2022 LWS Open at Idlewild | RD1 B9 | Pierce, Cox, Mandujano, King
The 2022 LWS Open at Idlewild is presented by Dynamic Discs and The Natty. Erica Stinchkum and Madison Walker share their analysis of Round 1's back nine, where feature card members face challenging conditions. The course's slippery woods and muddy terrain make it difficult to play in the rain, with a particularly demanding par-3 hole that requires a precise drive. Hayley King suffers a hamstring injury, limiting the feature card to three competitors. Ella Hansen leads the leaderboard with even par, while others struggle with the treacherous conditions. The duo discusses key strategies for navigating the course's twists and turns, including how to effectively utilize fairway throws on certain holes. Erica Stinchkum praises Valerie's lucky shot, while highlighting the importance of distance control in this challenging environment.
Watch top pros Pierce, Cox, Mandujano, & King battle on Idlewild's infamous holes in this thrilling disc golf round of competition.
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hello and welcome to the back nine of round one our feature card at lws open idle wild presented by dynamic discs and the natty i'm erica stinchkum i'm madison walker we are your two hot geese honk honk we are watching a very rainy round we've already had a 30 minute lightning delay um i think the ground gets a lot more treacherous in the woods on the back it's very slippery very muddy this course is hard to play in calm conditions let alone what we dealt with today look at this front nine i mean a lot of different colors there's doubles there's triples it can happen to anyone on any hole and hayley king dnf with a hamstring injury so we will be watching only three competitors on our feature card in the back nine take a look at our leaderboard even par is slaying ella hansen through ten everyone else over par for the day and that is not surprising especially in the gully washing conditions we had all day hole 10 is a nearly unbelievable par 3. i think it would take a spectacular drive to circle 2 and then like a near throw in um 368 feet but uphill the whole way it's like a very tight maybe turnover if you want to get all the way there honestly if you can get past this last ditch we just crossed um the gaps get pretty big once you're down there there's a ton of guardian trees yeah like how you can see the drone like moving back and forth like that's what you're doing has to do to get there yeah look how tight it is um and it plays like 450 yeah if you're yeah right it's super uphill so if you're early right or early left too like scrambling for par can be so rough par feels great on this hole wow honestly valerie's a little lucky there she got all the way through a lot looking okay yeah she kind of yanked it works out great the thing about it here though is you can throw something in the middle the fairway and still not really have any way to get up and down um so this is another hole where you just have to throw as far as you can and hope that you have a way did paige...
