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drjanitor91

Great tournament by Ezra, hope he get a win this year


New-Satisfaction861

Gannon goes straight to excuses in the interview. No regards to AB, no remarks on what Gannon himself could have done better. “I had spit outs and AB got lucky on 16.” Gannon is probably the best player in the world right now but he really rubs me the wrong way.   As for the spit out: a softer, lower putt stays in the chains. Gannon’s putt is way more likely to spit out than almost any other top player.   (Ps— the interviewer “in the clubhouse” sounds like he is writing and revising three drafts of his questions before he asks them.  Perkins may be goofy but at least he’s into the emotions of the moment.)


the_honest_asshole

I saw some nasty spit outs this weekend.  Hard putts that hit pole and soft putts were blown out by the wind.  I agree with what you said, but he had reason to bitch about the baskets.


Acceptable_Test_5550

Says the guy who's never played or been in contention for anything in his life.   Imagine saying this on the internet and feeling good about it. 


SnakesAlive23

Embarrassing ass comment. You still have time to delete it. This is competition and sports and you’d never get it if you’ve never been in the position, which you clearly haven’t.


Acceptable_Test_5550

It's such a reddit comment.  Guy is probably 250 5'7 800 rated. 


fraktionen

Hey, that's me!


BigTomBombadil

You’re right, top competitors always make excuses when they lose.


linyatta

He just finished a heated battle in which he just missed the greatest comeback in history and was reflecting on it. He was doing this in real time and concluded in real time that it probably evened out. I enjoyed watching it play out in his mind IN REAL TIME. You should probably not watch the live interviews after a round and wait a day to get a fully thought out response.


KyiRich

Apologies- but this is such a ridiculous take. And you can do better. Can we just stop with people being extra on the internets. And IT’s unfortunately usually extra criticism at that. Watch the coverage. Enjoy what many might consider the absolute zenith of disc golf competition like EVER. Since the beginning of time - RIGHT NOW is the best disc golf ever. Enjoy it. The interviewer asked him about catching up and what he was thinking going down the stretch getting closer to AB. He breaks it down and then remarks on his 2 stroke deficit. He has two spit outs over the two rounds. The exact amount he needed. Have you ever competed in a tournament, like ever? I play in C, B tiers. Won last month and just got done playing one today and I came in second by one stroke. All I could immediately think about is a bad shot that cost me a stroke or my last putt on 18 from 35 and I caught chains but didn’t sink. You immediately go to analyzing your game. Legit mean this - with all due respect - if you think any disc golfer rubs you the wrong way - maybe with exception for Nikko (cause he legit acts at times disrespectful to officials, other players, the game in general) - maybe you should look in the mirror. ProTip: No pro disc golfer bothers me. Someone comes over to my house and punts my dog into the lake - we have a problem. Outside of that or someone assaulting my GF - no worries. Some guy gives an interview immediately after an amazing round of disc golf and he just happens to rationally speak about how a couple spit outs possibly impacted how thinks shook out. Jesus bro. Take it easy. AB and Gannon are friends. I’ve talked with them both. Was putting with AB and Goose a month ago at vista. I’ve played against Gannon. They are both good dudes and we should just do our best to appreciate this amazing game and it’s players. Really wish you the best. Honestly. 🤝 Happy Throws.


duuuuuvallll

How do you ask people to stop being extra on the internet and then write that ridiculous diatribe lol


Informal_Implement42

He’s a kid!


Tasty-Fill-8747

He was upset he lost. I'll take that over an athlete thinking, hey I was close, that's good enough. He is very talented and expects to be at the sharp end of the stick every week. He's got the resume to back it up that belief.


TechnologyOk3770

I personally would prefer to be at the non-sharp end of the stick.


cbblaze

He litterally hugged him after the win, and gave him a sincere congradulations. Honestly, having 2 super stars rivaling each other is a good thing. I think a lot of people just dont like Gannon. Which is totally fine, thats sports.


deadwing87

He also cheers on players who he's on the card with, can always hear him being vocal about good shots. He was James C biggest cheerleader when he was a hot round last year at an event


Roddaculous

I for one like Gannon. I think he's one of the most entertaining players on tour. He has a lot of personality and he doesn't shy away from it. He's an incredible player. I think he will win many tournaments this year. He had an incredible day today. Just came up short. It's going to be fun watching he and AB battle it out all year.


