2022 United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship - Round 2 Player Profiles
Meet the players competing at the 2022 United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship. This round 2 player profiles feature interviews with Ilkan Grow, Zachary Tassone, Paul Kranz, and David O'Mara, highlighting their backgrounds, motivations, and aspirations in disc golf. Growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ilkan has always been drawn to competition, while Zachary from Princeton, New Jersey, has a long history of playing ultimate frisbee that led him to discover disc golf. Paul Kranz from Massachusetts shares his journey from ultimate frisbee to becoming a competitive disc golfer, and David O'Mara from Iowa brings a collegiate mindset to the game. The players discuss their experiences at the tournament so far, sharing shoutouts to supportive family, friends, and sponsors who have helped them along the way. With unique stories and perspectives, these player profiles offer an inside look at what it takes to succeed in disc golf's top amateur competition.
Watch top amateur disc golfers compete at the 2022 United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship - Round 2 highlights and player profiles.
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my name is ilkan grow i'm pdga number 145831 i'm from cincinnati ohio i love the competition the bigger the tournament the more exciting it was to me and i just i wanted to be playing the best whenever i could my mom is awesome she's great she takes she's taking care of all my five younger siblings at home so definitely shout out to her she's amazing all my siblings are great they all play disc golf with me and obviously shout out my dad over here driving me over here hanging hanging with me and just making sure i keep my mind straight on everything my name is zachary tassone my pdga number is 153146 and i'm from princeton new jersey so i've been an ultimate player for uh 13 14 years took an ultimate disc to a local disc golf course started playing around tried my hand at a couple tournaments and kind of got hooked from there big shout out to mercer county disc golf club they were the ones who originally got me into playing tournaments and uh kind of sucked me into the competitive aspect of this golf shout out to bria disc golf for sponsoring me and valley forge disc golf my name is paul kranz my pdg number is 1-3-2-5-2-1 i'm from dudley massachusetts my friend introduced me to ultimate frisbee three months after someone told me about disc golf and then i got addicted i'd love to go on tour someday you know get a van and travel the world this is the first big tournament i've traveled to i have i've never traveled outside of new england honestly i mean i've enjoyed every part of it like the shout out disable 978 they help support me for this tournament i'd like to shout out every single one of my friends and family that are supporting me back home i've been getting a lot of messages and i appreciate every single one of them my name is david o'mara uh pdj number 66276 and i'm from indianola iowa started maybe nine years ago just my dad played so i just came out with him a few times we want to win the collegiate title at iowa state we got second this past year i'm gonna plan the pro tour more i got to play on it once last year and i...
