porkturtle
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Don't think he's in this weekend's Cascade Challenge - 'tis a shame. 1st time Silver tourney, would be nice to see. Anybody know when's his next stateside event?
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Don't think he's in this weekend's Cascade Challenge - 'tis a shame. 1st time Silver tourney, would be nice to see. Anybody know when's his next stateside event?
So uh, the last time Paul played a worse rated round than he did today he was a 1x World Champion. Playing in that same tournament was a 12 year old Isaac Robinson.
After 2 rounds he's on the 8th card in a medium field in Europe, just 2 strokes from missing cash.
Edit: Also shout out to Rauli for playing better than Paul McBeth through 2 rounds.
I hate to bet against the guy, ever. But I can't help but feel he's lost a bit. And with the fields as competitive as ever, that's not gonna win. The days of utter domination are behind him.
Parity...?The era of parody is upon us?
Maybe he feels a bit burnt out and thinks a change in landscape is what he needs. Changing your touring year up by playing the Euro Tour as the most notorious player struck me as an odd while commendable move to promote the Euro Tour. If he felt like he needed a change from the usual life as a pro his commitment to the Euro Tour would make a lot of sense.
Whenever I see depressing stuff like this, I think of the advice Tony Alva gave his team. Which was. Just show up. If you don't feel competitive. Don't compete. Just be a face. hang out, and have fun.I feel like Paul is a good enough player that he should be able to show up to a 3 day, 3 round tournament and shoot over a 1000 rated tournament every time even with little to no practice. He shot 993 across the tournament, which is tied for his worst rated tournament since 2009, when he was still in his teens.
Even disregarding ratings he lost to the leader by 19 strokes, over 6 strokes/round.
It wouldn't have been a huge surprise to me if he showed up to this event far from peak form and only got like a top 5-8 or something. But for a world top contender to struggle to get cash at a European event is shocking to me. I'm not taking anything away from Mauri or the other 29 people that beat him. There was some amazing dg being played there and I'm super excited to see how Mauri progresses, especially.
But Paul played like ass, worse than he has in a long time. He may turn on for the majors, but he looks like he's in a slump and in his current form I wouldn't pick him to win. But idk, maybe he's dealing with something and by the time EO comes around he'll be shooting 1070+ again, who knows?
Anyone watching Discraft sales EU? Paul trying to be relatable to the average disc golfer?
Maybe he feels a bit burnt out and thinks a change in landscape is what he needs. Changing your touring year up by playing the Euro Tour as the most notorious player struck me as an odd while commendable move to promote the Euro Tour. If he felt like he needed a change from the usual life as a pro his commitment to the Euro Tour would make a lot of sense.
I'm guessing its more a business more than a 'burned out' move.It kind of makes sense, considering that he's proven he's one of the greatest of all time, has a foundation, a new course, makes millions per year and has a brand to sell.
I feel with the Europe move, he's expanding his brand (and Discraft's reach).
Being burned out on the DGPT also makes sense given his comments on Euro vs US courses on their respective tours.
Also, he doesn't need to grind for points or payouts anymore.
The Mrs is still stateside. Maybe he's hanging with Jussi. opcorn:Yeah, who could imagine choosing to vacation in Europe playing disc golf in multiple countries, hanging with your spouse and getting paid to do it? Sounds awful.