Nationwide Tour Graduate Q&A: Brenden Pappas  • Nationwide Tour Graduate Q&A archive Editor's Note: Brenden Pappas finished 22nd. Pappas is headed back to the PGA TOUR after finishing tied for fifth in the Nationwide Tour Championship. Pappas lost his PGA TOUR card after the 2004 season and headed back to the Nationwide Tour, where he finished 24th in 2006. Pappas was especially consistent in the second half of 2007 -- he didn't miss a cut in his last 12 starts of the year. He shot 68 or better in all four rounds of the Nationwide Tour Championship to collect a check for $29,450, his largest of the year.. Pappas sat down recently with PGATOUR.com's Dave Lagarde for a game of 10 questions.  Brenden Pappas (WireImage)
1. If the PGA TOUR allows music on the first tee what song will be used to introduce you? Pappas: Nat King Cole or Frank Sinatra or BB King and Eric Clapton. 2. What was your most embarrassing moment on a golf course? Pappas: I was all alone on the 15th tee at the BC Open. I thought it would be an opportune time to break wind. I let loose with a beauty that would make a trumpeter proud. As it turns out there was a lady volunteer sitting behind the water cooler. I can safely say that I was deeply embarrassed. 3. You have the power to alter any rule in the game of golf. What is it and why do you want to change it? Pappas: I think the rules are good the way they are. It would be difficult to regulate allowing players to get relief from divots. 4. Who would you most like to hit balls next to next year, and why? Pappas: No one. I am neither impressed nor impressionable. 5. Do you have any oddball superstitions? If not, what's the strangest one you've heard of? Pappas: None. My caddy wore a Mohawk hairstyle the final 6 weeks this year though. 6. When your putt rolls in to win your first PGA TOUR title, will you go with the Tiger fist pump, the Mickelson mini-vertical jump or something a little crazier? Pappas: The Spartan in me may come out. You can't predict these things, ask Phil. 7. Other than winning a tournament, what would make next year a success? Pappas: Winning the FedExCup. 8. You've been granted a 60-minute sit-down with any figure in the world of golf, living or dead. What's your first question and to whom would you address it? Pappas: I'd direct it to PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem. It would be, "What has to be done to raise the prize money on the Nationwide Tour? 9. What is your wildest golf dream? Pappas: I am playing in my first Masters. I am teeing it up on the first hole and the starter says to me, "No, sonny boy, you get to tee it up in the locker room, like all first timers." In the locker room, I have no backswing and only a tiny window to hit through. I am sweating and embarrassed and the starter is laughing and telling me to hurry, or I'll get two shots for delaying play. At that point, I wake up in a rush. 10. What is the most valuable lesson about your profession you learned on the Nationwide Tour? Pappas: When one takes a step back, the path ahead becomes clearer. |
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