{"id":435564,"date":"2025-06-28T05:34:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=435564"},"modified":"2025-06-28T05:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:34:59","slug":"luke-clanton-shares-his-thoughts-on-the-being-a-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/luke-clanton-shares-his-thoughts-on-the-being-a-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Clanton Shares His Thoughts On The Being A Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

After making his debut at the RBC Canadian Open<\/a>, Luke Clanton is settling into the pro circuit.\u00a0 The young rookie is gaining a solid following, and his upbeat energy is keeping fans engaged with the new pro on the field.\u00a0 In a recent interview on The Scoop with Claire Rogers<\/a>, Clanton shares his thoughts on playing on the Tour and with other players he has only previously watched.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clanton On The Tour<\/span><\/h2>\n

When asked about the biggest surprise since going pro, Clanton says that the PGA is surprisingly easier than college golf.\u00a0 The trainers have been nicer, the scheduling has been nicer, and he even says at one point he feels like he is being treated like a king.\u00a0 He also finds it hard to get mad.\u00a0 Clanton says that he is just playing golf, the thing he loves, and even when he misses a shot, he just can\u2019t find the energy to get mad about it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Clanton On The Other Pros<\/span><\/h2>\n

Luke Clanton is still star-struck when it comes to the other pros on the field.\u00a0 Now that he has his Tour card<\/a> and is playing on the field, he is meeting all these people he has looked up to previously, and now he is right next to them.\u00a0 He has described feeling himself start shaking when meeting these players right before setting up a shot.\u00a0 Specifically, Clanton mentions a moment involving Rory McIlroy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTwo weeks ago, I played with Rory McIlroy, it was nuts. I think we teed off on 10 pretty early in the morning. The range session, the putting, chipping was fine; I wasn\u2019t nervous. We walked to the tee 10 minutes before. So we get up there, I was fine, I said hi to him, I was so excited. I get up to the tee and put my ball in the ground, and my hand starts going like this, and I was like,e I need to chill out a second. I took it back, I couldn\u2019t feel the club, and I was like, \u2018just please make contact\u2019. And it went right down the middle, and I was like, \u2018thank God\u2019. Rory was amazing with me and super nice with everything.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

Clanton goes on to mention how nice all the other players are to him.\u00a0 They have all been very welcoming to the rookie as he makes his debut.\u00a0 No doubt that he will still be star-struck when he gets the chance to play with Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Comes Next<\/span><\/h2>\n

Luke Clanton continues to bring his positive attitude to the game.\u00a0 Fans are seeing the joy he has from meeting the best in the world and find it very endearing.\u00a0 Clanton is having a hard time getting angry at all, a welcome change of pace after what happened at the US Open, both on the field<\/a> and in the locker rooms<\/a>.\u00a0 Fans are looking forward to seeing what this newcomer can bring to the sport.\u00a0 Clanton is also eager to show what he can bring.\u00a0 Hopefully, make it to majors like the Masters someday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main Photo Credit:\u00a0 \u00a9 Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After making his debut at the RBC Canadian Open, Luke Clanton is settling into the pro circuit.\u00a0 The young rookie is gaining a solid following, and his upbeat energy is keeping fans engaged with the new pro on the field.\u00a0 In a recent interview on The Scoop with Claire Rogers, Clanton shares his thoughts on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5429,"featured_media":435565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,246,19],"tags":[8109],"class_list":["post-435564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-golf-news","category-pga","tag-luke-clanton"],"modified_by":"Taylor Craig","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435567,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435564\/revisions\/435567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}