2023 Las Vegas Challenge | MPO FINALB9 | Barela, Jones, McMahon, Heimburg | Jomez Disc Golf

[@namelessking8496]

Might be a small addition but I'm LOVING the short no nonsense Innova commercials promoting specific discs and highlighting exactly what they're meant to do.

[@brazzzzz]

Agree. Short, to the point, realistic descriptions for normal people, no lengthy cinematic motivational speeches about how the disc makes people feel. Spot on.

[@modgmodg6987]

Wish Dave would let some of the Innova players do these instead. No hate on Dave, just would like to see Innova push ITs players more. Like Calvin. Congrats Vinny.

[@vicarious1717]

Innova Salesman? Nice tactic

[@afterburn2600]

I'm certainly not a salesman (I'm an engineer in a completely different field), but I did start with Innova and most of my bag consists of Innova discs. I agree with OP - these commercials are great. One of the few I don't mind playing through. They're short, to the point, and informative. I get to get a quick synopsis of a disc I might not have considered. I'm down with it. Jomez is knocking it out of the park in a big way, even with their in-video ad selections. The Chris Clemons bits during the Putting Game are also great. I have to throw my support behind the positive stuff, and this is certainly in the right direction.

[@Joemama0s]

I like the new graphics, but the scrolling leaderboard is very hard to read.

[@marcusj60]

So stoked Discgolf is back. Thank you for the fantastic coverage Jomez.

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

u might like $12.95 disc golf network live coverage

[@Mark-wg8yj]

@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 does dgn pay you? Just like innova paid the volunteer?

[@benjaminturk8030]

@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 I hope this is sarcasm. Jomez is fantastic. I just keep hoping DG Network doesn't try to ruin it again.

[@jasonbigham]

Great coverage, Jomez! If you're reading, here are a few comments on the changes: New music is awesome. The commentary is excellent as always. The overall presentation is very good. Personally, I would like a return to using the bottom part of the screen for an ongoing tally of the players' current score and last nine holes, I kept looking for that info.

[@benjaminturk8030]

I second all of these points.

[@StepupModz]

same!

[@itsbrandonbush]

Calvin shot -3 in the first round too.. what an amazing comeback from him. Fantastic last round; thank you Jomez!

[@kerfuffle3740]

The synchronized “WHOAAA” at 19:38 is absolute gold

[@insanzeforlife5150]

Just their overall goofy reactions was great

[@Tsalala21]

Most confident Calvin Ive ever seen! I'm betting safe all season

[@millertimeast]

Oh yeah he will be on lead card at least once every single event

[@bsmithhammer]

Man, when Calvin is "on" there's probably no player I love watching more. Jones played so well, but Calvin just put the pedal to the metal on the back 9. What a great beginning to the season.

[@loud_noises_nick]

Coverage just gets better and better. DGPT may have the live coverage but Jomez has them crushed in production and commentary quality. So excited for the 2023 season what a start!

[@xzysyndrome]

DGPT makes me want to sleep...or at best, run outside and cross the street without looking to just spice things up.

[@Beaglefaust]

Calvin battling through that triple like it was nothing is high end professional admirable.

[@chuckwatkin7462]

Double bogey, not triple.

[@nicethrowdad]

Great athletes forget.

[@TheQuicksilver115]

Win or lose Vinny is always one of my favorites. What an incredible performance from a crazy talented golfer

[@erictriplett33]

Calvin's 2nd shot on 16 will hold up all season as one of the best shots of the whole year. Amazing stuff.

[@Grannyknockers]

If you think that was good, go watch Drew’s shot on that hole

[@erictriplett33]

@@Grannyknockers I'd say they were both good, although Drew's had a much more violent "riiip" sound coming out of his hand. But Vinny's shot (like Val M's) led to an elite series W.

