Kat Mertsch

Division: FPO

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How long have you been playing disc golf? 

4 years

How did you get your start in disc golf?
My buddy brad and my brother wedge

What do you love most about the sport?
The people. 

What makes disc golf better than the other sports you have played?
Anyone can play it. It doesn’t matter what your physical build is at all. Anyone can play it.

How do you approach a new course?
I try to say calm and dissect the course as well as I possibly can and then I continue to practice my practice rounds the same way.

What motivates you to continually improve your game?
My dream. I’d like to be one of the best if not the best in disc golf.

What do you do to stay focused playing in tourneys?
I try to stay calm honestly. I tend to get excited and then do stupid stuff then get upset at myself for doing stupid stuff.

What’s your most memorable win?
It’s wasn’t necessarily a tournament when but in 2018 I tied Cynthia Riccittoi for the Junior world distance champion.

What’s your most memorable disc golf moment?
Probably my second ace. I was just really calm about it and it makes me laugh because you’re not really supposed to be calm about hitting an ace.

What are your top three favorite discs?
A classic Aviar, champion glow thunderbird, metal flake champion corvette

What are your top three courses you have played?
Harmony Bends in MO, Country Club in KS, Persimmon Ridge in AR

If you could play any course in the world, which would it be?
De lavega 

Who is your disc golf hero, and how were you influenced be him or her?
My brother wedge. His grit is extremely impressive. He pushes through it all.

Whats in the bag?
Innova and Discmania

What non-disc golf hobbies do you have?
I really enjoy looking for cool rocks and I play guitar

Any superstitions you have before or during a round?
Don’t eat take out Chinese 

What does #NoBadRounds mean to you? It means smile and have fun no matter what.