SPOTLIGHT
Alfredo Adrian interview
By Luis C. Morello
GC. Excellent performance in the Venezuelan National Professional Championship, can you tell me briefly what worked for you on that weekend? AA. Well, in that tournament practically my whole game was very sharp, I think I missed a couple of easy putts that should have gone in, but even though I came up in 2nd place, I took a lot of positive thoughts and vibes out of it and of course thanks a lot to all the fans that came to see all the professionals play that week, specially my group where I was playing with Jhonattan Vegas. This tournament basically reflected all the hard work and practice I’ve put in throughout the year (2010). GC. Now that you are spending more time in the South Florida area, how have you been adapting in this new country and what do you think is different from living in Venezuela? AA. I think Miami and its surroundings are spectacular in every aspect: golfing, family, social, labor, etc. You have an ease of many golf courses of a high caliber and perfect practice facilities to prepare yourself and help you perform at the highest level needed for golfers to make it to the PGA Tour. I think USA and Venezuela are not comparable, they are both very nice countries but with two very different cultures. I would always love my native country but I can not deny that I am perfectly happy living in Miami and getting ready to make it to the PGA Tour anytime soon.
GC. In which golf tours are you playing right now and what are you going to be playing in 2011? AA. At this moment I am playing a lot of tournaments in the South Florida area, mostly in the Fuzion Tour formely known as the Minorleague Tour. I also play the Tour of the Americas which some tournaments are with the Challenge Tour from Europe, the Venezuelan Tour and some Monday qualifiers for the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. Next year in 2011, I’m going to focus more on the Egolf Tour which will be in the Carolinas, I’m also going to keep playing most of the Monday qualifiers to get prepared for the 2011 PGA Q-school at the end of the year. GC. Do you consider the Omega World Cup of Golf in China last year together with Jhonattan Vegas the best golf experience in your career? AA. Absolutely yes, the tournament at Mission Hills in 2009 was the best professional experience I’ve had in my golf career, because I had the opportunity to share with the best golfers in the world and realize that I am not very far from sharing week after week with them. We also did a tremendous performance representing Venezuela and proving our high professional golf level getting the 12th spot without doing anything special with our game, in my opinion I think that we had a big chance to be among the top 5 countries in the world in that tournament. GC. Ok Alfredo we already saw Jhonattan Vegas from Venezuela make it to the PGA Tour, how this will impact all the international golfers that are trying to make it as well? AA. Yes, of course Jhonattan in the PGA tour is of a great inspiration to all the international and Venezuelan golf players, I’m sure that next year we will have more support from the Venezuelan and Latin American companies for the development of golf.
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