Local golf pro returns to senior PGA Championship

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Neil Thompson hopes to score low in Texas

Local golf pro returns to senior PGA Championship

Neil Thompson hopes to score low in Texas

IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. IT’S JUST I MEAN, IT’S NOT GOING TO AFFECT MY LIFE. AND SO IT’S JUST A BENEFIT MEETING YOUR. THOMPSON, A GOLF PRO FROM ENGLAND WHO MOVED HERE IN COLLEGE AND NOW TEACHES AT TIMBERLINE. THE 53 YEAR OLD QUALIFIED FOR HIS SECOND SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT DURING HIS TEACHING TIME, HE REALLY GOES OUT AND ACTUALLY PLAYS COMPETITIVE GOLF. SO I’VE HAD ONE ROUND OF TOURNAMENT GOLF IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, SO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HIS STRENGTH IS USUALLY A PRETTY DECENT PLAYER. I THINK HANDS ARE USUALLY PRETTY CONSISTENT. SHORT IRONS GIVE MYSELF SOME BIRDIE LOOKS AND HIS LUCKY HAT, HIS KIDS DESIGNED BEFORE EVERY TOURNAMENT. SO I GRABBED THIS HAT AND YOU KNOW MOST PEOPLE HAVE GOT TITLEIST OR CALLAWAY OR SOMETHING WRITTEN ON THE HAT. WELL I’VE GOT YOU KNOW, I’VE GOT THIS THING, YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS A BIT OF A SCRIBBLE AND ANYWAY, I WENT AND WON THE TOURNAMENT, WHICH WAS A COOL, YOU KNOW, REALLY COOL. AND THEN I SAID, OH, WE GOT I GOT LUCKY HAT. SO DADDY, THAT’S A TIGER WOODS. SO IT LOOKED A BIT CLEARER THEN, BUT IT’S A TIGER AND THERE WAS A TREE THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO

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Local golf pro returns to senior PGA Championship

Neil Thompson hopes to score low in Texas

Neil Thompson is a golf pro who qualified for the Senior PGA Championship. Next week will be his second time playing in the Senior PGA Championship since turning 50. A total of 35 club pros around the nation qualify for this event.

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Neil Thompson is a golf pro who qualified for the Senior PGA Championship. Next week will be his second time playing in the Senior PGA Championship since turning 50. A total of 35 club pros around the nation qualify for this event.

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