Txawm hais tias Eric Cole tsis tuaj nrog qhov yeej, lub sijhawm zoo li no tau ntev los lawm.
Tus 34-xyoo-laus PGA Ncig Saib Tebchaws, hauv nws qhov Kev Ncig 15th pib, poob rau Chris Kirk ntawm Honda Classic - Cole qhov kev sib tw hometown - ntawm thawj qhov kev ua si. Cole muaj ib tug 10-ko taw birdie putt uas yuav tau ncua lub playoff, txawm li cas los, nws lipped tawm. Tab sis xav txog txhua tus neeg nyob hauv Delray Beach tau dhau los, nws tau npau suav txog ib lub lim tiam zoo li no.
"Yog tias koj yuav muab sijhawm rau kuv los yeej qhov kev sib tw hauv kev ua si rau hnub Wednesday hmo ntuj, kuv xav tias kuv yuav tau ua qhov ntawd, pom tseeb," Cole hais rau hnub Sunday hmo ntuj ntawm PGA National. "Nws yog qhov zoo tag nrho. Muaj ntau yam uas kuv tuaj yeem kawm tau los ntawm nws."
Tag nrho cov qhab nia ntawm lub Honda Classic
Cole yog tus tub ntawm PGA Ncig Ncig thiab British Amateur yeej Bobby Cole thiab yav dhau los LPGA pro Laura Baugh, uas yeej xyoo 1971 US Women's Amateur thaum muaj hnub nyoog 16.
Eric Cole ib txwm xav ua zoo li nws niam nws txiv, txawm hais tias qee zaum nws tsis paub meej tias nws puas yuav nce mus rau lawv cov kev sib tw. Thiab thaum nws ua si nrog ob leeg pib thaum nws tseem hluas, nws tau txais kev txaus siab rau nws niam qhov kev ua si.
"Siv sij hawm me ntsis ntxiv nrog nws loj hlob tuaj," Cole hais tom qab Honda Classic qhov thib ob puag ncig. "Tab sis lawv ob leeg tau pab ntau heev. Zoo li thaum yau, thaum yau, kuv ua si nrog kuv niam ntau dua thiab peb tau ntaus nws zoo sib xws. Nws zoo li kuv tau kawm me ntsis ntxiv los ntawm nws vim qhov ntawd. ."
Cole tau mus ua si ua ke ntawm Nova Southeastern University. Txawm li cas los xij, thaum nws xyoo tshiab xyoo 2006, nws tsis paub meej pib poob phaus thiab tau txais kev kuaj mob hnyav - nws muaj ntshav qab zib hom 1.thiabAddison tus kab mob.
Cole poob 120 phaus, tab sis tseem tau lees txais cov tub ntxhais kawm tshiab ntawm lub xyoo honors hauv Sunshine State Conference.
Nws tawm hauv tsev kawm qib siab hauv xyoo 2008 los ua si ntawm Minor League Golf Ncig Saib Tebchaws hauv South Florida thiab tsim los ua cov lus dab neeg me me, suav nrog 50 qhov kev yeej. Tab sis nws yeej tsis pom kev ua si ntawm qib siab tshaj plaws.
Cole thaum kawg tau caij ob peb Korn Ferry Ncig Saib Hnub Monday tsim nyog tau txais txiaj ntsig rau lub caij 2020-21, uas tom qab ntawd tsim rau nws tau txais tag nrho cov xwm txheej rau 2022 KFT lub caij. Nrog rau T-3 ntawm '22 Korn Ferry Tour Championship, thaum kawg nws tau txais nws daim npav PGA Ncig. Cole tau ua nws lub siab hnyav, ib yam li lub Tsib Hlis, nws tus tij laug, Michael John, tuag tam sim ntawd thaum muaj hnub nyoog 28 xyoo.
"Nws yog txoj kev ntev," Cole hais. "Txawm hais tias ua ntej Korn Ferry Ncig saib, kuv tau ua si ntau qhov kev sib tw thoob plaws qhov chaw. Tab sis yog, nws yog ib qho ntawm cov khoom uas yog tias koj ntaus golf zoo, nws yuav saib xyuas nws tus kheej."
Cole plam nws thawj plaub qhov kev txiav tawm los pib nws txoj kev sib tw rookie, tab sis tom qab ntawd ua tsib ncaj thiab kaw T-15 ntawm Pebble Beach, nws pib tsis ntev los no ua ntej Honda Classic, qhov uas nws yuav luag ntxiv nws lub npe rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe zoo tshaj plaws. txiv-tus tub duos yeej ntawm Ncig Saib.
"Kuv tau tham nrog [Cole], ua ib tug neeg tshiab ntawm Kev Ncig Saib Xyuas thiab zoo li nws tseem hluas, kuv tsuas yog xav tias nws muaj 24 xyoo zoo li txhua tus neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws uasi hauv Ncig Ncig," Kirk hais tom qab qhov kawg. "Nws muaj hnub nyoog 34 thiab tau taug kev heev, nws zoo li, kom mus txog qib no. Kuv xav tias nws yuav nyob ntev heev. Nws tau txais kev ua si zoo heev. Kuv txaus siab rau txoj kev nws ntaus nws."
Nws yuav yog qhov hloov pauv sai rau Cole. Nws tau txais kev zam rau tus neeg txhawb nqa rau Arnold Palmer Invitational tom ntej ntawm Bay Hill - qhov chaw nws tau paub zoo.
Nws niam rov sib yuav rau ib tug txiv neej uas muaj kev koom tes nyob rau hauv Bay Hill, thiab nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov 2000s, nws caddied rau Cole ntawm lub club championship nyob rau hauv uas Cole yeej los ntawm ib tug dav paj.
Cole kuj yog phooj ywg zoo nrog Sam Saunders, Arnold Palmer tus tub xeeb ntxwv. Cole tau cob qhia Saunders txog 2020 thaum nws kos Korn Ferry Ncig Saib Xyuas.
Yog tias Cole tuaj yeem ua pauj rau nws qhov kev poob Honda Classic sai sai, Arnie's Place yuav yog qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws rau nws tus poj niam ncig saib yeej.