Albert Tamm On His Travels From Europe, Strengths In His Game & Competing In Pro Worlds (PORTLAND)
Albert Tamm shares his journey from Europe to competing in the Pro Worlds at Portland's exclusive golf course. The European disc golfer takes a break from his home in Changing Area to talk about his experiences after a 1.5-year hiatus due to unforeseen events that canceled major European tournaments. During this time, Albert balances finishing college studies with personal struggles and finds motivation by drawing parallels to overcoming challenges on the mountain course he recently visited at Portland's event venue. He breaks down his thoughts on the challenging course, highlighting its length, wind conditions, and his anticipation of playing again. Albert also discusses improvements in his game since returning to Europe, specifically mentioning enhancements in his backhand shots, sidearm technique, and overall power.
Join Albert Tamm as he discusses travel, strengths, and competing in Pro Worlds in Portland with Gatekeeper Media.
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all right we've got a treat we have a real live european disc golfer here in the states albert tom uh tell us how you're feeling how did you get here we're excited to see you it's super excited to be back after i don't know one and a half year break i spent 14 days in mexico outside of changing area and that's kind of like the way to get here right now for you like when you live in changing area so yeah yesterday midnight i arrived at portland and i'm excited to excited to be here talk to me about the last year and a half you know of course what a tough thing it was to not be able to to get together and compete at the highest level uh to have the european majors cancelled what has life been like for you it's been tough like at the first part it was good i could finish off my college studies it was good i could take my time but after like a little bit you can feel like you're doing the work and everything but there's no you cannot like see the outcome anywhere so it's kind of been tough but that's why i'm here now what's the biggest motivation during that time during those tough times just uh after every like low tide there's a uprising so like in american mountain so there you go and how about this this event you've seen the course now i saw you just got off the practice round um break it down how do you like it does it suit your game well oh it's super long course it's uh i think it's just for my game very well uh it seems it can be quite windy but uh i'm really looking forward to it being on the golf courses again and smashing shots and excited for the weekend yeah merry christmas gatekeeper good to see you it's been a while um what part of your game do you think you've improved the most over the past year and a half going back to europe playing a lot of those uh courses i think i uh improved my backhand game and also the sidearm i feel i have more power with the sidearm now and also my backhand shots are more consistent with angles and everything awesome...
