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Molting Feathers, TX Finale, and Cher
Hello and welcome, this is The Players Meeting. Your place for disc golf news and takes; just the meat, no bun. Email Read Time: 4 Minutes & 21 Seconds
If you missed the Belton recap, then I got you covered: The Bogey at Belton
Letās get into it.
Preening His Wings
Eagle McMahon shared an update to his shoulder injury in his latest vlog. He believes he has a torn labrum.
If true, this isnāt an ideal diagnosis. Torn labrums are feared among baseball pitchers, and typical treatment is surgery followed with lots of rehab. Some pitchers who go through it donāt get back to their previous form.
McMahon said heās been doing research and is considering stem cell therapy. He hopes this could be a low risk, high upside way for him to get back on tour sooner than later.
With the similarities of pitching and FHs, this injury has popped up in our sport. Gavin Rathbun cut his 2021 season short to have surgery on his torn labrum. He appeared on the Understable Minds podcast to give recovery updates.
Just 4 months after his surgery, heās back to throwing 80% power BHs over 450ft. Heās still hesitant with FHs and limiting them to 30% power.
Before last month, he still had one major question running through his headā¦ āCan I still play disc golf?ā Itās likely McMahon has the same question plaguing him.
Texas States
PREVIEW (3/25-27)
The Texas State Championship is 3 days at Lindsay Parkās The Thorn. This new course was designed by Rose City DG Club with help from Gregg Barsby. It mixes holes from each of the parkās 3 existing courses while throwing in new ones.
With the changed layout, last yearās wooded lines will be slightly diluted with long, open holes. And yep, you guess itā¦ The wind is more of a factor now.
The TX swing is almost over. Ricky Wysocki and Paul McBeth look a few missteps away from prime season form. And the FPO leaderboard has more drama on the final day than the Bachelorās season finale. Get ready for a weekend of great golf.
LAST YEAR RECAP
MPO/ The ādifficult Dogwood courseā didnāt play that way for one. Ricky Wysocki tied the course record (-11) on the final day to seal the deal.
Beating McBeth the week before in Belton, he came in being the favorite to win. And he embraced that all the way to a 4 stroke victory (averaged 1064) over Matty O.
FPO/ Hailey King kept her lines tight leading to minimal disaster holes. While at the same time, she capitalized on getable holes to hold off Holly Finley by 3 strokes.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Hailey King is coming off a short break after getting her wisdom teeth out. She was flying high right after and hopped on Instagram Live. Unfortunately, she wasnāt able to make it down to TX safely with tornado warnings along the drive.
Kristin Tattar is the player to watch. With a podium finish at every 2022 event, she hasnāt bagged a DGPT win this season. TX States might be the one.
Youāll be able to watch these players live all weekend on DGN. Or on next-day coverage from JomezPro, Gatekeeper Media, and GK Pro.
Stat That
Cutting edge analytics by StatMando. THE disc golf stats platform.
In the spirit of friendly competition, the brilliant guys at StatMando dug this stat up:
In Beltonās 1st round, Nick Carl shot one stroke better than his good friend, Paul McBeth. This was the 1st time he had ever bested his bestie in his career.
Before it ended, McBeth held a 65-round unbeaten streak vs. Carl. And he led in total throws by 624ā¦ now 638.
@DoubleZeroDG And just like that my streak ended at 1ā¦
ā Nick Carl (@NickCarl24)
10:08 PM ā¢ Mar 19, 2022
Through 68 event rounds played together, McBeth leads by an average of 9.38 strokes behind per round.
Random Dubs
1ļøā£ Disc golf memorabilia could be a big deal. Other major sports are known to sell personalized bricks or other stadium equipment.
The #1 course in the world, Maple Hill, recently replaced all their baskets (~40). And theyāll soon be auctioning the old ones for proceeds towards the course and DG foundations.
Being such a historic course, these baskets are valuable memorabilia. Itās home to Kevin Jonesās insane slip-ace on OTB skins (Hole 16). And itās even where Hannah met Paul McBeth for the 1st time.
No one knows how high each auction will go... $500, $1k, maybe even $10k? Weāll soon find out how valuable a piece of DG history will be.
2ļøā£ Cher is into frisbee golf. Do you believe in life after disc golf?
FRISBEE GOLFšš»
ā Cher (@cher)
4:21 AM ā¢ Mar 22, 2022
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Thanks for reading today. Get out and beat your friends this weekend!
- Charlie
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