Chesson Hadley, photographed April 30, 2014, Charlotte.
My wife, Amanda, and I decided we should all travel together on the PGA Tour as a family. It's incredible to think that we made this thing that looks like us. And now we get to travel around the world with him.
Shooting 21 under was awesome, but I believed I belonged out here earlier than that. Finishing fifth [Shriners Hospitals for Children Open] just after getting my tour card—I was in the final group with Webb Simpson—that sold me.
I'm excited. I've never been to one, so the first U.S. Open I go to will be one I play in. And to think it's in my home state of North Carolina. I've played a boatload of golf at Pinehurst No. 2
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I remember a motel in Wichita, Kan., where I woke up in the middle of the night, and I could feel something crawling across the bed. I saw the silhouette of a cockroach the size of a toy car. You've got to embrace that lifestyle when you're out there or you won't make it.
Most hotels out here are $200-$250 a night. Then again, we're playing for $1.8 million this week, so I'm not complaining.
I've always been skinny, but I'm actually 25 pounds heavier than I was in high school. My waistline is 33. What can I say? I have great hips.
I get down on myself when I'm playing bad and then I'll break out of it. I like Matt Kuchar's attitude: Just go smile your way around the course.
We bought an Ergobaby. It's like a marsupial pouch. We strap it on and Hughes goes right to sleep. Now he's finding his voice and starting to scream. We might need a new strategy.
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