Naval Officer Embarks on PGA Tour Career

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/sports/golf/naval-officer-embarks-on-pga-tour-career.html?_r=2&pagewanted;=all

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With a No. 25 finish last year in the Nationwide Tour standings, Hurley, 29, became the first Naval Academy graduate to earn a PGA Tour card. To the casual golf fan, Hurley is just another face in the sea of newcomers competing at the So ny Open , the first full-field event of the season. But to the sailors aboard the Chung-Hoon, he is a luminary along the lines of Roger Staubach or Yogi Berra, two others who delayed professional athletic careers for naval wartime service.

[k-troop]

Great article.  I read about this a few weeks ago--there was a blurb about Hurley that went out with the request for volunteers at the Sony, which circulated through military golfers on the island.