Driving to the Top
June 21, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
PGA Rookie Gabriel Hjertstedt is chipping his way toward stardom on the world’s most competitive golfing tour-
Entering the B.C. Open at En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, New York, Gabriel Hjertstedt wasn’t so much concerned about winning as he was surviving.
In his rookie season on the PGA tour, the 26-year old Swede had found the waters rough, missing the cut in 12 of the 20 tournaments he’d entered. That left him at the deep end of the money standing with a mere $27, 144 in earnings, far off the pace needed to automatically qualify for exempt status heading into the 1998 season.
