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Authored by: Brady
Posted on: 20 July 2024
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Don Trahan was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. His father introduced him to the game of golf when he was ten years old. By the age of twelve, Don was a scratch golfer and a member of New Bedford Public Links, now called Whaling City Golf Club (known as The Whale).

Don graduated from Bishop Stang Catholic High School in 1967. He was the top player on the high school golf team all four years he attended. Trahan then attended Southeastern Massachusetts University (Now University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth) where he was again the top player on the golf team all four years he attended. He is a member of Delta Kappa Phi fraternity. He graduated in 1971 with a double major in political science and history with plans to become a corporate attorney.

Trahan met his wife, Susan, while attending college. The two married in 1973 and moved to Port Orange, Florida where Don would begin his effort to obtain his PGA Tour Card. From there, Don took an... Read More

Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 11 September 2009
The President'€™s Cup teams have been chosen, with US Captain, Fred Couples, and the International Captain, Greg Norman, announcing their Captain'€™s picks this week. Couples chose US Open... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 10 September 2009
I have already written a playing lesson, '€œFirst in Wins,'€ about how putting out first on the final hole or in a playoff increases pressure on your opponent and thus increases the odds of... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 9 September 2009
We retuned to New Bedford/Dartmouth MA after the cookout at Kim'€™s house (my daughter) in Nashua, NH. DJ stayed the night at his aunt Paula'€™s (my wife Susan'€™s youngest sister) home as we... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 8 September 2009
We had another early morning as DJ was the second group off at 7:55AM playing with Don Rose. The round started poorly with DJ hitting a good shot to the green that ran around 3 feet over,... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 7 September 2009
DJ was in the 3rd group off at 7:55AM and was paired with Jonathan Byrd, former teammate of his a Clemson in his freshman year. I did not see the first hole as I was attending to getting some... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 6 September 2009
DJ had a 12:10 tee time and I got to the course in time to meet him as he was having a late breakfast. I just sat and we had some small talk, then I slid the conversation over to how I was... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 5 September 2009
Dj'€™s tee time was 7:40AM first group off of 10 tee. Bob and I got to the course and made it to the tee with around 4 minutes to spare before tee off. DJ was paired with Greg Chalmers, a... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 4 September 2009
I arrived at TPC Boston around noon and found DJ in the players'€™ and family dining room and joined him for lunch before heading to the range for practice. He wasn'€™t scheduled to play in... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 3 September 2009
I met DJ around 11:00 AM on the range. He beat me to the course and was already on his second bucket of balls. This was unusual for him as he usually begins all practice and pre-tournament... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 2 September 2009
DJ has a new set of irons in his bag. He has switched shafts from the Project X to true Temper Dynamic Gold Sense Core. The first thing I wanted was to get a good look at how they performed.... Read More