[@Grannyknockers]

@@erictriplett33 i’d like to place one vote for the anti-calling him Vinny camp

[@erictriplett33]

@@Grannyknockers I'm kind of with you, not a huge fan. Was just saving typing an extra letter, lol. What I am a huge fan of his how Jomez intentionally misspells his name differently in every Putting Game episode.

[@henrydudley5947]

Idea for windy courses. Wind speed readings. You could take a pretty accurate reading near the tee with an anemometer that would only take 15 seconds. And would give some perspective on somr of these wide open holes

[@jacobskovsbllknudsen5908]

oh yes, and wind graphics on hole previews? What a treat that would be haha!

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

except they pump out these videos quickly no follow flight no slo mez wind? yeah just look at the trees gotta ask do u play disc golf? do u play with an anemometer?

[@henrydudley5947]

@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 i do play. A lot. I don't play in crazy winds and I don't use a wind reader because when I'm standing on the tee I can feel the wind. It was just an idea I had no need to be a butthole about it my guy

[@DanielSmith-qj6og]

I keep finding myself glancing down to see all the players scores but have to wait till the end of each hole to see that info. I would love to be able to see all the scores again

[@jeremyringulet5787]

Toughest of breaks KJ! Congrats to Calvin, but ZERO shame Kevin! What a season opener! Love the new Jomez song, don’t understand the hole graphic being blue though... Stoked for another year of the best coverage around! Men and women!

[@0-lK]

the commentary around 19:34 is amazing! love you guys thanks jomez for the producting such amazing quality disc golf coverage

[@noahweir4440]

I love Jomez and go to for watching pro tour coverage. I liked that last year had name and total round score displayed for each player at all times. Feels like I am always having a hard time to keep track of the players with it constantly cycling in the new style on the lower left corner rather than a banner across the bottom. Thanks Jomez for the great content!

[@lincolnfrey7754]

My heart breaks for Kevin! It seems like he has been so close so many times…

[@ryancampbell7041]

Nahh you play for par with Calvin chasing you deserve to lose

[@TheDrakmannen]

Yea man I agree, as a KJ fan the last hole broke me. First the lets be honest bad luck on the first throw, and then nearly the throw-in. It sucks. Calvin is great and I idolize him too, but something had got to break KJs curse soon.

[@jamescheever7982]

Valiant!! Kudos kev

[@eugenegreen2285]

He definitely cried in the car.

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

Dude normally it's heart breaking but I have to say the way he played the last couple holes basically opened up the door. No reason to lay up on some of these holes. I don't think anyone wins tourneys playing defense

[@zacharywoodford8530]

Great round by Calvin. That last shot for Kevin was almost something special, can't believe he almost made that

[@Simeulf]

I love Calvin, man. An absurd amount.

[@connorclark1736]

Haha seriously man, it's almost weird how hard I root for Vinny. I swear I feel more nerves than he does

[@card_stock_gliders]

"Wrong place at the wrong time" is being pretty gracious to that guy. Imagine someone at a basketball game standing a foot inbounds near the basket when the offense is pushing.

[@Thisnameisnottakenjk]

The guy who was hit by AB's disc is a staff member of DGN. He was the rangefinder who was standing next to the camera person. After all the competitors throw their drives the rangefinder goes to each shot to measure the distance left to the pin and the distance of each tee shot if possible. He wasn't just some random spectator.

[@ReluctantAardvark]

Probably should have kept one eye on the disc though

[@MK212074]

@@Thisnameisnottakenjk he needs to be aware of where the discs are flying. it's hard but there's just no excuse. you HAVE to be able to get out of the way.

[@Thisnameisnottakenjk]

@@MK212074 Well yeah, I am not excusing him not getting out of the way, just pointing out that this wasn't just some random person. He is a staff member for the live coverage and was in that location because he needs to be to effectively do his job. I am sure there will be some kind of meeting to emphasize the importance of avoiding the discs for the staff members, bur it is likely to happen on occasion, just like refs in other sports occasionally getting caught up in plays.

