15-year-old amateur Ashley Shaw to make LPGA Tour debut this week | Golf Today | Golf Channel [Video]

0:00 | THIRD PLACE.

0:01 | >> THIS WEEK, LPGA PAYS TRIBUTE

0:03 | TO ITS FOUNDING MEMBERS WITH THE

0:06 | COGNIZANT FOUNDERS CUP, THE

0:07 | TOURNAMENT BEING PLAYED IN NEW

0:08 | JERSEY FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT

0:09 | YEAR.

0:10 | UPPER MONTCLAIR FOR THE THIRD

0:11 | YEAR IN A ROW.

0:13 | CHECK THIS OUT, FOLKS.

0:15 | 15-YEAR-OLD AMATEUR GOLFER

0:17 | ASHLEY SHAW WILL MAKE HER LPGA

0:19 | TOUR DEBUT THIS WEEK AFTER

0:22 | WINNING THE COGNIZANT CUP ON

0:24 | MONDAY, EARNING AN EXEMPTION

0:25 | INTO THE FIELD.

0:26 | SHE’S THE YOUNGEST WINNER IN THE

0:29 | JOHN SHIPPEN HISTORY.

0:30 | IN 2023, SHE COMPETED IN THE

0:32 | UNDERRATED GOLF TOUR’S INAUGURAL

0:36 | CURRY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP.

0:37 | SHE GOT TO MEET THE FOUR-TIME

0:39 | NBA CHAMP STEPH CURRY AS YOU SEE

0:42 | AND ASHLEY JOINS US NOW FROM NEW

0:44 | JERSEY AHEAD OF HER DEBUT.

0:47 | WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF IN

0:48 | BEING THE YOUNGEST WINNER OF THE

0:50 | SHIPPEN AND COMPETING ON THE

0:52 | LPGA TOUR?

0:53 | >> I THINK THE THING I’M MOST

0:55 | EXCITED FOR AND JUST MOST PROUD

0:57 | OF IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS

0:59 | EXPERIENCE OF PLAYING OUT HERE

1:00 | WITH THE GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL

1:03 | AT JUST 15, I NEVER WOULD HAVE

1:06 | M

1:07 | IMAGINED MYSELF BEING OUT HERE

1:09 | PLAYING, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST

1:11 | GAME THERE IS.

1:12 | BEING OUT HERE I’M REALLY

1:13 | EXCITED.

1:14 | I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS

1:15 | >> ASHLEY, IT IS YOUR LPGA TOUR

1:17 | YOU’VE GOT YOUR MOM ON THE BAG.

1:19 | WHO IS GOING TO BE MORE NERVOUS

1:21 | >> DEFINITELY HER.

1:25 | SHE SOMETIMES — I CAN LOOK ON

1:26 | THE C

1:30 | CADDYING FOR ME AND I CAN TELL

1:34 | SHE’S READY TO JUMP THROUGH HER

1:35 | BUT WE’RE DOING GOOD.

1:36 | >> SPEAKING OF JUMP, I

1:37 | UNDERSTAND SHE WAS A CHEERLEADER

1:40 | AND A DANCER AND IS YOUR COACH

1:42 | FROM TIME TO TIME TOO.

1:43 | HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH HER

1:45 | BACKGROUND NOT NECESSARILY BEING

1:46 | >> IT WORKS PERFECT.

1:48 | BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU

1:49 | SAID, SHE WAS A CHEERLEADER AND

1:52 | DANCER, BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS,

1:53 | ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS

1:54 | YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS MOVEMENT AND

1:56 | GOLF IS ALL ABOUT MOVEMENT.

1:57 | BECAUSE SHE DID THOSE THINGS AND

1:58 | WITH HER BACKGROUND IN THOSE,

2:00 | SHE CAN HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND

2:02 | THE MOVEMENT OF GOLF, THE

2:03 | MOVEMENT OF THE GOLF SWING, YOU

2:07 | KNOW, MY BACKSWING IS OFF, SHE

2:08 | CAN BE LIKE THE MOVEMENT UP

2:10 | THERE IS NOT IT.

2:12 | IT WORKS OUT GREAT.

2:15 | >> I’LL TAKE A LESSON FROM YOUR

2:16 | MOM AT THIS POINT.

2:17 | HOW DID YOU FIND YOUR WAY INTO

2:19 | THIS GAME TO START WITH?

2:21 | >> I WAS 7 YEARS OLD AND BEFORE

2:23 | I EVEN PICKED UP A GOLF CLUB, I

2:26 | PLAYED EVERY OTHER SPORT.

2:28 | I PLAYED BASKETBALL, I DID

2:30 | GYMNASTICS, I SWAM, I DANCED, I

2:32 | DID EVERYTHING.

2:33 | AND MY DAD, HE CAME HOME WITH

2:35 | THE SET OF CLUBS HE FOUND AT A

2:37 | GARAGE SALE AND HE’S, LIKE, SHE

2:39 | DOES EVERYTHING ELSE, WHY DON’T

2:40 | YOU TRY THIS?

2:41 | AND EVER SINCE THAT DAY, I’VE

2:43 | BEEN SWINGING A GOLF CLUB, EVERY

2:45 | >> AND YOU’RE A GREAT PLAYER

2:48 | ALREADY, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS

2:50 | SPORT IN PARTICULAR FITS YOUR

2:51 | SKILL SET?

