Then he learned what it all meant as they were driving home from Oregon in June.
Chris Moody would be playing in the PGA Championship with some big-time golfers. Phil Mickelson? Rickie Fowler? Noah, who’s 11, kept naming famous players and, to his amazement, received confirmation that they all would be there.
Moody, a longtime, homegrown assistant pro at Riverside Country Club in Provo, became the third Utah club pro in two years to qualify for the PGA Championship. At age 42, he will join two of Utah’s PGA Tour members, Tony Finau and Daniel Summerhays, teeing off Thursday in his first major tournament appearance at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, N.