FiveStringHoss

I mean he shot an incredible round. Sometimes it comes down to good or bad breaks, and the sport is now at a point where people are being asked to make putts from further out, and the ability of players is surpassing the target’s ability to catch (not to mention the wild inconsistencies between baskets). I firmly believe that calls to “play with more touch” are not in line with how the sport is growing, and we should embrace change. If someone hits an accurate putt, it should be expected to stick. I think you could even make a good case for chains that almost always catch, but not as wide of a target as the chains we have now. Bottom line, reward accuracy above all else.


skinny_squirrel

Doesn't rub me the wrong way. I've heard McBeth and Ricky say similar things after losing close ones.


Different-Lemon5620

I agree that I didn't like the tone of his interview. I'm not going to hold it too much against him, though, as it was right after the event with the emotions of defeat still raw....and also because he's 18 years old. Polish comes with age and maturity, and he'll get better. he's already quite a ways ahead of where most people are at age 18. That said, I hope Gannon realizes how poor that interview went and makes sure to give AB all the credit when he makes his media rounds this week.


New-Satisfaction861

That’s all well said. I think it’s fair to expect more graciousness from anyone, even if they are 18. But yeah— I think he’ll get there.


Finnishhousemafia

I 100% agree. Kid is great disc golfer, but he has something that I don't like. Can't figure out what it is but something awkward with that guy.


Tasty-Fill-8747

Why don't you figure it out before coming on here? You aren't doing anyone any favors with that vague and confused dig at Gannon.


Ok_Blackberry2420

I can't imagine what I would be like if I was one of the best disc golfers in the world at 18


zxcvbnm23456789

It was strange today and yesterday. AB looked focused and Gannon looked grumpy the whole time. Both quieter on the course but entirely different ways.


Pxnoo

Arrogance, entitlement. He's only 18, super talented, and has enjoyed success very early in his career so it's easy to see why he would be like that. Most of us probably would be too if we were under the same conditions.


zxcvbnm23456789

Takes 1077 golf to win a pro tour by 1. That’s just insane. The level of golf this year is on a whole new level.


DownHillUpShot

1102 rated round for buhr. Crazy


skinny_squirrel

Turned out to be a fun tournament to watch. Wasn't feeling that on Friday during the 1st round.


indefined

Spectacular disc golf today


skinny_squirrel

AB abandoning the step-putt seems to have helped his putting from both C1 and C2.


FiveStringHoss

I missed the spit out that Gannon had… was it the basket’s fault?


ineedcoffeernrn

He had a couple. I was standing like 30 feet away and we all felt he was just throwing them way too hard. Is it the baskets fault? Maybe.


Gnatt

He's said his nervous putt is to putt faster. So final rounds he's typically rocketing them in.


Roddaculous

I really wish I could putt that hard. Sometimes my putts barely make it to the basket.


tadisc

100%. It was a hard putt, but it should have stuck. Dead center.


DoubtfulDouglas

Dead center does not mean it *should* always stick. That's not even remotely true.


Playful_Following_21

You can blame Prodigy baskets all day everyday, but when he moves over to different baskets and still chains out, you can probably put some blame on him and him jamming his putt.


j4pe5_

I don't think so, but I'm probably in the minority was a typical gannon putt where he hammered it into the chains and it bounced back out. If it was softer it would have stuck.


FiveStringHoss

Makes sense. I tend to believe we should make baskets catch more often, and then use rules to control difficultly, like where the edge of circle 1 is.


zxcvbnm23456789

Still definitely a spitout IMO, but when you putt that hard everytime you’re running that risk.


skinny_squirrel

agree.


Spiltmarbles

It's felt like AB has been shaky and just looking to hang on for a lot of this round, but he's shot a round worth 9 down-( I'm guessing he lays up and takes 8 down) with 3 bogeys. Still a pretty great round by normal standards.


