Playing those final holes before a raucous Bethpage gallery and a national audience on NBC, Murphy appeared utterly unfazed, as if it were just another stop on the minor-league Gateway Tour. It was only his second appearance in a PGA Tour-level event, but Murphy, who wrote a diary that week for this website, saw it as proof that he belonged at the game's highest level.
Now he'll get his chance, having made it through the second stage of Q school to get to the finals at Bear Lakes CC in West Palm Beach, Fla. It's true, the stress of playing for your livelihood can make even playing in the national championship seem fairly insignificant by comparison. But Murphy's diaries from that week still offer a clear window into a player's competitive mindset.
-- Sam Weinman
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