“One Shot Away” is a six-episode docuseries chronicling the ups and downs of life on the PGA TOUR’s premier pathway circuit, through the lens of Korn Ferry Tour players. Featuring inside access on-and-off the course, the unique stories of these players are explored in-depth. Episode four features the addition of American Kevin Roy, as well as South African Aldrich Potgieter, Brazilian Fred Biondi, Sweden’s Tim Widing, South Korea’s Sam Choi, Georgia Tech’s Ross Steelman and Baylor alumni Cooper Dossey.
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Risky Business these are our stars in the making the confidence is rising and I’m excited watching it PJ tour cards on the line dreams are on the line for so many of these players it’s kind of The Proving Grounds you need to have avenues for players to come up and get access to the PJ tour and the corn Fair tour is the best place for that to happen let’s make a break one shot away from changing your life for professional golfers the corn fairy tour it’s the gateway to your dream corn fairy tour it’s never been more important than it is right now Midway into the season it’s crucial that these players are playing their best golf but if you haven’t played well early in the season you’re putting pressure on yourself if they’re not comfortable by now they’re going to start getting lapped on the points list you can easily find yourself looking in from the outside these players are starting to think of the finals keeping their card next year and some of the guys are starting to think about going to the PGA Tour there’s urgency to start out hot there’s really this interesting balance of allowing your game to shine and then wanting it too much Sam’s a good-hearted positive guy he knows in the back of his mind that he’s a great player he won in PJ tour Canada last year got his corree tour card through the points list now he’s finding himself with adversity and he’s not used to it I was kind of lonely with no schedule but then you know getting to BMW I was was pretty pumped I was super excited I feel like my game was up there to compete there’s so many tough aspects of being in that spot where you don’t have full status you might be getting into events you might not I’m always that bubble guy so having a good week is going to help me pretty big time he’s one swing away from just finding that form and going on a run and we’ve seen it with so many of these players it takes one win one good week to get momentum one shot at a time my dad on the back you know we’re going to we’re going to have a lot of fun Sam Troy here on the eighth for a birdie it was pretty good the first nine holes and then I miss some Huts coming in but I’ll take my one onday there’s that pressure of you need to come out firing being so close to playing well but you’re missing Cuts you’re not getting the opportunity to try and prove yourself I started really bad I was four over through six holes but then I made three birdies coming in and show some confidence going to Future tournaments I wouldn’t say his game is struggling it’s just the way he’s thinking about being positive and the confidence he has with competing right now at one of the highest levels you just need everything working at the right time and maybe a couple of bounces going your way so there’s so much you can control in golf but there’s so much that is just completely out of your control with the amount of miscuts he’s had he’s going to have to start thinking about I possibly won’t get any more starts he’s battling with these decisions on whether to play back on PGA Tour of Americas or to keep grinding it out doing Monday qualifiers he’s in a different mindset where not even 8 months ago he feels like he’s one of the best golfers in his class to now now being like well am I good enough I’m probably on the line so just wait and make some good golf that’s that’s what it is if I get in to PG toour where America is up up in Canada for sure I’ll playing it he has a great attitude in life he has a great attitude on the golf course he’ll bounce back nice dude I smashed who is Kevin Roy Kevin Roy is just this young man from upstate New York that uh you know has a dream to play on the PGA tour and stay out there Kevin Roy trying to scrap and fight turned pro at the end of 2012 and I didn’t get any kind of status on uh a PGA sanction tour till 2016 had an absolute awful year down in Latin America let’s see if he can make this for part oh my goodness I lost a bunch of confidence was very lonely being in these you know foreign countries it was tough playing terrible and not being able to shoot home after a miscut it crushed me mentally I actually ended up giving up golf for uh an entire year to help my brother a little bit in medical Sals I was like I got to go make some money you know I’m you know 24 at the time I kind of felt like a loser to be honest with you at first it felt great you know seing some consistent money coming in but I played a couple rounds with my uh friends and family towards the end of that year and it kind of gave me that fire to pursue this dream again and went to Q school and end up getting some corn Fairy status it looked like he wasn’t going to get his PGA Tour card but he is now tour bound let’s go it was a dream come true the waiting game was very tough my stomach was a pretzel it was just Waterworks I mean tears started flowing out of everyone it’s been very tough Kevin’s considered other jobs we both wanted to quit but I just really felt like he would regret it when we’re 70 years old I’m just so proud of Kevin Roy got to start making some birdies rookie on the PGA tour last year wasn’t the season he wanted and I think losing his PGA to a card has helped him play his best golf of his career it’s a negative that’s been turned into a positive I think he’s got that chip on his shoulder I think I proved to myself that I can compete out there I missed seven or eight cuts by one it wasn’t like I was playing terrible golf just needed to kind of clean up some things but the motivation it’s it’s never been higher it really does show his resiliency he continues to believe I can do this and I will make it out here and I will make a career out of it I think I’m a a far different player to be honest with you Brian came mental