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Hailey King's First "Real" Win | Nick and Matt Show
Hailey King shares her first "real" win on The Nick and Matt Show, discussing what made it stand out from other competitions. Hailey talks about winning the Pro Tour Championships at Texas State, a significant event that felt like a World Championship due to its prestige and prize money. She contrasts this with her earlier national tour wins, saying they didn't have the same weight as the Pro Tour Championships. The conversation delves into what makes a tournament win feel "real" and how Hailey's experiences in competitive disc golf informed her perspective on achieving success at the highest level.
Watch Hailey King's historic win with us! Breakdown of her round with Hailey & hosts Nick & Matt in this disc golf episode from Foundation Disc Golf.
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welcome to the nick and matt show bringing the player interviews you want to hear and the hot topics you want to discuss streaming live on the foundation podcast youtube channel here's nick and matt recently at texas state and i was watching your interview following the round uh eager to hear what you would have to say and one of the things you mentioned was that this was your first uh quote-unquote real win can you can you explain what you meant by that in in that moment what is that what did that mean to you well so i did win the pro tour championships but like that was that wasn't a normal tournament layout so for me it didn't like some people are like oh it's the layout you know because she won and i'm just like well this is a normal event and i just won so now what you know yeah what what more do you have to do so obviously you can kind of tell by your tone right now but if you were to pick which one had more of a significant feeling towards it is it the pro tour championships or winning the first national tour i think it would be the pro tour championships for me even though it didn't necessarily it wasn't necessarily a real event i guess but it felt way it it was probably because of the 20 000 but it felt like it was almost like worlds you know yeah there was obviously way more on the line and you had the top competitors of your division and you made it straight into the semifinals right so you had to play you obviously when it comes to playing real disco you played two great rounds of disc golf and you be arguably the best female player in a playoff by jamming a 25 foot putt to win 20 000 so it's a very real tournament that you won and for people saying that it's got a different feeling to i mean obviously you can tell the significance of winning the pro tour championships versus you know that happens only once a year same thing with like worlds in the ufc dc but national tours there are multiple national tours throughout the year so i think coming from the outside personally i think the tgpt was obviously a...
