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Holly Finley on Playing Like you Practice | Nick and Matt Show
Join Nick and Matt on the Foundation Podcast YouTube channel as they bring together Holly Finley, a top disc golf player, to discuss her latest success. Holly recently finished second at Texas State, a notable achievement, and tied the hot round for the Lone Star Classic. She attributes her recent success to making adjustments in her game plan, including taking more putts in practice and laying up on shots she normally would have taken. This shift in approach is part of her strategy to improve her performance in tournaments. Holly shares her insights into what works and what doesn't, providing valuable lessons for disc golf enthusiasts. With over 9 years of professional experience, Holly offers a unique perspective on how to balance aggression with caution, making her comments highly relevant to players looking to elevate their game.
Watch Holly Finley share expert tips with Nick and Matt on developing a consistent game & strategies for success in 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 let's talk about it you're coming off some great disc golf um a second place finish at texas state that's pretty awesome we'll let you touch on that but also you tied the hot round for the lone star um is it the lone star classic you tied the hot round with the current highest rated fpo player in the world uh what do you attribute your recent success to on the course parking stuff making all the putts i'm shooting 10 15 down on these wooded courses at the event in practice and then in tournaments i'm struggling to get to like a 9 30 round and i don't quite know at what point in your career those two things match up but i'm on year nine and i keep thinking at some point this uh incredible elite level golf is gonna show up during tournaments you know i'm gonna like all the putts are going to go in i'm going to hit all the lines all the long ones are going to be cached it hasn't happened yet so i thought i started taking notes in a personal notebook i looked at my udisk stats for the last several years and i realized it's around the green where i'm failing i'm losing um i'm a lot of times i'll be in circle two and i see my competitors go woods woods woods and then we end up with the same score and i could have just threw it at the base of the pole and got a par and maybe scored better than them but the problem is i'm so aggressive because in practice it's so easy everything goes in i make all the shots i don't need to throw eight shots to get a good one my first one is a good one because i see the line i hit it and it's just so simple so this year i've really changed my game plan i am not running things at 100 miles an hour anymore i'm laying up putts that i normally would never lay up which i hate it's so boring and i did not drive halfway across the country...
