Pro Pics: Younger Years

[Al B Tross]

Wow - check out Dufner! Nice mop-top on Stricker, too. :-D

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HENRIK STENSON - 14 years ago on the Challenge Tour

LEE WESTWOOD

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Nick Faldo with Matteo Manassero - 15 years ago.

Henrik Stenson

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Your 2014 Open Champion

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Jason Dufner - Age 2

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Joost Luiten, apparently with a broken arm.

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SHANE LOWRY

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VICTOR DUBUISSON - 2007 (around 17 years old)

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Jordan Spieth (and his brother Steven)

" Spieth won the U .S. Junior Amateur in 2009 and 2011, joining Tiger Woods as its only multiple winners."

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Patrick Reed

^{2015 Hyundai Tournament of Champions winner}

" Patrick's first gift after he was born was a plastic set of golf clubs waiting for him on the kitchen table, but his father, Bill, didn't have designs on the PGA Tour. A manager in the health care industry, Bill said he saw how sales reps were paired with executives during corporate outings, and figured he'd start working early on his son's business career-to-be."

"Patrick never worried about finishing second or third if it meant blowing up on the last hole," "He tried to win at all costs." -former coach Peter Murphy

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PGA PHOENIX OPEN CHAMPION: BROOKS KOEPKA (w/ an old-er drivers license)

Denise (Brooks mother) likes to tell the story of a newborn Brooks, laying in his bassinet next to her hospital bed about 24 hours after birth, when a veteran pediatrician came to check on them. With his back turned to Denise, he slowly turned around, a bit puzzled:

"This is the most serious child I have ever seen in my life."

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Lexi Thompson w/ her bro.

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2015 PGA HONDA CLASSIC WINNER: PADRAIG HARRINGTON

Harrington grew up with four older brothers in a sports-crazed family. He first picked up a golf club at 4 and learned the game while accompanying his father, Paddy, who was involved in construction of a golf course. Harrington also played some Gaelic football, soccer and hurling.

[mvmac]

I counted seven but there are actually eight PGA Tour players in the pic, can you name all 8?

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What the hell? Is there two Webb Simpson's in that picture!?

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PGA Tour Rookie (and very well could be Rookie of the Year) Daniel Berger

Daniel's father, Jay Berger, was once top 10 in the world in tennis.

One afternoon, having watched his father pound tennis balls in practice, Daniel got up the courage to say, “Dad, I want to be a golfer.”

Then Daniel asked, “How many hours do you practice a day?”

Jay answered, “Five hours a day in the summer.”

Daniel responded with certainty, “I’m going to practice eight.”

And he did.

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Requoting this one, the little dude on the left also joins Tiger with having the lowest tournament 4-round score at Augusta.

MASTERS CHAMP!

Jordan Spieth (and his brother Steven)

"Spieth won the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2009 and 2011, joining Tiger Woods as its only multiple winners."

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Pat Perez