It's already been an intensely stressful and rewarding week for golfer Brett Quigley, and The Masters hasn't even started.Quigley, playing in his first Masters at the age of 37, got in a little bit of practice at Augusta before being suddenly called away. He caught a quick flight home to be with his wife while she gave birth to Lillian Sage Augusta Quigley (nice touch, Quigley family) at 2:55 a.m. on Wednesday. Quigley says he left his golf clubs at Augusta "because he knew it was the only way he would come back."
His uncle Dana, also a golfer on the PGA and Champions Tour, is sending 150 cigars to Augusta for the new dad to pass out.
I really hope he makes the cut. He'd probably feel like a pretty big tool if he missed the first few days of his daughter's life, just to duff it around Augusta for two days and then go home.
I can't tell you if it will help or hurt Quigley's game this week to be a brand new father ... honestly, it probably won't matter a whole lot, because it's (no disrespect intended) Brett Quigley we're talking about here. Chances are, he wasn't going to contend anyway. But that's alright, he's already had a pretty good week.
