Willy Mac
When I was trying to make BogeyPutts.com the next great golf source online, I tried to get an interview with Will MacKenzie because I was fascinated by his story: a talented junior golfer who got burnt out, quit, traveled by van to find the best surf/skate/snow spots, fell in love with golf again, turned pro…
Yes, he was also a member of the golf team, but he played in tennis shoes.
AND his middle name is Ruggles. A bit more digging reveals a profile by Outside Magazine.
after a semester stint at a local college, MacKenzie took the money he’d saved up washing dishes and selling grilled-cheese sandwiches at Grateful Dead shows and headed west, kicking off his strange odyssey to the PGA Tour. Only later, when he was 25 and diagnosed with ADD, did he have an explanation for his academic struggles.
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