2:53 | >> I THINK THIS GAME IN

2:54 | PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, FITS MY

2:56 | SKILL SET AND MY PERSONALITY

2:58 | BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN

3:00 | INDIVIDUAL GAME, AND YOU HAVE

3:02 | TO — YOU HAVE TO HOLD YOURSELF

3:04 | AND WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE,

3:06 | THAT’S ON YOU.

3:08 | AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I

3:09 | DEFINITELY — I TAKE PART OF IN

3:12 | EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE, AND I

3:15 | JUST — GOLF IS SUCH A FUN GAME

3:16 | AND I CAN TRAVEL, I LOVE

3:18 | TRAVELING, I LOVE MEETING NEW

3:20 | PEOPLE, AND THROUGH GOLF I’VE

3:22 | BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

3:23 | >> WHAT IS A GOOD WEEK FOR YOU

3:24 | THIS WEEK AT THE FOUNDERS CUP,

3:26 | IS IT BASED ON HOW YOU PERFORM

3:28 | OR BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE?

3:30 | >> IT IS BASED OFF THE

3:32 | I NEVER LIKE TO THINK ABOUT

3:35 | HOW — WHAT SCORE I’M GOING TO

3:37 | I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THE CUT,

3:39 | BUT EVEN IF I DON’T, I JUST WANT

3:40 | TO BE OUT HERE TO ENJOY THIS

3:42 | EXPERIENCE WITH MY MOM AND DAD

3:43 | AND JUST TO HAVE THE MOST FUN

3:45 | POSSIBLE I CAN OUT HERE.

3:46 | THAT’S ALL I CAN ASK FOR.

3:47 | >> A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YOU

3:49 | JOINED OUR ANNA JACKSON ON THE

3:51 | SET IN PHOENIX, AND YOUR

3:53 | ASPIRATION WAS TO BE A

3:54 | PROFESSIONAL GOLFER ONE DAY.

3:56 | TWO YEARS LATER, WHERE ARE YOU

3:57 | WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR LIFE, BIG

4:00 | PICTURE, TEN YEARS FROM NOW,

4:01 | WHAT DO YOU WANT?

4:02 | >> YOU KNOW, IT IS FUNNY YOU

4:05 | I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT

4:06 | INTERVIEW A FEW DAYS AGO AND I’M

4:09 | COME SO FAR IN TWO YEARS AND I

4:11 | CAN’T IMAGINE WHERE I’M GOING TO

4:12 | BE IN TEN YEARS.

4:13 | I WOULD LOVE TO BE DOING THIS

4:14 | EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

4:16 | AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHERE

4:17 | THIS GAME TAKES ME AND I’M

4:19 | EXTREMELY EXCITED.

4:20 | >> WHEN DID YOU BECOME AWARE OF

4:24 | THE SHIPPEN INVITATIONAL AND THE

4:25 | OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRESENTED TO

4:26 | YOU, ASHLEY?

4:27 | >> SO I BECAME AWARE OF THE JOHN

4:29 | SHIPPEN ACTUALLY AFTER I WON THE

4:31 | CURRY CUP LAST YEAR.

4:32 | OR TWO YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY.

4:34 | AND AFTER THAT, I WAS ABLE TO

4:36 | GET INTO THE JOHN SHIPPEN EVENT

4:38 | THAT WAS IN GRAND RAPIDS,

4:40 | MICHIGAN, AND I PLAYED THERE,

4:43 | EXTREMELY GREAT EXPERIENCE.

4:45 | I WAS — NEVER HAD THAT MUCH FUN

4:46 | AT A GOLF TOURNAMENT BEFORE,

4:47 | PLAYING WITH PROFESSIONALS.

4:49 | IT WAS EXTREMELY FUN, EXCITING

4:53 | AND I KNEW AFTER THAT EVENT, I

4:54 | SAID I GOT TO APPLY FOR THIS

4:56 | AGAIN AND GOT INTO THE COGNIZANT

4:58 | AND I’M SITTING HERE, PLAYING IN

4:59 | MY FIRST LPGA EVENT AND I’M

5:01 | >> AS A YOUNG PERSON, PUTTING

5:03 | THEIR DREAMS INTO ACTION, WHAT

5:05 | IS IT LIKE FOLLOWING THE NELLY

5:07 | KORDA STORY?

5:08 | SHE’S THE WORLD NUMBER ONE GOING

5:09 | FOR SIX STRAIGHT.

5:10 | SHE WAS IN NEW YORK CITY LAST

5:11 | NIGHT, WITH THE WILLIAMS SISTERS

5:14 | AND LEWIS HAMILTON.

5:15 | HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING

5:16 | ATTENTION TO WHAT NELLY’S BEEN

5:18 | >> YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN PAYING A

5:19 | LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION.

5:21 | BUT KIND OF HARD TO PAY

5:22 | ATTENTION TO OTHER PEOPLE WHEN

5:23 | I’M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET

5:25 | WHAT I’M TRYING TO GET IN.

5:27 | I’VE BEEN MAINLY JUST PLAYING MY

5:28 | OWN THINGS, DOING MY OWN

5:30 | TOURNAMENTS AND I JUST LEFT A

5:32 | TOURNAMENT BEFORE I CAME HERE.

5:34 | I PLACED THIRD.

5:35 | IT WAS JUNIOR ALL-STAR DOWN IN

5:37 | OXEN RANCH IN ARIZONA.

5:39 | WE LEFT THE NIGHT OF THAT EVENT

5:41 | TO COME HERE TO PLAY THE

5:42 | PRACTICE ROUND FOR THE JOHN

5:45 | SHIPPEN EVENT.

5:46 | AND I’VE JUST HAD A

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