Me and my dad have been sitting on number 16 green waiting for our favorite golfer to make it to the hole. We are in the front row right behind the green with a perfect view of everything that is happening, It doesn't seem real. An hour has passed and we finally catch a glimpse of him walking up to the tee box. I’m not sure it’s him until I hear the announcer, “Tyler Pederson on the tee!” 

Everyone around the hole jumps out of their seats clapping and cheering. A wave of excitement and nerves rush over me like I'm in the tournament myself. Hole 16 is a 170 yard par 3 and I see him discussing with his caddie as the crowd is still going nuts. 

Finally everything went silent as Tyler is going through his pre-shot routine. I notice that he steps behind the ball to do his routine and then steps up to the ball. At this point the entire stadium is silent, you could hear a single person whisper in the silent crowd of 10,000 people. As Tyler addresses the ball my heart starts racing a mile a minute, my nerves making my hands shaky. 

With a big backswing and everything he can put in a swing, he makes contact with the ball and everyone is holding their breath. I close my eyes knowing I will hear if it is a good shot. A couple seconds pass until everyone starts going crazy in excitement, my dad being the loudest. The ball is 5 feet away from the pin with a great shot to get him there, and he now has a birdie putt. 

Tyler is standing over his putt looking confident and has a look in his eye that says there is no way this isn’t going in. The crowd is dead silent again as he is standing over the ball. He makes the smoothest stroke I’ve ever seen and…. It’s in. He pumps his fist in the air as the crowd goes crazy cheering him on. I've never seen anything like this, this is one of the greatest experiences of my life and am so grateful I could share this with my dad.