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Even in defeat, Garrigus has plenty of reasons to be optimistic about your life
HONOLULU – The day after missing a putt from 3 feet to lose in a playoff with his Titleist AP2 forged irons 710 2010, Robert Garrigus not could eat.
His mind was a mess, with frayed nerves further. He tried to explain his feelings to his family, but the words sounded hollow and was not could truly understand, but him. You see, Garrigus was raised in Oregon and could not stop thinking about the BCS Championship game that night that ended his beloved Ducks missing.
As for golf?
This is a guy who is afraid of drugs and alcohol can ruin your career, if not his life. The last 30 days in rehab their duties include shoveling horse manure in a wheelbarrow, pushing up a hill to download, and back down for more. Until last week at Kapalua, the only tournament he ever played without court was Q-School.
Yes, it was disappointing to lose that way, but only for a minute.
Devastating? Please.
"Life is too good to complain," Garrigus said.
It is not an act. Given that his life has taken, it can be. If people are discovering the refreshingly honest perspective Garrigus, there is a reason. Until last year, which did nothing for many people pay attention to it, unless it hits the ball a mile and a golf club used 28-inch that just reaches the knees.
"I always had that attitude, "he said." I lost 133 golf tournaments, and nobody even asked me about Memphis. "
It was in the St. Jude Classic, where Garrigus first noticed and was memorable in many ways. Standing in the hole 18 with a three-stroke lead, hit the water and trees and had triple bogey, and then lost in a playoff to Lee Westwood.
He attributed to stupidity, he shrugged and said he would do better next time. And he did, from five strokes behind in the final round of the final tournament of the year to win at Disney.
And despite his defeat in the playoffs Jonathan Byrd in the Tournament Champions Hyundai, 33-year-old believes to expect a great year.
He will understand if no one believes him, considering that until last year, Garrigus had kept his card once to finish 74th on the money list in 2007. But there came a point where I thought I should be better than a marginal player, and set out to prove it.
Garrigus has led the PGA Tour in driving distance of the last two years, but his focus was on the short game. Spent hours at home working on his wedges, which helped him win and gave Disney a shot at Kapalua.
He should have had the benefit of its length, but it hit a poor chip on the front of the green on the par-5 18th hole and had to settle for par. The next hole was No. 1, Garrigus had pursued all week. He made double bogey Saturday, and a bogey on the final round. Despite having a 9-iron to the green – Byrd was hitting a three iron – which reached 40 feet short and three-putted for another bogey.
He lost.
And then smiled.
"A great display of sportsmanship," said Byrd. "He is smiling in the postseason, he was probably smiling when he doubled the first hole yesterday and was smiling after he missed that putt. Hats off to him. "
Garrigus has not always been so.
A top junior player in Oregon, offers scholarships were limited due to poor grades. With his mother working two jobs, went to Arizona Garrigus to work in a country club and save money to attend Scottsdale Community College. After two years, UNLV was offered a partial scholarship. Garrigus not believe that Las Vegas and the university was a good choice for him, so he turned pro at 19 and hit the mini tours.
By then, parties were a big part of your lifestyle. Also drink a lot, the pot too.
He stopped at a 30-day program in Calvary Ranch in 2003, a faith based recovery program near San Diego. He opened his Bible to church three times a week and was busy so not have imagined.
Manure transported. He dug firewalls. One of his work was raking the gravel after each car came through to maintain order. It has a weight of 150 pounds and won 25 pounds of muscle in a month.
"It was humiliating," Garrigus said. "But everything I am today. I spent 30 days to change the rest of my life. It was the hardest 30 days of my life, but after that, it was very easy to keep sober. Things I have to do for a living? Rarely hear me complain about anything on the tour. It's nothing compared to what it was before. "
Garrigus met his wife, Ami, shortly after leaving rehab. They were on a blind date with a friend from his ranch of Calvary, who was drinking again. Garrigus asked if they could meet again under better circumstances. They were engaged in four months, he married a year later.
The honeymoon in Maui, all places. Garrigus remembers going to the Plantation Course at Kapalua to play golf. He asked what he did on the first hole, remember to make a birdie.
Returning to Kapalua as winner of the PGA Tour, it's easy to see why a bogey did not bother him much.
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