2019 MVP Open | DGPT | RD1, F9, FPO | Pierce, Hokom, Melwiki, Draeger
Watch the Round 1 Front 9 Coverage of the 2019 MVP Open at Maple Hill, featuring commentary from Nate Perkins and Paige Pierce. Get an insider's look at this challenging course, known for its varied layout and water hazards, including the infamous Christmas trees that can make approach shots nearly impossible. Sara Hokom discusses her strategy for navigating these obstacles, using a driver with great distance control to safely clear the water on hole 1. Join the analysis as they break down the key techniques and decisions made by the players, including Paige Pierce's expert reading of the green, and how Christina Draeger's skills earned her a spot on the feature card.
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one alright everyone welcome to gk pros post round coverage of the 2019 MVP open at Maple Hill this is Round one front nine coverage this is road life commentary coming at you Nate Perkins and page Pierce hello I'm super excited to watch and talk with you about this course and this round it's gonna be myself Sara hokum Amanda Mel wookie and Christina dräger christina won the am side of maple hill so she earned her right onto this feature card during this pro weekend and you said this is your favorite course all time yes of all time I love this course there's so much variety we got open wooded elevated you know everything a lot of water yeah totally there's definitely a lot of variety out here in Maple Hill whole one par-4 720 feet you need about 300 maybe 330 to clear the water right here anything left or right in the Christmas trees is going to make the approach pretty difficult you really want to land one right there on that road but there is OB all around this green those rock walls on the left and the right or both OB and then this grip six wall is all going to be a OB as well this is a incredibly tight reading to start things off yeah like you said you definitely don't want to be in the Christmas trees so you just want to try to punch it as far as you can down if you can get over the Christmas trees you want to try to go for that but if not you want to land it where that spotter is just right in the opening because Christmas trees really prevent you from and you've done that perfectly and your way down the hokum here this is her trace this is like her farthest distance driver she puts this one on a big Annie and gets a full s flight out of it and you or you're really not thinking about whether you're gonna be able to clear the water or not but sara is probably thinking about just clearing the water right um in practice she was kind of having a little bit of issues with the wind mr. Winn super heavy the angle that she puts on it kind of drops it but today it wasn't quite windy so...
