Across his lengthy PGA Tour career that began all the way back in 2002, Boo Weekley accumulated a number of accolades, all while winning over fans with his laid-back style.
Weekley captured three PGA Tour wins from 2007-2013, and he was a part of the winning American team at the 2008 Ryder Cup.
With that kind of resume, you’d think Weekley would have known just how good he was a golf from a young age. But you would be wrong.
During a recent round with GOLF’s Josh Sens, Weekley revealed the surprisingly late juncture when he finally knew he was good enough to play on the PGA Tour.
Boo Weekley turned pro before he knew he was good golfer
Weekley hails from Milton, Fla., and though he later became a PGA Tour-winning pro, golf wasn’t always on his radar.
At the Punta Mita Invitational — an exclusive event set against the backdrop of one of the most scenic golf destinations in the world — Weekley played alongside Sens, a senior writer at GOLF, with cameras rolling.
When Sens asked Weekley when he first knew he could hang with pro golfers, Weekley provided a shocking answer.
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“I would say…” Weekley began, before pausing to think, “when I turned pro.”
He then provided more detail, explaining that while he knew he could play, it took playing golf’s mini tours to make him realize he could hang with golf’s best.
“I knew I could hit it, but I didn’t think I was good enough to play real pro golf or anything like that,” Weekley revealed. “So I got out and started playing the mini tours… and the next thing I know I kind of like made it.”
And golf wasn’t always a priority for the three-time Tour winner in his youth.
“I quit golf for like three years, more or less. My mom kind of got me into it. I’d run out of sports. I use to play baseball, football, all the normal things,” Weekley explained. “It just kind of got to a point where I was like ‘Alright, I gotta do something.’ Daddy said, ‘You aint gonna lay around the house, son,’ you know what I mean?”
So Weekley did just that, playing pro golf’s mini tours from 1997-2002, when he finally earned his PGA Tour card for the first time. Five years later, he was a PGA Tour champion.
