Nationwide Tour Graduate Q&A: Scott Sterling  • Nationwide Tour Graduate Q&A archive Editor's Note: Scott Sterling is headed to the PGA TOUR after winning the Jacob's Creek Open Championship on the 2007 Nationwide Tour. The veteran finished the year strongly with two top-25s in his last three starts. Sterling sat down recently with PGATOUR.com's Dave Lagarde for a game of 10 questions. 
1. If the PGA TOUR allows music on the first tee what song will be used to introduce you? Sterling: Corduroy by Pearl Jam. 2. You have the power to alter any rule in the game of golf. What is it and why do you want to change it? Sterling: I would like to add another club to the bag and make it 15. It would be beneficial to me to throw in an extra wedge or a 2-iron. As of late, an extra putter wouldn't hurt either. 3. What was your most embarrassing moment on a golf course? Sterling: I got Montezuma's revenge once while I was playing in South America. I stopped twice and luckily I had a roll of toilet paper in my bag that my wife Stephanie gave me that morning. 4. Who would you most like to hit balls next to next year, and why? Sterling: Greg Sonnier, an old friend of mine from the Hooters Tour. That would mean he made it through q-school this year. (Sonnier failed to make it through the second stage). 5. Do you have any oddball superstitions? If not, what's the strangest one you've heard of? Sterling: When I'm playing bad I'll never wear the same combination and I always mark my balls with nickels. 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? Sterling: I think the Tiger fist pump. It'll be a good one. 7. Other than winning a tournament, what would make next year a success? Sterling: Staying in the top 125 in my rookie season. 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? Sterling: It would Tiger. I'd ask him how is he so prepared when he only plays in 15-18 events every year and he has a chance to win every one of them. 9. What is your wildest golf dream? Sterling: Making the Ryder Cup team. 10. What is the most valuable lesson about your profession you learned on the Nationwide Tour? Sterling: Knowing how the money list works, I never gave up on the weekend. I knew finishing 55th was better 58th and who knows what $100 might have meant at the end of the year. |
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