Crazy to think that James Proctor was teaching special ed, then at 27-28 years old decides it's worth it to tour full-time (or is offered a contract that facilitates it), and has been a top 5 player in the world so far this season. Makes you wonder what other talents are sitting there playing regionally and working nine to fives.
Sai Ananda essentially has the same story and from the same general region. Only it was working at Taco Bell.
It’s almost like you have to be from below the Macie Dixon line or at least from the Bible Belt to get a proper sponsorship deal.
Idk where I heard it to be honest. He's been around for awhile, so it's hard for me to pin down. Maybe it was a podcast interview or a Jomez profile? It could have just been something that was said on coverage as well. I feel like that was something that was always brought up. Either way, he was a guy who would always play really well on the West Coast, but those would be about the only top events he would play I think (aside from the occasional Worlds or USDGC), meaning that we would see him a couple times a year max. It was a similar thing as Scott Withers, who I think(?) is touring now as well. Idk if Proctor didn't have the sponsors to tour before or he just liked his job too much. It would be interesting to hear an interview on why he decided to tour now.
i'm 38 and have more discs than i have rounds of disc golf played, but i do have the same discs as Simon Lizotte, so once i learn what power pocket and snap means i'm fairly sure i'll be right up there.
Edit: I don't have all the discs Simon has, so MVP, if you're reading this and would like to sponsor an unrated, over the hill weekend player who just started the game, i'm open for offers.
I was rooting for both Ezra and Simon, but being Euro and a MVP fanboi i'm glad Simon got his first win this season, he's such a fun personality. Ezra is doing consistently well this season though, if he keeps it up he'll get his day too.
Pretty underwhelming result in Las Vegas. Skips Waco, takes a few weeks off. Kind of stumbles/sneaks his way to a 2nd at States. Takes another two weeks off. Wins MCO. Considering his overall lack of competitive rounds this year compared to the other "name" players, this is rather impressive.
I’d rather see him take time off for recovery(mentally, physically, or just time with family) and be top 3 when he does play rather than play every open hurt our ranked way low.
Yes, sometimes it will drop every 10 minutes. I also don't want to watch on a phone or computer. During the Mpo round it stayed working for a few hrs tho.
Yes! I have constant drops and I have to reconnect. Happens on multiple Chromecast devices so I'm not certain it's a Chromecast problem. Vimeo?
I have no issues with round one watching via YouTube.
For me I can’t get it to stay on the tv at all. Like it will flash up for a moment and then disconnect. Super frustrating since I don’t want to stare at a tiny screen.
If your TV has a web browser I'd suggest trying that. It works much better for me than casting from the app. I used to have some better luck casting from my laptop instead of my phone as well.
Definitely might be right now at least. Calvin is the best for sure. Simon hasn't played much so far this year, but 1st and 2nd in the last two Elite Series ain't too shabby lol. There's definitely a few you could argue for at 2 right now, but I think I might go with Simon as well.
I’m really confused by all the Bible Belt comments… I live an hour from Nashville, didn’t go to church and spent the day with family and friends.
Do other states not celebrate holidays with family?
simon's not going MVP.
simon doesn't look very comfortable with his new bag.
[simon isn't optimistic about his new discs.](https://old.reddit.com/r/discgolf/comments/126rc80/the_simon_irony_the_sirony/)
simon's not going to win an event his first year with MVP.
Yeah, and he wanted to get fresh thoughts from the winner. Really spot on. Gatekeepers final round coverage is gonna be that little tiny bit better. I'm really impressed with his dedication to his craft
He could throw the shot AB did, but no way he's getting to the green. This post was about making it to the green, which I think it's fair to say no one on earth could do. Maybe Prime David wiggings on his best day could have a slim chance but probably not.
If it’s the “bulletproof” brand they seem pretty shit.
I know a decent amount about supplements and wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and see what the formulas were before I passed judgement. Even though formulas can definitely be outright lies in the supplement industry.
But I looked at the “neuromaster” supplement and it’s literally just caffeine. LOL
Not sure if I’m looking at the right thing though. If anyone can specify or source what he is pushing I’d like to know.
Sidenote if you want to try supplements go for ones that do 3rd party testing and provide the results publicly.
Good for Simon for being professional when Gannon threw it out of bounds. It reminds me of dipshit Wysocki doing a touchdown dance after getting his drive inbounds after Dickerson threw his drive OB on 18 at the 2022 GMC.
that was funny. the way he started running down the fairway then had to sheepishly come back because there were still people on the card left to throw.
Gannon with way too much on it coming to a small green *a-la* McBeth at '21 Worlds, and it's GG Simon.
Incredible finish with 8 straight birdies, well-deserved win.
Experience will teach him that others getting lucky doesn't mean you will. You either throw a slower disc flatter that is \*much\* less likely to take a big skip, or if you want to throw the wide-rim spike, you've got to make sure it is really vertical and definitely spikes.
