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PDGA VideosJuly 22, 2023

2023 PDGA Amateur and Junior Worlds | PDGA Live Show | Event Wrap-Up

Catch up on all the action from the 2023 PDGA Amateur and Junior World Championships in this event wrap-up show. Grant Zellner and Hayden Henry provide a detailed recap of the final day's events, which were packed with pressure-packed competition and dramatic finishes. The duo reflects on the challenges faced by players and staff alike, including an unexpected air quality index issue that impacted the tournament schedule. Despite these obstacles, the team successfully adapted and allowed the players to compete in conditions they could control. With playoff wins, comebacks, and a thrilling eagle shot from nearly 200 feet away, the action was non-stop. The show also shines a light on the dedication of staff members, who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the event's success.

Watch highlights from the 2023 PDGA World Championships featuring top amateur & junior players with expert commentary and analysis.

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Video Transcript

foreign no delays we have made it to and through the final day of the 2023 PDGA Junior and amateur Disc Golf World Championships I'm Grant Zellner along with Hayden Henry trying to do our best to sum up what has been an absolutely pressure packed week on all fronts not just for the players but for all of those who made this show possible given all they had to deal with didn't hear a single air horn today not one that's a beautiful thing yeah uh definitely learned a lot about air quality index this week and how really no idea serious that is and something that we should take you know account from a CT all the way through a major we definitely did that got some weather or a little more equipped to handle that but just a hats hats off to these players that took every punch and rolled with it and the army of volunteers and staff to make this thing happen yeah seeing those staff members late at night pulling tables and chairs together in hotel rooms just to sit down with their computers and everything and trying to figure out how we could get as much golf as possible out of the time that we had with daylight hours being shifted around with weather systems coming through in the middle of the day and of course losing that entire day to the air quality index problem they did a masterful job of putting those players out on the course so that they could contend and decide the results for themselves on the course rather than some kind of a shortening problem some kind of a technical you know rule or something coming into play that I think is worth a lot of praise for those who put the show on yeah and does that and decide they did those players that came down to the wire and so many different divisions playoffs dramatic finishes everything we come to expect on your current world champion there were a number of leads that changed hands during the final nine a couple of playoffs and even one Eagle for a championship a throw in from nearly 200 feet away all of the action from the spinal day let's check it out right now MJ 18 Patrick you out of Madison Wisconsin has been at or near...