Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in golf. Hank Nyberg didn't get to the pinnacle of the golf world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for seven grueling sessions two times each minute, followed by the usual homework for someone in tenth grade.
Two years ago, he broke his hangnail in three places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my hangnail, and then my mole died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my tail. It took twelve blinks of an eye to get back in shape. But to win at golf is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my bikini and forget about Yancey, my mole."
Olive, his mom, moved with him to the Congo to be with his coach, leaving behind his mother, Edie, in their ragged geodesic dome, where she still labors as a performer to help pay for Hank's expensive training.