What connections do you see between golf and investing?
Time and trust. Taking the time to plan how you want to invest - preferably in harness with a professional - also applies to golf: you need to spend time working on your game plan if you want to see good results. I place trust in the people who manage my investments; likewise, people put their trust in me and other qualified PGA professionals when they want to improve their golf.
When did you start playing?
I started playing at 13 in my hometown of Houston, Texas. My father was a caddie growing up and my great-grandfather was from St Andrews, Scotland and made golf clubs, so golf has certainly been in my family for a long time.
How often do you play?
That’s the thing with being in the golf industry - you don’t actually get to play that often! If I get two rounds a month I’m doing pretty well.
What's been your best ever round?
Under tournament conditions it would be the 70 I had when taking my playing ability test for my PGA certificate. This was back at Mississippi State University and the funny thing about the round was that I played the first seven holes with only one eye - one of my contact lenses had fallen out! Bizarrely, not being able to see that wel l- and not thinking about golf - seemed to help.
Pages
Click here to see the published article.
