Alistair Docherty’s first golf memoir provided a couple of valuable lessons. The 32-year-old pro, who will be a PGA Tour card holder for the first time in 2027, joined this week. GOLF Subpar podcast and explained how a trip to Sahalee Country Club played a key role in his life.
Sahalee is a private country club in Sammamish, Wash., just outside of Seattle, and in 2010 it hosted the US Senior Open. (It was also the home of the 1998 PGA Championship, won by Vijay Singh.) But in 2010, Docherty attended the US Senior Open with his father, and they found a place to sit from the 10th tee.
That’s where Bernhard Langer came in – and immediately fired his tee shot into one of the many evergreens on the famous tree-lined golf course.
“I looked at my dad and I said, ‘Wow, the pros hit bad shots too,'” Docherty said. But the best players in the world hitting bad shots wasn’t the main takeaway, it was what happened next. “I’m like, ‘What happens now?’ Well, he won that week. So one bad shot doesn’t really determine the outcome. … And to be fair, if he has been to Sahalee, he is called Sah-runner for a reason.”
You can listen to the full interview with Docherty hereor look YouTube below.
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