"50 seems like the new 30." This is the heartfelt words of Labrez, who finally won the Professional Tour card for the first time after 15 years of hard work.
The golf course's coach and director shot the lowest all-time score in the final round of the PGA Tour's Evergreen Qualifying Round at TPC's Tampa Bay Stadium: 64. With a total score of -17 in four rounds, he qualified for the 2022 PGA TOUR Evergreen Tournament.
The PGA TOUR Evergreen Tournament is a venue for players aged 50 and over on the PGA Tour. Many meritorious players, such as jim Furek, the holder of the PGA Tour's single-round record of 58, "Big Shark" Ernie Ayres, And Choi Kyung-joo and other famous players will "shine" there.
"In my mind, I have fantasized about this scene countless times, and now it has really come true, it is crazy," this "dreamy" scene, which has sustained his 15 years of struggle day and night," which illustrates the power of willpower. I was speechless with excitement. After waiting for a long time and finally waiting for today, I gave myself an explanation. ”
(Cry, cry, cry, it's not sin!) This moment is so moving)
On May 31 this year, he celebrated his 50th birthday. Last month, he finished runners-up in the first qualifying round and advanced to the final stage.
In the final round of the final battle, Labrez saved the first four holes, then grabbed 7 birds on 10 holes, and the last four holes also saved the pars, with zero mistakes.
(LaBritz in the game)
Despite his heavy work, he has always maintained a "sharp" and has never given up on his dreams. He has previously participated in eight PGA Championships and finished T68th in 2010 and T60th in 2019. Each year the PGA Tournament offers 20 places to PGA pro players, who twice finished first in the lineup. He also finished sixth at the Evergreen PGA Pro Championship in October this year.
(PGA Tournament official media sent a congratulatory message)
"We did it, we did it!" When Labritz called his wife, he repeatedly said that he was so excited that he could not suppress his emotions in the face of his loved ones.
(15 years of perseverance in Labritz)
"I've played with a lot of players, PGA Tour players, amateurs, even majors, and they've been saying to me all the time, 'You're going to get your chance.' Just keep going. And I've been honing myself until now I'm 50 years old. To me, 50 seems like the new 30. I qualified for the Evergreen Tournament, which was the hardest thing to do. I've been waiting for this opportunity and it finally came true. ”
Five players did their best to qualify for next year's Evergreen, alongside Jeddy, Branshaw, Roger Rowland and Tom Gillis. In order to do that, they had to beat many veteran pros and former tour champions.
Labrez has worked in the golf club for thirty years, but many people still have a variety of jobs, some drivers, some steelworkers, but they have not given up on their dreams.
(Rob Labritz)
There's nothing happier than insisting on doing what you love!
That's why Rabriz can't wait to kick off at next year's PGA Tour Evergreen.