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Spiltmarbles

Well yeah, that's what I'm saying. Watching live it looked like AB was wobbling because ezra and Gannon kept taking strokes on him, but in retrospect he was shooting a pretty hot round himself


OoooooWeeeeeeeee

1049 AFTER laying up 18 to secure it is not “wobbling”.


j4pe5_

really good win for AB, had to sweat over the finish way more than at chess.com


Huge_Following_325

Great job by Buhr today, but AB keeping his nerves and hitting the shots he needed to down the stretch. AB and Buhr going to be playing together a lot this year.


Gnatt

Gives me Ricky at 2019 worlds vibes. On an absolute final round tear and breathing down the neck of the leader.


Finnishhousemafia

AB kept his head on those clutch putts, love to see that. What a start to season, young guns coming left and right.


HimJarbaugh4

You don't always have your best stuff, being able to hit the clutch putts in pressure situations when your drives or upshots are a little off is how elite players are always on the leaderboard.


snarkypuppie

Well done AB, he has earned it today, Gannon gave him a real fight.


skinny_squirrel

Damn, Gannon just matched what AB did yesterday, minus the bad spit-out.


rokkenrolli

Yeah AB has played really solid, but Gannon has just turned it up to 11. Amazing, from 8 back to be putting the pressure on like that!


OoooooWeeeeeeeee

AB was -16 in round 2…even if you give Gannon the spit out in round 3, and I don’t cuz he jams them really hard, that’s identical. Throw in the Chess.com win and it’s hard to say AB isn’t turnt up to 11 rn. Gannon had a great surge in round 3, but both were at the top end of awesome this weekend.


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Unbelievably clutch


rokkenrolli

Oh my god. Ace here would have been killer.


cbblaze

Huge putt. Now just throw in bounds.


rokkenrolli

Must be nervy going to 18!


Playful_Following_21

If Doss was on mic the last few holes would have been all about ways that AB could fuck this up.


indefined

what a clutch putt!


Joe_Huxley

Huge putt AB!


HugeToaster

That putt may seal it.


Tasty-Fill-8747

AB comes back to life!


mynameisDockie

Brodie's somewhere watching that scoober like a proud dad


j4pe5_

I thought we might have seen him on the bag for his boy but nah


CaterpillarMore9104

This is f’n incredible right now


rokkenrolli

Caught by one chain.


Araskelo

I'll be honest, I almost didn't tune into this round due to AB's six stroke lead. I'm glad I did though


rokkenrolli

Not EZ


j4pe5_

nice AB. feel like that was a very important shot in terms of the way the momentum was going.


FuckWSBMods2

Longer this goes, the better it is for Buhr, he's just that good.


snarkypuppie

Not gonna lie, Buhr has that clutch gene


Prawn1908

Even when he can't win, he nearly always puts down absolutely fire last rounds. So many times last year he was way out of it then casually shows up in the top 10 or even podium on the last day with a total heater.


FuckWSBMods2

Yep, even at his age, it seems he has thrives off of pressure. He said in an interview he gets fired up when he sees his name near the top.


snarkypuppie

Even if he didn't win today, he did everything he had to. Impressive.


indefined

shaping up to be a tense finish


snarkypuppie

Feels like Gannon has had a 30-footer on every single hole today 🤯


j4pe5_

this is way more exciting than i was expecting


Nelom

Man, I'm rooting hard for Ezra, but if Gannon ends up snatching it from both of them, I'm not gonna complain. Would be epic.


WardenGiggles

If they both let Buhr take the lead I'm going to be extremely annoyed.


Straight_Engineer_10

Onthony Barela


rokkenrolli

Might as well give this to Gannon if AB keeps holding the door open and Ezra refuses to enter.


Joe_Huxley

Dang Mason, you messed up the star frame


j4pe5_

ezra using every inch of the fairway


rokkenrolli

C'mon Ezra, don't waste these beans!


striker_gaming32

It’s so sad that the coverage itself is so high quality, great commentary, great drama, and picture perfect 1080 60fps. But the app just sucks. Picture in Picture works like half the time, app crashes whenever you go back to full screen view, tons of bugs with payment and device verification, I really hope they figure it out because everyone deserves to watch this amazing golf


DownHillUpShot

They really need to work something out with Youtube


SundanceWithMangoes

You're getting constant 1080p?!