[@watt6281]

@@Thisnameisnottakenjk There is a difference between officiants and camera crews. If camera operators got in the way in any other sport, there would be equal frustration. I feel very bad for the individual but having the camera crew invade the center of the fairway so often is just not a professional approach.

[@sethheasley9538]

I feel like Simon had that same wind shear thing happen a couple of years ago on 18.

[@jjbudinski8486]

I thought the exact same thing, the tournament Simon lost to Nikko when his drive got slapped down hard on the final hole.

[@Jason_Kang]

Yeah I believe it was The Preserve Championship 2020

[@scottbadger2489]

Love the triple commentary. You each bring something to the game and it was very entertaining.

[@jillianrebecca3995]

Jomez guys, you are the best! Your coverage is honestly far more superior than the one I paid for.

[@mattmelfarmlife]

That volunteer taking one for the team at innova to get at Anthony for leaving 💀

[@Nofacefarmz]

…

[@joeyperry3931]

Must have hurt so bad 😂

[@Kringla11]

In every way

[@brianseo8497]

No way that should count as ob

[@prestonk.8944]

It was in the bunker regardless.. watch it again

[@Lv80Mudkip]

ezra coming in 2nd is pretty badass.

[@davycrocket4858]

Reppin SoDak

[@tremagon]

beans

[@ImRanchWilder]

Yeah his aggressive putt style is either all in or all out. Today he put it all together

[@paulanderson5356]

Calvin has the mentality to play well in the wind-calm and collected. Great to see such a smart, talented player take the big win. Congrats Calvin!

[@scr00bins3]

It's exactly what you guys said. Kevin didn't lose this tournament. Calvin just came out and beat him. Kev played great, he stuck to his gameplan, didn't get too in his head, almost nailed that last throw in. We will be seeing this exact same lead card again this season at some point I believe

[@benjaminturk8030]

Sure. He didn't lose it, but he sure did let Calvin win it with a lot of lay-ups!

[@jeffro4kag206]

Now that was top tier disc slingin from Calvin! Holy smokes! In the wind too? Wow, I'm speechless.

[@MatoCaska]

Once again...a New Year and JomezPro is CRUSHING the competition on coverage! New Graphics and Next Level Cameras!!! 2023 will be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@batican8367]

All the ADHD Disc Golfers want to see all the scores at the bottom of the screen all the time. -Sincerely All The ADHD disc Golfers

[@Snozzery]

@@JesseJ588 "All the goldfish memory disc golfers" - FTFY

[@batican8367]

@snozzery so basically all the disc golfers?

[@slikkwell]

Yes we want the old set up

[@eatingmyassjusttoknowyourname]

​@@Snozzery heheurhrurheurrrrdurrrrr

[@joseph3303]

yes fr

[@garyttomo1641]

Just here to comment on my phone then watching on TV, thank you so much for all of the great coverage and commentary from a mad UK fan

[@ago5022]

Incredible! . . . . . . what an attempt from Kevin hitting the basket 😮

[@JW-ct1dz]

Your coverage is better than mainstream golf coverage

[@tylerh5990]

Great coverage, Jomez! Thanks for being there and getting the Big Sexy Berry commentary to bring in the new season!

[@jjbudinski8486]

The field is so deep now you gotta go pedal to the metal every week. Last season had a ton of OT, I imagine this year will be no different.

[@Mizius]

Calvin is amazing.

[@derekchessik2739]

R.I.P. that man’s ankle 😂 Seriously though… what a tough break.

[@timothymeyer3632]

That can never happen. I can’t even believe that they are standing there. That’s insane that he made his disc go OB in this spot in the tournament

[@owenmalanaphy3228]

@@timothymeyer3632 Yeah, that was crazy. Camera man knew what to do, but our other friend stepped right into the path of the disc, camera, and hazard.

