Rincon/University grad Michael Thompson thriving after career overhaul

Rincon/University High School grad Michael Thompson will return to the PGA Tour full time in 2016-17 after winning the Albertson’s Boise Open, part of the Web.com Tour’s playoff system last week. Thompson shot finishing rounds of 64-64 and was 23-under par. After Thompson’s breakthrough win at the 2013 Honda Classic, he struggled. So he changed almost everything. He hired a new swing instructor from South Carolina, hired a fitness trainer and a sports psychologist. He signed an apparel deal with Fairway Greene and Black Clover USA. At 31, he and his wife Rachel are in the process of adopting a baby. Thompson reminds me a lot of Don Pooley, a UA grad who won twice on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour: a gentleman who is one of the top putters in the world and goes about business the right way.