Noah Woolsey : Pac-12 Champion

Noah Woolsey was one of the first young players we got to know after starting RADMOR.

At the time, he was playing for the University of Washington, the same program Bob and I had been fortunate enough to be part of decades earlier. There was an immediate connection.

Noah was easygoing, thoughtful and almost always smiling.

Then you watched him compete.

The smile stayed.

Everything else changed.

Underneath the relaxed demeanor was an extraordinarily competitive golfer, someone who could be genuinely kind away from the course and absolutely relentless once the scorecard was in his pocket.

We liked that combination immediately.

A HUSKY CHAMPION

Noah became captain of the Washington Men's Golf Team and finished his collegiate career in 2022 with one of the great weeks a Husky golfer can have.

The Pac-12 Championship was being played at Aldarra Golf Club, just outside Seattle and on familiar Northwest ground.

Noah won the individual championship.

Washington won the team championship.

Same week. Same golf course.

For a player who had spent years representing the Huskies, it was a fitting way to close an important chapter of his career.

He finished the 72-hole championship at 8-under par, winning medalist honors by a single shot and becoming the first Washington player since 2009 to win the Pac-12 individual title.

Golf rarely gives you endings that tidy.

That one was pretty special.

THE OTHER SIDE OF PROFESSIONAL GOLF

After college, Noah turned professional and began experiencing a very different version of the game.

When we first sat down with him before he headed out to compete, we asked what most people misunderstand about trying to make it as a professional golfer.

His answer had nothing to do with swing speed, equipment or technique.

"A lot of time alone and having to deal with a good deal of adversity."

It's a simple answer, but anyone who has spent time around professional golf understands how much is contained within it.

From the outside, the life can look romantic. New courses. New cities. Competition every week.

The reality is often much quieter.

Airports. Rental cars. Hotel rooms. Practice rounds. Missed cuts. Long stretches away from family and friends. Constant uncertainty about where the next opportunity will come from.

Golf has a remarkable ability to test how badly you actually want something.

Noah understood that early.

THE COURSES THAT STAY WITH YOU

Like most great golfers, Noah has strong opinions about golf courses.

Give him one course for the rest of his life and he's taking Cypress Point.

Hard to argue with that.

The course that changed the way he sees the game, however, is The Preserve Golf Club in California. His favorite hole is nearby at Monterey Peninsula Country Club, the 11th, another reminder of how deeply the Monterey Peninsula can get under a golfer's skin.

His dream foursome?

Tiger Woods.

Justin Thomas.

Arnold Palmer.

And Noah.

We also asked him to choose between Nicklaus and Palmer.

Palmer.

Tiger or Phil?

Tiger.

Some questions apparently don't require much deliberation.

WHAT GOLF LEAVES BEHIND

The answers we remember most weren't necessarily about professional golf.

When we asked Noah what he hoped to someday pass along to his children about the game, he said:

"Sportsmanship and savoring the outdoors."

That feels increasingly important.

Golf gives us competition, but it also gives us time outside. Time walking. Time talking. Time with parents, children and friends that becomes harder to find as life gets busier.

The score matters.

Until eventually, it doesn't.

We once asked Noah a question we like asking golfers: Would you rather fish, or catch?

In other words, is the experience enough, or do you still need the result?

His answer was immediate.

"I would prefer to catch!"

Of course he would.

That's Noah.

Easy smile.

Quiet demeanor.

Competitor underneath.

We've known Noah since the earliest days of RADMOR, and we're proud that he continues to represent the brand today.

What began as a relationship with a young Husky golfer has grown into something much more meaningful. We've watched him compete, evolve, endure the difficult stretches that come with professional golf, and keep going.

That persistence is exactly why we wanted him wearing RADMOR in the first place.

Talent matters.

Character matters more.

And we're proud to still be part of the journey.

Husky. Champion. Competitor. Friend.

Citizen of the Game.