2017 Idlewild Open | Round 2, Front 9 | Perkins, Gibson, Dickerson, Presnell
Watch as Jeremy Colon and Paul Labarie break down Round 2 of the 2017 Idlewild Open at the challenging Idyllwild course in California. The league card's top contenders - Andrew Presnell from Kansas, Nate Perkins, Drew Gibson from California, and Chris Dickerson from Tennessee - will showcase their skills on the difficult front nine holes. Jeremy and Paul discuss how each player's throwing style, with a focus on backhand and forehand throws, may impact their performance on this course. The pair highlight specific challenges, such as navigating the wide-open fairways and avoiding the treacherous rough, which can easily swallow up discs. With Jeremy's expert commentary and Paul's analysis, viewers will gain insight into what makes each player tick and how they'll approach the course's demanding layout.
Watch Perkins, Gibson, Dickerson, and Presnell tackle the challenging front 9 at the 2017 Idlewild Open.
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hello everyone and welcome to the second round of the 2017 Idlewild open today we have second-round coverage of the league card to the front nine here big julie commentary I'm Jeremy colon joined by Paul you labarie and we've got some new names atop the leaderboard yeah we do we have Andrew Prez no from I believe Kansas we have Nate Perkins I'm not quite sure where he resides he's I'm everywhere he's currently on tour permanently over the last year and playing very well we have drew Gibson from California and southeast favorite Chris Dickerson from Tennessee all up-and-coming players all young guys and definitely going to see what they have today here on the very difficult Idyllwild track in the first four holes of this course they call Idlewild these are the first four idle and then it starts to get wild so the first couple we have some open shots and we get to see the disk fly a little bit here yeah the one thing that I'm excited to see is Andrew is a predominantly backhand player right and this course is in my opinion very side armer lefty friendly so I'm curious to see how he gets around through Gibson also predominantly backhand player yeah and we have Nate Perkins who is a I say he's pretty mixed but maybe more predominant poor hands and back again and Chris Dickerson who's got a really good mix of shots back hand inside arm but I'd say he throws more backhand more comfortably this course certainly favors the forehand or Lefty shot so it'll be interesting to see how these guys attack the course today got a whole one here which is like I said it's wide open 638 feet downhill though can certainly be attacked by players that can throw the disc bar and you saw Andrew turned his drive over a little bit they didn't get a ton of distance but he kept it in the middle and that's really the only thing that you really have to worry about is not going too far left because it is absolutely garbage in there and not turning over too far right either it looked like he was just playing position golf and this is a player who can definitely get to this pin drew Gibson power it looks like he just turned it over a...