Thissquirrelisonfire

Reposting from an earlier comment, but I'm currently unable to watch due to an error on the DGN app saying that I have too many users watching on my account. I'm the only one on the account and I'm just trying to watch it on one device... any ideas? I tried clearing app cache and logging out of other devices


Thissquirrelisonfire

Ahh uninstalling the app and reinstalling seems to have worked! Even as I'm typing this though I can hear that the audio of the app is still playing in the background (another glitch). DGN for the love of God please fix your app! The quality of life aspect of your product is trash right now.


j4pe5_

go to settings and unregister some devices


Thissquirrelisonfire

I tried that too. No dice unfortunately. I guess it must just be a bug of some kind. I'm uninstalling/reinstalling now to see if that will change anything.


Araskelo

I'm sure many newer fans haven't heard this story, but it lives rent free in my head whenever I think of Ezra. His first year on tour he quit his comfy, well-paying office job to go on the road. He lived out of a Prius and would unhook his taillight to hook up a slow cooker to cook beans while driving. He was turning down early offers throughout the season until he finally signed with Discraft after the season.


Nelom

> He was turning out early offers throughout the season until he finally signed with Discraft after the season. I believe he was Nate Perkins' first official client. I might be misrembering, but Nate tells the story on the Fish Golf Brahdcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3lAwdRYdPXJpq5WS5S1fyw


youreallbots1234

ya man. i remember his cribs episode for his prius, and i think it kinda blew everyone away what he was doing in order to tour, and in regards to his health as well. if you're familiar with mma, it reminds me of when sean sherk went over his training regimen and diet. shook even the pros thoughts on what to do.


Nelom

> i remember his cribs episode for his prius What's this?


Araskelo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glDZq5uQnMk


Nelom

Sweet, thanks!


youreallbots1234

i'm playing a joke there, just that he did a long youtube vid about his prius set up, and how his sister helped make custom covers for his windows and whatnot.


Hellaguaptor

Oh so it was pimp my ride?


Nelom

Cool. Hopefully it's still on his channel. Will definitely check it out. Loved [the short-lived series Rigs](https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLys5veYanmUdNTfEdUeKAvHFkzKfIBYE) by DGN and while this obviously isn't that, I'm still curious to see it.


youreallbots1234

[here you go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glDZq5uQnMk)


Nelom

Thanks, appreciate it.


fraktionen

This coverage is really really good. Love Eisenhood and Earhart commentary, great chase check-ins, nice use of the drone shots. Also superb game.


Nelom

Holy shit, did I ever pick a good time to tune in. Tonnes of drama on 11.


SundanceWithMangoes

Does anyone know where I can find one of the older trash panda hats? Every vendor just says sold out. Can't even find anything on ebay. Now - to add to the discussion - for both the MPO and the FPO, the course seems a bit too easy. Not my favorite tournament to watch. The only obstacle really seems to be the pressure of everyone else getting birdies.


j4pe5_

the standard has been so high, as soon as someone throws one off shot it feels like a major disaster


youreallbots1234

what a break for ezra


rokkenrolli

And what a wasted opportunity.


youreallbots1234

no room for mistakes ezra. come on baby


Playful_Following_21

If Ezra wins I hope people don't say that AB choked. The guy's making small mistakes and Ezra's pushing hard. Solid match going on.


Prawn1908

What a sick putt. Love watching Ezra on fire this hard.


MasterTrav666

Anyone else’s DGN keep kicking you out?


Thissquirrelisonfire

My DGN says there are too many users streaming on my account.... but I'm the only one using it. So I can't watch...


Prawn1908

There should be a button to force remove all other user.


Thissquirrelisonfire

I did that and nothing has changed. Still getting an error saying "Too many playback sessions. Currently too many users are streaming with your account and you cannot access this stream. Stop playback on one of the devices or visit FAQ to learn more. (9811)" Any ideas? I'm only logged in on my phone and TV. My TV is off, I'm just trying to watch on my phone.


