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Paul McBeth: Pro Files with Dixon Jowers
Meet Paul McBeth, one of disc golf's most iconic figures and current champ. In this conversation, Dixon Jowers takes you back to Paul's early life, exploring what drove him to greatness in the sport he loves. From his childhood growing up in Huntington Beach, California, where baseball was his true passion, to how that laid the foundation for his future success on the disc golf course. You'll learn more about Paul's humble beginnings, including his family's influence and the factors that led him to pursue other sports before eventually finding his calling in disc golf. This Pro Files conversation offers a unique glimpse into Paul's pre-disc golf life, revealing what shaped him into the champion he is today.
Watch Paul McBeth share his pro insights in this exclusive interview with host Dixon Jowers on the Disc Golf Pro Tour.
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hey Paul how's it going alright so everybody knows everything about Paul right like he it's your the most well-known guy in disc golf you're the the current the champ right Cohn was not really around so much anymore so when people that have started these days don't know anything they don't even know who KC is when they see a KC Pro disc they don't have any idea they're talking about it's you right but you weren't always that guy right so what was what was what was life like for Paul like before disc golf when you're just a regular dude what were you up to what were you doing like junior high elementary school what was Paul like well that's Paul like so before disc golf and before that I guess this life came about I grew up in Huntington Beach California just just a normal beach city kid wait I was playing baseball basically since I was in a crib like literally in a crib like going baseball and that was just my life like I grew up right next to a baseball feel like you walk out my driveway that's all you see so I grew up with that my whole life and then middle school like elementary middle school high school I was kind of just a quiet kid that was my like true love with sports and baseball so I was really good at everything you can stand in the way good but nothing organized other than baseball why baseball was your family way into baseball shoot I was always the golden child I said because of sports they always knew I would be good at sports and they just picked baseball I couldn't play organized football my mom was like you're gonna get hurt you're gonna do this you're gonna do that so my younger brother was in football understand why she care about him yeah okay but you say she didn't want you to play football because you get hurt but I've got pictures of you with black eyes like that's baseball though right okay so those are black eyes from like ground balls and pitches right these aren't these aren't black guys from fighting the high school kids are they were you fighter did you get into fights grown-up none severe that I remember okay he's older younger younger okay...