[@chrism4008]

So is that in the rules? Where someone fucks your shot with their body? I really feel like he should just get to re-tee and that volunteer maybe put somewhere out of the field of play. That was messed up

[@yrmomsuncle]

@@coreydempsey4660 they should make the dude stand there for the rest of the card... if he gets hit he gets hit

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

udisc gotta keep volunteers off the holes during throws then they run in run out the rules of golf are harsh but AB did not yell "four" so...

[@alanhunt4763]

Vinny finally sharpening his inner killer! Gonna be an insane season if the rounds are anything like this one.

[@TheManhattanProjectWhiskey]

Glad this tourney was back on Jomez. I like their coverage the most!

[@gusisacat]

What a spectacular start to the season. Thanks for the awesome coverage Jomez!

[@aceofhearts211]

Amazing tournament and Jomez killed it as always! ... I reeally hope they change the leaderboards back tho

[@horiama]

Absolutely gripping tournament! Thanks so much for the phenomenal coverage :)

[@jeffasmi11]

Great coverage and commentary! Thanks

[@vicccey1345]

glad vinnie could make good on innova's decision to give him that contract.....with his 6 figure earnings (skins) last year and his new contract and winning the 1st ET of the year.......potential big year coming up!

[@JaredTG.]

I feel like Calvin always starts out the year very strong and the deeper they get into the back part of the season he just fades. At least last year. So if he knows why that happened and it's something he can fix then yea dude could be set up for a monster of a season.

[@bbll9allstr]

KJ: All I need to do is layup and par out, no one is catching me in these conditions. Calvin: Hold my beer.

[@ianwilson9325]

Please put all the scores on at once like you did last year!!!

[@slikkwell]

I agree!

[@joshadams8877]

@@JacksonOwex yeah the screen being more open is nice. All the scores at the bottom seems so dated already.

[@dustman96]

Agree, better the way it was before.

[@justinfarias8110]

Totally diggin the music this year!!! Super pumped the tour is back and so is Eagle!!

[@daemonblackfyre2.049]

Thanks Jomez. see you in Waco.

[@myosick]

Heartbreaking for Kevin. I love Calvin and I'm stoked for him, but I can't wait for Kevin to finally get back to winning. He's been so close so many times

[@fett327]

Great coverage! Hope you dont mind if I throw a couple ideas in the suggestion box: 1. For the leaderboard display, is it possible to give rows (players) who have finished their play a slightly different shading. That would help more easily see who is currently playing and who is already done without having to glance at the last column. 2. Super minor, but It would be kinda cool if when the player finishes a hole and the hole score graphic is displayed (e.g. BIRDIE, PAR, BOGEY, etc), that their displayed leaderboard position also visibly scrolled up or down. Currently the leaderboard position is updated as soon as the score graphic disappears, but it would draw more attention to the change if the leaderboard position scrolled down or up as the score graphic comes up. Sorry for the wordieness. I know that second one made no sense. :)

[@garyttomo1641]

Great to see Zac at the end living it up

[@marscruz]

Didn't realize that The MelTron had such proficiency with a bottle of bubbly. A man with many hidden talents and an acerbic wit.

[@davidreed4658]

Loving the new tunes and props to Jomez for continuing to improve what was already really great production quality. Can't wait for the disc golf season to really get going!

[@batican8367]

AB knocked that dude right off his feet! Ouch!!!!!

[@bigz27515658]

The new theme song for this season is so sick please keep it

[@krisgonewild1]

Great content as always Jomez! For these rounds where wind plays a huge factor I would love to see some type of wind graphic showing a rough estimate of speed and direction. Maybe some flowy arrows over the hole graphic during the hole preview? The guys usually mention it, but us visual learners might understand it a bit better this way.

[@fr3dg]

It's going to be another fantastic year with Jomez & the DGPT!

[@zzzzzach]

Love Calvin but was pulling for Kevin. We didn't seem him much on lead last year. Would have been great to see him take this one. Gibson tied for 4th. Hope to see him back on lead card a few times this year as well.

[@charlesjones1047]

Good job G baby!! Much love and many blessings! Wish I could have been there!

