Emporia State University DI Team | Press Conference | 2024 College Disc Golf National Championships
Watch as the Emporia State University DI Team prepares to tackle the historic Winthrop University course at the 2024 College Disc Golf National Championships. Kade shares his experience of playing this iconic venue for the first time, noting that seeing it in person is a different story from watching on video, with many holes appearing more challenging than expected. Coach Mac also offers valuable advice for teams looking to succeed, emphasizing the importance of keeping discs in bounds and avoiding big numbers. With conditions forecasted to be hit-or-miss due to weather, the team's focus will be on navigating the course's obstacles and pressure. The conversation highlights Winthrop's reputation as a demanding test of disc golf skills, making it the perfect stage for the College Disc Golf National Championships.
Emporia State University DI Team shares strategy & goals ahead of 2024 College Disc Golf National Championships.
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back with Emporia State let's just just start with where we're at win University an iconic venue Kade what was it like when you first got on this property and started throwing around these historic holes yeah I think it was really cool for all of us especially just watching usdgc all these years and uh just remembering all the iconic shots and holes that you know we've seen the great players execute before and just walking up to those same holes it's pretty cool what's been the big biggest difference from seeing the course in person to maybe seeing on video like a whole 17 us cgc for example yeah I think it's pretty surprising to see like on coverage I mean there's a lot of people that make it look very easy but also a lot that you see like take big numbers and I think that the my biggest surprise so far is that none of the holes are particularly easy but there's a lot of ways to avoid danger and that's kind of something that we've been working on nice well stay in the winr bin real quick with emac obviously you've seen this course many many times what was your advice for your teams coming to attack Winthrop uh really easy actually as far as advice goes just keep it in bounds honestly um I like you said I've played this course many many times and I've had some fantastic rounds and I've had some awful rounds and I feel like um when I played well it was because I was keeping the disc in bounds and hitting putts so with with looking at the weather this week tomorrow is a little hit or miss on depending on what tea time you got if you're going to be playing in the rain or the wind so I I think coming out of this course around even par in those conditions is going to be solid uh just avoiding really big numbers out there what is it about this place that adds just the pressure on top of the OB it's winr I mean it's it's historic you know I mean coming down the stretch I know it's not going to be whole 17 this year it'll be 14 I believe uh that hole is it's scary I don't care if you're playing for first place...
