020: Ashton Van Horne – Never Giving Up, Staying Focused in Professional Golf
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In this episode, Ashton Van Horne (@ashtonvanhorne) details through the trials and tribulations of being a professional golfer. Ashton played college golf at Belmont University, where he won 6 times in 4 years. Ashton won his first tournament as a professional, the Kentucky Open. Over the course of the next 5 years, Ashton played mostly mini tours with a few years of Canadian Tour sprinkled in. In the fall of 2021, Ashton finally broke through at second stage of Q-School and earned his Korn Ferry card. He ended up 61st on the points list at the end of the year of 2022 and will have full status for 2023.
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(01:25) - Ashton’s introduction to golf
(03:42) - learning how to win
(7:07) - going to Q-School the first time
(15:02) - the trap of mini-tours
(20:29) - playing the Canadian Tour
(25:10) - getting through second stage
(31:00) - staying focused off the course
(38:16) - using resources at Korn Ferry level
(41:12) - final round in Utah to lock up status
(45:32) - working with Bob Rotella
(51:46) - what Ashton would tell himself as a junior
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