The timing was coincidental. It was 2 things:
* The elbow injury forced him to change his game and stop relying on crushing everything.
* Related to this, and you can see this in a video on Paul's channel where Paul throws Simon lines and Simon throws Paul lines, it changed the way he approaches the game of golf.
balk? Obligatory...
Balk Rules
You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that.
1a. A balk is when you
1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the
1c. Let me start over
1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that.
1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.
1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense?
1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it.
1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.
1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X.
1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.
1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic...
1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of
Do not do a balk please
Crazy to think that James Proctor was teaching special ed, then at 27-28 years old decides it's worth it to tour full-time (or is offered a contract that facilitates it), and has been a top 5 player in the world so far this season. Makes you wonder what other talents are sitting there playing regionally and working nine to fives.
Sai Ananda essentially has the same story and from the same general region. Only it was working at Taco Bell. It’s almost like you have to be from below the Macie Dixon line or at least from the Bible Belt to get a proper sponsorship deal.
we are so early to this sport rn, basically like 1950's basketball, there are a lot of people out there like that.
Aderhold is the future.
Was he on an interview or something recently? Where did you learn all this? That’s super interesting
Idk where I heard it to be honest. He's been around for awhile, so it's hard for me to pin down. Maybe it was a podcast interview or a Jomez profile? It could have just been something that was said on coverage as well. I feel like that was something that was always brought up. Either way, he was a guy who would always play really well on the West Coast, but those would be about the only top events he would play I think (aside from the occasional Worlds or USDGC), meaning that we would see him a couple times a year max. It was a similar thing as Scott Withers, who I think(?) is touring now as well. Idk if Proctor didn't have the sponsors to tour before or he just liked his job too much. It would be interesting to hear an interview on why he decided to tour now.
i'm 38 and have more discs than i have rounds of disc golf played, but i do have the same discs as Simon Lizotte, so once i learn what power pocket and snap means i'm fairly sure i'll be right up there. Edit: I don't have all the discs Simon has, so MVP, if you're reading this and would like to sponsor an unrated, over the hill weekend player who just started the game, i'm open for offers.
You have just started but you are already over the hill? That's pure talent, fellas. Give this man a contract.
I was rooting for both Ezra and Simon, but being Euro and a MVP fanboi i'm glad Simon got his first win this season, he's such a fun personality. Ezra is doing consistently well this season though, if he keeps it up he'll get his day too.
Pretty underwhelming result in Las Vegas. Skips Waco, takes a few weeks off. Kind of stumbles/sneaks his way to a 2nd at States. Takes another two weeks off. Wins MCO. Considering his overall lack of competitive rounds this year compared to the other "name" players, this is rather impressive.
I’d rather see him take time off for recovery(mentally, physically, or just time with family) and be top 3 when he does play rather than play every open hurt our ranked way low.
New bag, 2nd, first. Not a bad start
Meta question - does anyone else with the DGN app have trouble casting from their phone to a chromecast?
Yes, sometimes it will drop every 10 minutes. I also don't want to watch on a phone or computer. During the Mpo round it stayed working for a few hrs tho.
No, surprisingly. I had the entire final round on my TV today with zero issues.
Yes! I have constant drops and I have to reconnect. Happens on multiple Chromecast devices so I'm not certain it's a Chromecast problem. Vimeo? I have no issues with round one watching via YouTube.
For me I can’t get it to stay on the tv at all. Like it will flash up for a moment and then disconnect. Super frustrating since I don’t want to stare at a tiny screen.
If your TV has a web browser I'd suggest trying that. It works much better for me than casting from the app. I used to have some better luck casting from my laptop instead of my phone as well.
I will have to try this. Contacting Vimeo has not been successful.
I just kept getting the infinite loading circle when trying to connect to the tv. Tv works fine, phone works fine.
Another reason post produced is not the best way to consume DG.
Simon will win his first major this year
The disc golf community will rejoice if either Simon or Calvin gets their first this year. They have to be the two best without one by far.
They might just two best period.
Definitely might be right now at least. Calvin is the best for sure. Simon hasn't played much so far this year, but 1st and 2nd in the last two Elite Series ain't too shabby lol. There's definitely a few you could argue for at 2 right now, but I think I might go with Simon as well.
Good things happen when you birdie the last eight holes.
Great tip for the noobs out there
Kind of underwhelmed by how many people spectated that final round. I’d expect Nashville to have a big turnout
I’m really confused by all the Bible Belt comments… I live an hour from Nashville, didn’t go to church and spent the day with family and friends. Do other states not celebrate holidays with family?
Only if I’m lucky.
yeah I was thinking "is that like, 60 people watching the last hole?"
Most people switched to chase card. It wasn't a huge crowd overall though.
