The American fell into the arms of his caddie and burst into tears after sinking his closing qualifying putt on the Valspar Championship earlier than calling his dad to inform him the excellent news.
The heart-warming second of Visacki crying on the phone to his father has since gone viral and has underlined simply how laborious the 27-year-old has needed to work.
It’s fairly actually been a protracted highway for Visacki to get up to now. He’s traveled over 100 thousand miles in his Honda Accord in pursuit of his sporting ambitions.
As a promising junior, he turned professional in 2014 however has since been struck by misfortune. He got here shut to creating his first minimize in 2019 however missed out by one shot after his ball received caught in a tree.
He says that second practically crushed him, however with the assist of his dad and mom, he was in a position to hold combating.
“Just a lot of people give up on their dreams, probably because they can’t afford it,” Visacki, who has labored a number of jobs and lived with his dad and mom to fund his dream, stated in a press convention Tuesday.
“But I’ve been lucky enough to be with my parents and been able to help me out sometimes to keep living it.”
Now that he is certified, the brand new fan favourite may have the possibility to make an actual residing as knowledgeable golfer and has earned the proper to play by pure grit and dedication.
“I never once thought about quitting,” he added, in an emotional press convention. “I know I have the game to compete out here and I never once thought about quitting. I said, ‘I got to keep going, I’m not getting any younger so just keep on fighting.'”
This week’s Valspar Championship is being performed in Florida, US, and has a prize fund of $6.9 million.
