SILVIS, Ill. — Preston Stout is no stranger to winning high-level golf tournaments.
The rising senior at Oklahoma State captured the individual NCAA Championship in dramatic fashion last month, forfeiting a six-shot lead on the back nine before winning in a playoff. A few weeks prior, he became the first player to ever win three straight Big 12 individual ****** les. And in short order, Stout will be the world's No. 1 amateur, as current No. 1 Jackson Koivun makes his professional debut this week at the John Deere Classic, where Stout will make his fourth PGA Tour start on a sponsor exemption.
While Stout says he feels comfortable teeing it up on Tour alongside the world's best players, he notices one stark difference between pro and amateur golf: preparation.
"They're very meticulous in how they go about their business, whether that's in the gym, physio. All recovery stuff is pretty impressive to me," Stout said Wednesday in his tournament news conference at TPC Deere Run. "Just how they take care of their bodies. A lot of these guys are playing multiple weeks in a row so that's definitely important and something I picked up on . . . and in practice, too. You see the putting green is filled at all times of the day. Same with the chipping green. Guys are working on those parts of their game a lot, and I feel like that's a little different than amateur golf. Seems like a lot of guys are just beating ****** .
"It's definitely cool to see and learn and just kind of observe a little bit and just see what guys are doing."
The rising senior at Oklahoma State captured the individual NCAA Championship in dramatic fashion last month, forfeiting a six-shot lead on the back nine before winning in a playoff. A few weeks prior, he became the first player to ever win three straight Big 12 individual ****** les. And in short order, Stout will be the world's No. 1 amateur, as current No. 1 Jackson Koivun makes his professional debut this week at the John Deere Classic, where Stout will make his fourth PGA Tour start on a sponsor exemption.
While Stout says he feels comfortable teeing it up on Tour alongside the world's best players, he notices one stark difference between pro and amateur golf: preparation.
"They're very meticulous in how they go about their business, whether that's in the gym, physio. All recovery stuff is pretty impressive to me," Stout said Wednesday in his tournament news conference at TPC Deere Run. "Just how they take care of their bodies. A lot of these guys are playing multiple weeks in a row so that's definitely important and something I picked up on . . . and in practice, too. You see the putting green is filled at all times of the day. Same with the chipping green. Guys are working on those parts of their game a lot, and I feel like that's a little different than amateur golf. Seems like a lot of guys are just beating ****** .
"It's definitely cool to see and learn and just kind of observe a little bit and just see what guys are doing."
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