“I remember thinking, ‘I know California and Florida, but where the hell is Chattanooga?’” Jaeger said. “Coach King Oehmig sent us newspaper articles (about the team). I never visited, but it felt right. I said, ‘Let’s do it for a year. I’ll learn the language. We’ll see what happens with how far I go in golf.’ I thought I’d probably finish school and get a job.”
Talk about first impressions.
He flew in from Germany the day before Baylor — a team featuring Harris English and Keith Mitchell — had a high school match at The Honors Course, reputed to be the toughest in Tennessee. It’s where Tiger Woods shot 80 in the NCAA Championship and still won.
