Ohn Scoggins Reflects On Goat Hill, Needs More Distance & Talks About Her Travel | OTB OPEN
Owen Scoggins reflects on his experience at Goat Hill, a challenging course known for its long layout and low ceilings. The professional golfer discusses the difficulties he faces due to limited distance off the tee, but emphasizes that as a pro, you can't be intimidated by course length or technicality. He highlights his reliance on putting as a key factor in his game, mentioning the need to practice jump putting to overcome shorter approaches. Owen shares insights into how he and competitor Lisa Fakis developed strategies to compete effectively on long courses like Goat Hill, particularly in windy conditions. With his trademark down-to-earth demeanor, Owen offers a unique perspective on the mental and technical challenges of professional golf, making him one of the most pleasant surprises on tour.
Ohn Scoggins shares her Goat Hill experience, talks about needing more distance, and discusses her upcoming travels at the OTB OPEN disc golf tournament.
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and now we're here with owen scoggins one of i would say the most pleasant surprises on tour and i knew that and we didn't maybe expect to see you as much but all of a sudden here you are you're playing extremely well you're in a battle last weekend and now the otb open uh off the top first impressions of this course i hear it's very difficult and long for the women yeah it is um especially me everybody know it i throw a very um what do you call i'm not so far so for me it's a big problem for me but uh hey when you decide to be a professional so you cannot be scared of long course or short court or technical so i just gonna go through it and it is long course and then low ceiling but the ob is not that much so i think all the lady is not worried about much about uh ob but the the low shot yeah maybe yeah how are you going to make up for that distance out here i mean obviously you're a prolific putter when you get to the green is that the main thing you're going to look to capitalize on um yeah i try i try to maybe i need to practice the jump pad more i guess because i know a lot of girls are just probably gonna just like parked it or inside the circle for me probably like circle two so i just try to make a jump pass the most i can this weekend or just try to go to what you call um hit the ferry and just whatever whole i can birdie i just got to try birdie if not just try to take part and walk away so now you say regularly and i've heard you in other interviews talk about how you don't have the distance of other players yeah but the challenge of goat hill that's not a short course down there you were in a battle down to the end with lisa fakis who is not known as a long thrower so yeah what are both you and she doing right to compete on a long course like that i think we make a lot of parts come play with a lot of people i think especially in the wind...
