HERE'S
HERE'S OUR SPORTS DIRECTOR KYLE KRASKER WITH HALEY'S STORY. HAILEY MOORE HAS THIS BIRDIE
PUTT TO WIN THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
>> ANYONE WHO SAW IT WILL NEVER
FORGET.
>> CAUGHT IN SUDDEN DEATH IN
THE FINALS OF THE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN NCW GOLF TOURNAMENT.
ONE ARIZONA.
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SKIN
VETO'S HAILEY MOORE WAS A HERO.
ANYONE COULD SEE THAT.
>> BUT WHAT WE COULDN'T SEE
WERE THE YEARS TORMENT,
ANGUISH, COURAGE AND
DETERMINATION THAT LED TO THE
GREATEST SINGLE MOMENT OF
HAILEY MOORE'S LIFE.
>> PILLEY DISCOVERED THE GAME
OF GOLF WHEN SHE WAS JUST FIVE
YEARS OLD.
BIG BROTHER TYLER HAD A LOT TO
DO WITH THAT.
AND TOGETHER THEY IMPROVED
RAPIDLY.
THE MORE SHE REALIZED HOW GOOD
SHE COULD BE, THE MORE SHE FELL
IN LOVE.
BUT HALEY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A
TYPICAL JUNIOR GOLFER.
SHE WAS LARGER THAN HER PEERS
AND A LOT BETTER EVEN THAN THE
BOYS IN A CHILD'S WORLD WERE
ONCE SO WISHES TO CONFORM.
HALEY DID NOT AND THAT IS WHEN
THE BULLYING BEGAN, ESPECIALLY
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I HAD SOME ROUGH TIMES BEING
BULLIED WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL
AND I JUST I THOUGHT AT FIRST I
JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF EVEN GOING
TO THE GOLF COURSE WOULD EVEN
HELP.
IT WAS HARD.
BUT WHILE GOLF WAS OFTEN THE
TRIGGER FOR THE BULLIES, IT WAS
ALSO HALEY'S SALVATION AFTER A
BAD DAY AT SCHOOL.
I WAS LIKE HEY MOM OR HEY DAD ,
PLACE TO STRIKE CAGE.
I WENT TO THE GOLF COURSE SO I
COULD JUST GO HIT SOME.
GOLF WAS REALLY HER OUTLET
BECAUSE THEN WHEN SHE WHEN SHE
WAS STRESS I MEAN YOU CAN DO A
LOT OF THAT ON YOUR OWN AND
VERY SOLITARY.
AND SO I THINK A LOT OF TIMES
SHE WOULD JUST GO OUT ON THE
RANGE AND TAKE HER FRUSTRATIONS
OUT ON THE GOLF BALL, NOT JUST
REALLY YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THAT
WAS HER PLACE OF SOLACE.
AND SO SHE PRACTICED AND
PRACTICED AND PRACTICED UNTIL
THE ACCOLADES AND AWARDS
STARTED POURING IN IN THE ONE
HUNDRED EIGHT SAN DIEGO JUNIOR
GOLF TOURNAMENT SHE ENTERED,
HAYLEY POSTED 71 VICTORIES.
SHE WAS A THREE TIME AMERICAN
JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION
CHAMPION AND HOST 13 COURSE
RECORDS.
IN SIMPLE TERMS SHE DOMINATED
JUNIOR GOLF AS A SOPHOMORE AT
SANDPITS WHILE HIGH SCHOOL
HAYLEY RECEIVED A FULL
SCHOLARSHIP OFFER TO PLAY GOLF
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
SHE EVEN GRADUATED A SEMESTER
EARLY TO GET A JUMP ON HER
COLLEGE CAREER AND THEN CAME
THE MOMENT IT WAS HER JUNIOR
YEAR THE NC DOUBLE A TOURNAMENT
FINALS AGAINST ALABAMA.
HER COACH PUT HALEY IN THE
FINAL MATCH THE ONE THAT WOULD
ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THE
NATIONAL CHAMPION.
HALEY TRAILED AFTER 12 HOLES
BUT RALLIED FROM BEHIND TO
FORCE A PLAYOFF WITH HER
PERFECT CHIP SHOT SETUP.
THE BIGGEST BIRDIE OF HER LIFE
ONE THAT STILL GIVES HER CHILLS
TODAY.
THIS IS BONDS.
I MEAN I START TODAY.
GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PROFIT
I MADE TO DO IT FOR MY TEAM AND
IT'S JUST IT'S A MEMORY THAT
WILL STAY IN MY LIFE FOREVER.
SOON AFTER THAT THRILLING
MOMENT WHICH MADE HALEY A
COLLEGE GOLFING LEGEND, SHE
EARNED HER PROFESSIONAL STATUS
ON HER VERY FIRST ATTEMPT AT Q
SCHOOL IN THIS YEAR PLAYED AS A
ROOKIE ON THE PGA TOUR.
SHE'S NOW THE FACE OF THE OPG
DRIVE ON CAMPAIGN COURAGEOUSLY
TELLING HER STORY TO HELP
OTHERS TARGETED BY BULLIES.
YOU KNOW, I KIND OF THINK WHAT
WAS A TURNING POINT AND I KIND
OF THINK WHERE WOULD WE BE
TODAY IF SHE DIDN'T MAKE THAT
POINT?
I GOT HERE AND IT TOOK TOOK
SOME OBSTACLES BUT JUST I JUST
KEPT BELIEVING IN WHAT I
BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND HOW I
NEEDED TO GET HERE AND I KNEW
IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.
SO I JUST KEPT GRINDING THROUGH
IT AND WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN SHE
MADE THAT PUTT AND SHE'S STILL
MAKING THOSE BIG PUTTS.
>> JUST LAST WEEKEND HALEY
WRAPPED UP THE FINAL TOURNAMENT
OF HER ROOKIE SEASON.
SHE WENT THREE TIMES ON THE
CACTUS TOUR THIS SUMMER AND
BROKE YET ANOTHER COURSE
RECORD.
AND I THINK IT'S WEIRD ALMOST
TO HEAR THE TERM ROOKIE BECAUSE
THE WAY IN WHICH SHE HAS
HANDLED THE PRO TOUR WITH SUCH
GRACE AND POISE HAS BEEN
REMARKABLE.
>> YOU THINK?
SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AS
SHE TELLS HER STORY YOU CAN SEE
THAT SHE'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT
TO GET HER READY FOR IT.
AND SHE DOES CARRY HERSELF WITH
A LOT OF STRENGTH.
WE'VE BEEN ROOTING FOR HER A
LONG TIME AND I'M JUST
INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HER FOR
BEING SO STRONG