2017 Ledgestone Open | Round 1, Back 9 | Wysocki, Locastro, Johansen, Craig
The 2017 Ledgestone Open presented by Discraft is back on the course, and it's Round 1's Back 9 that's in focus. The Bottomless Pit has been revamped to provide a wider open bomber hole that allows players to take advantage of their skills. Michael Johansson, Nikko Locastro, Ricky Wei, and Robert Craig are among the top players vying for the lead. As Nate Squared commentary observes, this course change offers a fresh start from last year's layout, which had safety concerns and out-of-bounds issues. The new design gives players a chance to showcase their power and accuracy. Specific challenges arise, such as Ricky Wei's attempt at a low-flying Powerizer that doesn't quite skip on the wet grass, and Michael Johansson's struggle with an obstructed jump put after his drive lands in a tricky spot. The Back 9 of Round 1 promises exciting moments and tough decisions for these top players. Will they be able to capitalize on their skills and take the lead? Watch as these talented athletes navigate this wide-open bomber hole.
Watch top pros, including Ricky Wysocki & Paul McBeth, at the 2017 Ledgestone Open. Epic shots on the back nine!
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we are back with the second half of round one I am the bottom Nate and that is the top Nate Nate squared commentary how's it going Nate it's going great we're here at the 2017 ledstone Insurance open presented by Discraft we got round two round one all right yeah round two round one but the back nine so part two of of round one uh we have uh Michael Johansson Niki Nico LC Castro Ricky Wei and Robert Craig and this is whole 10 different from last year much different we uh we wanted to you know stay off the road we had some safety issues and I I just didn't like the way it flowed last year with the out of bounds this is just a wide openen bomber hole that gives P players a chance to kind of crush it yeah it does it really does you're going to you know I I like the change here I think where we are right now guys on the course is an area where these players really want to try to take advantage Ricky tried to throw the poweriser little too low yeah and this grass you're not going to get a skip on this grass if it was more than 2 feet I'd be surprised but very getable hole for a lot of the field the distance on it might say 500 plays like 460 470 that's got to sit down MJ just that that crank just kind of got a little bit left so he'll have an obstructed jump put and that's something that I think is difficult for MJ he likes to really work the disc this is really just a poweriser hole Y in my opinion Nico is trying to flip one up and actually did that looks really good yeah that looks great I think he's going to park it oh no jeez that was that was that's unfortunate that was a great drive you know maybe a little too far but that was a great great Drive honestly had he hit seriously had he hit 10 10 ft shorter he'd be parked just because of the way the grass or even maybe 5 that was really and that looks like a good drive there from Robert yeah just a little short yeah edge of the second Circle looks like we had 17...
