As I told her at the time, I felt like I was a club player playing a round with a PGA pro.
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Nick Watney was the nephew of a former PGA Tour pro, who coached him at Fresno State.
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Still, Wie is a lot more accomplished on the LPGA than Woods was on the PGA when he turned pro.
At 10:00 a.m. on a cool Monday morning I walk up to the tee of my first hole at the PGA Tour's Waste Management Phoenix Open pro-am.
At 10:00 a.m. on a cool Monday morning I walk up to the tee of my first hole at the PGA Tour's Waste Management Phoenix Open pro-am in Arizona.
"Robert and I, going back and forth, we really enjoyed that, " Wilson told the PGA Tour's official website after winning the pro-am event formerly known as the Bob Hope Classic.
However, he can still boast one PGA Tour victory this season -- at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am back in February.
Wie, who turned pro shortly before turning 16 and was awarded exemptions to several PGA events prior to joining the LPGA Tour, said her poor season made her realize she had to work harder to become a better player.
The 42-year-old came off the course at TPC Scottsdale beaming, having earned his 41st PGA Tour title ahead of next week's defense of his crown at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -- the scene of his 40th win.
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Less well known is the tragedy of my own local golf star, Jeff Julian, who was head pro at course near my home in Vermont before realizing his dream and making it on the PGA Tour.
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To strengthen the field, the PGA tour rules stipulate that the group at the top of the money list at each event must play in the pro-am, while the least successful players do not.
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