Feeling old

I worked the PGA Tour Champions Qualifying Tournament last week.  Nothing terribly interesting happened on the fairways, but ...

When I was about 33, playing at Glastonbury Hills Country Club, Tim Petrovic, the star of the Glastonbury High School golf team also played there.  I never met him or played with him, but I knew of him.  And followed his golf career from time to time, as he played on the PGA Tour, and got on TV once in a while.

He led the tournament after 3 rounds, at 18 under par, and finished in the top 5, got his card for the "senior" tour.

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