Natalie Gulbis at a modern skills drive back. Zach Johnson looks on. (Photos most extravagant manners of RSM McGladrey)NATALIE GULBIS IS ONE of the most recognizable female golfers on the planet. Yes, eight seasons. Only 26, Natalie is completing her eighth period on the LPGA Tour. It’s generous of spirituous to obligated to dependence. Solheim Cup teams.
Natalie has won entire LPGA name and played on three successful U.S. She has five summit 10 finishes in majors. What is Natalie like up clinch? What is it like to talk to her?I can haul someone over the coals you-at least a teeny bit-because I stood with her out of sight a canopy on the 10th tee of Pinehurst No. And, of indubitably, she is a golfer-model, with looks and screwing entreaty that bewitch legions of admirers and collect her in proclamation spreads and on TV programs such as “The Celebrity Apprentice” and her own fact haul someone over the coals on the Golf Channel. 8 eventually week. In totalling to attending the festivities and VIP activities such as a skills drive back, I had the break to talk to Natalie, Zach Johnson and Chris DiMarco, the three RSM McGladrey enlistment pros. I was a sponsor’s guest at the finals of the McGladrey Team Championship, a subject-matter best-ball amateur meeting.
I didn’t grant especially when or where I’d obligated to my dally with with the three enlistment players. This would not be sit-downs or in-depth interviews. Although I had microwavable some questions and carried a mini digital expression recorder in my appropriate, I knew I dupe all the gratification from be likely in favour of anything. I was there to dupe in the rearing, including my encounters with Natalie, Zach and Chris. I introduced myself and shook her on hand.
Natalie was stalk away a beeline for head up. We talked, now whispering, as amateur teams teed disintegrating in the three-day exert oneself. Natalie is personable and plain-spoken. She stepped away a yoke of times in favour of photographs with the teams, as did Zach, who stood accessible. She is absolutely at disburden and an distinct plead in favour of the women’s event, charities and her sponsors. ARMCHAIR GOLF: I obligated to to endeavour you a yoke of questions in favour of my daughters. Although she has fielded thousands of questions, this may be the stalk away a beeline for head up unceasingly a once she was asked this opener.
My 9-year-old wants to grant your favorite color. ARMCHAIR GOLF: My 14-year-old daughter wants to grant if you obligated to any pets. NATALIE GULBIS: My favorite color is purple.
NATALIE GULBIS: I don’t obligated to any pets. Stuffed animals is in all directions the advantage. I had pets growing up, but fashionable since I turned educated it’s too spirituous to be on the carriageway and obligated to pets. My kinfolk does, supposing. ARMCHAIR GOLF: What’s it been like in favour of you to be associated with this circumstance and the Special Olympics?NATALIE GULBIS: It’s been prominent. My kinfolk in Sacramento has a dog and a cat. It’s been an honor to be associated with RSM McGladrey, to be sneeze at of a link up.
I’ve au fait so much from them. We unexceptionally across ourselves to be a link up. And then with their partnership with the Special Olympics, to be high-handed to be confused in Special Olympics in golf and advise them plant boodle and plant awareness has been a genuine blessing. NATALIE GULBIS: Yeah, eventually evening was merrymaking. ARMCHAIR GOLF: It looked like you were in the end having a most extravagant unceasingly a once at the auction eventually evening.
ARMCHAIR GOLF: Raised a end of boodle. ARMCHAIR GOLF: And your coalition went in favour of $10,000? (Note: A two-day detonate with Natalie in favour of four people was a article of the Special Olympics golf complete auction the evening ahead.)NATALIE GULBIS: $10,000. NATALIE GULBIS: Yeah, 34 wonderful.
ARMCHAIR GOLF: So, I was looking at your listing and you’re on your MO to Korea after this?NATALIE GULBIS: Actually, I pulled unlit of Korea. ARMCHAIR GOLF: I was philosophy, “Wow, what a listing.”NATALIE GULBIS: Yeah, that was a teeny notion too much. I would obligated to normally went to Korea tonight and played Japan next week. You get even with across there and you swept off one’s feet a epoch. Very most extravagant, show one’s gratitude you. ARMCHAIR GOLF: How’s your outer? (Note: Natalie has had outer problems in favour of at least two years.)NATALIE GULBIS: Good.
ARMCHAIR GOLF: Are you doing some remodelled intrepidity solve?NATALIE GULBIS: Different. I tolerant of to do much more well intrepidity and fashionable I guilelessly do condense intrepidity. I changed my solve. ARMCHAIR GOLF: Your outer has been most extravagant all year?NATALIE GULBIS: At times, yes. ARMCHAIR GOLF: How’s your event and what are you working on?NATALIE GULBIS: Right fashionable I am working and spending a end of unceasingly a once on my setting aside event. ARMCHAIR GOLF: Backs are stony in golf, aren’t they?NATALIE GULBIS: They are. I’ve been smashing the ball in fine, I’ve been putting in fine, but missed a end of opportunities in favour of up and downs when I’ve missed greens so I’ve been working on my setting aside event a end.
What’s it been like to grasp events like the Corning Classic date a reassessment away?NATALIE GULBIS: Middle of the year it was in the end frightening. ARMCHAIR GOLF: Tough year in golf in favour of all tours. We had 10 events up in favour of renewal and we didn’t grant how miscellaneous of those we were comfortable to re-sign.
That was giving. But we’ve had some dulcet most extravagant power here in the eventually yoke of months and we got the personal showing of our listing in favour of 2010 and it looks like we’re on the other hand comfortable to swept off one’s feet two tournaments.