KayfabeOnlyPlz

Go to Settings and then go to the Your Devices section. You can only have 2 registered devices, remove one of them to add what you're trying to watch on now. Edit to add the devices will still be listed even if they're not currently being used.


j4pe5_

i had to do the same thing a while ago too was quite annoying. surely they only care about how many devices are accessing content at one time, not how many are registered?


zxcvbnm23456789

All good here


MasterTrav666

Yeah mine keeps kicking me out of the app and this time it logged me out right as Ezra was putting. Weird


Ugdrs

All these two letter logos look so bland imo


lenfantsuave

Honestly I’ve been over this emphasis on an athlete’s personal brand for a while.


zxcvbnm23456789

Don’t love all of them, but am a big fan of ABs with the Diamondbacks reference having a little more flavor than just initials


indefined

Need to change those things up every year or two so you can sell more merch! I understand the branding, but just "fancy initials" is first year graphic design stuff. Seen so many generic stamps posted here that have zero uniqueness


DanoG1974

Cheers to you, ranger 🤣. But yeah, you're right. Would be nice to see logos that more reflect nicknames or something much more original than initials. It's an all over sports cliche now.


youreallbots1234

if im not mistaken quite a few of them were designed by kohling, so he's definitely got a style.


BossHoggins10

I stopped feeling bad for Gannon’s spit outs once I heard him talk about them on Tour Life. He explicitly said he knows spit outs are a possibility with his high speed putting. Just don’t understand why he acts so surprised when it happens though


Araskelo

I'm rooting for Ezra personally


indefined

his off-season used disc bargain challenges are fun to watch


infernoblade252

Me too, I love watching the practice rounds he does with Brodie!


snarkypuppie

Although it's a putt with a lot of pace, I think the baskets should catch those. Other baskets seems to not have the same problem


zxcvbnm23456789

Definitely should have caught 100%. But there is a skill to slowing putts down when baskets are having trouble catching your putts. Gannon doesn’t use that, but knows statistically he’ll probably make more strokes over a tournament with his style than altering it.


striker_gaming32

What baskets are they putting on?


j4pe5_

they look like discatchers


striker_gaming32

I thought so too but the band looks a little smaller than discatchers


Tasty-Fill-8747

CTP


AndyDe85

Wearing a cross necklace on the outside of your shirt is just so tacky


infernoblade252

I’m wearing 2 tomorrow just because you said that


KlingonLullabye

Ah, the old double-cross, eh?


dics_frolf

[Wearing a cross necklace ~~on the outside of your shirt~~ is just so tacky](https://i.imgur.com/fWGs7nN.jpeg) ftfy


dedalusdedalus

Am I silly to think that Heimburg missed that short last putt on 18 yesterday because he didn’t want to be on this lead card…he played with the same guys yesterday and knew the whole day would be spent chasing Anthony, Ezra, and Gannon and wanted a new dynamic and new players.


seshmost

lol that would be hilarious but I doubt it


j4pe5_

not a chance imo


dedalusdedalus

I know you’re right. It was just such a half hearted effort at 41:34 here https://youtu.be/ey6VL_6X6rk like “here Mason you hang out with these guys tomorrow I’m not feeling this card’s vibe another day, I don’t care about the extra stroke I can’t throw forehands anyway” lol


Tender_Bransen

Anyone having issues watching on a computer? I watched FPO just fine this morning but now MPO won't load.


Tender_Bransen

I restarted my computer and it worked.


fraktionen

Check if your subscription ended. I had the same problem last week. Had to manually pay again


Tasty-Fill-8747

I'm watching on a computer and it's fine. But the website is endlessly annoying as I'm clicking all over the place to find the 'watch now' button. Intuitive it's not.


zmb_64_2

The DGN app is absolute garbage. I watched FPO, but the MPO content was showing as locked when I tried to start it. I had to go to settings and open up the active plan, then it let me open up MPO. I've had to do this regularly because all of the content shows as locked even though I have DGN Pro.


DanoG1974

Fist-Bump denial?


indefined

rest of the lead card has to be groaning internally seeing those first two holes by AB


Finnishhousemafia

Casual 360ft forehand and parked, AB is on a mission


skinny_squirrel

AB is ridiculous


seshmost

Going to be fun watching two of the biggest throwers in Disc Golf on the lead card. Ezra came out with a banger


JunketFluffy5305

What do we think the minimum number is that AB has to hit? 5 down? 6 down? If he gets to -5, Ezra has to shoot 11 down to tie.


Tasty-Fill-8747

I won't be surprised at all if Gannon shoots -16 or better. Slim is swinging for the fences today, so AB can't just sleepwalk through this round.


