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When he went to sleep Wednesday night, John Rollins was ready to be the youngest of another professional during the first round of the Pro-Am AT & T Pebble Beach. By the time he woke up, Rollins had a spot on the ground at Pebble Beach Golf Club, with a start only at three o'clock.
"What a roller coaster day," Rollins told Jim McCabe of PGATour.com after his tour.
So, how did all this happen? It's complicated.
After struggling in the past three years, playing intermittently on the Tour, Rollins has agreed to become a cadet for Hunter, a Dallas-based friend at Pebble Beach this week.
According to McCabe's report, Rollins was asleep Thursday morning when, at 5:30 am, he received a call from the PGA Tour headquarters at 5:30 am Thursday with incredible news.
In addition to being a cadet in the event, Rollins was also on the tournament's list of substitutes, and the official told him that because the players had retired, he now had a spot on the field and a departure time at 8:44 am, Pacific time, only three hours away.
After calling Mahan and receiving her blessing to give up her caddy tasks, Rollins walked to the firing range to prepare for last-minute preparation. He managed to reach the start on time and ended up shooting 73 points in the first round at Pebble.
"I did not play terribly," Rollins told McCabe. "In fact, everything was fine for me."
Surprisingly, although Rollins knew that he was a substitute for the tournament, he was not one of the top 20 players on the substitutes list. Which means that he had almost no chance of participating in the event. Even after 20 players withdrew, it took Tommy Gainey, alternating, missing a connecting flight to California, gives way to Rollins.
Rollins played for the last time on the PGA Tour in August at the Barracuda Championship, where he missed the cut. He will participate in the second round of the Pro-Am Pebble at 7:00 am local time, at 10:00 am (Eastern Time), on the course of the shoreline of the Monterrey Peninsula.
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