Eagle McMahon On Defending His Title, Taking Time Off & Colorado Disc Golf | 2022 LVC
Eagle McMahon, the defending champion of the Las Vegas Challenge, sits down to discuss his strategy for maintaining a podium spot and defending his title in 2022. With four previous appearances at the course under his belt, including two wins, a second place finish, and a third, McMahon reveals that he's well-prepared for the overstable drivers and challenging greens of the course. He shares his strengths, particularly his ability to read skips and control his drives with wind in mind. McMahon also opens up about taking time off from competitive play for the next month to focus on his arm health and team training, aiming to return stronger in April. This insightful conversation offers a behind-the-scenes look at McMahon's preparation and mindset as he gears up to take on the best disc golfers in Las Vegas.
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and joining us now is our defending champion in eagle mcmahon and eagle you've played here four times you've got two wins a second and a third what are you gonna have to do this year to maintain a spot on the podium and defend your title well my game lays out pretty good for this course it's a lot of overstable drivers and i feel like i'm pretty good at that learning how to read the greens read the skips i really like that kind of golf you know playing a wide shot having it skip far to the left or far to the right i think that's a real strength of mine especially if a little bit of wind comes to be i can fight that pretty effectively and speaking of your game my last question is you've already announced that you plan to take off the next month or so or at least from competitive play you feel that the backhands will get it done out here on this course how is your arm feeling and are you on pace to return back in april as you posted earlier yeah um mainly backhands out here and even if i was at full full 100 you know sidearm in backhand i would still mostly be throwing back hands uh on this course so uh it was a good event to come back to um i am taking off a month to go home work with all my uh specialists my team to uh hopefully come back uh you know stronger come april so i'm able to throw forehand a little bit harder i will be throwing it a few times out here but just uh at a low power level just to make sure that everything stays in place and i i don't uh you know corrupt any of that hard work that i put in during the off season all right zoe yandeck has the next one hi eagle welcome to the las vegas challenge over the off season we've heard that you became a homeowner first time what or actually how does that change anything on tour how does it affect the way that you're touring this year and congratulations by the way thank you yes uh it's really exciting i'm very grateful for disc golf to give me this opportunity and uh it's really meant...
