Theodore Anthony Sliman III instantly gave up his dream of playing on the PGA Tour.
It was during his third trip to PGA Q-School, when the then 27-year-old had just wrapped a miserable rain-soaked week in Houston. The inclement weather kept backing up round after round, to the point where Theodore — known to family and friends as Theo — and his fellow PGA Tour dreamers had to play 36 holes in one day.
As was habit at the time, Sliman would never take his phone with him on the course, as he opted to leave it in the car until he was done playing. That was never a problem with his wife Mary, as she would always wait for him to call her when he got back to the hotel…