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In what he called a wife appreciation post following a recent event, Philip thanked his wife for caddying for him for 33 holes in one day at 9,400 feet above sea level – no easy task.
From the steakhouse to the clubhouse
Before meeting Chloe, life was far from straightforward for Philip Barbaree as a golfer. The challenging times would come and at one point he was even left questioning his future in the sport.
“Professional golf is tough. It’s very, very hard. I think having the right people around you is big and I got a great family, a great wife and her family. You know when she started caddying, it was the best because that means I don’t have to travel to tournaments alone. I don’t have to do all these things by myself, which is fine, but you know it’s not the same as having your wife there,” Philip reflected.
“There were some down periods. Multiple times where, thinking do I want to keep playing? Do I want to keep doing this? But I love golf so much that it was just too hard to give up. And so, to see kind of the hard work pay off and some of the things come into form, it means so much.”
However it all plays out across this weekend, Philip Barbaree will likely never forget what he’s achieved here at Oakmont knowing full well it has the potential to be truly life changing.
And as for that steakhouse experience back in 2021?
“Oakmont is just barely harder than my experience as a busboy at my dad’s steakhouse. In two short days I got sick, I cut my finger wide open, and it just wasn’t a whole lot of fun. So, I knew I needed to get back out on the course,” he said.
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