“The next thing I know, I’ve got the whole (PGA) Tour standing behind me,” says Hamm, who later hits his one allotted drive 392 yards and walks away with the trophy. It doesn’t take long for Hamm’s 300-yard 6-irons to draw a crowd. Next to him is sweet-swinging Ben Crenshaw and down the row are Joey Sindelar and Curtis Strange.
Hamm admits to being a little nervous while warming up on the driving range. The silver casserole dish-shaped trophy is inscribed with the words “1992 Phoenix Open Long Drive Champion.” “This is a true story,” Hamm says as he prepares to explain the trophy sitting behind his desk. Longball I see as a long-term product line. “This company’s not this one-shot-in-the-dark infomercial like the Miracle Mop. The USA holds just a 9-7 advantage since 1989.“My goal in this whole thing is that some day I’m in an airplane and somebody is reading a magazine and they’re like, ‘Longball, it’s synonymous with Top-Flite or synonymous with Titleist,’ ” Hamm says.
JACK HAMMER GOLF CLUB SERIES
The USA leads the overall series that begin in 1922, 37-9-1, but it has been extremely competition over the last three decades. The match is played over two days with 18 singles matches and eight foursomes (alternate-shot) matches. The Walker Cup is a biennial amateur team competition between the USA and a team composed of players from Great Britain and Ireland, selected by The R&A. He has posted 13 rounds at par-or-better, including six rounds in the 60s this season. Overall, Hammer is averaging 71.81 strokes-per-round in collegiate competition. His triumph at Prairie Dunes Country Club marked the 40th time in program history a Longhorn has won individual medalist honors at a conference championship tournament. That includes top-10s in each of his last three appearances, including a win at the Big 12 Championship last time out. This season, Hammer has recorded five top-10s in nine starts for UT. He won the South Beach International Amateur back in December and tied for second at the Jones Cup Invitational in February.
In 2018, Hammer won the Western Amateur and helped the United States to a second-place finish in the World Amateur Team Championship.
Open when he played at Chambers Bay at age 15 in 2015. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Garrett Barber and was the third-youngest player to compete in an U.S. Opens, and advanced to the semifinals in both the U.S. He has competed in 12 USGA championships including two U.S. At Texas, Hammer was a first-team All-American in 2019. squad that defeated Great Britain and Ireland (GB&I), 15.5-10.5, at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Hammer, a Houston native, is one of two returning players from the 2019 U.S. He has averaged 70.96 strokes-per-round this season, fired 16 rounds at par or better, and shot in the 60s on nine occasions. His win at the Hannon Collegiate, which came on the Longhorns' home course at the UT Golf Club, marked Coody's first collegiate victory. That includes five-straight top-10s dating back to a win at the George Hannon Collegiate in March. This season, he has posted seven top-10 finishes in nine appearances at the collegiate level. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking last month. He also posted a two-stroke victory in the 116th Trans-Mississippi Amateur at Maridoe Golf Club in his home state, joining a list of champions that includes Jack Nicklaus, Bryson DeChambeau and Longhorn Legend Ben Crenshaw. In 2019, Coody advanced to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Both will be representing Team USA in the event.Ĭoody, a Plano, Texas native, is a two-time All-American (2019 honorable mention 2020 first team) and champion of the 118th Western Amateur last August. AUSTIN, Texas – Texas men's golf standouts Pierceson Coody and Cole Hammer are scheduled to compete in the 2021 edition of the Walker Cup this weekend, May 8-9, at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla.
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