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Todd Milles has been with The News Tribune since 1994, covering local colleges, high schools, auto racing, Washington State and golf. You will find news and observations on Pacific Northwest courses and updates on local standouts on this blog.
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The News Tribune's golf blog
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Posted by Todd Milles @ 08:27:49 pm

I finally got caught up with Troy Kelly, the Tacoma native and pride of Bremerton who recently tied for 11th at the final stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School in California, and earned his his card for 2009.

We met Wednesday morning at a local Starbucks. On one hand, the Central Kitsap High product seemed relieved his wait-and-see days of getting into professional tournaments were over, at least for one season.

What was bugging Kelly a couple days before heading back to California – and a couple weeks before debuting at the Sony Open in Hawaii – was he was having difficulty getting a credit card. Go figure that out for a guy who's about to earn close to $1 million in earnings, if he plays just average.

We'll be profiling Kelly the week of his debut in The News Tribune, but here are some of his comments that I thought were revealing in his pursuit, going from mini-tours, to odd jobs to now the PGA Tour:

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Categories: Local golfers