• 6 months ago
Riggs | Fore Play
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00:00Okay, folks we are back and we are back from the brand new Tom Doak Pinehurst number 10 golf course which opened just a few
00:06months ago. We're on the 8th hole and we're on the 8th hole because well
00:10we got to talk about the 8th hole at Pinehurst number 10. Whenever a new course at a place like Pinehurst opens up the number
00:16one question that you get, what course is it like? Is it like number 2, number 4, number 8?
00:21Undoubtedly when people play the 8th hole at Pinehurst number 10
00:24they're gonna say this reminds me of Tobacco Road. From the Matterhorn mound off the tee, the blind shot, the entire
00:31aesthetic of the hole, this puppy reminds people of the golf course Mike Strantz 30 minutes down the road,
00:37Tobacco Road, that gets talked about a ton.
00:39This hole too gets talked about. That Matterhorn and the history of this place, the Pinehurst sand mines which closed in the
00:451970s, all that mining that went on left these giant mounds and dunes and all kinds of topography there that Pinehurst turned into the logo
00:53of the sand mines. This Matterhorn is used for the logo and here we are. You got to hit a blind shot.
00:58If you can favor the right side of this fairway,
01:00you're gonna have a much better look into the green which is also guarded by a giant mound. If you're on the left side,
01:05you might be a little bit blind. Let's get to the tee shot.
01:08Let's see how we do. As you can tell, we're working on a little feel versus real.
01:11We're trying not to bring the club way back inside
01:14and give ourselves a little bit more of a window, a little bit of a slot to swing this bad boy. Pretty good swing here
01:19just down the left side. Again, it was close.
01:21You're gonna see in the mounting of the fairway. If you get it just right at where I hit it,
01:25it'll catch a mound. It'll carry them. It'll bounce.
01:27It'll trundle and end up in a great spot. When you're trundling around the golf course, folks,
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01:56.com slash 4 for 10% off your first order. As you can see, we're in the fairway here. It's a short hole.
02:02We did a good job getting into the fairway, but we cannot even see the pin.
02:06So I had to run way over to the right, which I get exhausted.
02:08Luckily, I have the G4s on. Got a 56 degree wedge in here.
02:12Can't even get the perfect laser yardage because you got to run way right. Then you're thinking about what is my geometry skills?
02:18Is this the same distance? But I had it around a 90-95 yard shot. I got a 56 degree wedge. Again,
02:23we're working on the feel versus real. Hit well. Can't see a thing.
02:26This is why you'd rather be on the right side of the fairway. You can hear from my brother. Good shot.
02:30Can't see a thing. Pretty happy with that.
02:32I know we're doing a lot of the three hole things, but this hole is so cool, so talked about, so unique.
02:36I absolutely love it. Look at this view back down when you're putting. Look how unique that looks.
02:41How different that looks from country club golf, from a U.S.
02:43Open type course, from Pioneers number four, number eight even. This is unique. It's cool. It's awesome.
02:49You're almost in your own little funnel, your own little half pipe here on this hole, if you can keep it in play.
02:54We got about 15 feet down the hill for birdie. Just a horrific read. Didn't break.
02:59Wasn't even close to the proper speed. A little bit mesmerized by my surroundings, which as you can tell,
03:03I love this hole, so that shouldn't surprise you too much. What should surprise you is it didn't break the first time.
03:08So let's play a bunch of break the second time, miss again. That's an extremely disappointing three putt.
03:14But at the end of the day, we're here to show you this hole, show you this new golf course, Pioneers number 10,
03:18show you a bunch of the interesting features that if you're booking a trip, you're trying to think,
03:22should I play number 10 or not? This eighth hole is fantastic. It's going to be talked about.
03:26It's going to lead you to wonder how you could have played it differently, where you're trying to hit it off the tee.
03:30It's a little bit disorienting. I love it. I think it's great. I love the G18s. I think they're great.
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03:40throw a number 10 on there and let me know how you do on this eighth hole.