2023 TruBank Des Moines Challenge | R1, B9 FEATURE | Wysocki, Callaway, Heimburg, Burridge
Watch the 2023 TruBank Des Moines Challenge R1 Back Nine Feature at Pickard Park. The Pro Tour Elite Series event saw four top players take on the demanding back nine of this popular course. Nathan Queen and Andrew Fish break down the challenges of the final nine holes, including Robert Burridge's impressive front-nine performance that will be put to the test on the more treacherous back nine. The pair discuss the strategic changes made to hole 10, a 860-foot par-5 with a significantly altered tee pad and mowing pattern. They analyze how these adjustments impact player strategy, particularly for those relying on power and control. The group also touches on the key performances of Wysocki, Callaway, Heimburg, and Burridge, highlighting who's in contention for a strong final day at Pickard Park.
Watch thrilling plays from Wysocki, Callaway, Heimburg & Burridge at the 2023 TruBank Des Moines Challenge | R1, B9 Feature Footage
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foreign welcome back disc golf fans to the 2023 true Bank Des Moines challenge presented by Discraft we are here for the back nine at Pickard Park and this is a disc golf pro tour Elite Series event four players four down on that front nine I'm Nathan Queen again joined by Andrew fish hey Nathan great to be here great to be back I really like the Pickard Park course and I know this back nine has some great scoring opportunities as well as some very challenging tee shots yeah as you see there Robert Burridge the only player able to stay clean on that front nine that will be a feat to do on the back nine as well some a new name out front but there's a couple people tied with them and some other hot scores along the way hole 10 860 feet par 5 if you've watched coverage previously this will be a little bit different t-pad has been moved about 25 feet to the left and they've changed the mowing pattern on the right side that uh makes this second shot a little more intimidating a little more punishing if you hang it out wide right and then the green perched across a little out of bounds Creek this right side still available if you have big Power Calloway's not going to hang it out wide right enough still fights through to a pretty credible birdie position yeah what a good fight yeah this t-pad really did kind of deter a lot of players away from this the right side hyzer but big power out here on our card still gonna go huge ties it around there's a low ceiling up the middle and there's also kind of a low ceiling forehand really good change to make the the tee shot a little less mindless for the righty backhand as wysocki gonna run out of bounds after hitting a branch yeah uh all you gotta do is get it wide enough if that's your play then you know that um but yeah definitely a good couple changes that they made on this hole to make it a bit more difficult of a par five the the Titan's second shot as you mentioned also uh both of these things kind of take that eagle play pretty much out of it I don't see too many...