coach opened up my mind to a lot of different things put not good golf into perspective a little bit more I think having my daughter really helped with that as well yeah this is Mia Mia Roy she’s uh almost 10 months old and uh as you can tell she’s uh very happy right now first interview yeah your first TV debut if I have a bad round of golf I’ll FaceTime her and she’s smiling saying da da this and that she doesn’t care if I shoot 7 6 or 66 right now so it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me and my wife it just makes life away from the golf course so much more fun Tim bading the aggressive suede if you win it jumps you up so significantly it’s incredible what he’s done your 2024 Leon SOS classic Champion we have our first backto back champ champon since 2021 they champion of the veritex bank championship for 2024 Tim be there’s so many aspects of the game it’s very hard to just have everything click at the same time but when it does it’s the best game in the world there’s always something you can get better at and there’s always that grind and that makes a little more motivating dear team congratulations on becoming tour bound securing OPG tour C for the 2025 season wow yeah congratulations again I look forward to seeing you sincerely jmam pretty cool man I mean I’ve known I’ve been tound for a while now but just being able to see it and my name there it’s gives me chills right now players they want their first year on corn fairy tour just to kind of run away with it and go up to the PGA Tour it doesn’t always happen but for Tim he just really seems to be able to translate his swing from practice to play and play under those pressure situations really well there’s a lot of outside noise I mean Everyone likes to remind me that you know I’m only one win away from going straight to the PJ tour and trying to finish first on the point list but for me I just try to go out and play Golf the way I have been this year for a certain personality if you get a lot of success early on you can maybe get a little hotheaded and think that oh this is just going to go right to the PGA Tour but Tim is so process oriented he’s so even Keel he wants that number one spot he said it he knows what it comes with you get a full PGA Tour card you get to the players championship and you get back to the US Open where he just played and competed through two rounds he was right there with the leaders the first major was kind of more of a learning experience for me but heading into the US Open I was just trying to play my game and just not worry too much about anything going on on the outside obviously all the work I put in over the last few years not just on the golf course but all the work off the golf course to finally see some good results this year it’s obviously huge and U makes you want to keep fighting even harder it’s been a great year so far and while Tim Ving has gotten his tour card he’s tour bound Kevin Roy 35 trying to get back onto the PGA Tour after a couple of bounceback years I think this is the best his game has been Kevin Roy’s playing some really good golf right now I’ve always been a really good ball Striker driver is my favorite Club in the bag I’ve seen a lot of improvement over the last couple years of uh putting and chipping and wedges top to bottom through his bag statistically probably one of the most consistent players on the corn free tour when he has that belief you’ll see him right there in the final group right there on the last day I feel really confident with my game put in a lot of hard work it’s nice to see it paying off the consistency making a lot of cuts playing well on the weekends is nice too so it’s a great start to the season but we got a long way to go for him to be playing so well this season Max H is a great example of his back and force before he finally broke through on the PGA tour Kevin Roy is an awesome story to tell and I’m really excited to see how the rest of his season goes the advantage is I’ve seen all the golf courses disadvantages if these guys they hit it really are not to say I’m I’m short by any means but um there’s a couple guys out here that absolutely bombit and it’s pretty impressive to see it’s crazy these these college kids you know they’re going straight to the tour even out here I mean you know they’re more than ready to play and compete which is great you know I I love it I love the competition he’s a quiet unassuming almost like a under the radar type of guy but he has that inner confidence he’s battled for the last couple Seasons just to get an opportunity to play on the corn free [Music] tour he is now settling into the midseason their consistence starts and finishes over the last 5 to 6 weeks I think you’re going to see him just gradually improve over and over we’ve had a lot of fun and uh the golf just been good I’m just excited that my golf game is feeling a lot better I think he just needs to trust in his game and believe that hey maybe I’m better than half these guys out here because I’m starting to find myself on the leaderboard over and over feel great I had a lot of really good committed putts I was just focused on keeping my head down and making a good stroke and finally got some putts to fall see if Cooper can roll this in and sneak inside the number he has the work ethic he knows what he needs to do in his game it’s just a matter of taking it to the course applying it under pressure you build that self-belief and you build that confidence to be able to continue to do that I’m in a good place my game hasn’t been too sharp all year but I’m staying patient I’ve got 13 weeks to do something U I’m just kind of trying to take it day by day it’s it’s super close when Cooper is going through ups and downs he understands that that’s just part of the journey because that’s life so that’s what gives him that advantage in those low moments he understands that eventually there will be a light at the end of the tunnel golf is super draining the moment that it becomes my job it’s not as fun I’m pretty hard on myself but not letting the doubt creep in I’ve done a good job of being okay with being uncomfortable and keeping my head down and making good stroke and being okay with what happens that’s how he takes a step to the next level just try that