Team MVP Practice Round | Maple Hill B9 | MVP Open 2024
James Conrad and his teammates are putting their skills to the test at Maple Hill in the back nine practice round of the MVP Open 2024. Joining James are Joey Tamble and Paul Cray for a fun-filled practice session as they prepare to tackle the challenging hole that requires precision and power. The hole, marked by an oak tree on the left side of the fairway and towering Christmas trees on the right, demands accuracy and strategy. James shares his thoughts on two key approaches: the high shot over the trees for those with longer drives, and the low shot requiring a tighter approach to avoid trees. With changes made to the course layout in previous years, James notes that the wider tree line now allows for a slightly more forgiving shot. As they face the headwind and unpredictable conditions, the team will need to rely on their skills and teamwork to navigate this tricky hole and set themselves up for success at the MVP Open.
Watch top pros battle Maple Hill's challenging B9 course in this practice round at the MVP Open 2024.
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what's up everyone welcome back to Maple Hill this is our back nine practice round I'm James Conrad we got Joey tamale we got Paul cray and yeah just having a good time out here getting ready for the MVP open presented by OTB this week this is the hole in the course that looks at you and says do you throw 500 feet because if you don't birdie requires a long putt straight up hill we got big I want to say this is an oak tree marking kind of the left side of the Fairway and then we have some Christmas trees that are getting taller every year on the right side two plays in my opinion there's like the high over the trees for the huge guys and then there's kind of like this low driven just try to get as close as you can for the rest of the field I'm going to State my opinion on the whole they cut a lot of the trees on the right the Pines which made like when you throwing the low shot you had to throw like really hug the tree on the left and but now you can you can throw a bit wider of a Hiser and I think that will get you up a bit farther than it in years past uh but we're playing into a headwind right now so I don't really know what to expect oh it flipped I'm expecting uh resistance from the elements I'm expecting difficulty accessing the circles I don't know I when I played this one I just wanted to get like a nice three from inside the castle that's the better shot you got to put at least it's a long look doy like pop top Vision time lapse it's almost too flippy for most shots but this is so uphill um that it can it can work and gets a little extra sneaky distance oh too flippy yeah I flipped a bit this hor playing a mile today just throw as hard as you can maybe make a long birdie putt from most of the field this is still almost an upshot not really a putt oh that try to get too close to it that maybe needed to sh story might be oh that was beautiful yikes when you don't have a great drive and...
