My Shot: Rocco At 50

Rocco Mediate At 50:

golfdigest.com 17 Dec '12, 5pm

My Shot: Rocco At 50

I can't fathom how I got where I am. In 1985, playing to get to the finals of Q school, I came to the last hole feeling I needed a par to advance. I chipped in for birdie, a good but very lucky shot. I thought I had it made, but it turned out it barely got me into a playoff. I birdied the first hole and got to the finals, where I played my way to the tour. But what if that chip had missed? Would I be behind a convenience-store counter today? Who knows? Never discount the importance of luck and timing. When things were going really well for me, I had a million friends. When I fell off, some of them left. When I came back, the ones who left didn't get to come back. I won't let them back in. I'm very Italian that way, very Godfather-ish. Loyalty is important. As a kid growing up in Greensburg, Pa., there was a group of three or four guys taking my lunch money every day. This ...

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