I was named first-team Jersey Shore by the Asbury Park Press, the paper I used to deliver as a young boy. I got to Houston and Coach Williams invited me to walk on the golf team. I was the 18th man on an 18-man golf team.
Ever since they announced that golf would be returning to the Olympics, I thought, 'Hey, I wanna get myself on the team.' It has always been my dream.
Playing golf led me to Georgetown. I played on the women's team there.
I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he thought I was good. He called his coach, and the coach called me and recruited me. A five-minute phone call changed my life.
When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
The only way I'll ever make the Ryder Cup team is when I become captain; then I can name myself to the team.
That's my No. 1 goal. I want to be part of (captain) Tom Lehman 's team.
High school golf, college golf and the decade that followed all come back to me now as one big raucous, goofy gangsome.
I'd like my first Ryder Cup appearance to be in the United States.
