InForum: Tom Hoge is an inspiration for area high school golfers
By Adam Watts on May 4, 2016 at 4:35 p.m.
MAPLETON, N.D.—Fargo native and PGA Tour golfer Tom Hoge eclipsed $1 million in career earnings this April with a ninth place finish at the Valero Texas Open. If you ask local high school golfers, he is a million-dollar inspiration.
Hoge’s success on the PGA Tour shows them if they work hard enough, even a kid from North Dakota can make it to the top level of professional golf.
“Tom did it, I can do it,” senior Fargo Shanley golfer Pat Traynor said Wednesday, May 4, while golfing in an Eastern Dakota Conference regular-season meet at the Maple River golf course. “You just got to put in the time like Tom did.” …
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