Tim Walsh - PDGA # 11047

Tim Walsh Stats

Aces: 10
Year Born:  1972
Year Started Discing: 1993
Year Turned Pro: 1996

Vibram in the bag

I carry three, Ascent, Ridge and Summit. The Ascent for me is a very consistent fairway driver. I love it for its very predictable flight. I am not trying to bomb this driver just let it navigate the fairway staying true to the line it is on. The Ridge is my 'driving' putter. When I need a putter off the tee, the Ridge is it! My Summit is my go to putter. Very controllable for a variety of puts.

Disc golf tips and advice

Practice and play catch more than you play rounds. Cheer and root for fellow players, it will come back to you. However challenging a thought, I believe I am always beating the course not the individual. Make time to enjoy the beauty of the flight of a well thrown disc. Breathe.

Favorite disc golf courses

North Calais, VT
Maple Hill, MA
Warwick, NY
Sugarbush, VT
Stafford Lake, CA

Favorite tournaments

Vibram Open
USDGC
VT States
NH States
Worlds

Favorite disc golf story

In the beginning...Just three college friends and I (forever known as 'the original foursome') would go out and play golf at East Campus, the adventure course off the main campus at Springfield College. At one point we had built a tire basket. We would flip a discs at hole one to see who would lug the basket down to hole one's placement. Whoever lost the hole had to carry that 'tank' of a basket to the next hole. I still can't believe we did that for 18 holes day in and day out. For a number of months, maybe a year, we just played with our ultimate discs. One day we actually found a 'miniature' orange disc, worn down with an illegible stamp. At this point we still thought we had invented this game (1993:)). We really had no idea it was a golf disc. We quickly discovered it flew way farther the our lids. New Rule! Whoever wins the hole gets the orange miniature disc for the next hole. At the time the name on the underside of the disc did not mean anything to us, just some unfortunate sole had maybe lost his dogs disc on a walk in the woods. Nope. Years later and to this day I consider my self fortunate to be good friends with the owner of that disc ...Legend, Davis Johnson.

Tim Walsh wins Disc Jam

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6/19/11 - After being up by two strokes going into the final round, Team Vibram's Tim Walsh stepped up to the plate and accepted the challenge of holding off his competitors. Not only did Tim succeed in securing the victory, he did so with a new course record at the Hyland Orchard course.

Pictured (from left to right) are:
Dave Boliver - Course helper extraordinaire.
Dave Hoey - Disc Jam TD
Tim Walsh - Disc Jam Champion
Don Boutin - Course designer and inspiration

Thanks to Tony Scavone for putting on a heck of a show. It looked like the hundreds (or was it thousands) of attendees had a great time.

Can't wait to see the Disc Jam 2012 style!

Vibram Disc Golf goes 1, 2 at Pinnacle, NH

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5/1/11 - Team Vibram's Tim Walsh won the Pinnacle Spring Run-Off held at Pinnacle Peak in Newport, NH. Tim and two others were tied for the lead (shooting 57s) going into the second round, when Tim exploded with a course record 54.

Nice shooting Timmay!

Jerel Davis, also of Team Vibram, carded second place giving Team Vibram a one-two punch at Pinnacle.
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Tim Walsh and Whitey heat it up!

2/5/11 - The West Thompson Ice Bowl (raising money for the Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group) was the scene of the most recent Team Vibram victory. Team Vibram's Tim Walsh joined forces with Whitey (Justin White to his mom) and won in a one hole playoff against Rob Tatro and Billy Dunne.

TD Steve Dakai said that Rick Rothstein thinks they might have broken a record for number of inches of snow on the ground during an ice bowl. With parts of Connecticut getting over five feet of snow (so far) in 2011, I don't doubt it! Nice win Timmmay!