2023 Des Moines Challenge Practice Round | Brodie Smith & Ezra Aderhold | F9
Brodie Smith and Ezra Aderhold take on the 2023 Des Moines Challenge Practice Round at Pickard Park, one of their favorite tour stops. The duo reflects on their performance in the previous event, where Brodie had a notable day with two triples and a quad. They share their strategies for bouncing back from setbacks and discuss key techniques for success. The course is highlighted as aesthetically pleasing, with a unique feature that adds an extra layer of challenge - the Tall Grass. This natural obstacle forces players to make split-second decisions about whether to take a safe route or go for it. The pair also touches on the importance of fairways and OBs (Out of Bounds) areas. Brodie shares his approach to navigating these hazards, while Ezra provides insight into the course's design and overall strategy.
Watch Brodie Smith & Ezra Aderhold's 2023 Des Moines Challenge practice round on F9. See their technique & strategies in action.
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we're at one of my favorite stops on tour Pickard Park Des Moines challenge let's go we are here live Pickard Park back again baby for the true Bank Des Moines challenge presented by disccraft coming off of not exactly what you wanted probably nope at DDO I had uh you don't have to talk about well I had two triples I had a quad yeah I also wanted like let me know in the comments down below I posted some on Twitter you know because you bounced back right you Bogey and then Birdie the next hole bounce back what is it called when you take a quad and then Birdie the next hole best best uh best response I almost commented a dnf I'll heart my favorite ones let me know we got Jeeves behind the camera today out here he's almost qualified for us to see I know one shot off one shot Albert Tam congratulations to albertam getting it done um oh also I just uploaded a Kristen Tatar interview where we did dug into some really important topics so make sure you go over and watch that on tour life exclusive interview just drop maybe you guys will go on tour life next week oh wow with your finishes here cool yeah one can only help we're here hole one par four 795 the course I kind of went through the caddy book real quick course didn't look like it changed that much but that's probably a good thing though this course was great great course aesthetically there is a change grassling we've been talking about this all year grassling grassling grass length matters if you look at this course right here it is clear to see that if you go in the Tall Grass you're OB if you don't go on the Tall Grass you're not OB a defined Fairway this is what I'm talking about No One's Gonna complain about this being artificial OB right if all the grasslands was the same people would be like this course sucks they used to put artificial it is funny how that is this matters like just to the to the eye so look at this amazing hole Par Four 795 big backhand hyzer off the tee to start wind dependent though obviously sometimes we can get a little more aggressive if the wind's good and...
