Fairway to Green spoke with Sandra Winterbottom, PGA Tour University Winner Michael Thorbjornsen’s new PGA Tour status. She shares how important community has been to her son’s success and how grateful she is to see him compete more at the next level.
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what has it been like watching Michael play all these years and then make it to this stage it’s it’s uh it’s just been a pleasure I love watching him play I record every single shot that is played in every tournament and practice so I I really enjoy watching my son play I love watching him play and for him to be going from stage to stage and exhaling in every stage it’s just been um it’s unbel unbelievable again the opportunities that he’s received from so many different um levels from the coach from junior golf from agga from us kids golf all the the board members that have supported him throughout these years um even the the um people that supported him right at the beginning um through the uh G fundme that we had many many years ago uh we had a a go so we had a g fund me so so when you helped him that’s many many years ago so there’s been so many people from Wellsley Country Club um I just Paul gettis who was also helping me try to get Michael at Stanford so there’s been so many people out there that we just need to reach out and to thank for all that they’ve done we have like for the hin uh my current husband Kimo witer botom um his sisters that have sacrificed a lot because because we had to you know travel and and they had to go to tournaments and be quiet the whole 18 holes so it’s it’s been quite a journey and he has Michael has worked a lot hard very much on his own I mean not much of a golf pro not much of a country club to be at um not much of an Entourage um swing coach all has been him uh it’s unbelievable what he has been able to accomplished he really does deserve this and I hope he’s going to be doing even better in the next level I hope so too it’s been fun to watch I most I am from Connecticut so I saw the Hartford open so I’ve been a fan ever since are you going to be traveling with him while he’s on tour and watching him play still I I think I will I will there’s I’m going to have to dedicate some time to my to his youngest sister but I really would love to continue to to watch him and cheer him on and have his banana ready for him on the night hold to make sure he eats and drinks so definitely would like to to watch him and see what he does in the next level I mean he’s already had dipped his toes in there so he has some some uh experience there so hopefully he’ll just make his game better and and do better stuff and actually you know actually give back to to the kids that have supported him yeah thank you so much congratulations again thank you thank you so much a
