Global Golf Post - February 15, 2010

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Now a sophomore at Auburn University, Blayne Barber is ranked No. 9
in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He was named to the Golf Coaches
Association of America All-America second team as a freshman thanks
to nine top- 10 finishes. Barber tied for seventh at last year’s NCAA
Championship at Inverness Club in Toledo, Oh., and is the reigning
Florida State Amateur champion, a title he won by nine shots.
Blayne Barber
BIRTHDATE December 25, 1989
BIRTHPLACE Tallahassee, Fla.
FAVORITE FOOD Anything Mexican or Italian.
ON MY iPOD A little of everything but mainly Christian music.
FAVORITE MOVIE(S) “ 7 Pounds,” “Inside Man,” “Madagascar,”
“Kicking and Screaming.”
HIDDEN TALENT I can juggle pretty well.
FAVORITE COURSE Inverness Club in Ohio.
BIGGEST FEAR Failure.
FAVORITE CLUB Putter.
BALL MARKER 1964 quarter.
BEST GOLF TIP Play your own game.
WORDS TO LIVE BY Anything in the Bible.
DREAM FOURSOME Me, my Dad, and my brothers Shayne and Jayce.
FAVORITE GOLFER Trevor Immelman and Ben Hogan
SHOT I LOVE TO PRACTICE Knockdown 7-iron working it everway possible.
SUPERSTITIONS I’m not really superstitious but I always mark my ball
with the quarter heads up, and I start the round with seven tees in my
pocket.
LOVE TO TRADE PLACES WITH I can’t really think of anybody. I’m pretty
pleased with who God has made me.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT Inside 100 yards.
FAVORITE NON-GOLF ATHLETE Tim Tebow.
HOLES-IN-ONE 3.
AGE I FIRST BROKE 70 13.
LOWEST ROUND EVER 61.
WHAT’S IN THE BAG
DRIVER Titleist 909 D2 9. 5 with YS6 S, 3-WOOD Titleist 909 F2 15. 5 with YS7 X,
HYBRID Titleist 909 H 19 with Proforce V2 S, IRONS Titleist AP2 (4-PW) True
Temper Dynamic Gold S, WEDGES Titleist Vokey Spin Milled (52, 56 & 60),
PUTTER Scotty Cameron prototype
— Andy DeKeuster