| Ever catch yourself daydreaming about
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| | college bound pros include Phil Mickelson
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| what it would be like to walk the links
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| | who attended Arizona State University
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| with your own personal caddy at a PGA
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| | where he studied psychology. Tom Lehman
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| golf tournament instead of watching all
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| | who got his degree in business and
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| the action unfold on TV? Wondering if the
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| | accounting. Fred Couples went to the
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| right training and mentoring could
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| | University of Houston.
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| someday help you channel your talent and
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| | Taking a look back at some other players
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| passion for the sport into your own
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| | also proves that golf was not always the
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| professional golf career?
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| | sport these legendary names started out
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| While it might seem like a far fetched
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| | playing, but rather, the one they stuck
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| idea that would hardly turn into a
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| | with in the long run. For example, Davis
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| reality, just remember all of the great
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| | Love III, a big name on the course today,
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| golf legends. Take for example some of
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| | had a real affection for ice hockey in
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| the true icons of the game like Lee
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| | his younger years. Fellow teammate Lee
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| Trevino, Phil Mickelson, and Tiger Woods.
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| | Janzen took up baseball as a kid and
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| These individuals learned the sport
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| | spent his summers participating on Little
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| inside and out and have realized such
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| | League teams. He also pursued tennis for
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| huge success and amazing accomplishments
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| | a while before realizing golf was the
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| throughout their professional golf
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| | sport he liked and played best.
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| careers.
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| | Other sports enthusiasts include Ernie
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| It might be difficult to imagine these
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| | Els who took his hand at rugby, cricket
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| stars focusing on anything other than
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| | and tennis before turning pro in 1989 and
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| golf since incredible drives, chip shots,
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| | starting his professional golf career.
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| and putts seem to go hand in hand with
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| | Like Els, Vijay Singh also played cricket
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| the mere mention of their names. But
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| | and rugby when he was younger and dabbled
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| here's a rare look behind the scenes at
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| | in soccer before settling on golf and
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| where some of golf's greatest players got
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| | turning pro in 1982.
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| their starts and where the game took
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| | With golf as their main focus, many pros
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| them.
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| | can't seem to get enough of the sport and
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| Perhaps with one of the most interesting
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| | have kept with it in other ways. Fred
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| stories, is Lee Trevino's. One of golf's
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| | Couples has done work involving golf
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| first and finest players grew up with
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| | academies, equipment companies and
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| little money and began working at an
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| | clothing lines. Tom Weiskopf has helped
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| early age to help his family make ends
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| | design several courses across the nation
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| meet. He started working in cotton fields
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| | and spent time as a golf analyst on TV.
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| and found his love for golf shortly after
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| | So as you can see, not every professional
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| as he began caddying at a local course.
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| | golfer started out on the greens. Many
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| Before making a professional golf career
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| | pursued other educations, sports and
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| for himself, Trevino also served four
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| | hobbies and some even had to take it upon
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| years with the U.S. Marines.
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| | themselves to create their own
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| Starting out on the college track, crowd
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| | opportunities. It just goes to show that
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| favorite Tiger Woods first attended
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| | with the right training, focus and
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| Stanford University. He left school after
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| | determination, a professional golf career
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| a few years to focus on golf and turned
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| | can be achieved if you're up for the
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| pro in 1996 at the age of 21. Other
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| | challenge.
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