Eagle McMahon reveals why he BROKE his throwing hand at the 2019 USDGC | SHOWMEZ | Q&A | Disc Golf
Eagle McMahon opens up about his 2019 USDGC experience, revealing what happened behind the scenes when he broke his throwing hand. From his thoughts on one of the most memorable moments in disc golf history - a hole-in-one shot at the 2018 GBO tournament that catapulted him to stardom - to his journey from local anonymity to world-class competitor, McMahon shares his story. The conversation also touches on his rise to fame, including his nearly winning a major championship in January 2017 and sustaining an impressive level of greatness over time. With candor and humor, Eagle McMahon reflects on what it means to be a disc golf phenomenon, and how he's managed to stay at the top of his game for five years now.
Watch Eagle McMahon open up about his shocking 2019 USDGC injury in a revealing Q&A session with SHOWMEZ.
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duh the most memorable eagle was on the one hole GBO from 2018 blow in that that had the amount of momentum I got from that shot I think Simon was up by like four or five strokes in the lead and he took a big Simon number on that hole and I go then all of a sudden we were tied it was just so crazy how everything went down you just really emerged on the map like immediately and it just really seemed like you haven't gone away since almost seems like you're not going away anytime soon appreciate that guys well thank you for living through that I don't think it was that bad I thought you got off pretty easy I think we're back we might be starting to turn the tide a little bit whoever comes out we're starting to take a new direction cuz that was that was good it was a little bit of both but definitely hearing your your thoughts on that for such a big moment for someone who just like technically came out of nowhere I mean I know you were locally known and stuff but I mean like I said I mean I hadn't filmed a ton of tournaments but even from round 2 to round 3 I didn't know who you were that you were warming up and they go hey that guy's names eco like man he's really good he's from Colorado here he is and we were just like all right you know so it was really cool to see Jace basically from that day - here we are five years later it's awesome I mean well this was April 2015 fast forward to January 2017 this guy almost wins a major championships so this wasn't like a long time coming this guy was just like what I'm amazing and then just like I'm just gonna sustain amazingness you know just like a very rare thing in our sport we see some people kind of creep up and get better and better over time not this guy this guy was just a media lay out the box just like concentrated greatness you could say this dudes living in Rocket City you could say he just came right at top definitely not living in rocket cities I called bullet car out of my home but yeah I...
