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