Tales from Q School
Chapter One
Dreams (and Nightmares) Come True
The dream is always the same. It starts with Tommy Tolles standing
on the ninth tee of the Panther Lake course at Orange County
National Golf Center and Lodge on a windy Monday afternoon in
December. He has a three-wood in his hands and is wondering: "Is
eleven the number? Could it slide to ten? Maybe it will go to 12. Do
I really need a three-wood? The hole is playing downwind, and the
fairways are baked from the wind and lack of rain. A par might very
well be all I need." For a moment, he wishes that instead of his pal
Jamie Rowland, he had a tour caddy on his bag. Nothing against
Rowland, who had walked 18 grueling holes every day for six days
just to try to help Tolles, but this is one of those times when
talking to someone who has been through this sort o ... read full excerpt from Tales from Q School ebook
