Pro Worlds Round 3 Recap: Missy Brings the Fight, Redalen Surges to Lead

A
battle
in
both
divisions
—
in
very
different
circumstances.

September
2,
2023
by


Kingsley
Flett
in

Analysis,

Recap
with
comments

With
her
very
first
shot
of
the
2023
Pro
Worlds
on
Brewster
Ridge’s
320-foot
par-3
hole
1
with
its
leafy
tunnel
and
gently
left-to-right
curving
fairway,
Kristin
Tattar’s
disc
seemed
to
perfectly
bisect
the
fairway,
before
fading
gently,
16-feet
to
the
right
of
the
basket
and
resulting
in
the
first
of
nine
birdies
for
the
day.
The
opening
hole
set
the
tone
for
a
round
where
her
tee
shots
landed
in
the
fairway
74%
of
the
time.

Returning
to
Brewster
for
the
start
of
round
three,
with
an
8-shot
lead
over

Missy
Gannon,
Tattar’s
forehand
tee
shot
on
hole
1
was
released
slightly
early,
caught
a
tree
on
the
right
side
of
the
tunnel,
and
landed
in
a
spot
from
where
she
was
able
to
get
up
and
down
for
her
par.
Just
as
it
did
48
hours
previously,
this
hole
seemed
to
reflect
the
rest
of
the
round
for
Tattar.

The
defending
World
Champ’s
radar
was
just
slightly
off,
but
that
is
all
that
it
takes
on
Brewster
Ridge
to
start
hitting
trees
and
not
gaps. 
Tattar
only
hit
the
fairway
with
53%
of
her
drives,
and
while
she
was
able
to
scramble
to
save
par
all
but
one
of
the
times
her
disc
kicked
into
the
rough,
the
misses
opened
the
door
for
Missy
Gannon
to
begin
clawing
back
Tattar’s
8-stroke
lead.

Gannon
didn’t
take
the
first
opportunity
on
hole
1:
throwing
a
difficult
straddling
birdie
attempt
from
circle
2,
low.
On
hole
4,
Gannon
left
an
open
approach
shot
short
and
failed
to
cash
in
from
circle
two
after
Tattar
was
again
forced
to
scramble
for
her
par.
Then,
on
hole
5,
Tattar
finally
sent
a
perfect
drive
down
the
middle
of
the
fairway
to
the
base
of
the
basket
for
a
drop-in
birdie.
The
lead
stretched
to
9-strokes
and
the
invisible
rubber
band
connecting
the
leader
to
the
chaser
was
stretched
to
its
breaking
point.
Tattar
was
close
to
delivering
a
knockout
blow.

Just
as
in
round
2,
though,
it
was
here
that
Missy
started
to
fight.
Gannon
birdied
the
next
two
holes
while
Tattar
missed
the
fairway
again
and
then
missed
a
circle
2
birdie
putt.
The
lead
was
down
to
seven.
Over
the
middle
section
of
the
course,
Gannon
faced
several
circle
2
putts:
she
hit
a
40-footer
on
hole
9
to
save
par,
missed
birdie
attempts
on
holes
10
and
12,
and
failed
to
save
par
on
11.
The
opportunities
kept
coming,
though:
Tattar’s
last
birdie
for
the
round
was
on
hole
5
as
she
either
missed
off
the
tee
or
left
approaches
outside
the
circle.

Gannon
finished
strong
with
three
birdies
in
the
last
six
holes
to
shoot
her
second
1000+
rated
round
for
the
tournament,
just
the
second
time
in
her
career
that
she’s
accomplished
the
feat¹.
Meanwhile,
Tattar
struggled
to
score
and
carded
just
her
second
bogey
of
the
tournament
on
hole
14.
The
lead
that
had
opened
up
to
nine
early
in
the
round
was
down
to
four.

