2018 Texas State Championships | Rd2, F9, MPO | Gurthie, Ulibarri, Perkins, Girouard
The 2018 Texas State Championships continue at Texas Army Trail as hosts Halle Berry and Bradley Williams take viewers through Round 2 of the Men's Professional Division (MPO). Local favorites Anthony Perkins and Tanner Gerrard are on hand to demonstrate their skills alongside Garrett Gurthie, a top contender in the sport. The group tackles the challenging Hole 1, a par-3 with 411 feet of length. They discuss strategies for navigating this demanding hole, which features a shorter-than-usual tee pad due to recent rainfall and muddy conditions. The conversation touches on the importance of adapting to course conditions, including the need for precise timing and correction on approach shots. As they play through the round, the hosts offer insight into the techniques and thought processes behind each shot, providing valuable lessons for players of all skill levels.
Watch Gurthie, Ulibarri, Perkins, and Girouard compete on hole-by-hole footage from the 2018 Texas State Championships Rd2 F9 MPO.
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hello and welcome back to round two at the 2018 Texas state championships we're here at Texas army trail with Halle Berry and Bradley Williams yeah bringing you a nice Segway round lead card of Garrett girthy Anthony Perkins Tanner Gerrard yep and myself oh you look very yeah Anthony and Tanner are locals have been playing for about three seasons starting to step up their game and play and they opened build excited to see how they play the course today yeah hole 1 par 3 411 feet what's your strategy here yeah well night before you know we got a lot of rain and so the place is kind of money tee pads are a little shorter and so my play here was just a you know trying to throw a flip-up hyzer and get into the gap it's actually a lot tougher than it looks on camera here's GG probably throwing a destroy I'm guessing it looked like Garrett shortened up his run up for this tee box yeah I noticed that a lot like I said that right behind this tee pad there's gonna be a huge puddle on it's super muddy if you can tell around the tee pad so we're starting on the pads and I think they're the pads are a little shorter than than usual this hole can be reached by a fairway driver but I wouldn't be surprised if most people Club up with the short D bucks yeah and here's Tanner yeah it looks like you just turned it over a little bit and I get him with that short short run up I know I definitely had problems with this during the round of having to make the correction of a smaller run up usually if you're making a smaller run up if you your miss is gonna be early rather than late because you're not you don't have that timing kind of come through all the way and as you can see none of us really made the gap yeah this is not I wouldn't say it's a bonus birdie but the how heavily guarded the green is you'd be really happy to start off with a birdie you look on this book on this hole and kara was just completely trapped there yet he had nothing he tried to find a hole over the top and kind...
