Short Par 4 The Magazine Issue #2 October 2020 | Page 56

never works out ." That was Jim ' s mindset heading into Pro GOLF and one that was put to the ultimate test .

Jim came out firing , winning his first Pro event and a solid $ 5k . He self admittedly had big dick syndrome straight away , thinking his path to the PGA Tour was a given , but Jimmy Hard K was about to get hit with some humble Pie .

Now at this point , you are thinking to yourself , why might Jimmy Hard K be my favorite golfer ? And , well , this is the part of the story where the legend begins . After kicking his career off in style , Jim went straight to Web . com Qualifying school where his ass missed is Five Years in a row .

Just imagine to yourself working the whole year for a series of tournaments and missing it year after year after year after year after year . Think I missed one there , but you get the point . Think of the resolve you must have not only as a golfer but as a human being , going through such disappointed pulling up your big boy pants and starting again .

Jim ' s focus and self believe never wavered , and he eventually secured some starts on the Web . com Tour . In 2018 , four events into the Postseason , Jim made it past the $ 40k mark , which in any other year guaranteed him his first PGA Tour Card . But as with everything in Jim ' s life , it came down to the wire . Four golfer shad the chance to surpass Jim and kick him out of