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While working his way back from a leg The thing is, Brett has almost always school bus—at least on the days when
injury, a freak accident toward the end had a sports car taking up garage space. his youngest doesn’t request a Porsche
of his rehab period involving a ladder He’s owned three different generations chauffeur. Brett is looking forward to
and three fractured vertebrae resulted of BMW’s iconic M3, a supercharged many of these daily decisions, owing to
in five years away from the PGA Tour. 5 Series wagon, and an X5 M with a the fact that the PGA Tour Champions
It was a near overwhelming shock for a Dinan tune—perhaps his favorite of season spaces its tournaments out,
man whose life revolved around travel all. However, it was Stuttgart’s finest keeping him away from the homestead
and competition 35 weeks out of the that adorned his childhood bedroom no more than two weeks at a time.
year. The sudden glut of downtime walls in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Today, his
might have spelled the end of a career stable features a handful of Porsche For most, a professional sports career
for some, but Brett had always had 911s, including a 1980 European-spec and garage of equally enticing cars
his eye on competing well past his SC, 930 Turbo, 996 Turbo, and a 2007 would be fulfilling enough. For just
50th birthday. He continued to hone GT3—the first year the model was as many, a 1-2 punch of devastating
his craft away from the clamor and offered in the US. injuries would derail it all. Brett’s story
glamour of the Tour—but also found is captivating to others because of the
an even more rewarding experience The current ride that has him most stark contrast between its lowest and
in his family life. Immersing himself excited though is a 2020 BMW X7. The highest points—for him though, it’s the
in school drop-offs and household technological teuton is predestined journey in the middle that led to the
chores brought a realization: His fleet to haul an equally-new Bowlus RV, ultimate comeback.
of Porsches weren’t exactly the most which will comfortably cart Brett and
practical of people movers. his family to tournament stops and on Follow Brett’s season and success at
vacations. It will also serve as the daily PGATour.com/Champions.

Perfecting
the backswing

THEY SAY THE COMEBACK is greater than the setback. In Brett Quigley’s case it couldn’t be more true.

After half a decade away from competing at professional golf’s highest levels, Brett has taken the 2020 PGA
Champions Tour by storm, winning the second tournament of the season outright and sitting second overall
in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup through four contests—keeping household names like Ernie Els,
Fred Couples, and Vijay Singh at bay.

However, it is the downtime between misfortune and resurgence that is often lost in simply cliche. Yet for
Brett, that’s precisely where things got most interesting.

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