DGPT | 2019 Idlewild Open | RD2, B9, MPO | Jones, Conrad, Heimburg, Keith
Join Nate Perkins and Kevin Jones as they bring you live coverage of the 2019 Idyllwild Open, presented by the Natty and Nineveh. This is Round Two: Back Nine Coverage, featuring the men's disc golf tournament. The action unfolds at one of the most challenging holes on the course - a par three that plays more like 415 yards due to its uphill layout. Nate shares his philosophy on navigating this tricky hole, emphasizing the importance of throwing with a glide and aiming for the right side to maximize distance and accuracy. Meanwhile, professional disc golfers Kevin Jones, James Conrad, and Holton Conrad offer up their expertise, discussing techniques such as flippy throws and subtle adjustments in speed and angle. Get ready for insider insights into the world of men's disc golf, straight from the Idyllwild Open.
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all right everyone welcome back to gk bros next day coverage of the 2019 Idyllwild open driven by the natty and Nineveh champion discs this is round two back nine coverage I'm Nate Perkins and I'm joined here with Kevin Jones yeah Nate I'm super happy to be here you guys we're gonna bring you right into the action Holton is this an extremely difficult hole this hole does not see very many birdies at all it's very far uphill and the gap is so narrow we're gonna see some impressive shots from these guys yeah taking a look at the leaderboard you are four strokes ahead of second James is three ahead of third and then we're pretty stacked there between third and fourth a lot of people playing great golf here at Idyllwild definitely one of the better years and like you said moving into one of the more difficult par threes on the course it's 368 but it plays more like 415 yeah at least I would say it's just so uphill you're also meaning to throw slightly flip here so that you get that glide my philosophy on the hole is to hang it right side I feel like there's much more air on the right side and I think you can there's just a little bit more room to mess up over there the left side is punishing so like you said you're thrown gliding and you're throwing that glide edie - yep my flippy is d2 on a hyzer and just trying to push it straight and what do you know yeah that just was out of the hand way too early left side and that's gonna be a rather tricky up-and-down yeah very very hard up and down so this is Emerson's recoil a little little hitch right there in his swing it almost looked like he was going to stop and reset but he does hit the gap and he's inside circle - yeah effective Konrad a Thunderbird what that's that's kind of what I was talking about when I say that there's air on that right side Conrad played the right side he didn't pure the gap necessarily mmm but he put the right angle on it and speed and it gets up there all the way to about circles edge that's huge that's not an eagle is it it is...
