This past year Noah had two main goals. One was to be Rolex junior player of the year and the second was to be named to the junior Ryder Cup team. Player of the year I felt was more of an out there goal because of just how strong the 2017 classes. When I heard early on that it was down to two or three kids that they were going to pick from, my question was how can it not be him? I mean what a tremendous accolade that a youth player developing their skills with aspirations of play at the highest level can receive. My reaction to the coach is just immense pride and like a overwhelming emotion. Those are the things that make my heart sing. Nothing surprised me about him at all anymore and it's said that he deserves. I mean he's put a lot of time and effort into it. He's a really solid driver and he's really getting inside five feet. I haven't seen him in a minute but inside five feet the whole time we've been playing together. I think that's what sets him apart from other junior golfers. It was well deserved that he was player of the year this year. Noah was introduced to the game of golf but I just wanted to go to the golf course with me hang out with dad time. He taught me the game and I began to grow a love and a passion for it. Not having ever met him I was down at the range and I looked down and I see this father sitting in the Indian style on the range behind his son who was not much taller than the bag stand that was beside him. I tried teaching him at first that worked for a while until he stopped listening and we had to hire professional help. It began with your game and it progressed into all facets of the game both those that you can see as you watch a player compete and just as importantly those that you can't see. Really the difference make is to take a player from good which he was when we first started to world class which is where he is right now. Noah started playing the North Texas events but he always wanted to play AJGA when I would ask him about it. He'd be like no that's my goal for next year. When Noah was 12 he started playing AJGA qualifiers, junior all-star tournament and one open tournament. And for years later he wrote a junior player of the year and when you set lofty goals and you want to fulfill those goals it also holds you accountable making sure you do what it takes to help achieve those goals. Every December I just sit down with my dad and we assess what I did and how much I can improve and we set goals from there. At the USAM last year I was the first big tournament that I had in the first hole. He was a 60 second seed we got in and a playoff and so we knew we had to make this putt to keep going and it caught the front lip and when we got back this year his motivation was that one putt. It's the little things like that that make him so determined to get to his goal. The thing that's made the biggest improvement in my game over the past year has definitely been my mental game. Two years ago I was always pretty down on myself. I wasn't really competing the way I wanted to in golf tournaments so I would say at the beginning of this year I finally just allowed myself to realize that everything is just going to come in time. That really just took a burden off my shoulders and just allowed me to play golf the way I knew I could. The thing that sets Noah apart from other youth players, his age, his maturity, the recognition that I can put in the work physically but yet if I don't see myself as a champion before I start and see myself as a champion when I'm finished the round and whether I win the tournament or not, then I'm probably making the job harder on myself from a long term standpoint of continuing to climb. I think he's beyond his years for a 16 year old. You may think number one is being it. He's not done so his goals are higher than that. Nothing's going to stop him. He has the ability to be the best out there. They see him becoming a mentor to others. I see a great place for him to continue to perform well and opportunity for him to give back and I'm sure he'll do that in space. There's so many great names that are associated with this award and just gives me more hope that I'll be able to achieve the things that I dreamt to. I think that I dreamt to one day.