TEMPE, Ariz. — From the time he was a standard bearer at the WM Phoenix Open at age 10, Preston Summerhays dreamed of one day playing there. Since his amateur golf career took off at age 14, Summerhays worked with the goal in mind of returning to the Phoenix Open.
Nearly a decade after his first trip to the Phoenix Open, Summerhays has found his way to the tournament as one of five sponsor exemptions.
Summerhays, now a freshman on the Arizona State golf team, received the call while practicing in Scottsdale with his dad and younger brother. Much to his dad’s intuition, the call was something worth pulling his phone out to record. Summerhays would be achieving one of his dreams early into his career.
