Being a Pro Tour caddy at the Music City Open 2024 | Disc Golf Life

Since I injured my elbow and can’t play in this week’s Magic City Mega Bowl tournament in Birmingham, AL., I thought I would take a trip to Nashville for the MCO. I reached out to Kevin Kiefer, who I met caddying for Sullivan Tipton in Augusta, and he said he would be excited to have me carry for him. He actually said he watches my channel and is subscribed… but I think he was just being nice. (Kevin is is true? If it is then you will be reading this… that putt on hole 2 was terrible! 😀 ) So I am going to give you a brief overview of my time there. It was a wonderful experience and I encourage you to get out to a Pro Tour event if you get the chance.

PS. I mention in the video that while my elbow is recuperating, I am going to have to scale back to just one video a week for the time being. So I will only be posting on Thursdays… for now. Thanks.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Getting started
02:48 Impressions and elbow
05:07 Seth says don’t be like Pete
06:04 Day 1 begins
08:03 I am dead
09:42 Day 2 delay and vendor villiage
11:37 Robbie C. and Bo McLaughlin
11:58 Round 2 begins
13:36 Day 3 and FPO
14:19 Bo and Matty O
15:03 Round 3 with Uli
16:35 Wrap up

well hey folks listen in this video I’m
going to talk about my time up in
Nashville at the Music City open this
weekend when I was cading for Kevin
kefir kind of some of the things that
went on there now this is not going to
be an in-depth video because that would
be way too long for right now and I just
don’t have the time because we’ve got
our Big B tier tournament here in
Birmingham this weekend so I’ve been on
the course putting the whiskers out
doing all the signage and stuff like
that so this is going to be a little
abbreviated and hopefully I’m going to
have more time uh to be able to do a
more in-depth one coming up in depth in
depth sorry but anyway let’s jump in
right after the
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intro okay so first thing that happened
was I was able to get off a little early
so I got up there on Thursday morning
real early cuz I couldn’t sleep so uh I
was able to hang out just get to know uh
kind of the lay of the land and then I
joined up with Kevin kefir uh and Parker
Welk Thomas Gilbert and Andrew prell for
a practice round and uh yes they did put
a little little money on the line so
that they could have a little
competition between themselves and it
was a lot of fun now what’s interesting
is I took my big camera out there I have
a lot of gear from when I was uh doing
some photojournalism and teaching
photography and stuff like that so I
took my big lens 100 by 100 mm by 400 mm
lens on a Canon 7D mark too for those
that you care uh so it gives me a little
extra reach with a crop sensor uh and I
was excited about getting some shots
with that uh now that lens has uh served
me well for over 20 years so it’s
getting a little long in the tooth and
as a matter of fact you’ll see these
pictures I’m showing right now uh it’s
losing it its crispness and I was
worried about whether or not it was
about to die and I think it probably did
in the meantime I made the mistake of
walking by the entrance with that big
camera the barrel extended and uh one of
the guys with the disc golf pro tour saw
it and said hey I can’t let you have
that camera out on the course so I had
to put it away so I was in my mind I was
going to get all these great pictures
these these zoomed in pictures and all
that stuff and I had to chunk the camera
uh and leave it in the car so uh that
kind of put a a kabash in some of my
ideas for especially that day that
practice round but we had a great time
spent a lot of time going after disc
that kept going in the woods listen the
the the out of bounds the OB the bushes
the the stuff is just nasty when you get
off the course you spend a lot of time
going through thorns and stuff like that
as a matter of fact after the round
Thomas Gilbert and I went on whole 17
and ended up climbing a cliff trying to
get one of his disc back uh but great
guys great time out there it was really
a lot of fun okay so overall had a
really good time I tell you what Kevin’s
bag was heavy and it is a long course so
you were hiking around up and down those
Hills and it was windy first day was
rainy uh but the whole whole weekend was
kind of this weather was up and down you
didn’t know whether to put a jacket on
take a jacket off or put two jackets on
put rain jacket on take it off it was
kind of one of those all weekend long uh
but man it was neat to just walk around
with these guys a lot like austa when I
was catting for Sully uh the most
enjoyable thing was just being in the
midst of those guys uh throwing some
great shots and there were some amazing
shots out there but it’s a tough course
and the thing that I noticed was that
once I went past the first round things
were getting Tighter and Tighter
and I noticed that a lot of the guys
were starting to just tense up a little
bit the pressure was there the pressure
was real uh and I’m I think I’m going to
talk about in the future this whole idea
of self-talk Under Pressure because I
saw some examples of guys just getting
really worked up about uh how they were
doing out there uh and and I’m chewing
on how I could I could process that but
anyway I’m I’m wanting to do a longer
form of this hopefully I can you know I
will get distracted and probably won’t
do it but hey if you got some questions
about what it was like or any specific
questions about what went on at the
tournament send them my way leave some
comments on this and I’ll try to include
them in the next video if and when I do
it hopefully I will do it uh but anyway
I’m going to just show you a few little
things left over here uh and uh we’ll
just work through some some of the
different shots and video uh but I want
to give you that by the way I’m going to
have to because I’ve hurt my my uh elbow
and now because I’ve been playing
left-handed for leagues and stuff like
that my left shoulder is hurting I’ve
got to I’ve got to rain back and not
play for a while uh and that’s going to
feed into my very first video coming up
right after this but I want to let you
know that I’m going to have to to cut
back to probably only doing one video a
week I was doing Tuesdays where it was
more of a playing round and Thursday was
more of a teaching round or right now
because just where everything is I think
I can only do Thursdays for the next few
weeks hopefully I can get back up to
playing and doing some more stuff but I
just want to let you know that it’s
