Exclusive Interview with Professional Golfer Megan Heckeroth

Megan Heckeroth

I was paging through your Picaboo album and noticed that you were involved in a variety of sports throughout junior high and high school. What did golf have that these other sports were lacking that pushed you to keep playing?

I felt like I could become more successful with golf. I realize it more and more now that unlike track, volleyball and gymnastics, golf is a lot easier on my body as well. I will be able to play golf a lot longer then any other sport that I have ever participated in.

On any given day, is there any specific food diet you try to stick too on and off the course?

I always stick to my fruit smoothies in the morning. I am overall a pretty healthy person. Once in a blue moon, I will have a cheeseburger… and not feel guilty about it. I am a fruits, nuts, and grains kind of girl. I didn’t like the health food that my parents fed me as a child but am thankful now for it has just become a habit.

I’m sure you spend endless amounts of time at the driving range each week, but what do you do when you’re not swinging a golf club?

I spend a lot of time with my cat at home actually. He’s a little goofy. He is constantly at my feet when I am home, especially when I have been gone for a few weeks. I also watch a lot of movies, and spend time catching up with my friends. I always keep myself busy somehow whether it’s any of the above or working out at the gym, reading a book, or working on some art piece that I always promise myself that I would finish.

Your website, Megan Golf, has grown in huge popularity in the golf blog community in only the few months it’s been around. What do you contribute the success of your site too?

I didn’t realize this at first but many golf fans want to get more insight into the life of a touring pro beyond the scoreboard or a random article on si.com. So right away the fact that I frequently updated my blog or shared what I have on my iPod or pics from my life and pro-ams got me a big following. And now it is almost viral. I got more interviews that get me more fans, and more bloggers have rolled my site as a result of the fresh content and updates. I always thank a lot of people on my site because my site’s success is as much mine as it is theirs.

There are plenty of superstitious people in the world. Do you have any superstitions such as an item you must have with you when you’re playing? If so, how did you come by it?

You may believe me or not but I have absolutely no superstitions. I have been asked this same question several times and still have not been able to come up with an answer.

With turning only 26 in May, are there any other goals or plans you’d like to accomplish in your lifetime?

Well, for being only 26 years old, I am one of the oldest girls out here on the futures tour. A lot of girls have 3 or 4 years more experience in competition then me. So for right now I am very dedicated to the goals that I have set for myself on tour, and to making it to the LPGA Tour.

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