Why this professional is Sepp Straka’s good-luck attraction

Sepp Straka has been on a roll for the previous three PGA Tour seasons, posting two wins: the 2022 Honda Traditional and the 2023 John Deere Traditional.

Whereas Straka has but to say a win in 2024, he’s might probably nonetheless have his most profitable season up to now. He’s had 10 top-25 finishes, and, with greater than $4.2 million in earnings, is at present 18th within the FedEx Cup standings, with the Playoffs simply across the nook.

On this week’s episode of Subpar, Straka joined hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz to talk about numerous matters, together with how his household moved from Austria to Georgia when he was a teen, his Ryder Cup expertise and what’s was prefer to name golf on CBS. However one of many highlights of Straka’s sit-down was when he described why a sure professional has develop into his good-luck attraction.

“JT Poston,” Straka started. “We have been joking — I performed with him final week, Thursday, Friday, I made a hole-in-one. And I had three hole-in-ones the final 14 months, and he was there for all of them.”

Straka mentioned that solely a type of aces occurred throughout a aggressive spherical, which simply occurred to be the U.S. Open. The opposite two have been at Augusta — one through the Par 3 Contest, and one other on Augusta’s twelfth gap throughout a observe spherical.

“That’s undoubtedly my finest one,” he mentioned.

The lesson: subsequent time you see these two gamers collectively, keep watch over these par 3s!

For extra from Straka, together with his ideas on a Bethpage Ryder Cup, try the total episode beneath.

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