probably going to go to one video a week
for the next next a and uh hopefully I
can get back pretty soon okay so let’s
jump on in and see some more videos I’ve
talked way too long as usual Ione Seth M
here disc golf pro two also disc golf
strong great meeting eat out here we’re
so close we’re so tight well we had a
great conversation
yesterday about uh stretching and making
sure that uh you’re feeling good your
body is ready to go on the course to be
resilient uh to make sure that you can
play as much as you want for as long as
you want so you know definitely make
sure that you are engaging in some sort
of dynamic warmup to get those muscles
ready look at any athlete around the
around the world you are all athletes
you like this golf if you’re an athlete
so make sure that you’re uh being an
athlete and warming up we want to make
sure that we can play this game for for
and don’t be like me it’s basically what
he’s saying all right thanks so much all
right take care
great
shot
oh next on the team please welcome
Trevor
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domini but yeah
next on the te please welcome silus
sh and finally on the tea we have Kevin
kefir
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Lu
hard to throw like this right from my
arm down
yeah that’ll do it yeah nice shot
one but
well guys no I’m not in bed I’m actually
laying on the floor trying to rest my
back from uh lugging Kevin’s bag around
today I think he’s got a small anvil in
his bag he’s got one of the heaviest
bags I’ve ever felt uh it’s impressive
so uh yeah that uh that was a uh an
exciting round today uh he played pretty
good man he missed some putts he really
could have been up there in the
leaderboard uh but it was a fun round we
played with uh some great guys really
good guys uh it was a joy to be with
them uh the weather was uh spitting rain
on and off so it made it just a little
funky and it got cold uh but uh and it
was windy all day today so anyway it was
a real joy to uh be out there on the bag
and just spend time with those guys and
walk around the course it’s a long
course I’m tired I’m just tired from
doing the whole thing uh and then after
the round I uh hooked up with Robbie and
some of the foundation guys talked to
them a little bit watched some of the uh
uh folks come in I ended up walking
behind uh uh ulber and a couple guys
Gossage uh for a few holes but by then I
was kind of just tired and worn out
great day it’s first day I’m already
tired uh but what a great opportunity a
great uh time just out on the course
enjoying disc golf and just meeting so
many people that just love disc golf it
it’s it’s really nice out here all right
that’s all I got for day one and uh I
got my feet up and I’m resting got a
whole another day tomorrow so and then
another one after that so uh I’ll let
you know take care well hey guys listen
we’re here day two at uh where are we
Music City in Nashville these these
creeps right here in Foundation disc I
mean great guys in Foundation disc golf
we’ve been hanging out weather’s been
great today versus yesterday but we got
a little delay today you’ll find out
more about that but I just wanted to
have these guys say hey
what’s up y’all what’s up YouTube fan
all right guys thanks so much uh I’m
going to be cading for Kevin in about
actually 2 hours I got here a little
early so I’m going to give you a little
walk around the uh vendor Village and uh
let’s just see what’s out here right as
you come in you’re going to be greeted
by the foundation Disc Off guys and
we’re going to move on around we’ve got
the food
trucks off to this
side so I can tell you right now so the
uh Pro warmup area is right over there
and then we’re going to come in right
through
here yeah good little vender Village if
you need some plastic you can definitely
get hooked up over here
and here’s Luke and the guys over here
what’s up
Luke Dakota’s got the best name of all
y’all what oh I was holling at them but
that’s all right that’s all right hey
how’s it
going I’m be on the card with Freddy
today Freddy MAA good guy got to play
with him in
Augusta I say play with him I got to
carry the bag for soy while he played
with Freddy
then we’ve got the opening the whole
number come on in here and there you
go all right all right so I’m here early
because of the delay so I’m going to
walk around with b and Robbie for a
couple and just uh enough catch out pre
on the card let’s go have some
fun oh yeah sir perfect yes
sir welcome Raven
Nome next to the T please give it up for
Clay
Edwards next on the team please welcome
Kevin keeper
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oh my
goodness and rounding out the card Make
some noise for Freddy
MAA yeah Freddy
I like
it great distance on it
all right guys well last day of the
tournament and it’s cold right now I’m
I’m freezing hopefully it’s going to
warm up the sun just came out and so
it’s going to get better but uh you see
the FBO card heading off in the
background we’ve got a good crowd Uh
Kevin doesn’t pee off for another few
hours so I got here early I’m just
wandering around and uh good time here
next to the team giving up for B ml
rounding out the card let’s make some
noise for M
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Oro good oh yeah you’re
good no you’re
good my card that uh my sister’s
pregnant he’s like she’s playing pretty
good this week I was like what and he’s
like he’s like isn’t your he’s like your
sister’s playing this thing I like
that’s my wife he’s like who’s
pregnant I like Adam what the heck is
happening dude
next to the team please welcome Paul
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ulur next to the team give it up for
Kevin keeper
and rounding out the car giveing up for
y Yensen
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all right so there you go uh it was a
great time I was tired but excited about
being out there it really was great
seeing all the players some of the
people that I actually uh gone around
with in Augusta I got to walk around
with again now uh see people like Julie
and stuff like that and uh Robbie and
the foundation guys I just want to leave
a quick shout out for Jason and
Foundation disc off that guy is a solid
guy and I am so glad I got to know him
when he came through Birmingham with
Robbie’s group but also I hung out in
his tent the foundation tent for quite a
while and that is a solid guy anytime
you see him give him some thumbs up and
some love anyway that’s it I hope you
enjoyed it if you stuck around this long
thank you so much please feel free to
like And subscribe and I hope to see you
out on the course