Babes In Sportsland: Justin Leonard's WAG: Amanda Leonard

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Justin Leonard's WAG: Amanda Leonard

Before golf glamour, Leonard advised journalism at the University of Georgia. As a Florida built-in and fresh academy graduate, she formed abaft the scenes at Atlanta-based CNN.

But article was missing — she capital a greater challenge. So, admitting the actuality that she knew little about the city, the mid-20s albino uprooted herself from the Southeast and headed to Dallas. Leonard was quick to accomplish friends, and she anon abutting the business accumulation at Mark Cuban’s aboriginal webcasting company, Audionet.

And her adamantine assignment paid off. The distinct workingwoman snagged a chic address in Turtle Creek – aloof a few doors bottomward from her approaching husband. Afterwards affair Justin in the hallway, Leonard now admits that she was dark to his golf fame. “He was about to move from the building, so it’s absolutely acute that we were able to accommodated in such a abbreviate time period,” she explains.

The brace became affianced afterwards a year of dating (and affluence of time spent traveling together). Five months later, the brace wed and enjoyed a yearlong amusement touring the apple with the PGA. Not continued afterwards – a year, to be exact

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he Leonards started their ancestors of three: Reese Ella, 5, Avery Kate, 3 ½ and Luke Garrett, 2.

WHAT SHE DOES

Husband Justin’s golf clash agenda lasts from January through November. In amid spending time at their Highland Park and Colorado abodes, as able-bodied as visiting their Florida-based relatives, the ancestors hits the alley about 32 weeks anniversary year. Jumping from alike to alike and auberge to auberge with three kids sounds exhausting, but Leonard’s acceptable attitude paints a abrupt contrast.

“There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t stop and acknowledge our life,” she details. “From the beginning, the ceaseless biking agenda came artlessly to me and my kids. They’re so adaptable. They adulation the adventure, aloof like us.”

It’s obvious, too, that Leonard wells with joy while watching her golfing pro bedmate do his best on the links. “Golf is such a brainy game. Yes, it takes a accomplished lot of talent, but it additionally requires the amateur to bright his arch and accomplish a amazing bulk of focus to the game,” she stresses. “We break calm on the tour, so back Daddy needs to focus it can get a little catchy with the kids. This is back I amount up the adventurer and accord Justin some space.” Leonard’s bedmate has trumped a absolute of twelve PGA tournaments and ranks eighth in career balance on the PGA Tour.

When she’s not bushing sippy cups or hitting museums with the kids, Leonard takes time for herself while adorning – and active – with added PGA wives and friends. The marathoner is currently training for several contest this year, including the San Francisco Half Marathon Nov 2.

HOW SHE DOES IT

What happens back Leonard needs childcare on the fly? (If you're wondering, she and Justin debris to apply a nanny.) The mom utilizes what she deems one of the greatest aspects of the PGA Tour: traveling childcare. “The PGA does a absolutely abundant job at befitting the players’ families calm by accouterment childcare that campaign with the tour. This way, the kids can absorb time with sitters that they’re accustomed with, who – my kids in accurate – accept actually developed up with,” she remarks.

The hands-on mom additionally explains that there will be a time back the ancestors will charge to achieve bottomward a bit more, decidedly back the kids alpha academy (Leonard affairs to homeschool her kids through kindergarten). “That day will come,” she adds. “But alike back the kids are in school, we’ll still be out acknowledging Justin as abundant as possible.”

And, on attenuate occasions, the parents-of-three jet off to tournaments all by themselves, abrogation the kiddos with their grandparents. “Every year we biking to the Ryder Cup by ourselves. It’s our own little trip,” she absurdly explains, account the anniversary afterward the U.S. achievement at the contempo clash captivated in Kentucky.

The multi-tasking mom readily admits that she has a lot to be beholden for; her afloat beatitude is a assertive afflatus to all.