HOW TO PLAY A COURSE BLIND WITH SIMON LIZOTTE!! (Mic'd Up Practice Round B9)
Simon Lizotte shares his approach to playing a course blind at the Preserve at Agricola Farms in Pennsylvania, where he's preparing for the 2020 Lost Valley Open. In this practice round, Simon provides an intimate look at his thought process as he navigates the challenging layout. He discusses his strategy for tackling long holes with big turns, like hole 10, and shows how he uses precision to skip the ball across the fairway. Simon also shares his experience with putting on the green, highlighting his favorite type of putt - the shorter, more manageable ones. As he works through his practice round, Simon offers insight into his decision-making process, including when to aim for the path versus aiming for a better skip from the edge or grass. With Simon's expert guidance, viewers can gain valuable insights into how to approach blind course playing and improve their own game.
Watch Simon Lizotte navigate Gatekeeper's challenging course blind in this mic'd up practice round. Expert tips for amateur disc golfers.
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what up everyone welcome back to the back nine here at the preserve at aga farms we are in pennsylvania preparing for the 2020 lost valley open and i'm here on gatekeeper media's channel on the back nine i shot a solid front nine i mean i'm playing this course as everyone likes to call it blind and it's a beautiful place it's a beautiful day and i'm walking and talking you through my thoughts what i go through preparing for a tournament we're playing this course on saturday today's thursday and uh what kind of mental notes i make and how i play course for the first time so enjoy and let's do it okay welcome to hole 10 this is i think the longest part three so four almost no actually hold one but a 370 man this course really likes these big turns at the end of a flight so this lines up for a pd shot nicely just aiming for the right side of the fairway and then hopefully hopefully getting a skip and uh probably draining another 30 footer like i've had to all all front nine 45 footer oh that's the line higher dude skip oh that's sad that's sad if i throw it higher that's perfect but you know what i hit the gap i might go pd2 here in the tournament just if i do that it'll go a bit further but don't need to practice that simple shot wow tough hole this is another category of bonus birdie it looks like wow i think i'm definitely now that i see it from back here i'm definitely throwing a pd2 not because i need it for the distance but it'll skip way further than a pd would you almost don't even want to hit this path everyone's going to be aiming for the path but i think a better skip might be just from the edge or the grass and look at this 60 footer my favorite kind of footers pretty whole man this is pretty nice green got a little tree in the way here okay give it a chance why do i keep pulling it right i got to pull putt again come on stop pulling it right uh i'm gonna call that acceptable but yeah no really no real need to worry about it two days before you play...