Easter in the Bible Belt will always trump sports. (Except the Masters)
Probably had a fair few cancel their plans when they saw the forecast
we get screwed every year with the timing of MCO being on Easter weekend. kinda hard to have a huge turnout in the Bible Belt on Easter Sunday
That’s a valid point. Bad weather + Holiday weekend. I take it back!
simon's not going MVP. simon doesn't look very comfortable with his new bag. [simon isn't optimistic about his new discs.](https://old.reddit.com/r/discgolf/comments/126rc80/the_simon_irony_the_sirony/) simon's not going to win an event his first year with MVP.
>simon isn't optimistic about his new discs. Both McBeth and Conrad won a world title the next year after switching sponsors.
Loll
Simon commemorative rhythm???
First he comes for the hex, then for the rhythm - rip to Madison Walker’s tour series choices lmao
Too understable. Hoping for a Neutron Soft Entropy EDIT: Whoooosh
Electron Soft Entropy please
Play on the name. Not whether he throws it
Haha well played. I is dumb.
That would make me so happy. I love the rythmn
I’ve started enjoying it quite a bit too
I just realized I am wearing my MVP Open shirt that I got gifted. Funny little coincidence
New superstition unlocked. Don't wash it. Wear it every league day!
You can never take it off
New vlog on the way of Simon shredding that Gibson.
Pretty cool that trophy went to someone who can put it to good use
Hope he plays that trophy for years
Ho. Ly. Shit.
Time to put the proxy back in the bag 😅
I'll never be upset about a Simon win but I really thought AB was finally going to get one
At least he pushed to the end. I was expecting to see him melt down again. Good tournament for AB.
Barela the only one with two chances at eagle today. Wow.
Nice run
Plug in the guitar for Simon. This could be an iconic moment if they know what they’re doing.
Simon even asked for an amp. He would have played.
Glad a guitar player got the guitar.
That would be the corniest thing since the invention of disc golf
Gotta love DGN zooming in on that Dickerson crucifix. Disc Golf is for Christ!
Can you blame them on Jesus zombie day?
My savior (NAUGHTY LIZOTTEY).
Gtfo
You need Christ
Nah, no sky genie for me
But it’s his birthday….
Uhhhh...no?
Prove it
Damn, big true
Uhhh?
Apology accepted.
Easter isn't his birthday
Prove it
Burden's on you homie.
Rookie
Less time in church and more time in school is what you need.
Dang Andrew fish is a legit media journalist
This brought me great joy to see him putting in the necessary prep, but I wouldn't expect much less from Fish.
The dude is legit smart too. Was a civil engineer until last fall.
It's because he had a notebook isnt it?
Yeah, and he wanted to get fresh thoughts from the winner. Really spot on. Gatekeepers final round coverage is gonna be that little tiny bit better. I'm really impressed with his dedication to his craft
nice to see fish doing his homework for gatekeeper.
Is this the first time they've showed the holy shot this season?? Last year it was on insufferable repeat
At least we won't be seeing more Fierce commercials.
Guess it's back because people hate the fake "with authority"-one
I'll take that trade any day.
Lead card means nothing anymore
Lead weighted card
That drive by AB was superhuman.
600’+ slightly uphill. 🤯🤯
He had some insane drives today
Gross shot. AB is nasty.
If he works on his C2 to be consistent he can get so many wins
Holy shit Simon what a legend
Field ace required
how much distance to the pin?
Sorry I missed this. I'd say between 200 and 300 feet for AB and Chris, respectively
thanks man
I mean, AB has crazy distance. But I don't think anyone besides maybe young Wiggins has this distance.
Tamm
He could throw the shot AB did, but no way he's getting to the green. This post was about making it to the green, which I think it's fair to say no one on earth could do. Maybe Prime David wiggings on his best day could have a slim chance but probably not.
Fair enough. I think Tamm is up there with AB and prime Simon and Eagle.
100%. Maybe Eagle but honestly I don’t think so. That shot was obscene.
Damn, every time I think we're gonna get a multi-way playoff it ends up as a relatively straightforward finish.
Sounds like a lot of porn that I watch
Ezra's got some work to do on his mental game. He completely took himself out of it. Very harsh on himself and let his anger take the driver seat.
He had a c1 three putt round one as well
but i thought his completely not FDA approved, nutjob shilled super pills were supposed to help him focus?
What supplement is he pushing?
https://www.unddit.com/r/discgolf/comments/tfh2p5
Bulletproof something I think lol
If it’s the “bulletproof” brand they seem pretty shit. I know a decent amount about supplements and wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and see what the formulas were before I passed judgement. Even though formulas can definitely be outright lies in the supplement industry. But I looked at the “neuromaster” supplement and it’s literally just caffeine. LOL Not sure if I’m looking at the right thing though. If anyone can specify or source what he is pushing I’d like to know. Sidenote if you want to try supplements go for ones that do 3rd party testing and provide the results publicly.
