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How l
ong af
t
er pl
ayi
ng gol
f
di
d you want t
o t
ur
n
pr
of
essi
onal
, di
d i
t scar
e you
t
o have such hi
gh ambi
t
i
ons
or di
d i
t exci
t
e you?
E v
er s
i
nc
e I was y
oung, I want
ed t
o pl
ay gol
f
pr
of
es
s
i
onal
l
y
. I hav
e nev
er t
hought of i
t i
n a
negat
i
v
e way or c
ons
i
der
ed t
he “
what i
f
”
s
c
enar
i
o, i
ns
t
ead I j
us
t r
emai
n f
oc
us
ed and
wor
k
ed har
d an l
ear
ni
ng and i
mpr
ov
i
ng my game
t
o be t
he bes
t I c
an be. I hav
e my goal
s s
et out i
n
f
r
ont of me, and I wi
l
l
k
eep goi
ng unt
i
l
I ac
hi
ev
e
t
hem. Of c
our
s
e I hav
e,
and wi
l
l
f
ac
e, t
es
t
i
ng
t
i
mes ahead, obv
i
ous
l
y
, but i
t
'
s al
way
s been
ex
c
i
t
i
ng and I l
ov
e t
hat f
eel
i
ng.
Who was t
he most
i
nst
r
ument
al and suppor
t
i
ve
per
son i
n your quest t
o
become a pr
of
essi
onal
gol
f
er
?
What was your f
i
r
st ever
pr
of
essi
onal t
our
nament
, how
di
d you f
eel on t
he f
i
r
st t
ee,
knowi
ng t
hi
s was t
o be
pi
nnacl
e i
n your f
ut
ur
e i
n t
he
game?
“
I
o
n
c
e
m
a
n
a
g
e
d
t
o
h
i
t
m
y b
r
o
t
h
e
r w
i
t
h o
n
e
o
f
m
y d
r
i
v
e
s
,
I
f
o
u
n
d
i
t
f
u
n
n
y
,
h
e
d
i
d
n
o
t
!
”
My f
ami
l
y hav
e al
way
s been s
uppor
t
i
v
e and
hav
e hel
ped t
o gi
v
e me an oppor
t
uni
t
y t
o pur
s
ue
my dr
eam t
o pl
ay gol
f pr
of
es
s
i
onal
l
y
.
They
hav
en'
t t
r
i
ed t
o pus
h me i
n any ot
her di
r
ec
t
i
on,
whi
c
h has al
l
owed me t
o do what I want
. I
t
’
s
i
mpor
t
ant t
o be s
ur
r
ounded by peopl
e y
ou l
ov
e,
t
hat hav
e t
he s
ame dr
i
v
e and pas
s
i
on as y
our
s
el
f
i
n what i
s a v
er
y di
f
f
i
c
ul
t and demandi
ng s
por
t
.
My f
i
r
s
t ev
ent as a pr
of
es
s
i
onal
gol
f
er was at t
he
As
i
an T
our Qual
i
f
y
i
ng Sc
hool
i
n 2014, i
n Hua
Hi
n,
Thai
l
and. I di
dn'
t r
eal
l
y k
now what t
o ex
pec
t
,
but i
t was an ex
c
i
t
i
ng t
i
me f
or me t
o get t
he
c
hanc
e t
o do what I had al
way
s dr
eamed about
doi
ng s
i
nc
e I was a y
oung l
and.
I t
r
av
el
l
ed hal
f way ar
ound t
he wor
l
d on my own,
t
o a pl
ac
e I had nev
er been bef
or
e, and wher
e I
di
dn'
t k
now any
one. I
t was a bi
g s
t
ep f
or me t
o
do t
hat
. I was ner
v
ous
, but i
n a good way
.
Whi
ch i
s your f
avour
i
t
e
cour
se you have pl
ayed on,
and why
, what makes t
hi
s
cour
se st
and out f
r
om al
l t
he
r
est
?
I
NSTAGRAM
@mat
t
ki
l
l
en3
O h, t
hat
'
s a t
ough one. I hav
e been l
uc
k
y
enough t
o pl
ay s
ome gr
eat c
our
s
es ar
ound t
he
wor
l
d. I hav
e been t
o Augus
t
a Nat
i
onal
f
or t
he
Mas
t
er
s
. I hav
en'
t pl
ay
ed t
her
e y
et but i
t
'
s an
amaz
i
ng pl
ac
e t
o s
ee, i
t i
s per
f
ec
t j
us
t l
i
k
e y
ou
s
ee on t
he t
el
ev
i
s
i
on. St
.
Andr
ews i
s anot
her c
ool
one f
or me.
The hi
s
t
or
y and f
eel
of t
he pl
ac
e i
s
s
pec
i
al
.