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TOMMY GAINEY
(The Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe)
Birthdate: 8/13/75
Residence: Bishopville, S.C.
Hometown: Bishopville, S.C.
Occupation: Golf Professional – Mini-Tours
Marital Status/Children: Single/0
Home Golf Course: Northwoods Golf Club, Columbia, S.C.
Collegiate Experience: None
Hobbies: Shooting pool, listening to music, basketball
Bio Update: Tommy has enjoyed one of the more successful post-Big Break careers. He is a member of the Gateway Tour, Tarheel Tour, Grey Goose Tour, and the U.S. Pro Golf Tour, where he won the 2005 U.S. Pro Golf Tour Championship. In total, he has won four tournaments since the filming of The Big Break IV: USA vs. Europe. He thinks it is “unbelievable” playing in The Big Break VII: Reunion.
The Big Break IV Bio: The South Carolina drawl hangs on Gainey’s lips like Spanish moss on a live oak. His approach is straightforward, a philosophy about life that mirrors his take on golf that tells him to just trust it and hit it. “You think long, you think wrong,” he says. This self-made golfer has got game, having once shot a 59 during a friendly round with some Nationwide Tour buddies. He missed a 12-footer for birdie that would have given him a score of 58. Having lived in Bishopville all his life, Tommy had to find ways to keep playing the game he loves while also trying to make a living. He wasn’t recruited out of high school because he had no connections of his own and, as he says, “Small towns get overlooked.” He spent years working as an assembly line worker in a water heater factory and a furniture mover to keep money in his pocket and earn enough to play a round of golf when he could. Finances always were an obstacle. It finally took a friend willing to risk $750 so Tommy could play in his first professional event. Fortunately, Tommy was able to make that money back – and then some – by winning the event and $15,000. He feels success in life is all about getting the right break at the right time. He wears a golf glove on both hands and has affectionately become known as “Two Gloves.”
The Big Break IV Results: Eliminated during a playoff on the 18th hole at St. Andrews in episode seven.
What's In Tommy's Bag:
Driver: Cobra 460sz, 9 degrees, Aldila NV-65 stiff
Woods: 3-wood: Ping G5, 15 degrees, Aldila NV-65 stiff
Hybrids: Adams Idea Pro, 18 degrees, Aldila NV-85 stiff
Irons: Callaway x14 Steelhead Pro series
Wedges: Ping 52, 56, 60 degree tour wedges
Putter: Ping Zing G5
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
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