“We
were
getting
the
same
birdies
in
the
beginning
and
sort
of
trading
them
off,
so
I
knew
it
was
still
close,”
said
Gannon
after
the
round.
“Then
on
the
back
nine,
I
picked
up
some
crucial
birdies.
I
did
what
I
could
after
round
three
to
have
the
lead
only
four
strokes,
and
I
think
I’m
in
a
great
position.
I’m
going
to
keep
pushing
and
keep
having
that
same
mindset
that
I
did
today.”

A
Wild
Leaderboard
in
MPO

Barring
any
meltdowns
from
the
two
leaders,
the
FPO
has
become
a
battle
between
the
defending
champion
and
her
chaser,
separated
by
four
strokes.
Inside
the
same
gap
in
MPO
sit
8
players,
with
another
10
players
only
two
strokes
further
back.
As
it
has
been
in
the
DGPT
all
year,
the
MPO
is
a
pack
of
jostling
contenders
all
trading
hot
streaks
and
the
top
of
the
board
shuffling
constantly.

Only
Chris
Dickerson
(-25)
stays
on
the
lead
card
from
round
three,
the
Tennessean
shooting
a
10th-best
8-under
par
for
the
round
but
managing
to
stay
on
the
final
card
on
the
strength
of
his
12-under
the
day
before
at
Fox
Run
Meadows.

Grady
Shue
(-18),
leader
after
two
rounds,
only
managed
even
par
and
fell
to
a
share
of
21st
place.

Ricky
Wysocki
(-20)
shot
3-under
par
on
the
strength
of
only
seven
birdies,
a
bogey
on
hole
8,
and
a
double
bogey
on
hole
15.
And
Niklas
Anttila
(-21)
didn’t
fully
recover
from
his
rough
start
with
a
double
bogey
on
hole
2
to
also
shoot
3-under
and
drop
to
a
share
of
9th
place.

Joining
Dickerson
on
the
lead
card
for
the
return
to
Fox
Run
will
be

Cole
Redalen
(-26),
whose
9-under-par
round,
highlighted
by
three
Circle
2
birdie
putts
and
an
unbelievable
88
foot
par
save,
shot
him
to
the
outright
lead,
one
stroke
ahead
of
Dickerson.
Isaac
Robinson
(-24)
and
James
Proctor
(-24)
matched
the
9-under
performance
and
will
join
those
two
in
the
top
four
while
sharing
3rd
place
with

Anthony
Barela
(-24),
who
will
begin
on
the
chase
card.

Joining
Barela
on
the
chase
card
will
be
Finn

Lauri
Lehtinen
(-23),
whose
blistering
13-under-par,
1089-rated
49
—
a
tie
for
the
course
record
on
a
more
difficult
track
—
catapulted
him
25
places
up
the
board
to
be
only
three
strokes
off
the
lead.
Rounding
out
the
chase
card
will
be
Alden
Harris
(-22)
and
Gannon
Buhr
(-22),
who
are
four
strokes
back.

With
a
field
this
crowded
at
the
top
with
such
quality,
it’d
be
more
apt
to
call
them
chase

cards.
There
are
only
two
rounds
to
go,
so
let’s
lower
the
completely
arbitrary
eight
stroke
line
that
was
applied
after
round
two
and
call
it
six
strokes.
With
36
holes
to
play,
there
are
14
players
still
within
reasonable
striking
distance,
including
heavy
hitters
like

Calvin
Heimburg
(-21),
Simon
Lizotte
(-21),
and
Paul
McBeth
(-20).
Nobody
at
the
top
will
be
getting
comfortable.

“It’s
a
moment
I’ve
been
preparing
for
my
whole
life,”
said
Redalen
after
the
round.
“Whatever
happens,
happens.
I’m
just
so
thankful
to
be
where
I
am,
and
my
game
feels
really
good.
So
if
I
can
keep
that
rolling,
then
that’d
be
incredible,
but
I
have
no
expectations
moving
forward.”

With
two
rounds
to
play,
both
divisions
are
far
from
decided,
and
the
next
two
days
will
no
doubt
yield
more
drama,
triumph,
and
tragedy
as
we
make
our
way
to
crowning
two
more
world
champions.

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