Following his PGA Tour debut at the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California, Trevor Cone joined Evan Hughes on the Hokie Sports Insider Podcast to talk about his rise from a Virginia Tech Hokie to a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Cone was a two-time All-American at Virginia Tech, earning third team in 2014 and honorable mention in 2015, while also sharing tri-medalist honors at the 2015 ACC Men’s Golf Championship.
Cone started at Virginia Tech in 2012 and earned three victories, as well as 20 top-10 finishes. Upon graduation in 2015 with a degree in marketing, he turned pro. His career at Tech leads to no surprise that he was bound to gain national recognition soon. The Charlotte, North Carolina native gave us an inside look of a long and amazing career that seems to just be getting started.
Interview Highlights:
Trevor on what the past month has been like: It’s been kind of wild. It didn’t really hit me until last week when I was actually at my first PGA Tour event in Napa. It’s something I’ve worked so hard for, so my expectations are a little higher. Now that I’ve been playing for a while, it’s really nice to see all the hard work pay off for sure.
Trevor reflecting on his early golf memories: I had time to think about it during the ceremony in Omaha after the final round and everything started to hit once I was able to see my dad and my girlfriend after that final round. All those memories started to come back of all the time both my parents had given up and everything they had sacrificed for me and especially going out of state to Virginia Tech.
Trevor on his journey of turning pro and where that took him: When I turned pro in 2015, you could not just go straight into the PGA Tour. You had to go through the Korn Ferry Tour and Q-School. So, first after going through Q-School in Latin America, I did not get through that, but then I was able to get status on PGA Tour Canada and was able to travel for two summers up there (2016 and 2017), which was awesome. Finally, I got on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018 but had limited starts though. And then I happened to win one at the very end of the season – it was the second-to-last event of the season. I had a chance to get my PGA Tour card then, but I did not play well enough in the final event. Then there were some lean years from 2019-21. I made some changes coaching-wise, got my butt in gear and the results followed.
Cone started at Virginia Tech in 2012 and earned three victories, as well as 20 top-10 finishes. Upon graduation in 2015 with a degree in marketing, he turned pro. His career at Tech leads to no surprise that he was bound to gain national recognition soon. The Charlotte, North Carolina native gave us an inside look of a long and amazing career that seems to just be getting started.
Interview Highlights:
Trevor on what the past month has been like: It’s been kind of wild. It didn’t really hit me until last week when I was actually at my first PGA Tour event in Napa. It’s something I’ve worked so hard for, so my expectations are a little higher. Now that I’ve been playing for a while, it’s really nice to see all the hard work pay off for sure.
Trevor reflecting on his early golf memories: I had time to think about it during the ceremony in Omaha after the final round and everything started to hit once I was able to see my dad and my girlfriend after that final round. All those memories started to come back of all the time both my parents had given up and everything they had sacrificed for me and especially going out of state to Virginia Tech.
Trevor on his journey of turning pro and where that took him: When I turned pro in 2015, you could not just go straight into the PGA Tour. You had to go through the Korn Ferry Tour and Q-School. So, first after going through Q-School in Latin America, I did not get through that, but then I was able to get status on PGA Tour Canada and was able to travel for two summers up there (2016 and 2017), which was awesome. Finally, I got on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018 but had limited starts though. And then I happened to win one at the very end of the season – it was the second-to-last event of the season. I had a chance to get my PGA Tour card then, but I did not play well enough in the final event. Then there were some lean years from 2019-21. I made some changes coaching-wise, got my butt in gear and the results followed.
Trevor on his PGA Tour debut at the…
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