This is pretty cool.
It’s not even a month since then Luke Clanton He started a professional golf career, but he is already trying to emulate a superstar Scotty Scheffler. And considering he is the best player in the world, it’s a good choice. That being said, it has nothing to do with Schaeffler’s game, but it is what he believes that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior.
Schaeffler has been honest about his Christianity throughout his career, saying that he is faith rather than golf, where he finds his identity as a person. Clanton decided to adopt the same philosophy that begins his professional career, but if he said this would happen a few years ago, he would have said you were crazy.
Once the world’s No. 1 amateur, Clanton was recently interviewed by Golf, where he talked about his life as a Christian and what happened to him in Florida who brought him to Christ. (Related: Eagles’ Saquon Berkeley praises Christian faith for having the best season of his career)
“I grew up, my mother and father were Christians. My sisters were Christians, but in high school I was always a bit skeptical and in fact I was atheist. I didn’t believe anything. Out kick.
“After going to class for two minutes and leaving, I saw this guy on the side of the street. He looked homeless, so I tried to walk around him,” Clanton continued. “He looked at me and said, ‘Are you okay?” And I was like, “Yeah, I’m fine.”
“I walked past him and then he said to my back, ‘Are you okay?” I turned around and said, ‘Yeah, I’m fine, I don’t need any help.’ He then draws out the Bible behind him, hand it to me and says, “Jesus loves you.”
“It was the first moment in my life. I was thinking about Jesus here, and I was such a strange moment, so I was like this.
Faith is a big part of PGA Tour Rookie Luke Clanton’s life.
He shares his story and how Scotty Schaeffler inspired him in this episode of scoop. @OriginalPenguin. pic.twitter.com/lxln7vsijf
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God is good, amen.