Kyle Westmoreland yuav teeing nws hauv Houston tsuas yog 25 feeb los ntawm nws lub tsev. (Hector Vivas / Getty Dluab)
Kyle Westmoreland yug hauv Lewisville, Texas, plaub teev sab qaum teb ntawm Memorial Park, tus tswv tsev ntawm lub lim tiam no Cadence Bank Houston Qhib. Nws nyob hauv Katy, tsuas yog 25- feeb tsav los ntawm Houston thaj chaw uas nws yuav ua nws thib tsib ntawm PGA TOUR lub caij tshiab.
Kom paub meej, Westmoreland, 31, tuaj yeem suav qhov no yog kev ua si hauv tsev.
"Nws yog lub sijhawm zoo kawg," nws hais. "Kuv tau xav ua si ntawm no txij li thaum kuv tuaj yeem nco qab, txij li lub sijhawm nws nyob ntawm TPC Woodlands mus rau chav kawm Redstone Cov Tswv Cuab mus rau cov neeg ua si kawm txog tam sim no ntawm Memorial. Loj hlob tuaj, peb ua si ib tuj ntawm junior golf txheej xwm ntawm Memorial Park. , thiab nws zoo li txawv dua li nws tau siv txog li 20 xyoo dhau los.
"Koj paub, nws yog qhov chaw txaus thiab tsuas yog npau suav tuaj yeem ua si ntawm no."
Txawm hais tias tsawg tus neeg tuaj yeem thov kom nyob hauv zos ntau dua Westmoreland, tsawg dua tseem tau siv txoj hauv kev ntau dua kom mus txog qhov no. Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis, nws tau ua ib qho khau khiab rau 25th thiab qhov chaw kawg ntawm Korn Ferry Ncig Saib Xyuas Kev Tsim Nyog Cov Ntsiab Lus, 4.5 cov ntsiab lus ua ntej Joey Garber.
Nws yog qhov zoo siab rau qhov kev lees paub ntev ntev rau Westmoreland, uas tau raug xaiv los ntawm tsev kawm theem siab. Txawm hais tias nws muaj sijhawm los ua si rau University of Houston, nws hais tias, nws txoj kev npau suav yog mus ua si rau Texas. Hmoov tsis zoo, nws tsis nyob ntawm radar hauv Austin.
"Muaj ib tug txiv leej tub hu ua Jordan Spieth uas yog ib xyoos tom qab kuv uas kuv xav tias cov kws qhia tau saib zoo nkauj heev," Westmoreland tau hais. "Air Force yog kuv qhov kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws."
Nws yeej plaub zaug, tau txais All-Mountain West Conference Honors, thiab kawm tiav hauv 2014. Txawm hais tias nws tau txiav txim siab ua neej nyob saum huab cua, qhov kev vam meej tau qhib nws lub qhov muag kom muaj peev xwm ua si golf rau kev ua neej nyob, thiab nws piv los ntawm kev ua tus tsav. , a 12- xyoo kev cog lus, rau kev pabcuam tsib xyoos, hloov.
Tab sis txawm tias txoj kev npaj ntawd yeej muaj kev sib tw.
Chaw nyob hauv Charleston, South Carolina, qhov chaw uas nws ua haujlwm hauv kev tswj nyiaj txiag, nws lub sijhawm ua haujlwm nyuaj heev nws ntaus pob hauv qab lub teeb ntawm qhov chaw tsav tsheb nyob ze kom txog thaum nws kaw thaum 10 teev tsaus ntuj Nws tau muab tso rau ntawm lub yardstick rau hauv pem teb ntawm nws chav los txhim kho nws. kev sib tw thiab txoj kev. Nws tau sim nws tus kheej tawm tsam College of Charleston golf team rau hnub so, thiab qee zaum tsav tsheb ob teev rau Myrtle Beach kom pom nws tus kws qhia.
Ib zaug, ntawm txoj kev mus rau kev xa mus rau Africa, Westmoreland tau siv sijhawm ib lub lim tiam hauv Roda, Spain, thiab pom qhov chaw xyaum ua haujlwm uas tso cai rau cov neeg ua si xauj ib lub club hauv ib hnub. Yog li ntawd yog qhov nws ua.
"Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws," nws tau hais ntau dua ib zaug, "yog muab ib ko taw rau pem hauv ntej."
Tom qab ua tiav nws qhov kev pabcuam thaum lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2019, nws hloov mus ua haujlwm puv sijhawm rau golf. Nws qhov kev xam phaj tawm tau ncua ntev li ob lub lis piam thaum nws hnub Monday tau tsim nyog rau Korn Ferry Tour's Utah Championship, qhov uas nws ua tiav T25 kom tau txais qhov chaw hauv lub lim tiam tom ntej.
Nws tau txais cov xwm txheej ntawm PGA Ncig Tebchaws Canada. Nws tau txais Korn Ferry xwm txheej. Lub caij dhau los, ua rau lub sijhawm poob, nws tsis nco ib lub lim tiam, txawm tias cuam tshuam hauv PGA TOUR cameo ntawm Honda Classic (kev zam zam, tsis raug txiav). Thiab thaum nws squeaked los ntawm Korn Ferry Tour Finals, nws tau los ua thawj Air Force Academy kawm tiav kom tau txais daim npav PGA TOUR.
"Kuv vam tias kuv tsis yog tus kawg," nws hais. "Peb cia siab tias peb tuaj yeem txhawb qee tus neeg kom ua si golf ntxiv txawm tias dhau los ntawm lawv lub sijhawm ua haujlwm, tau txais me ntsis zoo dua, pib tso rau Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog thiab Tub Rog thiab Navy muab zaub ntsuab thiab sim ua kom zoo dua thiab ua rau nws tawm ntawm no."
Nws tau pib qeeb rau lub caij, nrog Westmoreland ploj peb ntawm nws thawj plaub txiav. Nws qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog T54 ntawm Sanderson Farms Championship, tab sis tus 6-ko taw-3, 220- phaus Westmoreland tsis yooj yim txav ntawm nws txoj kev. (Nws kuj tau ua tus kws qhia hauv kev sib tw thiab kev sib tw hauv av hauv Colorado Springs.)
Nws ntseeg siab tias nrog nws tus kws qhia, Jeff Smith, thiab lwm tus ntawm nws pab neeg, nws tuaj yeem pivot.
Westmoreland tau hais tias, "PGA TOUR, muaj cov ntaub ntawv nyob txhua qhov chaw," Westmoreland tau hais tias, "yog li peb zoo li saib lawv thiab pom thiab paub seb peb yuav tsum ua li cas kom zoo dua los sib tw ntawm qib siab tshaj ... thiab kuv tsuas yog zoo siab los sim. Nws lub lim tiam no ntawm qhov kev ntaus golf zoo nrog qee qhov ntev. Peb nyiam ntaus nws deb, yog li, qhov ntev yog qhov zoo. "
Ib qho ntawm nws lub sijhawm ntawm Academy tau qhia nws, Westmoreland tau hais thaum lub caij qhib Fortinet Championship ua ntej lub caij nplooj zeeg no, yog kev ua siab ntev. Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog tag nrho.
"Qhov loj tshaj plaws," nws hais ntxiv, "yog nws qhia koj tias koj yog leej twg."
Kyle Westmoreland, patriot, golfer, thiab PGA TOUR rookie, yog ib tug txiv leej tub uas nrhiav txoj hauv kev.