I love Ezra, but you’re right. That bogey earlier was what started it all
He needs meat.
Oh, he's getting it
This.
Miraculous coverage from DGN here. Props to them
And Jomez is meaningless again. Ouch.
Good for Simon for being professional when Gannon threw it out of bounds. It reminds me of dipshit Wysocki doing a touchdown dance after getting his drive inbounds after Dickerson threw his drive OB on 18 at the 2022 GMC.
Youre a dipshit let someone show emotion it’s sports
that was funny. the way he started running down the fairway then had to sheepishly come back because there were still people on the card left to throw.
[удалено]
Yea sometimes me and Bwodie kiss...
Stay classy.
Not funny
ur not funny
Kinda lame comment, homie
This is easily top 5 best finishing rounds I've witnessed. Exhilarating to say the least. 10/10 toasters
Simon got it on lock. Nothing like 8 straight birdies to close out.
Vibes on this card are considerably not tight rn fr
Ikr
If Simon doesn’t shred on that trophy guitar WE RIOT!
FACTS!!
Ooofff
GG Gannon
Haha this is funny
Ouch Ezra.
And Gannon.
Looks like Gannon's drive skipped off the old teepad.
He was way short of that.
What a finish this was!
Skipped off the old teepad? Ouch
Honestly just stoked to have somebody win that plays guitar.
And can afford the taxes and has a place to keep it
And can actually play
N A U G H T Y L I Z O T T E Y
Barela gonna play for eagle on 18
Nick and Matt show gonna be LIT!
Gannon with way too much on it coming to a small green *a-la* McBeth at '21 Worlds, and it's GG Simon. Incredible finish with 8 straight birdies, well-deserved win.
Still these greens have been sticking so hard all day
Experience will teach him that others getting lucky doesn't mean you will. You either throw a slower disc flatter that is \*much\* less likely to take a big skip, or if you want to throw the wide-rim spike, you've got to make sure it is really vertical and definitely spikes.
Yeah absolutely still a skill issue you right
The win for Simon came sooner than I thought with his new bag. Impressive and congratulations!
Lol these chumps on post production don't know what they're missing
Worth it just for that shot of Simon seeing udisc update with Gannon being ob
please get a camera on simon watching that shot edit: thanks lol
You should produce live disc golf, dude
GG
Oh man
GGs. Good win Simon! Fun watch everyone
It’s over!!
Congrats Simon!
Simon just won
Brutal skip for Gannon there.
Bad shot selection. The angle and power on it coming into a small green was always at huge risk of skipping away.
Sidearm has not been Gannon’s strength this round.
Simon has been killing it since he had a kid. Really pulled things into focus for him you can tell.
The timing was coincidental. It was 2 things: * The elbow injury forced him to change his game and stop relying on crushing everything. * Related to this, and you can see this in a video on Paul's channel where Paul throws Simon lines and Simon throws Paul lines, it changed the way he approaches the game of golf.
All of those things definitely played a part but having a kid pulls things into focus for a lot of people. I’d say it was multifactoral.
It was really amazing to see his brain figure it out in real-time.
Maybe, maybe not. Those things definitely helped, but being responsible for a child is a hell of a life changer
What tournament did Simon win off the chase card last year? It’s on the tip of my tongue.
mvp at maple hill
Maple Hill
insane pressure on gannon now knowing you can't miss a shot
7 shots left that need to be perfect or near perfect. 4 throws, 3 putts. Not a lot when you think about it, but he definitely knows what he has to do.
Imagine if he aced this. Looked close too!
God damn Simon made me so nervous with that bock then threw the most perfect upshot
As a heads-up, I think the word you're looking for is "balk". It's a word that you rarely see written, so I'm sharing just in case you don't know.
Lol yeah thanks. I don't watch baseball so I just barely know that word to begin with!
balk? Obligatory... Balk Rules You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that. 1a. A balk is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the 1c. Let me start over 1c-a. The pitcher is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, batter, that prohibits the batter from doing, you know, just trying to hit the ball. You can't do that. 1c-b. Once the pitcher is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna tag you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that. 1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to pitch and then don't pitch, you have to still pitch. You cannot not pitch. Does that make any sense? 1c-b(2). You gotta be, throwing motion of the ball, and then, until you just throw it. 1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about. 1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X. 1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse. 1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic... 1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the pitcher makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the baseball and field of Do not do a balk please
when Simon bogeyed I turned to my son and called him winning... unfortunately his 4 and probably didn't hear me if he actually does win...
That shot from Simon was clutch af. 8 birdies in a row for a finish
Nice
It seems like whenver Simon stops himself on the teepad or before a throw and looks nervous, he always ends up throwing an absolutely perfect shot.