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Gordon Sargent and David Ford catch up with Kira Dixon to share their excitement on making their PGA Tour member debuts at the RBC Canadian Open this week. #GolfChannel #PGATour #Golf
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>>> THIS WEEK WILL MARK THE DEBUT OF FORD AND SERGEANT. WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AS A FRESHMAN, BUT HAS STRUGGLED WITH HIS DRIVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. LEFT OFF VANDERBILT ROSTER FOR THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP. THE 2025 HASKINS AWARD WINNER, DAVID FORD OF NORTH CAROLINA. BECAUSE THE TAR HEELS MISSED QUALIFYING FOR THE NCAA TEMPERATURE, FORD WAS ABLE TO GET A HEAD START ON HIS CAREER AND MADE A START AT THE CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE TWO WEEKS AGO. WITH MORE ON THE TWO FRESH FACES, WE WELCOME BACK KIRA K. DIXON. >> HIGH, DAMON. IT IS DEBUTANTE TIME HERE ON THE PGA TOUR FOR THREE PLAYERS. WE WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE ON TWO OF THEM. WE ARE LOOKING AT DAVID FORD OF UNC, AS YOU MENTIONED. THE TOP PLAYER OF THE PGA YOUTH TOURS PROGRAM IN 2025. GORDON SERGEANT OF VANDERBILT, AND LUKE CLANTON OF FSU, WHO JOINED THE SHOW YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY, LUKE CLANTON SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE MEDIA. HE IS GOING TO BE PLAYING TOMORROW WITH LUDVIG ABERG AND RORY McILROY. RORY WAS ASKED ABOUT LUKE AND HIS PRESS CONFERENCE AND SAID HE HAS NOT MET HIM, BUT IS FAMILIAR WITH HIS GAME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW HIM TOMORROW ON THE GOLF COURSE. GORDON SERGEANT DEFERRED HIS PGA TOUR STATUS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY HIS FINAL SEASON WITH VANDERBILT, BUT NOW THAT THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME TO TAKE UP HIS PGA TOUR STATUS, WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH HIS MIND? >> IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR A WHILE. I’M EXCITED TO GET IT GOING, GET IT BEHIND ME, AND FIGURE OUT THE ROPES. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE LAST YEAR WITH VANDERBILT? >> A LITTLE BIT UP-AND-DOWN. DEFINITELY, DID NOT FEEL EXACTLY HOW I EXPECTED. IT BETTER PREPARED ME FOR THE FUTURE. YEAH, I AM EXCITED TO START THIS JOURNEY AND SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. >> SPEAKING OF THE FUTURE, WHO ARE YOU LEANING ON? WHAT DO YOU LEAN ON TO HELP YOU? THIS IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD. NO COLLEGE, NO COACHES. NOTHING LIKE THAT. WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS YOU GROUNDED? >> DEFINITELY, MY FAITH, AND FIGURING OUT WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON, ASIDE FROM GOLF. IT’S LONELY OUT HERE, A LITTLE BIT. TRAVELING BY YOURSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME IS INTERESTING. JUST FINDING SOME FRIENDS OUT HERE, AND KEEPING A STEADY HOME BASE. JUST TRY NOT TO DRIVE YOURSELF CRAZY TOO MUCH. I’M EXCITED FOR THE TRAVEL AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS. >> I KNOW YOU PLAYED THE U.S. OPEN QUALIFIER. OTHER THAN THAT, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN PREPARING FOR THE TEST? >> OBVIOUSLY, GETTING MY GAME READY, BUT BODY AND MENTAL STUFF TOO. IT IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. YEAH, JUST HAVING THE MENTALITY OF NOT REALLY CARING TOO MUCH, AND GOING OUT THERE TO HAVE FUN, ENJOYING IT, SEEING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. >> WHAT WOULD GORDON 10 YEARS AGO SAY ABOUT THIS? >> HE WOULD DEFINITELY SAY HE EXPECTED IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE BEEN PLAYING GOLF, PRETTY MUCH, MY WHOLE LIFE, SINCE I WAS 13, 14. I FEEL GREAT FOR THIS MOMENT, AND EXCITED TO KEEP LEARNING TOO. >> DAMON, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY SEASON IN HIS SENIOR YEAR, FOR