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Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship2020 Round Two Broadcast NotesHudson Swafford?Became a supporter of breast cancer research after his mother had the disease; 2 years old when his mother was diagnosed; she’s at more than 30 years of survivalBorn in Lakeland, Florida; currently resides in?St. Simons Island, Georgia?Attended Maclay High School in Tallahassee, Florida?Played college golf at the University of Georgia; graduated in 2011 with a degree in Consumer Economics; three-time All-American selections?while playing at the University of Georgia?and was twice named all-SEC. He had to sit out a year at college because of shoulder surgeryMarried to Katherine Wainwright Brandon, who is a former president of the PGA TOUR Wives Association.?Swafford?proposed early in 2013, making sure both of their families would be on hand in St. Simons Island, Georgia, to celebrate after he popped the question. The couple was married there later that year on New Year’s Eve at Frederica Golf ClubCouple met at the University of Georgia. After college, she headed to graduate school to get a masters degree in accounting, eventually landing a position with KPMG in Atlanta.?They have one child: James (12/8/18)??According?, In the third grade, Swafford wrote a paper on how he hoped to win the?Masters?and U.S. Open one day.?Growing up, Hudson had a passion for baseball. He played both baseball and golf until he was 16. He chose to focus on golf because he thought his scholarship chances were higher with golf.?Huge University of Georgia fan, including football, basketball and baseball teamsFavorite professional sports teams are the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Braves, or following former UGA quarterback Matthew Stafford in his NFL careerFavorite possession is his 2006 Jeep Rubicon that he drives all over the St. Simons Island when we are homeSean O’HairPlaying on Major Medical Extension; has 15 remaining events to earn 287 FedExCup points to play out of the Major Medical Extension category for the remainder of the 2019-20 season. Prior to his injury, had played 22 or more events for 14 straight seasons (2005-18).In February of 2019 O’Hair withdrew from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with what doctors thought after an MRI were broken ribs. It turned out that it was much worse than that—after a month off, another doctor discovered that O’Hair had completely torn his left oblique muscle.The injury was so bad that it required surgery and a recovery process that included dry needling, a procedure in which a long, thin needle is used to treat the underlying muscular trigger points for pain and movement impairments. “I had quite a bit of scar tissue built up for whatever reason,” O’Hair said. “I had a car accident in '08 that it could have been that, I have no idea, but I hurt it playing golf at Pebble a couple years ago and that was it.”“I've got 16 starts to try to keep my job, and after I keep my job, I've got to keep my job as far as make enough points to get in the playoffs,” he said. “I don't want to get ahead of myself. I think my potential is a lot better than that, but I think mentally I just want to kind of take one step at a time and just baby steps.”O’Hair also learned plenty along the way as well, about his game and himself: “I think I got a little bit lazy and took too much for granted right before I got injured,” he said. "I think I was more counting the days to retirement and I think you get that taken away from you, the ability to play golf, and you figure out that you love the game still and you still want to compete.”Turned professional in 1999 at the age of 17 after an All-American AJGA career; story had a happy ending, ultimately earned PGA TOUR card for the 2005 season and finished runner-up at the AT&T Byron Nelson that season, his “welcome to the PGA TOUR” moment; in July of 2005, O’Hair won the John Deere Classic to qualify for The Open Championship; O’Hair did not have a passport and only through the U.S. State Department was he able to get to St. Andrews where he finished T15Born in Lubbock, Texas; lives in Scottsdale, ArizonaMet future wife Jackie Lucas, a college golfer, on a practice range in 2001; they married in 2002 and have four children: Molly Kate, Luke, Grady, Trevor RyanJustin SuhBorn June 12, 1997; hometown is San Jose, California; attended Evergreen Valley High SchoolRare four-time qualifier for the USGA Junior Amateur (others include players like Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods); finished second at the 2015 California State Championships as a high school senior??Coming into this week’s tournament, finished in the top 10 in three of his last four starts on the LocaliQ Series, which consists of players from the Mackenzie Tour, PGA Tour Latinoamerica and PGA Tour China after those seasons were wiped out because of the pandemic.Recently played an 18-hole match with former college rival Collin Morikawa where he bested the PGA Championship winner. Suh began?playing tournaments at the age of 6 and shot his first 72 at the age of 7; competed often with his older sister Hannah, who attended University of California, Berkeley. He learned a great deal about the game of golf from watching YouTube videos of Tiger Woods??Graduated from USC’s Marshall School of Business in 2019 with a degree in Business Administration; on the course, first-team All-American in 2018 and 2018 PAC-12 Player of the Year; broke USC’s season records for wins (five), stroke average (68.73), lowering Jamie?Lovemark’s?2007 mark, and for rounds under 70 (21); one of the five finalists for the Jack Nicklaus Award in 2018, one of the 10 semifinalists for the 2018 Ben Hogan Award.Finished his college golf career as the number one ranked amateur in the world?Made his debut as a professional on the PGA TOUR at the 2019 Memorial Tournament at Murfield Village; struggled on the course after turning professional due to nagging wrist injury; took part in press conference (see photo) at the 2019 Travelers Championship along with Matthew Wolff, Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland: Golf DigestChris?Zambri?was his coach at USC?Luke List?Parents Bonny and Mark were both All-America swimmers; Bonny was a Pan-American gold medalist and is in?two Halls of Fame; she met Mark while they were swimming for the University of North Carolina.????Go-to karaoke song is “Jumper” by Third Eye Blind???Coach – Jamie Mulligan (also coaches Patrick Cantlay)?Both of his sisters were collegiate swimmers as well (Bekah?