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" Early in the winter of 2002, I gave my life to the Lord. Before I was one, I always thought being a Christian would be boring. In reality, it has been the complete opposite. "
My Life
Winter
Life
" Elmcrest CC, in Cedar Rapids, is where it all started when I was growing up. The tree-lined course has a very demanding layout that requires you to be accurate off the tee and avoid a number of well-placed water hazards on some of the holes. "
Growing Up
Growing
You
" Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. "
Goal
Work
Stop
" Golf is not my priority. I would hope people see me as a Christian man who loved his family, who loved being in the heat of competition and sometimes succeeded at it; who understood that golf was his job and that he was very lucky to play it for a living. "
Family
Job
Man
" I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work. "
Christ
Facts
Live
" I don't hit it as far as a lot of guys do, so I have to be in the right spot in the fairway to score, and that means driving it well. The two biggest keys for me are to make a good transition and to keep my hands ahead of the clubhead through impact. I want to feel as if my swing is two swings: one going back and another coming down. "
Good
Me
Impact
" I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium. "
Golf
Far
Decent
" I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I'm kind of the feel-good story who's seen every level of professional golf. "
Professional
Story
Know
" I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game. "
Feel
Me
Play
" If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine. "
Go
Trying
Routine
" If you put me in the fairway at my average distance into a par 4, 175 to 180 yards, and you put another player in the rough 120 yards from the green, over time, I'm going to wear him out. "
Green
Time
You
" I had good skills, but my lack of size and speed kept me a little behind the best kids in the other sports. Golf offered a more level field. I would have rather played other sports, but golf picked me. "
Sports
Good
Golf
" I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear. "
Outfit
Wear
Underwear
" I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. "
Better
Athlete
Trying
" I like boring golf. That's kind of what butters my bread. "
Kind
Bread
Boring
" I like to look good on the golf course. "
Look
Golf
Golf Course
" I like to play what I call a-motional golf. Emotion doesn't grab me that much. "
Emotion
Golf
Like
" I'm a Christian guy, and when it comes to my priorities, it's the utmost. For me, just to calm myself down, to keep my perspective when I'm playing, to not make too big a deal of it... that's where I go to. The peace that comes with that allows me to play free golf. "
Golf
Myself
Peace
" I'm a foodie. I enjoy it a lot, and contrary to what it looks, I eat a lot. My comfort food, of all things, would be southern soul barbecue. "
Food
Barbecue
Comfort
" I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights. "
Who
Cinderella
Kind
" I'm not the most charismatic, maybe emotional, fun-packed individual on the golf course; I get that. "
Individual
Most
Maybe
" I play golf for a living. I'm grateful for that. It's a beautiful game, provides a great opportunity. "
Beautiful
Opportunity
Great
" I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career. "
Long
Long Way
Way
" I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, and my mental coach. "
Wife
Got
Great
" My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish. "
Golf
Kind
Time
" Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy. "
Win
Play
Thought
" Sports formed me. I was always decently skilled but lacked size, so I had to resort to using my skill versus my power. I strategically play golf because that's all I can do. It's the same on the basketball court. I try to get open and shoot it. Or I use the open space on the soccer field. "
Me
Golf
Sports
" There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists. "
Great
Side
Places
" These guys that take a shower, grab a cup of coffee, and go straight to the tee? That's not the way to do it. When you warm up, hit 20 to 25 wedges, a few middle irons, and 10 to 15 3-woods and drivers. If you're going to putt, give yourself 10 minutes. "
Yourself
Coffee
Shower
" The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities. "
Me
Great
Foundation
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