'Why wouldn’t I help somebody that really loves something? Why wouldn’t I help somebody with a dream?' NFL great Ronnie Lott said of Michael Herrera, who made his PGA Tour debut Wednesday.
SAN DIEGO – Michael Herrera is making his PGA Tour debut Wednesday at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. It’s the course where he first attended a tournament and watched Tiger Woods.
“It was that moment, where I was like, hey, kid, come talk to me, I want to know your story,” Lott recalled during a phone interview. Lott couldn’t help but think of the shoulders that had helped him climb to such heights – Harry Edwards, the American sociologist and civil rights activist, and Charlie Young, former USC football star and 13-year NFL veteran – and was moved to do something he’d never done before.
“I had to look him up and then I was like, ‘Wow, he’s big time,’ ” Herrera said. Less than two weeks later, Lott called and asked a very direct question: “How much do you need for the rest of the year?” “He pushes me,” Herrera said. “To know that he’s an athlete and he knows what it takes to make it, it’s huge. He’s a great support system.”
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