Ace Run Productions brings you the 2023 Disc Golf Masters Tour Finale presented by Innova and generated by Grit Discs. This is a 4 round PDGA A-Tier and we will be crowing an inaugural champion for this tour! We are at the beautiful North Cove Leisure and Golf Club in Marion North Carolina. A big thank you to the DGMT for having us out to cover this event. Make sure to check out their link below to see the upcoming 2024 schedule. #acerunpro #DGMT #discgolf
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Final Round Lead Card:
JohnE McCray
Robert Ryan
Jeff Bauman
Michael Herzog
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“Let’s Run It!”
Hello everyone and welcome back to the conclusion of the 2023 disc golf Masters Tour finale at North Cove presented by Inova and generated by grit diss we are back here on the boulders course of the North both Leisure club and disc golf facility Felix Vega of Ace rum Productions bringing
You this content let’s check out our front nine leaderboard see who’s making some moves so far after nine holes Johnny mcra with a firm command of the lead Matt pekham working his way up the leaderboard Robert Ryan in second place as well see how it all shakes out here
Through these last nine holes starting with hole 10 this par 4 606 ft almost feels like an extension of whole nine on the t-shot here the only added difference is you’ve got these bunkers on the right hand side that play as hazards and then the hole continues
To move to the right hand side throughout the entirety here you do have this Creek that lines up behind the basket that does play as out of bounds there are markers back there to uh late where the actual out of bounds starts and finishes Ryan who picked up the
Birdie on the previous hole is up first getting this one turned over to the right hand side a little bit low though and that’s may have been a good thing as that’s going to keep him safe from the hazards that he was tracking towards II Herzog also Birdie the previous hole
That one out into the Fairway nothing nothing wrong with that you don’t want to get confused that pin that you see in the background there is not the pin that we’re playing to that one right in the middle of the Fairway for Jeff Balman and Johnny
McRae putting a good move on that one looking to get Edge doesn’t quite get Edge but does filter back to the middle of the Fairway as well look like Robert Ryan here first to act going with the big big turn over there cutting him behind those last sets
Trees and that is going to find the out of bounds long right Herzog putting a good move on this one getting stable right towards the pin a little bit of a roll there still going but but that is going to be fine he is safe and inbounds there Jeff next
To act it’s kind of hard to see the pin from these positions so you’re almost shooting at uh a tree that you have in mind and that one unfortunately low all the way and is going to skip into the hazard bunker there Johnny floating that one nicely there he’ll have a
Look at the putt forehand approach here for Balman hits a rock and tree and settles right next to the pin so last spot in bounds after a group decision for Ryan as he’s dealing with that tricky anheiser but navigates it well McCrae here for the
Birdie that one goes a bit long there is OB back there we’ll have to take a look and see didn’t see a graphic come up though so it looks like he is safe that one a little bit low Johnny did confirm with his teammates that he is or with his
Card mates that he is in bounds and then knocks home the par putt to get things started on the back nine here this final rounds bogey putt there and a par putt for Michael Herzog to start off his back nine and unfortunately Robert after going out of bounds there is going to
Have to settle for the bogey plucking off some Hitchhikers all right let’s check out hole 11 this par three 288 FT elevation change from the beginning here you’re seeing uphill almost the entirety of this hole here pretty straightforward though pretty stock Heiser for these guys or a straight uh straight to neutral mid-range can get you there a
Little bit of rollway potential here on the right and back end of this green here as you see it slopes away pretty much a recurring theme on this particular Course taking the straight line at it beautiful shot there Michael Herzog beautifully done Johnny McCrae also opting for the straight line this one getting a little bit of finish might be a little bit of a scary butt we’ll see what he elects to do from there three for three on the straight
Gap here there’s got to be at least one person that’s going to take the heer line right I don’t think I’ve ever filmed this home without seeing at least one person take the Hiser there it is didn’t make a liar of me that one pushing out to the left hand
Side bit of a stable disc there see what Jeff selecting to do from here if he’s going to try to give this a bid no he’s going to lay it up there give himself an easy three Johnny here running at it unfortunately he’s left it low and that’s going to run away
From him down the back slope he’s got this left for the par and he cans it home good comeback putt for the par and Ryan with the birdie erasing that bogey from the previous hole Herzog with a beautiful drive taking home the birdie there on hole 11 nicely Done all right seven holes left to Crown a champion the first ever champion of the disc golf Masters Tour [Applause] Welcome back everybody hold 12 part 3 222 ft this this one I mean it’s right there there is out of bounds this cart path here does play as OB short left and sorry short left and long of the basket really just a standstill approach shop for these guys
With a putter this is one that’s right in front of you one that you definitely want to Get smooth little putter shot there little bit short probably not what he was wanting there Johnny electing for the forehand here that’s a lot of angle there is OB right as well and that is found it so there is a line over there kind of basically the hillside itself is playing
As out of bounds this one the heer approach and that is nicely done there it almost throws you off having this type of Hole uh mixed in here just cuz it’s not something that kind of stands in line with the rest of the holes so it can
