Many people were surprised by PGA Tour rookie Marco Penge revealing on Wednesday that a couple of Florida golf clubs “turned him away” after moving to the US in the offseason. Michael Kim was not one of those people.
We all want to play like tour pros. We know we can’t, but even a single shot can edge us closer – a piped drive, a staked approach, a nipped chip or even the occasional 40-footer dropping.
Normally at “The Bear Trap” at PGA National, it’s the water lurking everywhere that can be the most terrifying aspect for a tour pro. As Nick Taylor came to find out on Thursday, the land ain’t that much safer, either.