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4. The 2014 Rochester Flying Disc Open is the final event
of the PDGA National Tour this year. Points earned here
in Rochester are added to points that the players have
earned in the seven events leading up to it. Before we
get into that, let’s talk about what happened during the
final round at the beautiful Widener Park.
After three days and four rounds of intense competition,
Dave Feldberg #12626 emerged as the 2014 RFDO win-
ner in the open division. This was no easy task, however,
the ead card on Sunday featured the same four men that
it had on the day prior: Dave Feldberg, Simon Lizotte
#8332, Nate doss #11794, and Jeremy Koling #33705.
The key matchup for both days was Feldberg and Lizotte.
Feldberg started the final round in the lead by one but it
wouldn’t last long. Lizotte started the round out by shoot-
ing seven under par on the front nine and it seemed as
if there was no way he would be caught. Lizotte can do
things that no one else on tour even dreams of. Having
potentially the biggest arm on tour, he consistently parks
400 foot tee shots... with his putter. It’s amazing to watch
someone with that kind ofpower play with such percision
at the same time. It’s mind-boggling really, even to other
top disc golfers in the world.
With just three holes to go, even Feldberg was beginning
to believe it was over. After Lizotte nailed a huge birdie
putt from an awkward stance on hole 15,
Feldberg said to the cameras, “There’s nothing you can
do when a guy is on fire like he is right now.” Lizotte’s
birdie putt on 15 put him ahead by three. He would have
to lose a stroke to Feldberg on the remaining three holes
to allow a tie. Unfortunately for Lizotte, that’s exactly
what was about to happen. Geldberg parked the uphill
hole 16, taking the only birdie of the group. They both left
themselves with birdie putts on 17, but Lizotte chained
out his oppurtunity from 25 feet with a spin putt that hit
high and left.
Hole 18 at chilli is the signature hole of the course, a 715
foot 4 dogleg left that finishes to a basket elevated on a
small but dangerous grass mound. After both feldberg
and lizotte had unfavorable upshots. It would all come
down to a 75 foot uphill miricle putt from Feldberg to
tie it up. Lizott’s disc was buried under the brush and
branches of a pine tree 50 plus feet away. It was clear
that Lizotte’s only option would be a pitch out to sace par.
With the gallery at his back, Feldberg stepped up to his
lie. “one time...” he said softly as he took his stance.
When he let go, it was one of those moments where ev-
eryone had a felling it was going in. The line looked right,
the height looked right, the speed looked right, Boom!
Chains! The gallery went nuts and Feldberg sprinted up
to the basket to get his putter from the cage. As they
cheered. It was an epic moment.
A Fitting End
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