Name: John Smoltz visits the Braves before Mitsubishi Electric Classic
Uploaded: 2019-04-17T13:32:52.000Z
Duration: 98 s
Description: John Smoltz visited SunTrust Park and hit wedges from the plate, flop shots from the bullpen and even drained a 60 feet, 6 inch putt from the mound before the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.

Prior to the Final Stage of PGA TOUR Champions Q-School, longtime MLB pitcher and Hall of Famer John Smoltz talks about his decision to compete for a pro golf career on PGA TOUR Champions. Smoltz is in a field of 78 players where the top five finishers will earn status for 2024.

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John Smoltz had a crazy Saturday at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic in Duluth Georgia. He played his second round in the morning and then drove to a studio to call a Padres vs. Cardinals game for FOX. We went all-access.

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Two Hall-of-Famers and a four-time PGA TOUR winner got together to talk golf and baseball on what would have been Mitsubishi Electric Classic week in Duluth, Georgia. Smoltz, an MLB Hall-of-Fame member, played with Watson, a Golf Hall-of-Fame member, at the 2019 Mitsubishi Electric Classic.

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Children's Hospital of Atlanta brain cancer patient, Madison Williams, was a special guest at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic during Round 2. She got to hang out with Atlanta Hawks star Vince Carter and even met Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer and Braves Hall-of-Famer John Smoltz. Williams was diagnosed in 2016 and has had three years of clean scans. She wants to one day be a neurosurgeon and help prevent brain cancer. 

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John Smoltz visited SunTrust Park and hit wedges from the plate, flop shots from the bullpen and even drained a 60 feet, 6 inch putt from the mound before the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.

John Smoltz visits the Braves before Mitsubishi Electric Classic

Tucson native Sean Santos, who grew up idolizing John Smoltz and recently beat colon cancer, got to play in the Cologuard Classic pro am with Smoltz.

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