Would you trust someone you just met? Well, that’s exactly what Luke Clanton did—and it may have changed the course of his career. His 2022 North & South Amateur victory wasn’t just about fearless golf. It was about the man carrying his bag.

It started with a random question from a little girl and ended with a championship trophy. In 2022, just 2 days before the North & South Amateur at Pinehurst, Luke Clanton was practicing on the wrong side of the range when a young girl approached and asked, “How far do you hit your pitching wedge?” That girl was Lucy, the daughter of Jason Wiertel, a Pinehurst member watching nearby. What happened a few moments later is what wrote Clanton’s story.

Moments later, Wiertel introduced himself to Clanton and boldly offered: “If you want to win, you can

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