The Professional Grind MINNESOTA IS REPLETE WITH A ROSTER OF GOLFERS MAKING PRO TOUR ROUNDS. HERE'S WHO TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THE COMING YEARS. * BY MIKE FERMOYLE * A couple of years ago, Tim Herron was talking to Charley Walters, the sports columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Other than Tom Lehman, Herron is the most successful PGA Tour player that Minnesota has ever produced. He's won four times and made more than $19 million in his two decades on golf's biggest stage. But on this day, he was lamenting how much of a grind the tour had become. " How can it be a grind? " Walters asked. " You're playing for all that money, driving a courtesy car back to a nice hotel every night when you're out there, and you get to play all those great courses. It sounds pretty good to me. " To which Herron replied: " Do you realize how long I've been trying to make 4-footers for par? It gets old. Trust me. " But the thing is, he's still out there doing it. What's more, he plans to keep on 22 MINNESOTAGOLFER Summer 2017 DON CONSTABLE www.mngolf.orghttp://www.mngolf.org