Joe Highsmith, that is. So most of you are now wondering who the heck Joe Highsmith is, and why I am talking about him on a Cougar message board. Well, here is the deal- Joe Highsmith just won his first PGA tour golf tournament today! He made a 4' putt on Friday to make the cut exactly on the cut line. So what you say. Making the cut allowed him to compete on the weekend where he shot 64, 64 to win by two strokes. Way to go, Joe!!!
Now I suppose you all are thinking to yourself "So what?". Here is what, there IS a connection to the Cougs. I had the pleasure of meeting his mom several years ago at a couple Cougar events. Very nice lady, cute, and she is a Coug! She used to post on one of these message boards, too, don't know now if it was CougZone or Cougfan. IIRC, she used Ivory fan as her alias, that would be for Ivory Clark, not Chris Ivory, as they were big basketball fans. I remember seeing mentions of her kids a few times in the Pacific NW Golf Association leaflets from time to time as they were growing up, never met them though. I never made the connection until today when the broadcast was talking about where Joe grew up. Great day for their family, good luck to Joe as he continues his career!
Now I suppose you all are thinking to yourself "So what?". Here is what, there IS a connection to the Cougs. I had the pleasure of meeting his mom several years ago at a couple Cougar events. Very nice lady, cute, and she is a Coug! She used to post on one of these message boards, too, don't know now if it was CougZone or Cougfan. IIRC, she used Ivory fan as her alias, that would be for Ivory Clark, not Chris Ivory, as they were big basketball fans. I remember seeing mentions of her kids a few times in the Pacific NW Golf Association leaflets from time to time as they were growing up, never met them though. I never made the connection until today when the broadcast was talking about where Joe grew up. Great day for their family, good luck to Joe as he continues his career!
