Spaw,

My dad was in the same boat, good job, a bunch of kids and a chance to turn pro. Best putter I've ever seen. I'm sure that there have been many times he has regretted not turning pro, but as you said, there wasn't a lot of money in it. My dad was a lot older than 45 the first time I beat him. We played a lot of golf together and I can count on one hand the number of times I beat him.

Speaking of how tough golf is mentally, a big hand to Jeff Maggert. He makes a triple bogey on a bad break, a quintuple bogey on 12 and still manages to keep his wits about him and shoot 75 to finish fifth by himself. It would have been easy to fold his tent, but he sure perservered.