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Round One 2019 Memorial Championship - Front Nine FPO | Pierce, Fajkus, Weese, Van Dyken
Watch the Round One 2019 Memorial Championship highlight reel from Fountain Park as the FPO division takes to the course. The talented women competing include defending champion Jessica Weese, newcomer Vanessa Van Dyken, and fan favorite Paige Pierce. The challenging front nine holes offer a mix of sidearm and backhand shots, with the iconic hole one providing an opportunity for bold throws over water. Hole one's unique layout and sloped green require precision and control, while the early morning start adds an extra layer of difficulty to the round. The players showcase their skills with a variety of fairway drivers, including flex shots and high-speed drives. Witness the strategic play and impressive technique as these top players battle for position in the competition.
Watch Paige Pierce, Hailey Fajkus, Sarah Weese, & Valarie Van Dyken dominate the front nine at the prestigious Memorial Championship.
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hello everyone we are here at the Memorial Championships presented by dis craft this is the first Pro Tour event and we are at Fountain Park for round one of the feature card of the FPO division the women playing on this car today will be Miss page Pierce last year's dependent defending champion Jessica Wiese Lisa fakest and dis crafts newest top FPO Vanessa van Dyken who is here with me sarah hokum in the recording booth to help us do the play-by-play hello everybody thanks for joining me Vanessa thank you for having me and as thanks thanks for everybody to for tuning in to the ladies coverage excited for the first Pro Tour event of the year at beautiful fountain hills hole one its 318 feet over water most of the way it really plays well to a sidearm but you can also throw a backhand it kind of flex shot over by those palm trees if you're gonna throw the sidearm it's gonna go over the water for 90 percent of the flight and you're gonna try to land on that slightly sloped green and not roll into the water all right we have page here on hole 1 throwing her proto felon she was aiming towards that naked palm there and we all thought it was a pretty good shot and we were surprised at 100 B but it's still close enough to where she can make her putt for easy par yeah I'm surprised she throws a felon that far next up Lisa fakest kind of flexing one a little bit out there pretty far playing it safe yeah I think that's her Shrike it's like a blue-green color there's a Jessica I think what color was that orange yeah that's her wraith she throws that really well right here I'm just choosing to I'm throwing an undertaker it's a pretty state first-rate fairway driver I wasn't really trying for anything I just wanted to be safe rather than like have my first throw highs are out weak in the water despite the fact that this is a very good of a hole it's definitely a really difficult one first thing in the morning ladies are playing we're playing at 7:00 in the morning this is actual tee I guess went off at 8:00 yeah and we definitely were warming up in the dark...
