The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #25 - Carla Correa - Greater Milwaukee Open
The Disc Golf Guy chats with Open Women's Champion Carla Correa at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Carla shares her strategy for overcoming an injury that had been affecting her game, revealing how slowing down and focusing on placement made a significant difference in her performance. She discusses specific tips, such as taking fewer steps when approaching the tee pad and prioritizing accuracy over power. The conversation also touches on the nuances of playing against opponents with different handedness profiles, including Carla's own left-handed advantage. Additionally, the women's division is highlighted, with Carla expressing a desire to see more opportunities for female golfers to showcase their skills in competitive environments.
Watch pro disc golfer Carla Correa compete in the Greater Milwaukee Open. See her game and strategies up close at one of the world's top tournaments.
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I'm the disc golf guy and we're back at the Greater Milwaukee Open with our Open Women's Champion, Carla Korea. How you doing today, Carla? I'm doing wonderful. So, today you had a big day out here. You took down uh kind of one of the local uh superstar women athletes, Barrett White, who's an awesome golfer. I know you golf with her a lot. What happened today? What was a little different today for you guys? Um well, as I was telling Whole Five Guy earlier, I've been struggling with an injury. Uh, so I've been just slowing everything down and it seemed to make the difference. So it really helped. We do a lot of tips from the pros and you kind of maybe just touched on one. Is there anything that you could say to people whether it's a nagging injury or otherwise? You just said you slowed things down, any specifics or can you elaborate on that for somebody that maybe is wondering what you what you really mean by that? Yeah, easily. Um, instead of being in a rush to take your shots, um, I just really stopped and thought about placement more, especially with the Dretzka and the longs, it's all about placement. Um, and and even to get more specific, like off the teapad. Um, instead of taking a big run up, I just take a couple steps now. And so it was definitely a lot more accurate as opposed to powerful and inaccurate. So it made the difference. So, you said all that. That's great and all, but really, was the difference the fact that you're left-handed and she's right-handed or no? Did that factor into that? I don't know. Maybe. I ask everyone around. I don't think it's a lefty friendly course. I wasn't claiming it was. I was just wondering if that was really the difference. Uh Barrett White comes out of Illinois. You're in southern Wisconsin. You guys play together a lot. Uh, elaborate a little bit about the women's division or what you're seeing maybe or what you'd like to see maybe is a good way to put it. Um definitely in the women's division what I what I would like to see I guess would be a lot more of the younger women and I think I am seeing it more and more um a lot of...
