Ty is 5-foot-7 and weighs 125 pounds. With a driver, his club-head speed has been measured at 116 mph. According to Golf Digest, the PGA Tour player’s average club-head speed is115.21 mph.

Brian Smock was attempting to play his way into the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open in a Monday qualifying tournament. Traipsing along the lengthy Torrey Pines South Course with him was his 7-year-old ...