[@Hike__]

Thank you Jomez for taking the production once again to the next level this year! But as so many other here, please consider bringing back scores that are all the time visible. Following for example a hockey game without knowing what is the scoring situation would make it less interesting - and same goes with disc golf. I found myself now being way less interested to focus on watching the whole broadcast as I had to use resources all the time trying to remember who is leading, who is close to leader etc. Watching experience became more just watching these awesome dudes throw some discs, not being aware of the battle of chances that who is going to or can still win. Having the scores up even with a smaller window all the time just makes a huge important difference

[@jwwoody32]

Bring back the old scoreboard. So hard to follow what place people are in on the back 9. Plus, seeing the scoreboards side-by-side during the hole lets you compare instead of waiting for the person to throw/the end of the current throw.

[@noahwirth9852]

Paul with the white sox jersey love it!!!

[@zoskinso3420]

Exciting golf & learning how mini's are made. Wow. 😆

[@TheQuicksilver115]

WOOOOW KJ's approach on 18 🤯 so crazy, I can hardly believe it..

[@endcno8563]

one of the more overlooked qualities in Calvin is how smart he is, he's probably top 5 highest IQs in MPO

[@angelorobledo1536]

Oh yeah for sure. He literally has a degree in chemical engineering, dude is mega big brained

[@Davivd2]

What an incredible round.

[@OZONHangman]

Change back to showing all four players score at the bottom of the screen! it's way too small in the corner when it does pop up for 2 seconds

[@samueloverholt2782]

Yes please!

[@clutchrecords2998]

Agreed!

[@nordicdiscgolferatrumble9430]

That Metal Hit !!!

[@Hotshotben]

Very good content thanks Jomez!

[@rodneybullocksr4641]

Just goes to show innova Disc are the best disc all around and Calvin is a bad bad dude that guy is a stud

[@MIAMIHOCKEY14]

Why the heck are there people in the middle of these guys lines? This is the second round that AB threw that exact line. Like stay out of the way.

[@eugenegreen2285]

like stay. or just stay. because i'm pretty sure the guy like stayed. but if he just stayed out of the way he would've been out of the way. but he did, literally, like stay out of the way.

[@thaatsriight]

Wow, KJ’s run was damn impressive! 😮

[@derekhernandez2717]

Hell YEAH! Way to go Calvin! Way to start off the season. Looked pretty damn windy. Great disc golf! Great coverage! And shout out to Conor Rock! Way to finish in the top 20!

[@landondavison2582]

KEVIN!! What a performance. Definitely didn't lose it. And what an effort on that last shot. Hold your head high, dude.

[@madeofglass012]

Def lost it

[@tannertagg7999]

Yea he lost it by going conservative. You can't do that to win with sharks behind you.

[@eugenegreen2285]

man has a strong par fist pump. fist pumpin pars all day long. shooooooooter

[@jonathanmurphree5415]

Let's go Vinny!!

[@nordicdiscgolferatrumble9430]

AB looking like Denver the last Dinosaur with those shades and I love it!

[@xzysyndrome]

That's funny. I was getting grandma going for a drive vibes lol.

[@nordicdiscgolferatrumble9430]

@@xzysyndrome 😁👌

[@deepsender]

I saw Calvin's picture on the thumbnail of the DGN highlights video, but I didn't think they would spoil the results like that.

[@Anorir]

Another No guts no Glory moment by Vinny on 16, well deserved win, I really am struggling to understand Jones's mentality on the B9 but props to 100% sticking to his gameplan I guess. Thank you Jomez for another brilliant tournament coverage. Would not watch Disc Golf without you guys doing it.

[@eugenegreen2285]

played it like a true runner up. fist pumped his way all the way to second. it was a good day.

[@andy4954]

Crazy that we didn't see Ezra on coverage all week and he ended up T2 with KJ.

