The Hootie & the Blowfish frontman has performed one thing like 70 of our High 100 Programs within the World. Critically.
GOLF: The logical place to begin is how did you get into golf?
Darius Rucker: Oh, man, I used to be fortunate. My finest buddy’s dad was within the Navy, and we had three completely different navy bases in Charles- ton [South Carolina] that each one had golf programs. He took me for the primary time once I was 14. It was instantaneous love for me, and I’ve had a love for golf ever since.
The place did the concept for Monday After the Masters, your charity golf occasion, come from?
It had been a match for a 12 months or two earlier than we bought concerned. We took it over and made it an enormous pro-am. It simply took on a lifetime of its personal. It’s been virtually 30 years, and we’ve raised hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to assist children. It’s a type of issues the place you understand how straightforward and enjoyable it’s to have golf as a fundraiser.
You’re right down to a 4.7 handicap index, and also you’ve credited that to partnering with PXG. What drew you to them?
I grew to become associates with PXG founder Bob Parsons after he requested me to play a present for him. We hit it off on the golf course, and when he invited me to be a part of the model I used to be honored.
Do you suppose being a musician helps your golf recreation? Do you ever hearken to your individual music once you apply?
I by no means hearken to my very own stuff, [but] I do hearken to music once I apply and on the course. Being a musician helps me lots. I believe it’s one of many methods my handicap is what it’s, simply because I’ve fairly good tempo and rhythm.
You’re a South Carolinian. What are a few of your favourite programs there?
I really like Bulls Bay. I really like the Nation Membership of Charleston. Yeamans Corridor, additionally in Charleston. All of the programs at Kiawah. The Dye Course at Barefoot. The Dunes in Myrtle Seashore. There’s so many!
The place is your favourite place to play once you’re touring?
My favourite place to play ever is Augusta Nationwide. The truth that I’ve gotten to play there’s superb. The place I play usually [that] I really like essentially the most is Scottsdale Nationwide.
You give your identify to an annual ladies’s collegiate occasion on Hilton Head. How necessary is that to you?
For years, we had the Hootie, a males’s [collegiate] match, so I needed to do one thing for the women. We’re the primary non-NCAA Championship ladies’s faculty match on TV. It’s nice to be bringing extra eyes to ladies’s golf. You exit and play with these younger girls and [they’re] hitting it 40 yards previous me. They’ll play, and I love to showcase that.
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