The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #118 - World Championships Leader - Discraft's Michael Johansen
The Disc Golf Guy shares his expert analysis from the 2012 World Championships at Renie Gold, home of hole number 18. Michael Johansen, a top disc golf player, impresses with a near-perfect round, consistently hitting his lines and sinking putts from challenging gaps. The Disc Golf Guy highlights Johansen's strategy, including laying up on hole 12 and playing it safe when ahead by a significant margin. The video features stunning footage of Renie Gold's picturesque backdrop and the exciting play of Jamie Moer, who cards an impressive 61 with multiple birdies. Michael Joe's exceptional round has captured everyone's attention at the World Championships, making this video a must-watch for disc golf enthusiasts. Watch to learn more about Johansen's magical performance and gain insights into the strategies that made his round so remarkable.
Interview with Discraft's Michael Johansen, World Championships leader, on his game strategy, course preparation, and championship expectations.
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I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog. We are at the 2012 World Championships all week. We've got the beautiful backdrop of Renie Gold hole number 18 behind us, but there's not much talk besides the Michael Joe perfect round or near perfect round from yesterday. Tell everybody at home, it's the talk everywhere. There's a lot of champions being crowned. We got lots of great footage from people out here today, but tell us a little bit about your round yesterday. Oh, it was a really nice round. I just hit I was consistently hitting my lines and out there if you hit your lines it rewards you with putts and I really didn't miss any putts. Clearly not. I mean some of those gaps I have pictures some of those gaps can be as little as 8 to 10 ft wide and you 300 400 ft. You were just throwing them right down it. Oh yeah, but it's I'm from around here so those gaps actually look pretty good. So I mean there's also nice clean areas off the fairway. So you know the rough isn't too bad right off the bat. So you have a little room to work through. At what point did you think it was truly magical? I mean, you clearly started, would you start on hole two? Yeah, hole two, which is 613 ft with a pond behind it. I just got going and just kept it going. I even laid up on hole 12 and just I was like, I'm just going to protect my round. Just not even worry about it cuz I was like 50 60 footer from out of the woods. I'm like, nope, no worries. Just keep it clean and see if I can come in cuz I know from there on out it's pretty much a birdie fest. Sure. So just see if you can keep them straight and and that was in fact what everyone was talking about is okay well what ho hole did he actually miss and uh that's uh what over 600 ft with double OB and and some mounds and everything else. So it's a pretty challenging hole. Uh we're going to cut to a clip here on hole two at Renie. I was playing today a card mate of mine Jamie Moer who came in with a...
