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Eagle McMahon's Season Debut to be Held Off One More Week || Tournament Central on Disc Golf Network
Eagle McMahon's Season Debut to be Held Off One More Week || Tournament Central on Disc Golf Network Eagle McMahon is taking an extra week off to prepare for his upcoming tournament, a decision that reflects his commitment to prioritizing his health and well-being. A player who has had to overcome numerous injuries and setbacks over the past year and a half, McMahon has always been someone who chooses when to compete. Having realized that his body is paying the price from throwing long shots, he's taken steps to manage his physical toll, much like a professional baseball pitcher would with pitch counts. In an interview, McMahon shared his perspective on his career and upcoming tournament. Fans of the sport will be excited to see him return to competition alongside Crush Boy, their first match together in years, as they prepare for a major event next week.
Eagle McMahon's season debut delayed by one week. Don't miss his intense match-up with world-class pros on Disc Golf Network.
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Eagle McMahon a player who's had to get a lot of perspective over the course of the last year to 18 months dealing with so many different injuries and so many setbacks but when he's on he's on we didn't know for sure whether or not he would be on this week and even he wasn't sure when we first spoke to him in his interview uh Nate when it comes to Eagle we now know he's dropping and he'll be trying to get ready for next week just how can you knowing what a pro player goes through how can you try to give us a little bit of a perspective on eagles's Outlook you know Grant I've always uh respected the way that eagle looks at the this golf tour and and his career I felt like he's he's kind of was the first player to really pick and choose what he wanted his tour to look like and he realized that hey his body is taking a toll from you know throwing 80 mph backhand shots and 70 mile per hour forand shots and you know he said in his interview that you know it you can relate it to a a major league pitcher and they they have pitch counts and they have team of people kind of watching you know the health of their arm what's sad about this situation Grant is that this Eagle didn't pull because of the shoulder that he just had had surgery on he healed from that surgery everything's been going well he's been throwing feeling great gave himself the green lights come out here a week early and then he just had a weird accident reaching down for something in his car and pulled something in his back so I have to imagine that Eagle's kind of taken a little bit extra caution just because there's a major around the corner so for the fans out there that saw that the crush boy uh who are now back with the same sponsor in MVP we're playing together for the first time in years on the featured card it's sad that we're losing Eagle but respect to him for putting his body first and putting the major next week first grant we've got Eagle McMahon in his own words talking about his mindset it definitely stinks uh being away from...
