Looking at professional golf, it seems glamorous, but the truth is tough. The majority of golfers who do not belong to the elite group hardly earn their living. PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour purses are not high, caddies and traveling expenses are huge, and mini tours provide very little to none for living off. For some, the problem is not the lack of skill; it is survival. Just being talented does not mean a person will get the money, and when the numbers do not add up, the career is done.

Kevin Chappell was the one who persevered through such a process and eventually got his first PGA Tour victory at the 2017 Valero Texas Open by beating Brooks Koepka with just one stroke in his 180th start. The win brought him over $1 million and the highest World Ranking he ever reached. Neverthele

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