The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #210 - Day 1 - First Flight PDGA Amateur Disc Golf Tournament
The Disc Golf Guy shares his experience at the First Flight PDGA Amateur Disc Golf Tournament, held at the Shanahan course in Joliet, Illinois. He's joined by current leader Alex Nymphs to discuss their day on the course. The duo reflects on Alex's strong play, including a memorable 48-card round that put him in the lead, and the challenges they faced with the wind affecting their shots. They also talk about playing "shorts" versus "longs," highlighting the differences in strategy and technique when playing with the breeze. Additionally, they share highlights from various divisions at the tournament. Alex Nymphs shares insights on how he played through a tough round, and the two discuss Kyle Chapman's strong finish that kept him close to the top of the leaderboard. With its mix of disc golf action, player interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage, this video is a must-watch for fans of the sport.
Join me at the First Flight PDGA Amateur Disc Golf Tournament. Highlights from day 1 of my competition against top players!
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I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog brought to you by Legacy Disc play with confidence. We are here at the first flight a tier outside of Joliet, Illinois and I am joined by our current leader Alex Nymphs. Alex, not a bad day for you. talk to uh they're going to watch some highlights here from all different divisions here out at the the Shanahan course. Talk about some of your highlights for the day. Oh, it was a it was a play through and uh keep uh keep the wind out of your uh out from underneath your sails kind of day. So, uh uh a lot of runs up the middle. The safety is security. So, I played the really well the second round to play safe and uh it held out to be true. Yeah, absolutely. And we caught up with you earlier in the day. Unfortunately, I wasn't quite on the tea, but you seem to uh card a one. Tell everyone uh how and where that happened. All right, ice hole three out here at Community Park. Nice buzz up the middle with a little fade. It looked like it was going long, but it stuck finally. Finally a tournament and thankfully the basket got in the way then, I guess you're saying. All right. Uh we played Well, you played I'm sorry, you played the shorts this morning. You shot a 48 which had you in the lead and then this afternoon Kyle Chapman was trying to run you down. He's a solid player as well. Uh but you followed up. You both shot 51s. Yes, we did. Um talk a little bit about the shorts to the longs in terms of the difference out here. Uh the longs definitely play differently with the wind. Uh we ended up since there are quite a few of them that were still short, uh we all had a good idea of what we were going to do, but uh it did get the best of us. Uh I actually I think playing the shorts in the back half got to me the most. uh playing them again. You know, it's uh I had an idea what I wanted to do and it I must have been tired or something, so I ran into a few gates. It's been a it's been...
