If you’re a golf fan then you know all the big names and how they make things look pretty easy each week. But there are a lot of professional golfers who you don’t know and they are fighting each week to reach their dreams of not only winning a tournament, but just playing in a PGA Tour event.
That dream finally came true for Michael Visacki on Monday and his emotional reaction after qualifying for his first PGA Tour event since turning pro in 2013 was so good.
Visacki, who plays on mini tours, earned a spot in this week’s Valspar Championship in Tampa by being one of the top finishers in yesterday’s Monday qualifier. Those qualifiers are really intense, one-day events where you have to go super low to have a chance.
Visacki punched his ticket yesterday and then had this emotional call with his dad:
"I made it." ❤️
Michael Visacki fights back tears as he tells his father that he's reached a lifelong goal of competing on the PGA TOUR.
He successfully Monday-Qualified for the @ValsparChamp. pic.twitter.com/5ci5L1KoLp
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 26, 2021
He did it by surviving a playoff, too, in which he came up big when it mattered most:
Just got off the phone with Michael Visacki, can't wait for this interview to be out tomorrow..
"It was the best up and down of my life, 107 out and I got up and down with a Tour start on the line"
"We all cried, they sacrificed everything for my career"
Damn good stuff.
— Monday Q Info (@acaseofthegolf1) April 26, 2021
A reminder that this is where @visackigolfer playoff started. Hacked it out, hit a wedge to 4 feet, and made the putt to remain in the playoff. https://t.co/aW4IH7jKiu
— Monday Q Info (@acaseofthegolf1) April 26, 2021
So good.
