INNOVA Team Champion Womens: Juliana Korver

Distance Drivers:
Champion Boss: This is obviously the newest addition to my bag and it is absolutely amazing. This disc is so much faster than any other disc I have seen. I’m still learning this disc, but I already love it.
JK Valkyrie: this is still my go to driver. It is very controllable for me weather I need it to go straight, right or left. It is also an excellent disc for low shots and I nearly always throw low.
Star Wraith: Long range driver.
Pro Firebird: Headwind driver.
Fairway Drivers:
CE TL: This is a great shorter distance driver. When new it can handle the wind well and when it is worked in it becomes pure magic. It can fly on a line when it is worked in right.
Pro Leopard: used for straight or anhyzer shots – thrown with significant hyzer it will flip up and fly straight or glide right.
Mid-Range:
Star Skeeter: upshots between 150 and maybe 240ft.
Star Kite: straight, downwind gliding disc.
Putt & Approach:
Aviar: upshots – typically standing still for shots under 150ft.
JK Pro Aviar-X: putting and upshots up to about 150ft.

Favorite Disc Golf Hole:
”hypotenuse” at Whitcombe in Beminster, England. 600' hole with a 45 degree downward slope.

Home Course : Riverview Golf Course in Bowling Green, KY

Number of Aces : 14

Longest Measured Throw : 415'

Highest rated round: 1003 first two rounds of the 2001 USDGC (I don’t think this is the highest rated round I’ve had, but it is the highest I can confirm right now).

How I Started:
I started playing disc golf my senior year in college. A friend of mine was into it and kept trying to get me to the course. I resisted for months thinking it didn't sound like much fun. I disliked (ball) golf and I wasn't particularly good at throwing a Frisbee, so I never expected to be any good at disc golf. He finally convinced me to try it. I can remember how much improvement I saw in my game from the beginning of that first round to the end of it. It was very encouraging. I also remember how nice everyone was at the course. This was during a league night, so the course was pretty full. I had many people tell me how happy they were to see another woman at league. I think there may have been 2 or 3 other women that played league at the time. I had a wonderful first experience.

Goals:
I currently do not have any competitive short term disc golf goals. I don’t think it is good that I do not have any at the moment. I think making goals early in my carrier greatly helped me be successful in the sport. My main focus at the moment is in creating a great women’s only disc golf event with La Vie en Rose. I have been extremely fortunate to have all the opportunities and experiences that I have in the sport and I want to help create great memories for other women in the sport.
I do have one more long term goal for my competitive career. I have won world titles in both the am and pro division. I would like to win a world title in every women’s division that I am eligible to play in. I am not old enough to play in an age protected division at the moment and I don’t know if I will do so right away, but I would really like to have a title from each age protected division as I advance in years.

Most memorable event:
Winning my first Pro Worlds in Cincinnati, OH

Most memorable tournament:
That one... that I just stated!

Advice:
Take advantage of the wonderful opportunities that disc golf avails you: Travel, meet new people, enjoy beautiful parks and enjoy yourself. If you want to take your game to the top, then set goals, and create a practice regime. When you are practicing, you can be hard on yourself, but when you are competing in an event don’t let the bad shots effect you. Focus on the next shot and only the very next shot that you have to execute. But most of all, enjoy yourself.

Practice regimen or pre-tournament warm up routine:
When I was working my way up the ranks, I practiced religiously. I would put 5 times a week. I would through a minimum of 200 putts each time and up to 500 at times. I did field work at least 4 times a week. I actually rarely played any rounds. I thought it was a waste of time. Instead I would take a few boxes that would contain about 4 different molds and about 10-20 of each mold. I would throw each disc and regardless of the stability of the disc, I would attempt to through them all straight. Then I would recover them and then try to through them all with hyzer, then again with anhyzer. I did this to learn my discs and my skills. It taught me how far I could throw each mold. It taught me what it was I could do with each mold. This knowledge was priceless when I actually got on to the course to play a real round.

Website: www.julianakorver.net