– at Whitworth College;?Sarah?– at UNC)???On not following in the family tradition: “I?hated the practice--in the pool twice a day for a couple?of??hours?by yourself. Meanwhile, golf practice is fun. It clicked that I could be doing that instead of swimming up and down the pool every day.???Wife Chloe, daughter Ryann (10/25/18)?Seattle native attended Vanderbilt University and graduated in 2007 with a degree in Human and Organizational DevelopmentLove to Travel and Cook?Xinjun?Zhang?During the pandemic, developed a daily 1-hour physical training program at home, focusing on core training, upper body strength, leg strength training, and aerobic exercises.?Played often with his wife during the pandemic.Learned to cook during the pandemic – including pasta and noodles from scratch.Born in?Shanxi, China, a countryside area and lived on a farm; had to walk through mountains in order to go to school; familyAt the age of 17, he was working as a security guard at Xi’an International Golf Clubin Xian; went from security guard to range picker to caddie; eventually picked up a club and loved the sport; first-ever 18 round of golf was an employee outing where he shot 118.Received no formal training until earning a spot on the Chinese National Team in 2007One of the first two players from mainland China to earn a PGA TOUR card, along with Marty Dou, in the 2017-18 season.??Became the first Chinese player to win on PGA TOUR Series-China, when he captured the Beijing Open in June 2014.?Family: Wife, Jessica; has a daughter, Vanessa,?born June 8, 2016?and a?son, Lucas, born June 23, 2019.?Interesting Golf Digest story here: Golf DigestMackenzie Hughes??From Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; lives in Charlotte with wife, Jenna and son Kenton?Started golf at the age of seven when his parents brought him along to the driving range instead of getting a babysitter?Was number one Canadian Amateur in 2011?First player to win on the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada,?Korn Ferry?Tour and the PGA TOUR.??Mom is a vascular access nurse at Hamilton Health Sciences in Ontario, Canada … on the frontline? a standard bearer in Mike Weir's group at the 2004 RBC Canadian Open, shortly after he won the Masters.??Went to Kent StateBig sports fan: Maple?Leafs, Cavs, Panthers and Blue Jays?Dream foursome includes Tiger, Jack and Ben Hogan?Friends with NFL QB Alex?Smith;?Hughes and Smith were partnered at Pebble Beach and worked out together during that week.??2019-20 season highlight was an up-and-down for par on the 72nd hole at the BMW Championship (Olympia Fields CC) to clinch position in the TOUR Championship for the first time; finished 14th in 2020 FedExCup standings. Adam Long?Grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, playing at?Bellerive Country Club??Played golf at Duke University (graduated in?2010);?very close with past coaches, players and administrators at Duke?Grew up playing ice hockey; played on a competitive travel team until he broke his leg in the 7th?grade, then quit playing; still a huge hockey fan.?Met his wife Emily in high school, but were dating different people at the time; reconnected after college through the game “Words with Friends”; Adam reached out to Emily through direct message and asked her on a date; Adam borrowed his grandfather’s corvette to pick up Emily and texted her when he arrived at her house, but she never texted back or showed up for the date. Turns out she was out on another date the same night and mixed up the dates with Adam. Adam gave her a second chance and the rest is history?Adam and Emily?are close?friends with Corey and Mallory Conners; they live near each other in Jupiter, Florida?Adam and Emily had a son, Trevor, during the pandemicFather (Gordon) is a pilot for American Airlines; got Adam into the game of golf and is an avid golfer himself (used to be a scratch golfer); Adam says his dad plays more than he does??Mother (Jane) is a retired schoolteacher; plays golf as well??Older sister (Lindsay) played college tennis at Lehigh University??Lists Tiger Woods and Brett Hull as his heroes??Enjoys going to his family’s cottage in Northern Michigan?Plays tennis and pickleball with wife Emily?Enjoys kayaking and paddle boarding??Coach – Josh Gregory; met Josh through his coach at Duke, who was friends with Josh from Augusta State?Caddie –?Julian TrudeauDuring 2019 Wells Fargo Championship, Adam’s?98-year-old?grandmother saw him play professionally for the first time.?Sepp StrakaFirst Austrian-born player to earn PGA TOUR membership;?Was born in Austria and lived in Vienna until he was 14 and his family moved to Valdosta, Georgia.??Mother (Mary) is American while father (Peter) is AustrianGiven name is JosefMember of Austrian National Team while living in Austria.Has a twin brother (Sam) who was a teammate of Sepp at the University of Georgia; Sam is an aspiring professional?golfer and has caddied on occasion as well, this past summer for Chris Kirk at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The Straka brothers are close with Kirk, a former UGA All-America; the three spend a lot of time at Kirk’s 40-acre property outside Athens, Georgia, and Kirk serves as a mentor to the two. Teammates with Keith Mitchell while at the University of Georgia; co-captain with Lee McCoy his senior season at the University of?Georgia.Was so discouraged by his rough start to the 2018?Korn Ferry Tour season that he had already registered for Q-School again in July. He won the following week at the KC Golf Classic.??Huge University of Georgia football fan and Atlanta Braves fan.? ................
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