Yeah, it's definitely a playground
to get away, for sure.
If I wanted to hit some balls and have a beer and watch
TV, and I could do it here.
It went a little past that.
Hey, welcome to the crib.
Just a little.
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It's an awesome town, man.
That's where I grew up.
I used to hit balls over there.
That's the twins.
They used to walk around barefoot.
I used to jump in that girl's pool.
This guy hits golf balls in his front yard.
Block was hot.
But it's home.
It's our people.
We believe in our people.
This place we're going to though, man, it
changed my life, man.
If you were a kid and you didn't have anything to do,
this was the best deal ever.
$100, Monday through Friday, you just had a little green cart.
It was awesome.
What are you doing?
Great to see you.
Same to you.
As always, good seeing you.
I'll be forever tied to this place.
And I'm pretty passionate about kids playing golf.
It would have changed my life even if I wasn't on the PGA
TOUR, the people I met.
Harold, pleasure to meet you.
Everything good?
I am beyond spoiled.
This place started it.
My granddad was always out here.
He would come at 7:00 AM.
I'd come with him.
Harold would be here.
And we would just all play.
And back then it was like, hey man,
your ass is out of trouble.
You have an opportunity to meet people and move.
It was fun.
But yeah, there's no way to compare it.
You didn't really know what Harold
was doing until we got into middle school,
until you got like the matches and stuff.
Then you started seeing him beat people.
And you're like, OK, he's pretty good.
This is where I learned how to gamble.
But when this putting green first came out here though,
all these old men used to play for quarters.
And then they kicked him.
Yeah, I wasn't a bad kid I was just--
I just lived an awesome life.
And I got my ass whooped, learned from it, kept going.
My job was to play with members when they didn't have a fourth.
I mean, I got paid to play golf.
And I used to have to carry my bag
and keep up with them in the carts.
It's probably why I play fast.
Growing up, I just really wanted to have
a place where I could hit balls and just kind of screw off.
And that's what we created.
I come out here.
I get loose.
And then I go to the golf course and don't have to warm up.
But looking at the data scrolling
through here, the biggest thing for me that I know I've
tried to work on, three-putt avoidance-- making it
three more holes on the season, which is massive for me.
That's a direct--
Harold's going to improve overall.
You become the aggressor or not being able to score at all.
And I haven't seen this before.
So yeah, I've been kicking ass.
Yeah, I've known Harold since junior golf.
Now I'm getting back into playing professionally.
So I've been trying to find a place
to get away and get my game back in shape.
And HV told me he's got a perfect land.
I mean, it's better than what he described.
This is a perfect setup for me to just wake
up and work on my game.
He's been helping me out and trying
to get me ready for a Latin American TOUR.
There's somewhere where you're not rotating.
Picking his brain, picking his thoughts
and just seeing where he's coming from,
it's really inspirational.
Sick.
Yeah, I have some really wonderful people that
are just putting in their time.
What up?
Good?
Chilling.
Having fun, and that's kind of what I envisioned.
Hey, whatever it is, you can do about anything down here.
Beer pong balls, cups--
we're prepared for a party not for usual living.
You get bored, you have some leftover wood.
And we built this little rack.
Obviously, I built it because it's coming apart.
Golf bags-- I went to East Carolina, the greatest school
in the world.
Lie and loft machine that I have no clue how to use.
I know how to check it.
But bending it is dicey.
It's Preston's brother.
He races a car.
I don't know what the hell this means.
That is more than data.
The data that we deal with is broken down.
Obviously, that's my parents.
That's the greatest coach to ever come to the Panthers.
Yeah, just a lot of cool stuff.
I have a lot of equipment down there just
where I can take care of the land, obviously.
But I rented a Harley rake.
And they tried to get the rocks out of it
to see if it'll smooth it out.
I think someone might die over there now.
Yeah.
Let's ride out there.
Let's ride out.
Where's the big one?
It's in the shop.
John Deere's pissed.
For record, everybody that's ever been on this boat
has came away with something broken or sliced.
Don't ever get on the boat.
Everything's got some kind of story behind it-- a lot
of toys, a lot of fun.
But sometimes you actually need it.
Not many people like to do this stuff, how they get to ground
level, how to put the seed down, get the grass
growing and stuff like that.
But yeah, you wouldn't guess it, he
would be a little country bumpkin
on tractors and John Deere's and stuff like that.
It was never supposed to be this either.
It was meant for him to hit golf balls.
Majority of the time, this place is packed out
when he's away playing.
For some reason there's always a bonfire.
And just pull in, eat some food, have a beer,
and then go home, maybe check and see how Harold's playing.
Well, looking at this, this is nuts.
In 2018, I was like 89th.
And in 2019, I was 28th.
Hitting it in the fairway makes those numbers
easy to get closer.
But I'm surprised at this last year of how bad I drove it.
Tom over here and my dad put a pin over there.
And if you hit at that pain and you hit the house,
probably shouldn't be hitting the driver.
You're definitely going to make bogey
if you hit it left to right of this pin.
So I'm looking at this data it on the key ones.
Going for the green percentage.
You can't go for it if you don't hit the fairway.
But it's funny, this year like I've hit a few more fairways.
And I've made some eagles.
And it's way more exciting.
That's for sure.
Alright, so the data we use, we're
going to make a wedge range out of it.
It's pretty cool.
So we're just going to have concrete slabs starting
at that 50.
It'll be real small.
But you want to aim for something really high
and see where it sticks.
It's not so much about beating balls or worrying
about where the ball's going.
It's about just like, hey, man, I tried to accomplish this.
I never thought the place like this
would turn into something where I could actually come practice.
It's a great place to get better.
Full-time golfer, part-time maintenance.