re: John Deere has to be on chopping block

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It’s Moline, IL. The town doesn’t care who’s playing and supports the tourney. They also invite a ton of young college players. The tour needs events like this

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My guess is the John Deere is exactly what the PGA envisions the track 2 tour looking like.

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One last note, if you enjoyed Gotterup then this article is a must read.

Here’s just the first part but cluck on the free article to learn more about his journey. He has a great story. This was posted a month ago. And it was written by him alone:

I didn’t grow up as the can’t-miss kid. I wasn’t the junior golf prodigy everyone had circled early. I was the guy figuring it out a little slower, taking some lumps, learning the hard way what worked and what didn’t.

At my first stop in college, I built myself from the ground up. I went from being outside the top tier to becoming an All-American, but even then, it didn’t feel finished. COVID hit. I had hand surgery. My senior year didn’t go the way I wanted. It felt incomplete.

So, when I was gifted one more year of eligibility, I knew I needed something different. Not comfortable. Not familiar. Something that was going to push me.

That’s what Oklahoma was.

It wasn’t just about golf. It was about putting myself in an environment where everything around me demanded more, things like more focus, more accountability, more belief. I didn’t go there to ease into anything. I went there to see if I could actually become the player I thought I could be.

Looking back now, that one year changed everything.

Sooner Sports article LINK

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Congratulations, Chris. I can tell by all the posts you keep making about your win that you’re proud of yourself