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Paige Pierce #29190
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VictorB
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Maybe but she has had so many rounds lately that are 40+ points below her rating. That is not the kind of things that will give a player confidence.
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Seems weird that she would be playing injured if that is the case.
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I think she's going to have to shelve the 1000 rating thing for a while.
Her five lates rounds are now 946, 906, 957, 933, 932 so that 1000 goal is not looking good
jenb
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Every sports legend has a slump.
Nick Pacific
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Someone in the Texas states thread mentioned a finger injury she's playing with? Would make sense, even something as minute as a blister can throw your entire release and touch points off, if we're talking about a ligament/tendon injury, good luck throwing tight lines and putting with that....
She throws as hard as anyone, to be honest I'm surprised she's went as long as she has for the most part injury free.
As of the age of 30... would it be accurate to say that Val remains the greatest rival Paige has had? Or has Cat overtaken Val in that space in recent years?
Paige Major and NT wins...
Val was the runner up at 7 of 14 Major victories.
Cat was the runner up at 1 of 14 Major victories.
Val was the runner up at 7 of 22 NT victories.
Cat was the runner up at 10 of 22 NT victories.
Val Major and NT wins...
Paige was the runner up at 2 Major victories.
(Val has 10 Major wins since Paige turned pro in 2009, 8 since Paige started playing against her in 2010)
Paige was the runner up at 3 NT victories.
(Val has 20 NT wins since Paige turned pro in 2009, 14 since Paige started playing against her in 2010)
Cat Major and NT wins...
Paige was the runner up at 2 of 5 Major victories.
Paige was the runner up at 8 of 12 NT victories.
I think that, at this point, Cat has overtaken Val as her primary rival both in the moment and in terms of career definition. But if, for example, another young pro were to supplant Cat as the primary rival in the immediate-term future, it'd be a good debate between whether Cat or Val (or, one day, young-pro-X) was the greatest rival to Paige.
Paige Major and NT wins...
Val was the runner up at 7 of 14 Major victories.
Cat was the runner up at 1 of 14 Major victories.
Val was the runner up at 7 of 22 NT victories.
Cat was the runner up at 10 of 22 NT victories.
Val Major and NT wins...
Paige was the runner up at 2 Major victories.
(Val has 10 Major wins since Paige turned pro in 2009, 8 since Paige started playing against her in 2010)
Paige was the runner up at 3 NT victories.
(Val has 20 NT wins since Paige turned pro in 2009, 14 since Paige started playing against her in 2010)
Cat Major and NT wins...
Paige was the runner up at 2 of 5 Major victories.
Paige was the runner up at 8 of 12 NT victories.
I think that, at this point, Cat has overtaken Val as her primary rival both in the moment and in terms of career definition. But if, for example, another young pro were to supplant Cat as the primary rival in the immediate-term future, it'd be a good debate between whether Cat or Val (or, one day, young-pro-X) was the greatest rival to Paige.
rjnoodlearm
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Bad ideas lead to bad outcomes.
It was a terrible idea so that would be a good thing.
Imagine if in his prime going into a season Roger Federer announced his primary goal was to set the record for most 6-0 games.
Or Tiger woods announcing that his main goal was setting the record for hole-in-ones.
The ONLY goal of importance to ANY pro athlete should be.......WINNING.
Everything else is a distraction.
It was a terrible idea so that would be a good thing.
Imagine if in his prime going into a season Roger Federer announced his primary goal was to set the record for most 6-0 games.
Or Tiger woods announcing that his main goal was setting the record for hole-in-ones.
The ONLY goal of importance to ANY pro athlete should be.......WINNING.
Everything else is a distraction.
Agricolae
Eagle Member
Paige is on the cover of the Spring 2021 issue of Discgolfer magazine.
Sports Illustrated cover curse / Wheaties Box curse?
Sports Illustrated cover curse / Wheaties Box curse?
Halcón
Free At Last
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I think they call that the Madden curse these days.
She tied for the hot round (-7) today.
It just doesn't seem like she could have 2 poor rounds due to injury, then have a great round the next day.
Maybe not a great round, still well below her rating..but sure an improvement.
Just watched R1 in MPO and it looked like lots of OB, wonder if that was her downfall. . 5th at a B-tier doesn't look so good for her
On her YouTube channel she reviewed her performance at Las Vegas and mentioned that she picked up a friction injury in the middle of one of the rounds. She tried to push through without taping it and it was too painful, then accepted some athletic tape from one of her card mates, which threw off her release. She then went on to say that she played with tape on it for the final round and had trouble getting comfortable with it.
Not sure if she is still dealing with that or not, although I know Madison Walker mentioned on the final round Waco coverage that she (Walker) has been playing with tape on her finger for quite a while because of recurring abrasion injury.
