Greetings everyone and welcome to the course previews for the 2020 Las Vegas
Challenge brought to you by Innova Champion Discs. We are looking at the
Innova Championship course today or just the course we call course Innova.
This course is par 61 comes in at 8,670
feet and it was the only of the three courses last year that averaged above
par for our open field. Let's get into the previews starting with hole one.
Let's start right in on hole 1 on Innova. It's a 393 foot
straight ahead shot. Danger here is flipping a disc over to the right and
going to OB beyond the cart path or leaving it short in the shoe on the left.
Just wanna throw your longest straightest disc impact the bottom of
this hill and leave yourself a putt for a birdie.
Course Innova Hole 2 is part three 270 foot hole. This was the easiest hole
in the course last year with the open field coming in at a 2.8 stroke average.
You want throw a hyzer flip to flat, get it out past these trees and slide to the
basket. The danger's hitting one of the trees early. It's gonna leave you a
tricky upshot.
Innova hole three also comes in at 270 feet. This one is treacherous. You've
got a peninsula green with water in the front and OB cart in the back and any
disc not coming to rest in bounds feet in the water
pass the car path or past the OB rope will go to a drop zone. The drop zone
you throw directly across the water at the basket so you have a choice to make.
Play it safe around to the right or attack the basket by throwing it over
the water.
Innova hole four comes in at 357 feet. This par three is challenging off the
tee. Decide to either throw a straight shot try to lace through these trees or
though the hyzer up and over the trees. Problem with the hyzer's the
basket sits on a sloped green. This green will usually kick spike hyzers away from
the basket.
Hole five on course Innova is your first par-4 of the day. You have a tunnel shot to
the tee with two options. Either left or right of this pine tree. The right is a
preferred route, little tighter, but it'll get you closer the basket. Don't want to go
too far left, that's gonna leave you cut off. You want to land in the open area
somewhere short of this sand trap. It's gonna give you an easier up shot. Again
very slippery green with OB behind it and downhill.
Hole six on the Innova Championship Course is a 222 foot hole that plays to
a very small island green. The best bet here is to throw something slow and
straight right at the basket. Problem with lefties throwing a hyzer in is you
might hit that pine tree, that's gonna drop you outside of the island and go to
the drop zone there. Righties can hang it out over the water
and it can stay there. Again something slow. And we didn't have the rope up for
this video but our course directors were kind enough to show you exactly where
that OB is. Again don't throw something too fast, you can
easily skip off this green and be OB. the drop zone makes you putt directly at the
water.
Course Innova Hole seven is a 432 foot par four. One change this year made the
rule that any disc that goes into the water and comes to rest in the water
will go to a drop zone. This will hopefully improve speed of play. There's
two ways to play this. You can go for the basket which is a very small landing
area or layup in front of the green. The basket's reachable. You got an OB
green and two hazard sand traps to deal with. It was eagled
several times last year but it was double bogeyed a lot as well.
Innova Course hole eight is a 427 foot downhill par 3. You tee off across the
water and then you want to turn your disc down to the right. Distance control
is a must here because if you go long there is a car path and that's where the
primary danger lies. Get across the car path you're gonna pick up a four. If you
can turn something over and control that distance to the basket it's a three.
Surprisingly this hole played above par last year to 3.3 average
for the MPO field.
Hole nine on course Innova is a 601 foot par four that starts out with a very
tough tunnel shot. Just pure of this gap. Takes about a 270 foot shot to clear
this gap and get into the open area. To get out here out of trouble to leave you
a fairly routine upshot. But again watch your distance control. There's a hazard sand
trap just behind the basket that can penalize you if you throw too hard. Again
just pure the tunnel, it's that easy.
Hole ten on course Innova is a big 741 foot par 4. The key here is to get a big
drive off the tee. Don't go for too much though because once you get past the
trees on the right hand side there's a sand trap.
An errant roller or a bad turnover shot can collect there, get a penalty. Big
drive to the center of the fairway, it's gonna leave you an upshot. However the
basket sits on a false front. The slope behind it falls away towards OB. Too
far to that left you'll end up in that hazard sand trap, too far to the right
OB beyond the cart path. Be careful this hole played above par last year.
This is a par-3 coming at 369 feet. A couple different routes to choose from. You can
go over the top with a hyzer or you can shoot the gap up the middle. The water
you see blazes casual. The danger here is landing outside of the dirt area. If
you're in the grass, your OB, past the car path on the right your OB as well. Wanna
throw something that's going to nestle under these trees to give you a shot for
a birdie.
Hole twelve is a long 396 foot par 3 off the tee. There's two gaps to choose from. The
right which is the preferred side if you're right hand, but you can hit the
slim gap between that pine tree and the willow. You'll want something that goes
straight for a long way then will hyzer at the end. However don't leave it
too high if you can get there. The basket sits on a downslope again, you
can run it a long way past.
Hole 13 on course Innova is a 387 foot par 3, actually came to the second hardest
hole last year. The reason being is you tee off lower than the basket. You got to
get across this cart path to be in bounds. If you can't get across the cart path on
your drive you'll go to a drop zone. Bottom your drive out and try to get it
past this sand trap, that'll give you a putt for a birdie. Don't turn it over,
past the fence is OB. There's also a rope past the second sand trap and off to the
left. Again a precision shot is needed.
Innova Champion Discs hole 14 is the longest hole in the course coming in at
798 feet. This monster par-4 plays the third
hardest hole last year, averaging at 4.4 for the MPO field, a 5.2 stroke average
for the FPO. Long bomb is gonna get you out in this open area is gonna be the
best leaving you about a 300 to 360 ft up shot. It's too full drives and a
treacherous green. You want to slide up the hill to get a birdie putt because if
you go too far past, there is a car path down the hill behind the basket.
Hole 15 on course Innova is a 459 ft par 3. The basket is not visible from the
tee pad. You can see the tree that it sits under so you're gonna wanna pump out
a big drive. Either lefty hyzer or righty turnover. Hopefully your disc will get
down close enough. The basket is in a very forgiving hollow. You got a backstop
that come in from the left-hand side so you can run those putts. This birdie
though is hard to get.
Hole sixteen on course Innova is actually the hardest hole in the course
last year relative to par. Came in at almost a half a stroke over par coming
in at 4.4 average for the MPO field. This 765 ft par 4 is very difficult. The rule
is if you go out of bounds past the car path on your left on your drive you'll go to
a drop zone. That'll cost you some distance. Smart play is to land out in this
open area but give you an upshot. Easier said than done though. If you can get your
upshot close enough, you'll have an uphill putt. End up either left or right
of the basket, you've got some trees to deal with.
Hole 17 on course Innova is a par-3 457 foot hole that actually came in as the
fourth hardest hole relative to par during last year's tournament. The play
here is to go directly at the basket. Don't fade out to the left.
Cart path and beyond is OB. Don't flip it over the right, trees will block your up
shot. Something straight in the middle, chip it up, take your par. If you go for it,
play with confidence because you can get a bogey here easily.
Hole 18 on course Innova is a 720 foot par 4 and this is the signature hole in
this course. You've got water to the right water to the left. Smart play on
your tee shot is to end up just short of the cart path, short of the second body
of water. This is gonna give you level footing to attack the basket. You've got
that kind of distance because there's a new pin position this year. Last year's
was too generous even though the hole played as the fifth hardest on the
course. We've backed that basket up a good 40 feet, put it on top of an
elevated position. This is gonna make some interesting putts coming down the
stretch. If you run that too much, there is water behind the basket about
25 feet away. Hope you've enjoyed this preview of the Las Vegas Challenge and
Course Innova. Thanks for watching.