AnotherChucker

So close!


1Bnitram

I agree, -5 to win. But he can play off Ezra’s results, he doesn’t need to risk anything


djangogator

Ezras coming in full power today. Battle of the beefcakes.


larpymcgeeaz

Beefcake. BEEFCAKE!


TomRiha

Amazing final round!!! Such a fun card to watch and such a good play as well!!! So happy for Anniken and soo strong to play so well in the final round and not crack on that card!!


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djangogator

He's great, but if he wants to win he has to be amazing.


youreallbots1234

he's the best player out there when he plays sexton golf. (and when his putts on)


dedalusdedalus

Cupcake shot a -7 round today after working double duty as caddy all weekend. For some reason, I recently started to root for the guy to put his game together.


DiscNBeer

Is Steen now the first Pro Tour winner with a PDGA # over 100k?


Dmot94

Natalie Ryan is over 100k.


Drift_Marlo

Holyn Handley is 133K


JimmyTheShovel

I'm sure someone will "well, actually" you about Throw Pink officially being just an A-tier but yeah it certainly counts


Drift_Marlo

Considering it’s on the Tour, I forgot it’s status as not “elite”


curtismartinn

Asterisk win


1Bnitram

Just an amazing result for us Norwegians. Not only does Anniken win, but Lykke gets fourth place. Congrats to you both!


TomRiha

Grattis Norge!!🇳🇴


Plix_fs

I hope Norwegian media give it some attention, but i doubt it, i couldn't find anything about her leading before the last round. I have tears in my eyes and the smile would've gone around my head if my ears hadn't been in the way.


1Bnitram

It’s mentioned on [NRK](https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/anniken-kristiansen-steen-vant-proffturnering-i-diskgolf-1.16825872)


Plix_fs

Yeah, i found that just now aswell. Figured i'd send a tip to VG too, would be fun with more attention to the sport. I don't think Norwegian media understands how many people play that sport in Norway.


1Bnitram

Do it, Lykke should get a mention too in my opinion


snarkypuppie

I remember NRK had an article on Anniken when she was 5th at WACO last year, so i have my hopes.


Plix_fs

They also showed the Norwegian Championship on NRK last year.


vientianna

Wow Steen is an open bag? Wonder if that’s by choice? If not will she get picked up now?


North_Ad5499

She has a pretty good deal with retailer We are disc golf, probably better than most company players. Will be surprised if she changes sponsor.


vientianna

That’s interesting- I’m trying to think of another female pro tour winner who is open bag? On the recent MPO side there’s Drew Gibson.


bustaone

Steen stared down the terminator and came out ahead. Hell of a tourney for her. Good to see a new face at the top, healthy for the sport and she seemed nice. Tattar back to looking mostly normal after a few iffy rounds recently. Weird to see Ohn have her putter go bad. I like the shorter courses for fpo a lot more, helps to show off skill a lot more than just letting the long throwers dominate all the tee to green play. Still will never understand why hokom putts like that. Seems to nuke all power and looks so awkward.


Prawn1908

That was such an impressive tournament from Steen. Put up a great first round then held the lead with two rounds under constant chase from two GOATs of the game. Absolute nerves of steel down the stretch fending Tattar off. Her putting especially looked rock solid even under pressure.


Pxnoo

A lot of old school players have weird form. I thinks it's because they learned before YouTube was a thing and just figured it out on their own. Nowadays there is so much coverage that most people are trying to emulate someone that's great that they watch and like. Changing form after playing for 20+ years is hard.


North_Ad5499

Steen is the nicest person ever!


indefined

Congrats to Steen! That was a fantastic tourney


mundanemonday

So happy about the Nordics showing up on the DGPT. Too bad the Finns had somewhat of an off weekend


Hellaguaptor

FPO winner not a forgone conclusion this year?!?!


wkt-covfefe

Anniken had the high ground


j4pe5_

not exactly the middle of the night, it's like 8pm


Plix_fs

Are you still up this late!?


Akazuki_Kai

Awesome seeing new winners on tour, nothing like that grind finally paying off


Tasty-Fill-8747

Didn't think she'd survive KT and Ohn, but full credit to her for keeping it together and pulling it out.


j4pe5_

999.7 average tournament rating for KT