[@johnjenkins9445]

ya .. i think a couple chase card checkins could of added a touch of drama to this final day

[@subspaceanomaly]

@@johnjenkins9445 ezra was on the card behind the chase card.. the dgpt should give all their footage to Jomez and gatekeeper for splicing in

[@johnjenkins9445]

@@subspaceanomaly heard.. i really meant chase "cards" checkins ;)

[@bd4307]

Thanks Uli for the Zach Arlinghaus placement update....kid smashed today !! Got 2 - from 60'

[@ruthlessreviews1283]

For whatever it’s worth, I think I liked the on screen displays for scores and whatnot that y’all used last year better. Still my favorite disc golf channel to watch though

[@Greldek]

As someone with TBI memory issues i really miss having the scores of all 4 players on screen at all times. But great coverage, and as always great commentary by Jerm, Uli, and Nate. Nice work Calvin!

[@robertgarcia5713]

wow great golf way to go Heimburg 👍💯👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Ranveer-Geet]

Thank you team Jomez. 🙏

[@josharnold4090]

Crazy finish to a great first tournament of the year! Others have commented on the new scoreboard system, and I have to agree with most of them - I much prefer last year's system. In fact, that was probably the #1 reason (of many) that I preferred Jomez over some other coverage. I'd like to see it go back, although if it stays this way, I'm sure I'll adapt and be OK with it (hopefully).

[@davegrove795]

We’re glad you’re back!!!

[@Resin311]

good finish drew!

[@TheZach1996]

Awesome to see him win, great rounds thanks jomez crew 🎉

[@zacharyduncan854]

Hole 14 recap listed Calvin twice. FYI. Love the coverage guys!

[@chazsmith4351]

Wow what a tournament. Congrats to Calvin obviously and just a totally rough wind sheer with Kevin's last tee shot. He came so close to throwing it in to make up for it. Of course there were many shots earlier in the earlier rounds that contributed to being there to make that happen and that's true for all the competitors. True sure made a hell of a run until his luck ran out on the last hole. Great job as Ezra. And I think Matt Bell deserves a shout-out for his hot round. Would love to have seen highlights to see how he did it.

[@Gmshep717]

the scorecard at 19:00 tripped me up so bad lol

[@tubsen32]

Too bad the DGPT channel spoiled both winners in their thumbnails...

[@Tbudde34]

Block em. They suck

[@megamrsoftee]

26:29 - shadow trying to grab KJ's disc

[@jaredkettinger6455]

Womat3’s and Calvin Heimburg, my favorite disc and favorite disc golfer. It’s a banner day!

[@bcp8958]

Final thoughts on the leaderboard. Bring the old leaderboard back for the early rounds. For the final round, use the live leaderboard but Only show the top 10, or freeze the top 5 on the screen. Go through the entire top 20 at the end of each 9. Love most of the changes and I think this is a nice middle ground.

[@travisnorrie1002]

We’ll, it would’ve been awesome to see either Kevin or Calvin take it. They both display excellent sportsmanship.

[@callaway5148]

The trippiest thing is playing back AB's throw on hole 10 at 1/4 speed. Jerm and Nate sound hilarious with their speech slurred that slow! And it does not look like AB's disc hit the volunteer. It spiked down on the grass and took a funny backwards hop on the slope and into the bunker. Volunteer definitely didn't look like he was hurt either. I think his little delayed grimace was a reaction to the result. I grant it could have caught the heel of his left shoe, it's tough to say.

[@noelbrooks3401]

I think I like the new graphics. So excited for the rest of the season

[@heavymetalcj4655]

Man, you really gotta feel for KJ. Hoping he gets a couple dubs this year.

[@CoolMcDougal]

He’s been so close. I was really hoping he’d take this one home.

[@andreashoppe1969]

Calvin's putting was amazing this time!

[@johnkelley2615]

2:00 incredible drive!!!

[@fotografick]

I thought it might be over for Calvin when he got that double bogey. What a great ending to this tournament. Still snowy up here in Canada.