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Amateur Matt Vogt discusses how he balanced his dental practice with his participation in the U.S. Open and how Oakmont Country Club aided him both on and off the golf course. #GolfChannel #Golf #USOpen #MattVogt
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AWAY, THE PRIDE OF SENECA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. NOT ONLY DID HE CADDY RIGHT HERE AT OAKMONT, PLAYED IN THE 2021 U.S. AMATEUR, HE’S A PRACTICING DENTIST IN INDIANAPOLIS. THEN INDIANA UNIVERSITY. THIS IS THE STORY THAT HAD EVERYONE HERE AT OAKMONT, EXCITED. AND WE ARE THRILLED TO BE JOINED BY MATT, GREAT TO SEE YOU, BIG MAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> THIS IS SURREAL. >> 6:45, THURSDAY MORNING, YOU WILL IT THAT FIRST TEE SHOT. WHAT HAS THE WEEK BEEN LIKE AND WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF HOW THAT MOMENT EARLY THURSDAY ? MARK >> I’VE SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU QUALIFY ON MONDAY AND YOU PLAY THURSDAY, IT HAPPENS VERY, VERY FAST. RECOVERING PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY BUT THEN YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BECOME A STORY BEYOND WHAT I COULD EVER IMAGINE. IT’S BEEN A CRAZY WEEK. I FEEL LIKE TODAY, I COULD SETTLE IN AND GOLF WAS THE FOCUS, HONESTLY, THURSDAY MORNING, IT’S AN HONOR, HONESTLY, WHEN I SAW THOSE TEETIMES COME UP. I THOUGHT SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN BUT IT WILL BE REALLY COOL. I’M EXCITED. >> I’M SURE A LOT OF THE MEMBERS WILL BE ON THAT FIRST TEE. >> IT’S EARLY, SO WE WILL SEE. >> YOURS WOULD BE THE RAREST OF STORIES. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO QUALIFIED ARE PLAYING THIS FOR A LIVING, YOU ARE QUITE BUSY, NO DOUBT, WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING, FOR A CAREER, AS A DENTIST BUT HOW DID YOU FIND THE TIME TO PREPARE, HOW DID YOU GET YOUR GAME IN SHAPE TO QUALIFY AND FROM THAT MOMENT TO THIS MOMENT, HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR THE U.S. OPEN? >> I STARTED MY PRACTICE IN 2018 SOON AFTER DENTAL SCHOOL AND I’VE BEEN BLESSED WITH MY CAREER, AND BEING A PRACTICING DENTIST AND HELPING COACH OTHER DENTISTS, TO KIND OF DO THE SAME THING A LITTLE BIT ON THE SIDE. AGAIN, I’VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE TIME TO PURSUE GOLF. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I CARRY THE TORCH FOR MID ATOMS THIS WEEK. A LOT OF US ARE OUT HERE COMPETING, BECAUSE WE LOVE COMPETITION AND WE ARE MAKING SACRIFICES OR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO IT WITH CAREERS AND FAMILIES. YOU TRY AND FIND THE BALANCE AND MAKE SURE NOTHING GETS TO OUT OF WHACK AT ONE TIME WHICH CAN HAPPEN. BUT THIS WEEK, I’VE BEEN VERY, LIKE I SAID, VERY BLESSED, TO HAVE MY TEAM, PATIENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. >> YOU HAVE PLAYED HERE A LOT. TELL US ABOUT THE SETUP COMPARED TO ANYTHING THAT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED BEFORE INCLUDING THE AMATEUR IN 2021. >> YEAH, WE PLAYED IN THE AFTERNOON. YOU CAN START TO SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE GOLF COURSE. >> HAVE YOU PLAYED IT HERE WHEN IT BECOMES REALLY FIRM? >> IT GOT REALLY FIRM THE FIRST DAY OF THE USA AND. AND IT BEAT A LOT OF GUYS, MYSELF INCLUDED. FOR ME, THE TOUGHEST THING IS TRYING TO PICTURE WHERE THE BALL HAS TO LAND APPROACHING THE GREENS, WHEN IT GETS REALLY FIRM, IT’S ALMOST LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE A DIFFERENT SPORT OUT HERE SOMETIMES, EVEN CADDYING OUT HERE IF YOU ARE IN THE ROUGH ON ONE, YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY PUTT FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL IF YOU WANTED TO, ON ONE BUT IT’S JUST HAVE TO EVEN PICTURE HOW IT’S GOING TO BALANCE AND HOW FAR IT WILL GO WHEN IT GETS FIRM AND I’VE SEEN IT DONE. >> WHEN