Last Friday I wrote about Ty Tryon, one-time PGA Tour phenom who had hit a rough patch after earning his tour card at the age of 17. Eight years later, he tied for 37th at a Nationwide Tour stop and, according to the Boston Globe's Jim McCabe, "earned his first check ($2,750) of any kind from a tournament associated with the PGA Tour."
Today I stumbled across this Ty Tryon-related news, which seems like a microcosm of his career:
1 – The number of strokes that separated Ty Tryon – the former prodigy who qualified for the PGA Tour when he was 17 – and playing partner Milko Brito from a playoff for a chance to advance to U.S. Open sectional qualifying.According to the Miami Herald, "... Tryon ... was one of two golfers to miss the playoff when their group was penalized for slow play. He and Miami's Milko Brito saw their 75s turned into 76s."
To Tryon's credit, he willingly accepted his fate: ''We played as fast as we could. We never even saw the group behind us, either,'' Tryon said. ``Whatever. It's over now.'' Weird. I've never watched Tryon play a full round of golf, but there's no way he's slower than Ben Crane, or the grip-re-grippin' Sergio Garia in 2002. But Tryon's right: bellyaching won't change anything. Eight years of grinding has a way of changing your perspective, I guess.
