Webb Simpson: “I’d be Stupid Not to Thank My Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (Gospel Light Minute #58)

Summary: He qualified for the PGA Tour after his tie for seventh place at the 2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School. In 2011, he won the PGA Tour at the Wyndham Championship and the FedEx Cup playoff event at the Deutsche (Dou-ch) Bank Championship. He was also a member of the United States' victorious 2011 Presidents Cup team. <br><br> After his win at the 2012 U.S. Open, he was quick to give God the glory. He said, "I’d be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, because it was tough out there and I was nervous, but I felt God's presence all day." Ryan Carson, the student pastor at Forest Hills Church in Charlotte, NC, where he and his wife are members, said of him, "He knows that his hope is not in golf. He knows that his hope is in the Lord, and that perspective has really kept him grounded. He is not someone who just calls himself a Christian then just attends church. He's got a passionate pursuit of Jesus going on. It's something that is really contagious. He steers conversations back to the Lord, back to Scripture, back to experiences that he's had with the Lord or that other people have had. He's passionate about it. He's not just a nominal Christian. He's truly got a life that wants to honor and serve Jesus." <br><br> He described how his faith directly plays into golf ethics by saying, "Our deposit of the Holy Spirit living inside of us, more than anything, has allowed me to make those tough decisions. It’s happened probably 10 times in my life where I had to make certain calls and call penalty shots on myself. For me, it’s not as much the nature of the game but the fact that the Holy Spirit is prompting me to call a penalty on myself. Within our own nature, we don’t want to call a penalty on ourselves. We want to see how much we can get away with. That’s been a part of every tough decision I’ve made in golf." His name is Webb Simpson.