By this point last spring in the PGA Tour season, Luke List had a runner-up finish at the Honda Classic and a tie for third at the RBC Heritage, and he had climbed to 11th in the FedEx Cup standings.
The former Baylor School and Vanderbilt University golfer is having even more fun this season, because he has doubled his traveling support. The 34-year-old former Ringgold resident not only has wife Chloe for companionship but 7-month-old daughter Ryann as well.
“This stage is so much fun,” List said Tuesday afternoon. “It’s been the coolest thing I’ve ever done. Hopefully I can win a trophy some day, and they can run out and give me a hug.”
List also has reason for excitement after finishing sixth at last weekend’s PGA Championship in Farmingdale, New York, which was easily his best showing in a major tournament. He tied for 33rd in the 2005 Masters, when he was a student-athlete at Vanderbilt, and tied for 39th in last summer’s British Open.
Three straight birdies on the back nine in Saturday’s third round put List in sole possession of second place behind eventual winner Brooks Koekpa, but his first three rounds of 68, 68 and 69 were followed by a 4-over-par 74 Sunday.