GORDON SERGEANT, WITH VANDERBILT, BUT PERHAPS, STARTING HIS CAREER ON THE PGA TOUR WILL BE THE MOMENTUM SHIFT HE NEEDS TO START FINDING SOMETHING IN HIS GAME, ESPECIALLY, OFF THE TEE. SOMEONE JOINING HIM IN HIS DEBUT AS DAVID FORD. WE SAW HIM MAKE HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT A FEW WEEKS AGO AT COLONIAL, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK HE IS BEING SEEN AS A CARD-CARRYING MEMBER ON THE PGA TOUR. HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF DRIVING AROUND THE LAST SEVEN TO 10 DAYS. HE HAS BEEN GOING FROM CHAPEL HILL TO OHIO, TO ATLANTA. HE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY IN THE RUN-UP TO THE START, BUT HAS HE TAKEN SOME TIME TO SIT WITH THE FACT THAT HE IS A MEMBER OF THE PGA TOUR? >> I THINK HAVING SOME LONG DRIVES AND SOME LONG TRAVEL DAYS THE LAST 10 DAYS HAS BEEN HELPFUL. ABOUT A NINE OR 10 HOUR DRIVE, COMING BACK FROM CHAPEL HILL, BECAUSE MY CAR BROKE DOWN FOR A FEW HOURS, SO I HAD MORE TIME TO REFLECT ON SOME OF THE COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE FUN TIMES WITH TEAMMATES, AND WHERE I AM AT NOW. A 30 MINUTE DRIVE BOTH WAYS TO THE COURSE HERE IN CANADA GIVES ME SOME TIME TO REFLECT. IT IS A PRETTY DRIVE. IT’S A GOOD TIME OF REFLECTION, BUT ALSO, YOU’VE GOT TO GET WORK DONE. >> YOU HAVE FOLKS LIKE YOU AND SEE LEGENDS AND FOLKS LIKE BILL BELICHICK WISHING YOU WELL. YOU CAN SIT WITH THOSE VIDEOS AND SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE ROOTING FOR YOU. >> IT HAS BEEN COOL. THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN AMAZING. ESPECIALLY, MY TEAMMATES AND COACHES. THE WAYS THAT THEY ARE STILL DOING THAT IN PRO GOLF IS SWEET. SEEING VINCE CARTER AND ROY WILLIAMS AND BILL BELICHICK, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AMAZING FIGURES IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING ME HAS BEEN AWESOME. >> YOU WERE JUST SAYING IN COLLEGE GOLF, THINGS ARE GO, GO, GO. YOU ARE EITHER WITH YOUR TEAMMATES ARE OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE, BUT IN PRO GOLF, IT’S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? >> ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES IS, YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO PREPARE AND PRACTICE EACH WEEK. IDEALLY, I HAVE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY TO GET MY GAME READY AND TO GET RID OF ANY TRAVEL LAG , AND THEN, THURSDAY IS A FULL GO. WHEREAS, COLLEGE GOLF, IT IS A GRIND. YOU PLAY LESS TOURNAMENTS, BUT IT IS A GRIND FOR THE TOURNAMENTS YOU PLAY. YOU ARE FLYING IN PRETTY CLOSE TO WHEN YOUR TEAM IS OFF TO ROUND ONE, CLOSER THAN PROGROWTH. THERE IS LESS TIME TO GET YOUR GAME READY, SO THE PREP HAPPENS BEFORE WHEN YOU ARE AT HOME. I LOVE THE ADJUSTMENT, SO FAR. IT’S BEEN NICE HAVING THE PRACTICE ROUNDS MORE SPREAD OUT. I CAN GET WORKOUTS IN WHEN I NEED TO AND GET A LOT OF SHORT GAME WORKED ON AND HIT BALLS WHEN I NEED TO. IT HAS BEEN NICE. >> I KNOW YOU ALREADY MADE A START AS A PRO AT COLONIAL, BUT YOU NOW MAKE A START WITH YOUR PGA TOUR CARD. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO SHOW UP HERE AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE TOUR? >> IT FEELS MORE OFFICIAL, DEFINITELY. IT’S NICE TO GET MY FEET UNDER ME AT COLONIAL. IT WAS NICE TO MEET THE GUYS AND SOME OF THE PLAYERS OUT HERE. I’M THANKFUL. I HAVE PLAYED FOUR OR FIVE PRO EVENTS IN THE PAST, THAT PREPARED ME WELL TO GET COMFORTABLE OUT HERE. IT’S GREAT TO BE OFFICIAL AND TO HAVE MY CARD, AND TO BE PLAYING A SECOND WEEK AS A PRO, BUT A FIRST WEEK WITH THE CARD IS REALLY SPECIAL. >> GORDON SERGEANT, DAVID FORD AND LOU CLANTON HAVE THEIR PGA TOUR CARDS THROUGH THE END OF 2026. AND, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BATTLE WITH THIS WIND OUT HERE AT TPC TORONTO, BUT I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING — LET’S THINK ABOUT THE END OF 2026, AND WHERE ALL THE