he’s good enough one of the best and not kind of that timorous Outlook that he’s had as we probably saw in the start of the season when he was finding his feet I think it’s nice to know that I haven’t had my best St this year and I’m still in a good position I try not to look at points too often but and it is nice to know that I’m in a decent spot with bad play I think it’s just a good reminder that I can do it I’m capable of doing it even when I don’t have my best stuff Cooper dossi has really figured out something in this game meanwhile Fred beyi just hasn’t quite found that it hasn’t clicked for him yet and as a result he’s really struggled in his past few events Fred beyonde these players that get their starts it’s so important there he goes to get some kind of momentum every point every dollar helps them this year I think it’s very important for me for the foundation of my game and my career I want to get better I want to I know I can I can win out here you played on the the biggest stage made Cuts he won the NCAA individual title last year got to the corn pre tour and then slowly kind of got phased out on the points list kind of got a shock entering professional golf considering he was one of the best amors in the world be came up three shots short in PG tour Q school this past fall five players qualified and up tied for 10th a lot of up and downs a lot of success Al also a lot of failers too I came out here Fresh Off The and wi and and uh got beaten pretty good by the field that can be really challenging when the golf doesn’t work out right away instead of taking the bad results personally take them as a learning opportunity I feel like before in college golf was something nice that I was able to do do I had school I had my friends uh when it’s your job grinding it out every day and just getting really mentally tired too because of the struggles he carries an extra pressure for sure but uh I’ve enjoyed it I enjoyed every second of it 30 good yeah dud it doesn’t look too bad dude we’re crushing it we’re crushing it all right looks a thousand times better than yesterday we’re doing the rice right we’re doing it right today yesterday I had rice on the spoon I turned the spoon upside down and the rice did not so it looks better basically just Mash Chef Beyond D you just got to get a deal with salt daying yeah looks good so it’s pretty tough like missan Cuts haven’t had this the greatest last couple events here on the corner fairy tour it’s frustrating it takes a tour on like sitting in the hotel over the weekend just uh watching your friends and other players play well on the weekend and you know what you’re capable of you know how hard I want to be there and how much I’m working for it and not seeing the result sucks but it’s part of it it is easy to get caught up in the worldwind of Talent on the corn-free tour you’re not in college anymore it’s a lonely place if you’re not playing well I think the biggest thing is like understanding myself what makes me good sticking to my process doing the right things all the time I think the self-belief is big and I think that’s something that I lacked a lot Beyond he’s going through a bit of a slump right now he’s going to have to dig himself out of it I really think he’s going to find a way to get back to the Winter Circle soon things are starting to heat up we’re coming off a 7 we stretch leading into the Memorial health championship guys are tired there’s a reup we involved you can either you know come back and have a bounceback week or you just keep riding off of good form players are fighting and jostling to get themselves into more events it’s going to be intense to see all the work you put in finally pay off on the course makes you want to keep going even harder let’s just hit it in a hole in as few shots as possible and see where it all shakes out at the end of it hey guys Sammy Troy here um windy day up in Canada I was up here getting ready for PG to Americas and I got the last minute call to go down to Springfield Illinois to get ready for a a Memorial health championship and I’m super excited I’m really pumped to go down there but it’s Wednesday afternoon I got a couple flights to catch I got a couple hours to drive down to Springfield stay tuned what’s up guys I don’t know what happened the last 12s hours um I drove 9 hours from Minneapolis to Springfield Illinois um I’m just glad that I was able to make it here safely and you know everything went smooth I’m excited let’s go hey check in thanks thank you okay I have very minimum expectation it’s just to have fun and enjoy the moment welcome to the 2024 Memorial health Championship presented by lrs from the Republic of Korea Sam Choy [Music] [Music] car good menu from Lakewood branch Florida Kevin bro that’s the best way of hitting a mon spun back 30 ft thank you thanks it’s a tough way to finish but I was proud of the way I fought out there all day just had a bad swing at the wrong time on the last toll and it cost me but we still got a lot of golf left in this season so I’ll be all right I did best I can do just keep grinding from now on a lot of M Q’s like some Americas yeah see where it goes yesterday played a lot better at the back nine I got a little hot there for a second so um if we can keep that momentum going for the next 2 days Anything Can [Music] Happen the front line got me going we’ve been trying to work on getting a little better start so we can stress a little bit less on the back nine and we did that unfortunately we made a double on nine but I still knew that there was a lot of birdy opportunities waiting I took my time with the putt try to read every single foot of it it was really awesome to see it in and drop at the last second on the last [Applause] [Music] roll just really happy right now I can’t stop smiling it’s crunch time when it comes to this part of the Season everyone’s so bunched that if you miss a cut you drop three to four spots every week on the points list there’s still so much time and there’s so many opportunities and there’s so much fluctuation that’s going to happen you want to get into that top 100 number that gets you conditional status you want to make the finals and you want to keep your card for next year
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