DID YOU START CADDYING HERE? >> THIS PLACE MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. I STARTED TOWARDS THE END OF HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL THROUGHOUT COLLEGE AND SUMMERS, I WAS HERE. AND CADDYING PRETTY MUCH, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, FOR THE MOST PART. THE MEMBERS HERE ARE INCREDIBLE, I MENTIONED LAST NIGHT AT THE AMATEUR DINNER, THINGS SUCH AS STANLEY DRUNKEN MILLER, HAD A SCHOLARSHIP, I GOT THAT SCHOLARSHIP A NUMBER OF YEARS IN A ROW AND HE WAS SO GENEROUS NOT JUST WITH ME BUT WITH A LOT OF CADDIES, AND THAT HELPED ME DURING A TOUGH TIME IN THE ECONOMY, TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT’S NOT TALKED ABOUT OR PUBLISHED A BUNCH BUT I’M JUST INDEBTED TO THIS PLACE. AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH BEING HERE. I LOVE HOW EXCITED IT SEEMED THE PLAYERS WERE. I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO COME HOME. >> YOU ARE WHAT ABOUT 6’4 >> 6’6 >> YOU GOT ME BY A COUPLE. YOU PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL. SENECA VALLEY, AND YOU ARE A LONG DRIVE GUY FOR A WHILE? >> SOMETHING FUN HAPPENED AFTER THE USA AND IN 2020. I DIDN’T MAKE MATCH BUT I WAS PLAYING IN PRO-AM AND KYLE BROOKSHIRE WAS THERE IN INDIANA, AND WE DID THIS LONG DRIVE COMPETITION AND HE BLASTED 150 YARDS PAST ME, BUT HE SAID YOU SHOULD COME OUT TO MESQUITE AND GIVE IT A GO. WE WERE HEADING INTO WINTER AT THAT POINT SO, I HAVE A GREAT TRAINER AND A GROUP OF FRIENDS IN THE FITNESS GARAGE IN CARMEL, INDIANA. I ADDED A BUNCH OF POUNDS AND PUT ON SPEED. >> WHAT WAS THE FASTEST YOU SWUNG? >> I HIT 217 BALL SPEED. ONE TIME IN THE GYM AND YEAH, WE WERE MOVING IT. THERE’S A VIDEO SOMEWHERE, PROBABLY ON MY INSTAGRAM. >> WHAT DO YOU CRUISE AT NOW? >> IT’S FUNNY TODAY, I MEAN, THERE’S BEEN SO MANY NERVES AND EMOTIONS AND WEIRD THINGS AND FEELINGS IN MY BODY, I’M TRYING TO PROCESS THOSE BUT TODAY ON THE RANGE, WE WERE PUMPING IT. >> LIKE WHAT? GIVE US A NUMBER, COME ON. >> WE SAW THE BOARD ON THE LEFT AND SOMEONE POSTED 193, AND I HIT LIKE 195 SO WE GOT 199 ON THE RANGE AND I COULDN’T GET TO 200. I CAN’T GUARANTEE HOW STRAIGHT THAT ONE 99 WAS. THE ADRENALINE WAS GOING. >> WHAT HAVE YOU OBSERVED FROM THEM ON THE RANGE, ARE YOU SEEING SOMETHING YOU HADN’T NOTICED BEFORE WITH THE QUALITY OF THE PLAY? >> NO MATTER HOW THIS WEEK GOES, YOU KNOW, IN GOLF, YOU FAIL MORE THAN YOU SUCCEED. I WANT TO TAKE A LOT FROM THIS WEEK NO MATTER HOW IT GOES. BUT HOW THE GUYS WHO DO THIS FOR A LIVING CONDUCT THEMSELVES, EVEN HOW THEY HIT THEIR SHOTS, EVEN WHAT THEIR BAD SHOTS LOOK LIKE, IT’S DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE. I’M TRYING TO SOAK IT ALL IN AND MAKE OBSERVATIONS BUT ALSO NOT BE TOO STARSTRUCK. >> YOU ARE HERE TO COMPETE. >> MATT, YOU’RE OUT HERE WITH YOUR MOM, MICHELLE, WIFE HILLARY, BABY CHARLOTTE. YOUR DAD JIM IS MISSING, PASSED AWAY RECENTLY AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER. WHAT WILL YOU TAKE FROM YOUR POP WITH YOU THIS WEEK AS YOU EMBARK ON THIS INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE? >> YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, MULTIPLE TIMES, HE WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST FANS AND HONESTLY, I LOVE THAT MY MOM IS OUT HERE ALL WEEK. MY PARENTS WERE DIVORCED BUT THEY BOTH LOVED ME AND MY SISTER SO MUCH, SO TO SEE MY MOM KIND OF FILLING THE ROLE THAT SHE’S ALWAYS FELT, CARRYING THE TORCH FOR MY DAD OUT HERE, IT MEANS A TIME. FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND, I LOVE LOOKING AT MY DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE AND REALIZING THAT I’M A DAD NOW, TOO, IT FEELS LIKE A PASSING OF THE TORCH, WHERE MY DAD GOES, BUT NOW I’M A DAD MYSELF. SO HONESTLY, I WILL JUST BE VERY GRATEFUL, I WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME WE HAD, GRATEFUL FOR THE FAMILY I