Calvin Heimburg Talks About Taking Time Off, Distance & Throwing Tunnel Shots | OTB OPEN
Calvin Heimburg shares his insights on navigating the challenges of the OTB Open golf course. As a seasoned professional on the pro tour, Calvin discusses how the course's unique layout and design will require players to master not just distance, but also accuracy in their shots. With its fairways and trees expertly utilized to create a low ceiling effect, Calvin believes that rollers will be a common shot for many competitors. Calvin reveals his thought process on approaching the course, highlighting specific sections where execution is crucial. He also shares his thoughts on how the wind may impact gameplay and how players will need to adapt their strategies throughout the tournament. With a mix of difficult part three shots and more accessible parkours, Calvin expects a dynamic week with plenty of opportunities for birdies – but also some challenging holes that will require precision play.
Join Calvin Heimburg as he discusses taking time off from disc golf, shares tips on distance throwing & mastering tunnel shots at the OTB Open.
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now here with calvin heinberg having an incredible season so far we've seen you on a couple big league cards with some of the best in the world and now we're out here at the otp open uh is it safe to predict that we could see some more things like that happen this is a really long and difficult course uh hopefully um like every week you know you still gotta throw good tee shots and make your putts to get there but um yeah i think this course sets up pretty good for people that can throw far um but not only throw apart but throw accurately yeah break down a couple of those uh tee shots and putts from your practice rounds what's your initial read on this brand new venue on the pro tour um it's out on a golf course which typically means you have a lot of air space but they use the size of the fairways and all the trees really well so there's actually a lot of low ceiling shots which i'm pretty comfortable with i know not everyone necessarily is so i think we'll actually probably see a bunch of rollers this week but i'll mostly be sticking to just low air shots is there a particular uh stretch of the course that you think hey this is where you really have to execute is it about starting fast and ending fast like i've heard you say before or can you um this course is it's gonna be interesting i'm not actually sure how it's gonna score in the tournament um i haven't really i played it in a little bit of wind but i heard it can get really windy out here so i i think i've played in a lot of ideal days but i don't there's a lot of tough part three so it's not and then there are some parkours are a little bit easier and then i know there's a lot of difficult holds so i don't think it's going to be as much of a birdie fest and i think it'll be hard to shred the course every day so i think you might see some some flip-flopping going on throughout the week as i mentioned off the top you know big power card the final day at the time of this open and yeah...
