Coming into the final round of the La Mirada Open, Paul McBeth #27523 held a five shot advantage on the field. That lead quickly shrunk and the story turned to the final nine holes of the tournament. If McBeth wanted to walk away with the win, he needed birdies to keep a handful of competitors at bay, and that is exactly what he got.
Somewhere in the unwritten rules of disc golf, it states a top level disc golf tournament isn’t official until mother nature decides to show up. For the leaders of the La Mirada Open, the first nine holes were played in dry conditions, but as time went on, you could tell things were going to change.
They say it is not how you start, but how you finish. For Paul McBeth #27523 and Simon Lizotte #8332, that phrase proved correct during the first round of the 2016 La Mirada Open.