Players like Johne Mccray, Juliana Korver, Ohn Scoggins, and Holley Finley are remarkably older than most and still finding a way to get podium finishes and even wins on the disc golf pro tour in 2023. This will fundamentally shift where the sport and players go for the trajectory of the future assuming that players maintain that drive that you need to be elite in MPO and FPO.
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I'm sixty five and have four c tier tournaments this year
Age isn't a factor in FPO where the talent pool is ankle deep.
35+ in MPO = chum
How old is Kristin? Ain’t she older than Silver?
This is a stretch. In fact, the opposite has been trending for some time. I'm 37 and yea, I could probably get to a point where I could win C tier events, maybe even b-tier, but I will never be able to keep up with the 16 year olds standing flicking over 430 that have had that kind of training since they were 10 years old. It just isn't happening. At local levels sure, but the days of being 45-50 years old and winning DGPT notable events are over. They were here 10-20 years ago, not so much now. c tier, sure, but there's an upper limit on folks that are older and haven't been training since 15 years old.
Age is a massive factor in disc golf and any other professional sport, it's why there are age protected divisions. You're using two huge outlier's in women's disc golf, they only occur because there is currently a very small pool of top tier women at the moment being it's a new sport. You do not see this on the MPO side as there are many more males competing at the top. And if anything, we are starting to see the young men dominate the Top 10 in more and more tournaments. And JohnE is winning age protected divisions to prove my point which you failed to mention.
You're garbage, stop posting your clueless opinions using bits and pieces of stats to support whatever opinion you're trying to spread.
Its far more of a factor among the men than it is among the women. Guys are going to be able to remain competitive well into their 30s but its going to become almost impossible to be a top 10 in the MPO over 35 pretty soon here unless you are a legendary talent……. not much different than most sports.
I wouldn't say disc golf has more longevity than every other sport. Every sport that has very little physical demand people can compete consistently well into a late age. Remember a guy named Phil Mickelson who was 51 this year and just took 2nd in the Masters? Disc golf definitely the little brother to golf. Ken Climo said it best, "Copy what golf is doing. They are already tried and tested." Now with this merger have more money than any other sport on the planet earth apart from soccer.
I was at the Portland open last Saturday and Sunday. Got twenty autographs, including my favorite, Ricky Wysocki, all on one disc. And Ricky was the only one to sign the front, on a dynamic Sargent
Imo this is incorrect. The bigger the talent pool is, the more age will show.
Hot take for sure.
I would wager that the influx of younger and younger strong players unleashing their youth on the sport will off set older players holding on to their games. I played recently with a 9 yr old….who carried himself like a pro….because he modeled himself after players he sees on TV. And he can watch endless technique videos on YouTube …Almost any physical endeavor, favors youth .
although there are exceptions to every rule. will you still be able to enjoy playing in one of the divisions? sure. will you be able to be competitive in the open divisions forever. Not a chance.
Disc golf is definitely a low impact sport but these are exceptions to the rule.
Johne McCray still has close to elite level distance.
Iam 66 and been playing for 23 years but there is no way to be able to keep up with the youngsters i won alot when i was younger but the muscles just aren't the same anymore 👍👍😎
How bout those CHIEFS!!!!!
Ehhhh…I have to disagree. I would explain but someone else in the comments pretty much nailed it.
Drink some water dude
The problem with age is that nagging injuries inevitably become more frequent and take more time to recover from. But with a foundation of good throwing mechanics and technique, and with proper nutrition and a consistent training regiment, there's no reason why a disc golfer couldn't legitimately compete with the best well into their 40's.
any other sport, apart from actual Golf…..
Korver is 52?!? She sure doesn't look it.
If the courses keep getting longer the old people are gone. No two ways about it.
The real story is why Johnny had the heartache? Guessing by his physique he’s not terribly concerned about living and playing as long as he can. Heart disease is the number one killer in America and obesity is the number one contributor. The surprise isn’t that Johnny had a heartache. The surprise is that it didn’t kill him.
Yep easy to find and example or two and call it a trend an entire group.
I can find many more examples where strength, endurance, etc. deteriorates with age. At 61, I'm not the player I was at 40.
Don't forget the older players just discovering disc golf who never had the joy of youthful disc golf.
I'm afraid disc golf has no magic youth elixir, but like tennis, pickleball, golf can be enjoyed into golden years.
no the fast twitching muscles go down extemly with age!
Go Chiefs!!
I'm sorry, how does any of this "change disc golf forever"? Click bait much? Unsubscribing and blocking your channel because I am freakin' sick of click baiting.
ay chiefs fan lets go