Chess.com Invitational: The Good, The Bad, The Great | Disc Golf Daily Podcast | 02/26
The Chess.com Invitational presented by Discraft is in the books, and the pros are already talking about their exciting experiences. Anthony Barella took home his first Pro Tour victory, while Evina Salonin won her first tournament since Preco. The event was a thrilling start to the season, with PGA Live providing detailed stats that gave fans an inside look at the action. Discussion turned to individual performances, including Evina's impressive driving distance and her short total putting distance, which belied her strong finishing position. Experts also broke down key statistics like shots gained in driving and putting, revealing insights into the game. Hosts praised the event organizers for their efforts, while analyzing data on average putt distance and other metrics that will be crucial to understanding the season ahead.
Top disc golfers clash at the Chess.com Invitational. Watch thrilling throws & expert analysis on the Disc Golf Daily Podcast.
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hello race fans welcome to disc golf daily the pro tour has begun today is Monday February 26th we are the podcast that gets you caught up with this golf growth and news in just 10 minutes if you find something interesting share it with a friend now smash that volume button cuz here we go the chess.com Invitational presented by Discraft is in the books congratulations to evina salonin and Anthony Bella it's kind of crazy we are one event in and we have evina who has not won since preco and Anthony Barella who gets his first pro tour Victory ever this is going to be an exciting season stay tuned for some quick hits Anthony Barella said it's just unbelievable I've been waiting my whole life for this and all the losses are worth it now evina salonin said thank you to my friends and family who have always believed in me there have been times when I didn't believe in me thank you to them for believing some true emotions were shown and uh yeah the protour matters it's really fun to watch my Pros on the event overall p PGA live worked it got me all the stats I could want and even improved on some stuff seeing the distance to pin was awesome someday it will just be assumed but right now we should appreciate the extra effort that the volunteers are putting in to get us this information I love it thank you also seeing the average putt distance and total distance putting was a really interesting stat for example evina having a very short total putting distance and and having her be near the top after day two told me her driver as usual was really working I'd like to go back to 2021 I think it was 2120 2021 TOUR Championship and see how many feet of putting Drew Gibson had that year when he hit 375 Footers and a few other big putts like 400 feet of putting evina had 96 that'll be a fun New stat for stat man to reference as we get more data also seeing shots gained driving and shots gained putting made me happy I did not expect that well done however seeing shots gained broken down into shots gained in c1x c1x and cm2 seemed a little too much but I will admit I...
