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DGPT Celebrity Pro-Am | Casey DeSmith Interview
Casey DeSmith, a professional disc golfer and goalie, shares his experience and insights at the DGPT Celebrity Pro-Am event. In this interview, Casey discusses his strong performance in the first round, citing his technical skills as suited to the course's tight lines and wooded terrain. He talks about how he got into disc golf five years ago, during a summer break from college, and how it has carried him through his pro career. Casey also shares his passion for playing in Pittsburgh, highlighting its renowned disc golf courses, including Moraine Lake State Park, which is said to be one of the top-rated courses in the world. With courses like Deer Lakes and North Boundary, Pittsburgh offers a diverse range of challenging and beautiful discs courses, making it an ideal destination for disc golf enthusiasts.
Watch Casey DeSmith share his experience in the DGPT Celebrity Pro-Am, a fun & competitive event featuring top pros and celebrities.
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uh you just came off the course and you shot like a scorching hot first round what was going on out there yeah i actually threw really well um made a couple uncharacteristically long putts for myself missed a couple uncharacteristic short putts for myself but uh you know overall i was pumped with how i threw and definitely my type of disc golf uh growing up in new hampshire and that's where i started playing disc golf it's pretty technical pretty tight pretty wooded yeah so uh you know a lot of tight lines out there a lot of tight mandos so it kind of fit my game pretty well this course awesome and when did you start playing disc golf like when did you get into it and how's that like carried until now you're professional goalie and you're still playing yeah i got into about five years ago uh it was i was just out of college kind of starting my pro career and i got into it the summer before and just i had a lot of free time because you know we just have practice and then you're pretty free for the day so i try and go out you know whenever i can whenever it's nice out after practice or off days whatever whenever i get out i go and pittsburgh is like just renowned disc golf area held the world championships not that long ago what kind of courses are you playing out there yeah beautiful courses you know moraine marine state park is probably the biggest one that people know i was talking to eagle on the way here he said it's like top 15 in the world for him that he's played deer lakes is also really really nice new course north boundary is really hard really wooded a lot of elevation change very challenging so looking forward to seeing the pros come and play that at some point once it gets broken in a little bit um yeah tons of good courses nob hill is good so i'm very very blessed to be in pittsburgh and with all those good courses be able to go out and play uh do you have you ever gone out and spectated the pittsburgh flying disc open because it's a big turnout i've actually played in it twice yeah i played in it last...
