The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #94 - First Day at 2011 Vibram Players Cup
The Disc Golf Guy shares his first day experience at the 2011 Vibram Players Cup, an elite match play tournament held in Austin, Texas. The event brings together top players from around the world for a chance to win significant prize money. Vinnie Steve, one half of the co-founders behind the idea, provides insight into how the format came about and how the excitement is building as the competition heats up. With a focus on match play strategy and player performances, the video highlights upsets and surprise wins, including Shannon Fosic's victories over top-seeded players Steve Mills and Nick Agy. Mike Barnett also shares his thoughts on the tournament, which features luxurious amenities like saunas, whirlpools, and a pool, surrounded by beautiful Hill Country scenery. With 22 VIP players competing, the stakes are high as these elite disc golfers battle it out for the top prize.
Join me at the 2011 Vibram Players Cup as I compete against top pros like Paul McBeth & Will Schusterick. Watch thrilling shots and tournament drama!
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I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog brought to you by disc Nation one nation under par so matter of fact we're under par and we're in Austin Texas Vinnie Steve what's going on here just a little event we call the Players Cup uh bringing in the top in the world and giving a bunch of money away so we've got this enormous board saying twin Parks Players Cup presented by Vibram that's down here that's that's down there that's everywhere Steve from vium Steve uh is this another one of your crazy ideas or what uh Mike Barnett and I had the idea the exact same moment we were uh we were talking on the phone and uh I don't remember there was a boat and a butterfly involved and we just said hey yeah let's do a match play and uh he said I don't want to do the pariscope anymore and I said well hey why don't we do it as a match play and he said that's exactly what I wanted to do and I said done and now here we are two years later and it's all done wow so brings us down to the Austin Texas area we're in a well we'll say cold front only in the 80s as I've learned this week uh what have what has everyone been treated to here this week thus far all of our players are VIPs we've uh rolled the red carpet out we've got the sauna the gy the whirlpool the pool we've got 22 elk walking around on beautiful Hill Country as a player why wouldn't you want to be here well there's been some pretty good action out there we've seen a few of the upsets that have even taken place Steve any comment on uh some of the play out there today that we saw um basically the upsets where anybody that I picked was upset out of your bracket um but seriously though we've had a couple of 13 seeds come in Shannon fosic uh he he took out Steve Mills last round and took out Nick Agy the four SE in the first round and then on the other side we had uh had Fred Smith take out Derek Billings and Alex Hughes two 13 seeds make the sweet 16 it's pretty exciting this year...
