Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Player Profile: Hawk Swearingen ’15


Name: Hawk Swearingen
Grade: Senior
Hometown: Sedalia, Missouri
Handicap: 3.0
Best golf memory: My dad and I play in a father son tournament every year at one of the best courses in Missouri. The first year, we had a practice round with my mom and my aunt. My dad struggled and I wanted to help but he was extremely frustrated, and to be honest, I was a little scared of how we would fair in the tournament. The first day of the tournament, my dad and I played extremely well going into the 17th hole. We came up with a plan to scare my mom so we pretended that we were mad at each other after the round. My mom was so scared that she went inside to the pro and asked him if he knew anything about why my dad and I were so mad at each other. My mom was still talking to the pro when my dad and I entered the clubhouse and the pro asked my dad how we did. My dad proceeded to say, "Well, if he could have hit a fairway off the tee today, that would have been nice!" I came right back at him by saying, "well he couldn't make a two foot putt to save his life!" I then proceed to turn away and start laughing, and my dad says, "You know why he is turning away? It is because he cant help himself to laughing because this is all a joke and we had the time of our lives!"
Best course you've played: Golf Club of Houston (Tournament Course)
Best course you've never played: Augusta National
Favorite golf movie? Caddyshack
Favorite pro golfer? Jordan Spieth
If you weren't a golfer, what sport would you go pro in? Basketball
If you had a pair of golf pants with little pictures all over them, what would the pictures be?
I would want them to have pictures from all of the schools that I have and will attend such as Woodberry, my junior high, my middle school, my elementary school, and, of course, TCU.
Best golf advice you've ever gotten? Be the ball Danny... You're not being the ball Danny.