PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) – Few other PGA Tour rookies are more seasoned than Zac Blair, who reached the big leagues after a journey that took him from one end of the Americas to the other.
And he even managed to get a degree from BYU along the way.
“My dad has always ingrained in me that if you’re good enough, you’ll get a shot somewhere and take advantage of it,” Blair said. “It was a sweet route I took, but a little unpredictable.”
That route took the 24-year-old from Utah to the PGA Tour Latin America, the PGA Tour Canada, the Web.com Tour and the PGA Tour in a span of six months.
He also played on the Australasian Tour last year, though that was after he had his card. And he tied for 40th in the U.S. Open, where he had his father come inside the ropes to carry his bag up the 72nd hole at Pinehurst No. 2.