General Discussion - MaNo practice required jasonvs987 - Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:53 pm Post subject: MaNo practice required
Carlos Franco is hardly the advertisement for any aspiring tour professional as his work ethic on the practice side of the game is next to nil. But for a man who Ping Golf would rather kick back and relax with a cold beer and a ciggy instead of heading to the range, he is not doing too bad in his quest to become one of the great rags to riches stories of the PGA tour.
Franco leads after the first round of the Shell Houston Open along with Ping Rapture V2 Irons 1998 U.S. Amateur champion Hank Kuehne. They both shot 7-under-par 65s around the tight Woodlands course in Texas.
Franco, who shuns the driving range and shows up as late as possible for rounds, arrived at the tournament Tuesday after spending the Easter Ping Karsten CRAZ-E Putter holiday with his family in Paraguay. He brought a supply of chipas, a cornbread-like food, to remind him of home.
"I brought them down here so I could eat them, to give me power," Franco joked, flexing his biceps.