How good are pro golfers???
If you were able to play in the morning wave of the KFT, LPGA, and PGA events today and shot 62, 61, and 64 respectively….
You wouldn’t be the leader in any of the three.
In 1986, at The Masters, Dad had a contract with Nike, but Nike didn’t make golf headwear. For the first two days, he wore a visor with the Augusta National logo.On Saturday&Sunday, he cut the tags off two polo shirts and attached them to the visor so he could display Nike’s logo
When you see him hoist the giant check, remember the journey there:
2013: Made just $11,775 on Canadian Tour
2014: Made one cut and made $825 in Canada
2015: Won Canada Order of Merit
2016: Finished 3rd on KFT points, earned his PGA tour card
2017: 97th in FedEx Points
2018: 62nd in Points
2019: 99th in Points
2020: 185th in Points, lost his PGA Tour card. Went to KFT finals and finished 2nd to get his Tour card back
2021: 174th in Points, kept his card via Covid
2022: 34th in Points, Won his first pga tour win
2023: 62nd in points
2024: 98th in points.
JJ Spaun just won the U.S. Open