James Hahn reveals the work opportunities he had supporting his professional vocation

Two-time PGA Tour winner James Hahn had a rather unorthodox route to the PGA Tour. Although he earned a scholarship to enjoy collegiately at the College of California at Berkeley, Hahn quit the golf group soon after his junior year. Just after he graduated, he made a decision to give professional golf a check out and speedily went broke when he skipped the minimize in the to start with a few mini-Tour functions he entered.

Hahn promptly recognized that if he required to go after the video game for a living, he’d want to redouble his attempts. And without having sponsorship income to tumble again on, he’d want a occupation way too. On this week’s episode of Subpar, Hahn informed hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz about the several positions he held down in get to make his aggressive golf dreams occur correct.

“I worked for an promotion agency for a calendar year, saved up about $30K accomplishing that,” Hahn stated. “I labored at Nordstrom promoting women’s footwear. That was quite pleasurable. And I also labored at a golf class in Richmond, and saved up some funds there. So in essence I saved up enough revenue the place I could sponsor myself for at minimum a season.”

Hahn was then off and managing, taking part in in Korea for a yr, then in Canada for two yrs, and the Nationwide tour (now the Korn Ferry Tour) for a few a long time. Hahn at last gained his PGA Tour card in 2013 and hasn’t seemed back again, racking up two wins and additional than $11 million in earnings.

But if he experienced to go again to one particular of those people previous positions, Knost asked, which one would Hahn pick?

“To be straightforward with you, advertising women’s footwear, so substantially pleasurable,” Hahn enthused. “It’s just the camaraderie. You see the similar men, and we normally talk about the customers, the girls that we have to service and whatnot.

“It was the first task that I had that I essentially had to dress in a accommodate to operate,” Hahn ongoing. “And anytime you put on a accommodate to get the job done, you feel like, special. You come to feel like you are highly regarded. Putting on a suit to perform, clocking in and your punchcard and all that, receiving a paycheck each individual two months, that was pretty interesting. That was in all probability a single of the funnest moments that I have had.”

For a lot more from Hahn, such as the the time Hahn tried using to invest in a bar in Edmonton and when he forgot to income a $1.2 million winner’s verify, look at the full interview under.

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