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Disc Golf Pro Tour VideosAugust 1, 2018

Tim Barham: Pro Files with Dixon Jowers

Watch Tim Barham, professional disc golfer from Michigan, take you on his journey in the sport. Born and raised in the Wolverine state, Tim shares his rivalry with Ohio State and how he became a proud fan despite living near their campus. With over 10 years of experience under his belt, Tim opens up about his transition from skateboarding to disc golf, which has become his life-long passion. From playing multiple sports in high school to honing his skills in the world of competitive disc golf, Tim shares his story and insights with Dixon Jowers, a fellow pro golfer.

Exclusive interview with Tim Barham, a pro disc golfer, hosted by Dixon Jowers. Career highlights & insights from the PDGA tour inside.

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Video Transcript

hey Tim how's it going pretty good all right so your your Michigan guy right yep born and raised okay are you like are you at Wolverine very much yes Martin which one are we closer to right now oh we're about 20 minutes for Maine Arbor which is the U of M okay and Lansing is Michigan State right yes and that's not that far away do you hate their guts no okay do you hate them more or oh hi Oh state more well how state for sure okay like that's that's what I get from I mean I'm from the SEC country like you know real football is and so we hear about we hear about this this you know Michigan and Ohio State thing so is that like a real deal one of my close buddies that I went to school with us from Ohio so his whole family is a Cleveland Ohio he wears all the outfits the Hat the shirt the U of M everywhere everywhere we go though how state stuff and he gets to slack all the time and he's my buddy and uh we're always out there together while he's getting harassed by U of M people and I'm like oh it's fine he's really a U of M faint at heart but he just wears all this red all the time but yeah it's a real thing okay all right so before disc-golf how old were you when you started disco I started in 2009 all right so what were you up to before that what were you doing in junior high high school I played every single sport pretty much no think of high school I played football baseball basketball all the weird things I did like bowling okay lacrosse a lot of them actually but before that my biggest thing was probably skateboarding okay I was my life for like seven years before I picked up a frisbee there's actually a lot of disc golfers who used to be way into skateboarding like like really really good yeah it's kind of me they like go into him I guess why I think it's just the style of person maybe yeah sounds like out doing stuff you like to do and it's not a team sport they're both individual things you can just build out on your own at...

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