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Facing the ups and downs: Matthew Wolff’s journey to become collegiate golf’s most prolific player J OSE PH FAZ IO Asst. Sports Editor @ J OSEPHDFA Z IO

Matthew Wolff stood 20 feet from the hole and victory.

The 15th hole green at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater was like an arena with Wolff standing front and center.

A sea of orange that engulfed the edge of the green supported his calm demeanor.

Wolff, then a freshman on the Oklahoma State men’s golf team, could win his match in the 2018 NCAA men’s golf championship with a birdie putt.

Wolff’s journey to becoming college golf’s most prolific player had its ups and downs. He’s overcome injuries and faced doubters because of his unusual swing.

“Walking down that hole, I knew that it was really important and every point counts,” Wolff said.

As he set up for the shot, he constantly told himself to keep calm and keep breathing. He wanted to keep his pace and not rush himself.

OSU golf coach Alan Bratton kneeled down on the green, looking at the potential breaks.

Although he was feet away from the hole, Wolff had to be perfect. Moving one inch to either side could sway the golf ball in the other direction.

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he was ready. Wolff aimed his putt and knocked the ball toward the hole.

With sweat dripping down his face, he watched as the ball fell into the cup.

Wolff gave a Tiger Woodsesque fist pump to the applauding crowd of OSU fans.

The fans and everyone else on the 15th hole green knew something that Wolff didn’t. Not only was his birdie putt to win his match, but it was also to win the national championship.

Wolff went over and shook the hand of Alabama’s players and coaches.

When he saw all of his teammates come over and cheer with him, he knew something was wrong.

Wolff was stunned when he finally learned the news.

“I didn’t know (that putt) was to win the national championship,” Wolff said.

“I just thought it was to just win my match.”

After many second-place finishes and being named Phil Mickelson Freshman of the Year, Wolff’s journey gave him what he came to OSU for: a championship.

Overcoming the pain Before Wolff became famous in the golf world from his record-setting tournament wins and unusual swing, he was a normal teenager growing up in Agoura Hills, California.

Wolff transferred to Westlake High School in

Westlake Village, California, before beginning his freshman year.

Wolff said he transferred because it was close to his father’s, Bill Wolff, work. He also joked it was because Westlake had a superior golf team compared to his hometown.

From the start of Wolff’s high school career, Rick Naranjo, the Westlake High School boys golf coach, said he felt Wolff quickly fit into the team.

“They were always competing against each other,” T.C. Brewster/O’COLLY Naranjo said.

Matthew Wolff lines up a putt during the 2018 NCAA Men’s Golf National ChampionThe 2014 Westlake High ship at Karsten Creek in Stillwater.

School boys golf team featured five future Division I golfers.

The fierce competition between the six golfers on the team engulfed during the 2014 California Interscholastic Confederation boys golf state championTHE LIGHT OF GOD! (Part #3) ship. “...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, be their God, and they will be my Wolff and Westlake people.” (2Co.6:16 NIV) “For God, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, dominated the competition. faithfulness, gentleness and self who said, ‘Let light shine out of Wolff finished 1-under as control.” (Gal.5:22-23) This is the darkness,’ made his light shine in our Westlake claimed the state fruit of the Spirit of God that we are hearts to give us the light of the encouraged to pursue in our lives. knowledge of the glory of God in the title, finishing nine shots True Christians have been “Born of face of Christ.” (2Co.4:6 NIV) This better than second place good news is for everyone who will the Spirit” (Jn.3:3, 5-7), “indwelled Rancho Bernardo High come to Christ. It is offered to all. As by the Spirit” (1Co.6:19) and are School. we choose to trust and follow him, encouraged to be “filled with the As Westlake and Wolff learning of him; the light of God’s Spirit“(Eph. 5:18-20). We are “New began their title defense, Creations” in Christ. (2 Co.5:17) truth becomes a reality. The Word his chance to do so was put This is a big thing to God. Jesus came becomes not just a teaching, but it on hiatus. becomes alive in us. We experience to Earth to free us from the penalty the very fruit of God’s life. Many of sin (eternal separation from God) One day, Wolff and his things come along to hinder this and to bring us into a new relationfriends decided to play a ship with God. It is so much greater process, but as we recognize this game of two-hand touch than just a new set of commandments truth, we can better resist these football. distractions and keep our eyes on to keep and rituals to observe. The All seemed normal until apostle tells us, “For we are the Christ and his purpose. God’s Wolff took a hard fall. The temple of the living God. As God unmerited favor; his Grace, will pain shot through his body has said: “I will live with them and accomplish this and bring praise God. immediately. walk among them, and I will OCOLLY.COM

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c ove r s to ry Wolff suffered a broken collarbone, which left him in a sling for two months.

Wolff felt not only the physical pain of his injury but also the emotional pain of being away from the one thing he loved: golf.

Left with little motivation, Wolff went home to sleep after hanging out with friends at school.

“I was just kinda out of it,” Wolff said. “Golf just takes so much out of your time. I love it, I love practicing and trying to get better at the game. But when you can’t do that, you feel lost and don’t know what you’re supposed to do.”

Wolff found himself in despair as he only wanted to continue to golf.

His mother, Shari Wolff, saw how hard it was for Wolff’s daily life.

“He hated being away from golf,” Shari said. “I think the worst part was that it was two weeks before Sage Valley.”

The Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in Graniteville, South Carolina, is one of the biggest junior tournaments. Wolff was keen on staying in the tournament, but Shari wanted Wolff’s injury to heal.

To get out of his depression, Wolff worked his way through rehabilitation.

When he was finally back on the course, his love for the game grew.

Wolff has suffered less serious injuries since. His

senior year, he strained his lower back, which kept him out for a couple of weeks. His freshman year at OSU, he had to deal with slight wrist pains.

Wolff said his injuries don’t define who he is.

His journey through rehabilitation taught him to take things slow and not try to rush or overwork himself.

“I’ve been taking care of my body a lot better,” Wolff said. “Hopefully I will not have anymore injuries that are gonna affect me.”

“I feel like I can’t do that swing unless I do that move” Many have called his

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swing unusual, but Wolff describes it with one word: natural.

Wolff played baseball until he was 13. Before going into high school, he decided to fully embrace golf.

But he took elements of baseball to his golf game.

As Wolff is in his backswing, he slightly lifts up his left foot, similar to a baseball player before he swings. “(Golf and baseball) were my two favorite sports,” Wolff said.

“There might be tendencies from baseball that transfer from one sport to the other.”

Some swing coaches would immediately look at Wolff’s swing and want to change it.

But not George Gankas, Wolff’s current swing coach.

Most people don’t know who Gankas is, but in the golf world, Gankas has a growing cult following.

Gankas has more than 130,000 followers on his Instagram account, which includes videos featuring his students practicing their swings.

Gankas is one of the residential golf pros at Westlake Golf Course, the home course for Westlake High School.

One day, a 13-yearold Wolff walked up to Gankas.

“He had the biggest grin on his face and asked me, ‘Are you George Gankas?’” Gankas said.

A while later, Wolff’s

dad approached Gankas about classes.

“His dad came to me first,” Gankas said. “He said, ‘Hey, I’m a little scared. Matthew is playing pretty good. He’s got a different swing, and I just wanna make sure it’s a good fit.’”

Gankas watched Wolff hit many balls at Westlake’s driving range.

Astonished, Gankas saw the power and momentum Wolff’s swing produced.

“When he hit it, he had this big swinging hook,” Gankas said. “I was like, ‘That’s kind of a sick swing.’ It was really crazy back then, and I was like, ‘I love this kid.’ Then all of a sudden, I was teaching him.”

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cove r s to ry After his first lesson with Gankas, Wolff said it was a perfect match.

Gankas was in awe of Wolff’s swing and did not want to change a thing about it.

“I think he and I were a perfect fit beside that I saw well beyond what people think is well beyond an aestheticallypleasing swing,” Gankas said.

After Wolff broke his collarbone, his normal swing became difficult.

His shoulders and hips were angled differently, and he was not able to get the same power as before.

During one of his sessions, Gankas helped Wolff develop his now signature move.

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became a sensation in the golf world and was featured on NBC Sports and the Golf Channel.

Gankas and Wolff’s relationship has progressed throughout Wolff’s journey as a golfer. Gankas has become part of Wolff’s family.

He has constantly told Wolff his swing is perfect while others told him that he needed to change.

Wolff still sends vidPHOTO COURTESY OF OSU ATHLETICS eos of his swings, and Matthew Wolff watches his shot during the second round of the 2018 Men’sGolf National Gankas will post them Championship at Karsten Creek in Stillwater. on his Instagram. WhenGankas told Wolff move multiple times, time,” Wolff said. “Now ever Wolff needs some that he needed to open Gankas told him to it’s more of just a trigger advice, Gankas is one of his hips more. Gankas swing. to get my swing started. the first people he calls. moved Wolff’s hip with The ball sailed through I feel like I can’t do that As Shari has watched his hands and told him to the driving range. swing unless I do that her son’s journey condo it a couple of times.

“I was thinking why move.” tinue, she has thanked After repeating the don’t I just do that every His trigger move

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Gankas for the confidence he gave to Wolff.

“There was no talk of changing (his swing with Gankas),” Shari said. “And with that, Matthew got confident in his golfing ability. He was questioning himself.

He’s a young teenager and everyone is telling him to change, change, change. George comes along and changes his whole mind and changes his attitude on his swing and confidence in what is individual about him.”

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It’s hard to believe I’m writing this.

These past three years have flown by, and it still feels surreal that I graduate from Oklahoma State on Saturday.

As I sit in the newsroom with some of my closest friends, putting together one of my last editions of the O’Colly as editor-in-chief, I can’t help but feel sentimental.

This place has become my home away from home.

These people have become my family.

I’ve dedicated thousands of hours to this paper during my time OSU, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

I remember walking into the newsroom freshman year after our previous adviser Barbara Allen spoke to my Media in a Diverse Society class and encouraged us to get involved with OSU Student Media.

Nervous and unsure, I somehow made a good first impression, and this place has been stuck with me ever since.

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about myself and who I want to be.

I’ve interviewed so many interesting people, wrote hundreds of stories and taken thousands of pictures, but I think what will stick with me the most is all the laughs and great times I’ve shared with my O’Colleagues.

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Adam Luther, one of my closest friends I’ve made at the O’Colly, will lead this place in the fall, and I couldn’t be more excited for him and the future of the O’Colly.

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Thank you to our readers for your support and for your criticisms.

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