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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, March 1, 2001
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ing is guaranteed.
Welcome to the unstable life of a professional golfer.
Conrad Roberts.
Lawrence senior, expects no guarantees.
In his third year on the Kansas men's
Roberts: "You've got to play well to get your money."
golf team, the Wales native faces a major change in his life after graduation — going pro.
"The competition side of things will be a lot more intense when you're actually playing for a dollar," Roberts said. "You've got to play well to get your money."
Roberts left Wales at the age of 21
as the Match Play Champion, coming to Kansas to attend Bethany College in Lindsborg on a golf scholarship.
After a year of adjusting to the organization and geography of American golf, Roberts moved to Lawrence and approached Kansas men's golf coach Ross Randall, hoping to earn a spot on the team. Three years later, Roberts will finish as a starter on a Top 20 Division I team.
Despite those achievements, uncertainty looms.
Going pro may sound like a guaranteed future, but unlike other sports, pro golf doesn't promise paychecks.
“It’s like any amateur athlete that takes the step to be a professional.” Roberts said. “You have to step up your game.”
Roberts hopes to step up his game by playing regularly for two years before getting a qualifying attempt at the PGA Tour School.
Traveling in neighboring states after his collegiate career is finished
would save on expenses, which are out-of-pocket for pro golfers. It would also keep Roberts close to home while his wife of two years, Bethany, finishes law school.
"It's a team effort right now, my wife and myself," Roberts said. "We've talked about this since I met her. She always knew what my goal was."
If golf takes him far from Lawrence, separation won't be new to Roberts and his wife. They have dealt with distance throughout their relationship, as Roberts travels both to visit his family overseas and with the Kansas golf team.
Facing marital challenges is only one stage in developing his career.
"Now it's just a matter of taking the next step." Roberts said...
The immediate step is onto the green with the 2001 version of the Kansas men's golf team.
As one of four seniors for the Asyhawkens, Roberts has proven his spot on the team as a scholarship player. In 1999, he ended the season
After the Jayhawks' first tournament this year — the Rice Intercollegiate on Feb. 12 to 13 in Katy, Texas — Roberts finished in fifth place on the team with a threeday total of 227.
with the team's fifth-lowest stroke average at 75.
"His scoring average says he is not ready, but when Conrad plays well, he is very competitive," Randall said.
Randall, in his 22nd year as coach of the Jayhawks, has seen some of his players make it professionally in the past. Ten of Randall's former players have thrived in the pros, but he is realistic about the hardships in store for Roberts.
Roberts is perfectly aware he has a long way to go. He still knows there are no guarantees, and the task ahead is overwhelming. But he has risen to the occasion in the past, and his confidence is not shaken.
"I believe I can," he said. "I have to believe it."
Edited by Jason McKee
Let fans surround court to have better impact
As a Kansas alumnus, I wholeheartedly agree with Ben Tatar's article ("Instil Jawhawk pride — give good seats to real fans," Feb. 27). It is an utter shame the court is not "surrounded" with the loyalty, emotion and charisma shown on a nightly basis by primarily the one corner of Allen Fieldhouse.
As an individual who sat, oops, I mean stood at a large number of basketball games in the past, I have always been frustrated by the fact that the students, who are the real sixth man in the gym, are not able to have the greatest impact on the game by being heard and felt in a 360 degree way. It is no
Seating could be worse, but not by very much
Good luck to you, Mr. Tatar, I remember a similar cry in the mid-80s that never garnered any steam, but your heart is certainly in the right place.
tum, you may find some support at the University of Iowa. The seating at Kansas is a far cry from the geriatric ward that Iowa games once were. When Steve Alford came, he rearranged the student seating. I don't know if they went as far as you are proposing.
At any rate, good luck. This alumnus (who hasn't made it back to Kansas since 1986) is behind you all the way.
if it should gather any momen-
— Jeremy Kornis,
former Kansas student
Jim Schneider
secret why Duke is a difficult place to play. Yes, they usually have great players, but they always have a great student section and they come at you from every angle.
Change isn't always good, but I think in this situation it would be good and is long overdue.
Bad seats worth more than bad company
Jeremy Kornis,
I think you should fight this student seating project to the end. I
1985 Kansas graduate
worked and scrounged for money for months to get a couple of reserved tickets to the Kansas-Texas game in the fieldhouse. After my friend I got to our seats, we were so happy they were so close to the floor. But once the pregame chants got going, we realized something — no one around us was participating.
At that time I looked at my friend and I uttered some words I never thought I would say, "Hey man, you think there are any general admission seats left?"
—Tyler Palmateer Owasso, Okla.
I would have rather been near the top, screaming my lungs out, than sitting where I was by the old and rude people. Fight it to the end.
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