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Playing in the PGA Championship at 61, golf teacher's biggest lesson is the power of perseverance
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Tracy Phillips poses for a picture at the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. The 61-year-old club pro qualified for the tournament this year. - photo by AP Photo/Matt York
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At first glance, it's easy to pick out the most unlikely entrant in golf's second major of the year. He's a 61-year-old club pro out of Oklahoma named Tracy Phillips. A deeper look at Phillips' pedigree suggests the only fluke about the 5-foot-4 golf instructor teeing it up at the PGA Championship this week is that it took him 40 years longer to get here than anyone expected.