2017 Ledgestone Open | Round 1, Front 9 | Wysocki, Locastro, Johansen, Craig
The 2017 Ledgestone Open presented by Discraft features an all-star cast of professional disc golfers, including two-time world champion Ricky Wysocki and Robert Craig. Watch as Nate Heinel breaks down the challenges of Round 1, Front 9 at this notoriously difficult course. With its 633-foot tee shot over water, the first hole sets the tone for a grueling round that requires precision and strategy to navigate. As the players take on the dam-lined fairway, Niko Locastro's aggressive line is on full display. Meanwhile, Robert Craig finds success with a more conservative approach, ultimately landing safely in bounds. The discussion also touches on Paul Macbeth's goal of simply avoiding the water, rather than trying to navigate it. Throughout the round, Nate Heinel provides expert commentary and analysis, highlighting key moments and techniques from each player as they tackle this demanding course.
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welcome to the 2017 legislature presented by dis craft I am Nate heinel than I have made off here we should call it Nate squared and a Jeremy : all of them have these names but we'll just keep it simple Nate's credit commentary yeah I like it today on our card I believe we have two time world champion Ricky Wysocki we have mr. ponytail MJ we have Robert Craig and we have one more player and it go encounter Lou Castro to time that swim champion hold one Nate tell us about it yeah so here we are hole one this is I mean what a daunting first hole it's 600 so feet 633 feet you can see they're over water off the tee pad it's really a turnover off the tee with a left to right cross one it's just a very difficult hole in a press conference earlier this week Paul Macbeth said his goal was to just not be in the water and be in bounds off the tee so and Robert just did that PTI inbound he definitely is in bounds and you're going to see these players I think for the most part turning over to the right Niko's taking a pretty aggressive line here very aggressive but that winds helping them and he barely made it in bounds which is I mean that's just scary I think most of the players you're going to see are going to go over to the right yep down the dam and end up on the side of the dam down there you can see MJ that is his crank you could see the logo there that will should be good fading back yeah by looking at it that's about the the perfect shot you just want to end up down on that side Hill if you can get all the way down to that flat it's not so bad for the second shot which at that point is pretty far uphill Nate would you say this is an Ricky takes a nice little leaf off there would you say this is one of the hardest opening holes that you guys play on tour it's definitely one of the most difficult opening hole that you just you look at and you say well I just want to try to get in bounds I mean what a...
