“Who is Brennan Cox as a golfer?” “He’s a caddie.”

I shared this story, among others, with Dr. Kevin C. Moore, a professor at the University of Georgia and a podcaster behind NewClub’s “The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf.”

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In addition to my stints as a caddie—two years at Peachtree Golf Club, Bob Jones’s Atlanta club; six weeks at Muirfield, home of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers; and one round at the Old Course, when my father played—we explored two reflections. First, how my life transformed when I started living by design, not default. Second, how golf, particularly the caddie yard, offers a place to belong.

“You’re an entrepreneur.”

Bob Pinckney was the first person to tell me those words. He said so the day Three Foxtrot One Whiskey, LLC moved into its first office: A summer loaner at Studio 225, where Bob led the Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Georgia.