Throw off your game a little bit Johnny here from the Drop Zone with the turbo that one’s going to finish low and right of the pin Michael for birdie and he has got it good start to the back half here for Michael OG really going back to Whole
Nine he’s been birdie par birdie birdie that one low left and needs to settle and does that could have easily got up and rolled away Johnny here makes the comeback putt for the bogey par there not what you expect to see on this hole you see 222 feet
You think it’s a gimme all the way around but we only see one birdie from this card a little surprising this whole 12 proving to be a stubborn one there see the scoring difference couple of pars a bogey and a birdie see what hole 13 has in store for Us 225 ft whole 13 another one that you want to get bit of a blind t- shot though this one ranks number five and coming in a scoring average of 2.92 you really just throw a blind Heiser at the sky here and having crash on over to the left hand side there is
Out of bounds long and out of bounds left on this hole as well the elevation change makes it play a little bit further than that 225 but again a hole that you expect these guys to kind of feast on here Michael Herzog up first this one going to be a little
Long putting himself at about circle’s Edge for the birdie look Ryan a little higher similar result a little closer though as you can see the wind on the flag there a little bit of right to left wind helping the disc to swing back over towards the pin this one getting a
Softer bounce and that’s going to be about 20 ft left for him Johnny McCrae going with that emac truth once again we do have more of those emac truths with us shoot us an email at Ace runpro if you’re looking to get your hands on one
And look at what they do as Johnny McRae has pinned this one with that emac truth there it is that Ace from Pro Shadow stamp inside the bullseye I mean if you want to get birdies and bullseyes just you know get your hands on one email us acpro gmail.com
That one unfortunately sorry for the Shameless plug uh that one unfortunately slips out the left hand side Ryan with the longer bid nicely done getting the birdie there this is more like it going to see unless Johnny falls in a hole here uh three birdies on this one Michael
Unfortunately is going to take the par there thumbs up from Herzog and Johnny McRae with the Birdie there it is look at that be I’ve got one in the bag it flies great for me too thanks Johnny whole 14 part 4 612 ft this Ace has been or this Ace this hole has been famously aced um on camera so check that out it’s somewhere in the Instagram realm but
This is one that really these guys are going to break down for the easy birdie uh ranked number four 2.90 pretty straightforward shot off the te rip it as far as you can give yourself a short approach little bit of danger here as we see uh this pin once
Again pitched right on top of a hill with rollway potential all around but these guys very well capable of navigating this for the three step one is just get it out there throw as far as you can Ryan ripping one out there to the left hand
Side oh Balman getting some late turn on that and now it’s starting to creep back over to the middle towards the middle he’s going to be approaching from the right side Johnny trying to put some big turn on this and some full Flex W this is getting out
There that is way down the Fairway on the left hand side Michael taking a similar line stable dto fighting back out and that’s going to be a little further over to the left side look like he will be first up here looks like a putter leaves it a little further right
Than I think you would have liked that’s fantastic there for Robert Ryan leaving it on the top of that little turtle back hill Jeff Balman trying to replicate he’ll be just to the left and a little bit short Johnny with the jump approach bid there putting himself well inside of
20 looks like Herzog is the furthest one out here and he’s at about 20 25 oh and he leaves it low oh that’s the nasty rollway and he’s going to have a further putt now than he did on that initial one that’s the real danger of this hole it’s
Not oh no that splashes away and is going to roll again man that’s unfortunate yeah that’s the real teeth of this hole is this last 30 feet and that’s going to at least sit down unfortunately that’s going to lead to a double bogey there for Michael Herzog Balman for his birdie putt
Connects and I would expect these next couple guys here to do the same Johnny connecting with his it’s funny you see a ho with this distance and really it’s the last 45 60 ft of it that really present the Danger N we are back on hole 15 this Par 3 294 ft again a recurring theme on this side of the property elevation changes you’re teeing off from a lower tead going up in elevation moving from left to right here right side not really that viable these guys are going to be throwing turnovers
Here to try to get somewhere either in this ditch or past the ditch here to give themselves the look for the birdie that ditch seems to collect a lot of plastic for some reason that one is turned over out of the hand and that’s going to get chopped down
Pretty early there for Robert Ryan he’s going to have some scrambling to do to try to get the par here this is more of what you expect to see little bit of late drift on over that was a nice shot there looks like he’s settled into that collection ditch
There Johnny a little higher I like this line here giving it more time to get through and what a shot by McCrae a little higher you would have rung up the ace and herzog’s taking a similar line as well and he gets the tree kick at the
End there and it looks like it put him down by the ditch this is not a favorable position here for Ryan as you can see even his foot kind of slipping switches stance tries to get through only gets about 10 ft or so up that 10 ft might have opened up a
Line here yeah he’s got a little cleaner look there and scrambles his way up into the green oh and this one gets oh my goodness that’s not what you want to see you you don’t see that many longer rollways on this screen what a comeback putt
Though nails at home for the for the save there still gets the par nicely done this for birdie for Herzog here yes and he connects on that one that’s got to feel good after that last hole able to Sling It On In there you go yeah that bounceback
