PERSONAL
Says he chose golf over other sports because "the results were all on me.".
Earliest golf memory is of him missing his tee time in his first event.
Says if he weren't playing golf he'd be a cowboy on a farm somewhere.
Never travels without cowboy boots.
Favorite team as a kid was the Dallas Cowboys.
Favorite college team is the Tennessee and also favors the NHL's Nashville Predators.
Favorite TV show is "How I Met Your Mother" and movie is "The Count of Monte Cristo.".
Likes Peyton Manning and Jason Witten.
Favorite entertainers are Eric Church and Garth Brooks.
Favorite book is the Bible.
Restaurant favorites are Chipolte and Chick-fil-A.
Says his favorite gadget is his iPod because "everything is on it".
Twitter account is @philippettitt.
Favorite golf course he's played is Diamond Creek in Banner Elk, N.C., and he'd like to play Augusta National. Uses the same 1957 quarter as a ball marker and carries peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and almonds in his golf bag for snacks. Would round out his ideal foursome with his grandfather, his father and his future son.
Says not many people know he was "redshirted" in the first grade because he couldn't color inside the lines.
Favorite quote comes from the Bible, Jeremiah 29:11.
Charity involvement includes Wounded Warriors and Kresge's Krew/Austism Awareness.
