Nate McCoy
This week we are sending out dreams of spring and early tee times on the weekend. Tim sits down with Nate McCoy to talk all things golf and life after you start carrying your own bag. The former Cyclone and pro golfer shares his perspective on the game, his career, and his decision to make a career in golf without the clubs in his hands.
Nate McCoy was an accomplished prep golfer and the son of one of the top amateur golfers in the country, Mike McCoy. The game is basically in his DNA. After a dominating state title in his senior year of high school, McCoy emerged as one of the top golfers on the Cyclone team in 2008. He put together one of the best resumes in Cyclone golf history in his four seasons. Some might even argue he was the best male athlete at Iowa State in 2012, as he was named the Male Athlete of the Year over Royce White and Steele Jantz. Who says golfers aren’t athletes?
After finishing his college career and playing against the guys who became some of the biggest names in golf, like Jordan Spaeth and Brooks Koepka, McCoy teed up his own pro career. He took his clubs and his new wife to Canada to play on the professional tour in Canada. Crisscrossing Canada, earning a win, and making tons of memories was a great experience before he came back to the states. After 3 years as a pro and playing on the Korn Ferry Tour, he returned home to start the next phase of his life and career after 2016. He was playing well and had some high finishes, but with a wife and baby at home, he was ready to head to the clubhouse.
Nate McCoy is still a competitive amateur with several recent wins on his resume and eyes on a national title and his name on a Masters scorecard. In 2022, McCoy won the Iowa Amateur, Iowa Masters, and Iowa Match Play titles. Today, his professional life is focused on promoting and building golf in Iowa. As a true amateur with a day job, he is able to spend his time with his wife and kids while still trying to win every time he steps on the course.
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