Hole Walkthrough with NIKKO LOCASTRO | Las Vegas Challenge 2020
Watch Nikko Locastro's expert analysis of hole 18 from the Las Vegas Challenge 2020, a true par 4 that can make or break your round. Set amidst the beautiful landscape of Nevada, this challenging hole features a 720-foot stretch with headwinds and obstacles galore, including two ponds on either side of the green. Locastro shares his personal game plan for playing this hole when down by one stroke, discussing how he'd approach it differently than during earlier doubles matches. The Las Vegas Challenge 2020 serves as a backdrop for Locastro's thoughtful strategy, which includes identifying key flags and aiming to land short of them to set up a safe opportunity for par. With insights into Locasto's thought process and technique, this video offers valuable lessons for golf enthusiasts looking to improve their skills on the challenging 18th hole.
NIKKO LOCASTRO navigates the challenging Las Vegas Challenge 2020 course with expert technique & strategy.
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we're here on the beautiful hole number 18 in Las Vegas Nevada for the Las Vegas challenge and I'm gonna go through my personal game plan let's say if I was down by one what I'm thinking here on the 18th hole I'm looking here there's a fat part of the green that I see there's a couple flags to kind of mark out where you want your shot to go I actually played this hole earlier today in a doubles match there's me and Emerson Keith first Eric Oakley and AJ Risley and unfortunately we went out of bounds both of us went out of bounds from our tee pad he hung went out took a bad skip went way left hit mean he took a hundred-foot skip and then I took mine a little bit wide and I noticed those guys laid up a little shorter this year and kind of attacked it from there so I was thinking you know if I have the one stroke lead on hole number 18 I'm probably gonna lay up a little bit short I'm gonna go before those flags and just try to land it and make sure I give myself an opportunity because this is what you would call a true par 4 there's no three and a half about this distance we're looking at I mean 720 feet of raw distance with a headwind and plus you have several obstacles to compete with you have a pond on the right pond on the left so on this particular hole this is a this is what you would call a scoring hole you know this is a hole that could make you or break you if you're shooting a rock solid round and you've got out of this with a three you're feeling like you really did something if you're not shooting too good and you come up to this hole and you accidentally let one go I mean you can take a big number here and and really kind of make a good round bad or make a make a great round not as great but this is this is a tough challenging hole and let's say I would attack it a different way though if I was down by one I'm gonna need that extra distance probably you know to make sure I'm I want to be...
