2026 Discraft‘s Supreme Flight Open - MPO R2F9 Recap

The rain cleared for round two, but the ground was still squishy and the course wasn’t giving anything away. The lead card featured co-leaders Adam Hammes and Casey White at 10-under, joined by Simon Lizotte and Paul McBeth at 7-under. A little insider information on Simon – he woke up with a stomach flu and spent the morning resting after finishing his round one early that day. He wasn’t even sure he was going to play. Commentary by Jeremy Colling and Paul Ulibarri.

Hole 1 | Par 3 | 347 ft | Straight uphill

The opener where sidearm is the preferred route. Get it up top on the shelf and into the circle. Hammes came out firing with his cannon forehand, throwing it flat – but actually went long and found himself down the backside of the hill. Casey White caught a root on his skip, an unfortunate break on a shot that was heading into the circle. Simon Lizotte, battling through the illness, opened with a gorgeous tee shot and converted the birdie – a statement that he was here to compete. McBeth continued his stellar play, getting inside the circle and converting his birdie as well. Two pars and two birdies from the crafty vets.

Results: Lizotte birdie | McBeth birdie | Hammes par | White par

Hole 2 | Par 4 | 785 ft | New pin position, treacherous green

A monster par 4 with the same treacherous green from round one. The wet oak leaves and slopes continued to make the green a nightmare. Simon had to navigate a death putt but executed with an aggressive yet composed pace – flawless. Casey sent it in from distance, making it look easy. The hole was playing 0.07 over par with six pars out of the first eight scores recorded. A group of pars across the lead card.

Results: All pars

Hole 3 | Par 4 | 540 ft | Easiest hole on the course

One of the easier holes where you want to start getting things moving. McBeth made an adjustment from yesterday’s line and the result was just fine – inside the circle for a birdie conversion. His second birdie already, putting him at five-under combined in the first three holes across rounds one and two. Simon came up short of the circle with a crafty backhand blade hyzer but saved the par with a confident dad putt. Hammes had a touchy approach shot but managed to save par. Casey also settled for par. McBeth separating early.

Results: McBeth birdie | Hammes par | White par | Lizotte par

Hole 4 | Par 4 | 723 ft | Hardest hole on the course

The beast of Olympus struck again. This was McBeth’s lone bogey in the entire tournament coming into the round, and it bit him again – pulling his shot wide. Casey sent a hyzer that was too fast to activate and found OB, continuing a bad stretch. Simon’s flip-up was primo but he wanted another 40 feet. He navigated the danger brilliantly and pulled off a great effort to save par – the only player on the card to do so. Hammes also went wide and couldn’t recover, taking a bogey. McBeth cleaned up with a single bogey, the same result as round one.

Results: Lizotte par | McBeth bogey | Hammes bogey | White bogey

Hole 5 | Par 4 | 630 ft | Steep uphill green, hardest hole of R2

Hole 5 took the cake as the most difficult hole in round two, surpassing even the fourth. A deceiving amount of uphill with a tiny landing zone. Casey placed his drive absolutely perfectly – “couldn’t walk up there and place it in a better spot” – but his second shot abandoned him and the bogey oven started preheating. The great drive went unrewarded with a bogey. Simon was given a meter after a tough break but couldn’t save it either, also taking bogey. McBeth threw a nice forehand turnover and managed the par. Hammes also escaped with par. Big numbers were much bigger on this hole than the fourth – twice as many birdies field-wide, but the blow-ups were brutal.

Results: McBeth par | Hammes par | White bogey | Lizotte bogey

Hole 6 | Par 3 | 320 ft | New hole, hay bales

An ace run of a hole – the glue that holds things together when everything around you is playing over par. No OB on this one; the wall is just there to block low shots. McBeth was saying they’re looking at putting a slightly longer tee in. Hammes threw one you wouldn’t change a thing about – perfect height, angle, speed of release. Two inches off right center, absolutely perfect. Simon knocked in a great putt. McBeth as well. That brought it down to Casey White for the first star frame of the season. Some drama added – but Casey delivered. All four birdies.

Results: Hammes birdie | White birdie | Lizotte birdie | McBeth birdie

Hole 7 | Par 3 | 362 ft | Left-to-right slope, protected green

The highlight hole of the round. From the chase card, Aaron Gossage threw a flat counter-skip that found the chains – an ACE. The goose was loose. Back on the lead card, fairway driver is the play with no turnover allowed. McBeth continued his incredible run with another birdie. Hammes also got the birdie, extending to a three-hole birdie streak (6, 7, 8 once he gets there). Simon pulled it slightly but recovered with spectacular body english on a putt that had the crowd going wild – birdie. Casey had a tricky upshot and couldn’t convert, settling for par.

Results: McBeth birdie | Hammes birdie | Lizotte birdie | White par

Hole 8 | Par 3 | 445 ft | Beautiful turnover hole

A beautiful par 3 where the big forehand or backhand turnover both work. McBeth bullseyed the forehand – the commentators couldn’t believe you could get there with that angle given the limbs. Jaw-dropping. He’s smoking the thing right now. Hammes continued his hot streak with another birdie, his third in a row. His putting has been extraordinary all day – hasn’t made it easy on himself, but he’s converting everything. Casey threw a great shot and converted for birdie, getting some positive momentum back. Simon overturned his shot slightly and settled for par.

Results: McBeth birdie | Hammes birdie | White birdie | Lizotte par

Hole 9 | Par 3 | 478 ft | Must carry 460 ft in the air

The bully is back. You have to carry at least 460 feet to clear the hill, and this tee pad doesn’t make it easy. Casey went right and the commentators warned about a four-stroke toll – he couldn’t get the hyzer to work and took a bogey, his third of the front nine. Just like that, the co-leader from round one was going to be off the leaderboard heading to the back nine. McBeth, Hammes, and Lizotte all managed pars through solid scrambling. Kyle Klein’s name was noticed at 12-under on the board – four birdies in four holes to start his second round.

Results: McBeth par | Hammes par | Lizotte par | White bogey

Front 9 Summary

McBeth was the class of the front nine again – four under with just one bogey (hole 4, his nemesis two days running). His forehand was dialed in and he attacked the birdie holes with precision. Hammes kept his round together with spectacular putting, saving pars from tough spots and converting a three-hole birdie streak on 6-7-8. Lizotte gutted through the stomach flu to stay at two-under despite a double-bogey scare on hole 5. Casey White’s co-lead from round one was evaporating fast, going one-over on the front with bogeys on 5 and 9.

From the chase card, Sullivan Tipton was seven-under for the round, jumping into the mix. Kyle Klein was scorching the course at four-for-four to start. The back nine awaited.