PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro Am final leaderboard https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/at-t-pebble-beach-pro-am/leaderboard.html
This is why these guys strive and work so hard to make it to the PGA Tour.
Ted Potter Jr. has bounced around several mini tours, worked his way up onto the Web.com, then on the PGA Tour won the Greenbrier and seemed on his way until he broke his ankle stepping off a curb in 2014 at the Canadian Open in Montreal and was out for 2 years.
He had two surgeries, one to insert plates and screws, the next one to take them out before heading back to the Web.com and finally qualifying again as a top 25 player.
Sunday at #246 in world rankings following a superb 3 rounds of 68 71 62, he played in the final group in front of all the cameras with Dustin Johnson and after a nervous 3 putt bogey on his first hole, many thought he was about to fold.
In fact he didn't drop a shot after that for a -3 69, and after chipping in for birdie on 7, while DJ made bogey on 8 he had a 3 shot lead at -17 which stood up despite late charges by Phil Mickelson (67) and Jason Day (70). They along with DJ (72) and red hot Chez Reavie (68) finished second at -14.
No surprise he had this to say in his post game presser. "It's been a struggle. You break your ankle and you don’t know what’s going to happen with your swing, with your career. It’s unbelievable right now. This has been a blast this week.”
Now the life changer bit : Apart from the $1.8m and a slew of sponsor invitations to follow, he has a two-year exemption, gets into the Masters, the PGA Championship, can set his own schedule, is full of confidence and when he was greeted by Clint Eastwood before he received his cheque and the trophy, I wouldn't have blamed him if he said..
"Go ahead, make my day !!"
Bryan Angus
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