the basket is up and to the left to play in a placement shot that's where you don't miss the mando then you got throw a hyzer down to the basket and there is Road on the right side and on the back and Coda's just going with that spike hyzer play just to get in bounds and it barely does yeah there's that mando truth a yellow stripe on it and Nathan with the backhand yeah that's about right I'll give him a good chance to get over there for the for the pot oh no that needs to get right I think he just shot straight down actually here's Ron and Ron's need to get to the ride as well it's fading out oh no he misses that mando boats going with the spike hyzer as well didn't seem too happy about it but he didn't look too bad here's a very tricky up shot from Dom so I get left in a hurry and he hangs out wide it's a tree doesn't go with the forehand roll or try to swing it up left he's gonna take a perfect shot for this to work now when he put a lot of mustard on that Oh No Oh B and destroyed by the car naturally all Nathan could do try for a skip shot let's grass your joy thick so not a lot skips this round and curves in great position to attack right here oh yeah that work Ron after missing the mando here's Tom going a little deep a little deeper than he wanted about circles edge putt now listen Nathan after that attempted skip shot let's see if he can knock one in oh yeah nice par putt Nathan he'll stay at eight down here's coda for birdie there it is that was Cota five down creeping up on Nathan and those just wanted to wanting to go home up to this round he's struggling he's done with that circles edge pot right here Oh Shroff the cage and his husband on and off this round can't quite get that consistency I believe this is from bogey from Ron after missing the man down oh no it took a par good par save all right hole 18 320 foot par 3 you can take the forehand route there is OB on the road stretched on the left and behind the basket or we can take the Heiser and try to go left of that tree that code a hit and anything with a great shot that looks a little high and yeah that hits a tree that's looking really good from donk keeping it nice and low still hits a tree but he spouts circles edge Oh Bogut's a skip Oh No Oh B Oh skips off the sidewalk all the way across the fairway and onto the red you just cut a second shot got tied up in the tree he's got a tester for his bar great finish calls for birdie Donna 'then I suppose well let's see if Nathan can wrap up this round a good way and he can that puts Nathan a nine down the current leader and nothing's going Bo's what right now and Jake Lazo and Ben Wiggins have made a move and they'll be on leak hard final round and final round will be a clap golf complex which has soccer golf disc golf and ball golf thanks for watching