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What i s your pr oudest moment t o dat e i n your car eer as a pr of essi onal gol f er ? Ther e i s n' t one s pec i f i c t hi ng t hat s t ands out , but t he f ac t t hat I hav e c ont i nued t o pur s ue my goal s t hr ough s ome t ough t i mes , i s t he t hi ng t hat s t i c k s out t he mos t t o me. Wh at ar e your pl ans f or 2018, what i s your goal ? I wi l l s pl i t my s c hedul e bet ween As i a and t he Mi ddl e- Eas t . I hav e t our c ar ds on t he Pr of es s i onal Gol f T our of As i a and t he MENA T our ( Mi ddl e Eas t and Nor t h Af r i c a) . I wi l l go t o As i an T our Q Sc hool i n J anuar y and t hen Eur opean T our Q s c hool at t he end of t he y ear . I hav e many goal s t hr oughout t he s eas on but t he mai n goal i s t o get my Eur opean T our c ar d. I f you di dn' t pl ay gol f , what woul d you do i nst ead? What has been your wor st moment i n gol f ? Pr obabl y bac k when I was at uni v er s i t y i n t he St at es . My t eam wer e i n t he quar t er - f i nal s of t he Nat i onal Champi ons hi ps , and we had a v er y s t r ong t eam, wi t h a c hanc e at wi nni ng i t al l . I t was a 5 man t eam, and we wer e t i ed 2- 2 wi t h my mat c h l ef t t o dec i de i t . I t di dn' t go t he way I woul d' v e l i k ed. I t ' s t ough when i t ' s a t eam and y ou l os e, and not j us t y our s el f . That was a l ong bus r i de bac k f r om Al abama t o Sout h Car ol i na. H ave you ever had a hol e i n one i n a pr of essi onal t our nament , i f yes wher e and when? I hav e had 2 of t hem, but nei t her was i n a Pr of es s i onal T our nament . The f i r s t was i n when I was an amat eur pl ay er i n Engl and, i n a Count y mat c hpl ay . The 2nd was i n a f un r ound at Yas Li nk s i n Abu Dhabi l as t y ear . I am s t i l l wai t i ng on my f i r s t one i n a Pr of es s i onal T our nament . Hopef ul l y t her e wi l l be a pr i z e f or i t ! “ 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 ! ” I woul d pr obabl y be hi t c hi k i ng ar ound t he wor l d t r y i ng t o wor k out what t o do wi t h my l i f e. I hones t l y don' t k now. . . . . What s t he f unni est t hi ng t o happen t o you i n gol f ? When I was a j uni or bac k i n Yor k s hi r e, I managed t o hi t my br ot her wi t h one of my dr i v es , but we wer en' t ev en on t he s ame hol e. He was on t he hol e nex t t o me and was wal k i ng near my f ai r way . My t e e s hot happe ne d t o hi t hi m i n t he s t omac h, and he f e l l t o t he f l oor . I f ound i t f unny, he di d not ! I NSTAGRAM @mat t ki l l en3