Stats Johnny with the birdie as well and the bogey there for Robert Ryan wrap up ho 15 Johnny well in the driver’s seat here just a couple holes left to close this out hole 16 at the boulders par three 330 ft this one has a hazard bunker right in
Front of it there really the big obstacle to avoid you want to push past this here you’d rather be long than short here no reason to kind of give yourself an extra stroke playing past the basket isfe these guys will be looking to throw pretty much stock
Heisers right to left at this target Johnny mcgrey up first going with the emac truth and that one is just short he’ll have a short putt left at it though probably inside of 20 feet but he is in that Hazard so that’s going to cost him
A stroke this one to be a stable mid-range and that one is going to find the Hazard as well so two for two on the hazards Jeff Balman up now see if he can make the adjustment that one is also found the hazard three for three and Ryan boy that’s that’s
Surprising all four players finding the hazard but a great putt there for Michael Herzog from deep in the hazard to save the par Jeff up next Just a Touch low that one’s going to Splash out unfortunately for Ryan as well Johnny with this left to save his par and he connects
Couple of tapin Left for the rest of the card Here whole 17 and is a beautiful one par 4 569 ft big drop off from the te here out of bounds car path on the right hand side out of bounds drop off on the left hand side and Hazard bunker perched directly next to this basket here really
It’s just a matter of getting your drive anywhere in the middle of the Fairway then having your soft approach here to give yourself the look for the bir3 on this hole it is table but it comes at Great risk Johnny McCrae up first getting some turn on this driver drifting to the right
Side needs to find some finish and unfortunately that is out of bounds and he’ll have a discussion with his card mates to see if they believe he ever crossed in bounds this looks great just needs to settle before that Hazard and it does nicely done there Jeff Balman up here going the
Right side this one is going to get caught up early and I don’t believe that one ever touched in bounds Ryan up last here getting a nice Hiser flip little move to the right and this is going to finish beautifully right in the middle of the Fairway ideal shot there it opens
Up the right side for his approach Balman going to R since they did confirm that he did not touch in bounds on his t-shot so he is reing and this is finishing off to the left and those trees may have saved him from going out of bounds left
So they did give Johnny the mark further up the Fairway since his disc was on angle he throws his approach shot a little bit shorter than I think he would like there so he’s got a little bit of meat left on that bone good approach there for
Balman oo Rings right around and checks up safe of the hazard this is for Eagle ah a little bit right side the whole way and Johnny tickles the right side but does not find the chains every time I put a small bask I miss couple of cleanups here left for
These guys before we move on to the final hole of this final round One hole left to Crown a Champion [Applause] Again a big shout out to the disc golf Masters Tour check that out D gmt. us check out all the dates and available tournaments in 2024 whole 18 par 4 69 fet off the te you’re looking to turn something left to right get yourself on this Fairway there are out of bounds I’m
Sorry Hazard bunkers on your left hand side out of bounds cart path on the right and out of bounds long road SLP parking lot behind this pin beautiful closing hole it’s been a fun tournament it’s been a fun weekend we want to thank everybody that made all of this possible
Git disc Innova Disc c MC morning this has been amazing is this a roller we’re seeing this looks fantastic Herzog getting monster distance on this roller beautifully done and Chris senador that was for you that’s what he told me after the uh the roller he said
He he wanted to do it round one but it was too windy or round two whatever it was but it was too windy to do but he told Chris he was going to go for it beautiful drive there for Robert Ryan with the air shot Balman also
Getting the air shot out there moving nicely he’s going to check off of that Hillside oh that got a lot of action but settles there in the middle of the Fairway Johnny going with the mid-range here off the T oh and hits that branch on the top of
That tree there and knocks him straight down Johnny though with a very sizable lead he he can throw OB a couple of times here and be fine same disc same angle this time right to the middle nicely done Jeff approaching here with a little bit of Hiser it’s going to leave him
Down towards the bottom of that Hill there you can see that pin perched again on a bit of a slope that was a fantastic shot there for Robert Ryan Johnny one last approach and he has executed that shot nicely Michael Herzog that was looking tasty probably having uh dreams of an
Eagle there as he saw he was trying to get the eagle on 17 almost rung it up on 18 Johnny with the turbo a just leaks out to the right side Robert Ryan going to get the birdie here on hole 18 to close out his tournament strong showing here for Robert
Ryan couple of dropin here par for Balman Herzog with the drop in birdie after that beautiful roller on the te and Johnny McRae for the win seals it your first ever disc golf Masters Tour Champion Johnny McRae the mp50 division getting the congratulations from the card Mates Johnny [Applause] McCrae there you have it Johnny McCrae your first ever dgmt finale champion taking home some more Hardware to add to this already Hall of Fame worthy career let’s check out the final leaderboard Matt pekham with a big round three down to finish in Solo second
Robert Ryan completing the podium here at this event the finale at North Cove absolutely amazing venue again thank you for hosting us all week great food great disc golf great people amazing check us out if you haven’t already at Ace run Pro across all of our socials big thank you to the disolf
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