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U.S. MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPSeptember 24, 2018Ryan EibnerBrett EibnerCharlotte, North Carolina Q. ...there was some connection with Kevin O'Connell or your brother or... RYAN EIBNER: Yeah. Q. What's the whole... RYAN EIBNER: So we went to the same high school. He played for Green Hope. My oldest brother played golf there. We knew the coach very well there, David Allen. He's kind of been a mentor of mine through college and... Q. Okay. You didn't play with Kevin in high school though? RYAN EIBNER: I did not, no. Q. What's the age difference there? Is it.. RYAN EIBNER: I think it's two years, but I moved right before tryouts. Q. To Texas? RYAN EIBNER: To Texas, yeah. So moved to the Woodlands and played golf there. Q. What year was that? Did you move your freshman year in high school or... RYAN EIBNER: It was '06, yeah. Q. So you were going into what year in high school? RYAN EIBNER: I was going into freshman. Q. So you were going to be a freshman. So you probably -- would you have played with Kevin? RYAN EIBNER: Probably not. They had a really good team. Q. So he was on the varsity, but how -- so it was a two-year difference, so he would've been in school with you. RYAN EIBNER: Yeah, right. Q. Your brother, Drew, played with him? RYAN EIBNER: Yes, I think so. Q. I think they were on the state title team somebody told me for 4A. RYAN EIBNER: Yeah. BRETT EIBNER: So he would have been a freshman. Q. So Drew played with him? RYAN EIBNER: Yeah, Drew played with him. He actually knows him pretty well. Brett knows him pretty well, too. Q. That's your brother? You're the baseball player? BRETT EIBNER: I'm the baseball player. Q. Done for the season or... BRETT EIBNER: No, I had Tommy John, so I'll be ready for 2019. Q. So you're a pitcher? BRETT EIBNER: No, I'm actually an outfielder. There is a new two-way thing. It's a long story. Q. So Drew is not here in week? RYAN EIBNER: No. I asked him to caddie because Brett has caddied for me before and Drew never has. Asked him first. He just has a newborn, so he couldn't make it unfortunately. Q. Yeah. Okay. Quite an athletic family. RYAN EIBNER: Yeah. Get it from my mom. Q. Your mom was an athlete? RYAN EIBNER: Oh, yeah. She played all the sports. Q. She play in college? RYAN EIBNER: No. My dad played football. Q. In college? RYAN EIBNER: Track. Yeah. Q. What school? RYAN EIBNER: It was a small... BRETT EIBNER: King's College. Q. King's College. Is that -- that's not here. That's Queens College. BRETT EIBNER: That's in New York. RYAN EIBNER: Yeah. But our mom, she played high level tennis in our club and stuff like that and had still got a good golf swing. Q. Her name? RYAN EIBNER: Carol. Q. She play competitive golf? RYAN EIBNER: No. She doesn't play anymore. Tried to get her out here, but... Q. I saw Kevin also advance, so there is a chance that maybe you guys could meet up in the future. Do you guys know each other pretty well? RYAN EIBNER: Oh, yeah. I mean, we know each other. We can have conversations. Yeah, we know -- Q. Did you ever play against each other in college? Because he went to North Carolina and you would've been at East Carolina. Ever see each other in a tournament or... RYAN EIBNER: No, I redshirted my freshman year. Q. Okay. RYAN EIBNER: I played in six tournaments my sophomore, so I never played against him. Might have been in the same tournament, but -- Q. You guys have any conversations this week about maybe meeting up in a -- RYAN EIBNER: Well, not really. We just saw each other in the practice round on Thursday and kind of caught up with each other. Haven't seen him in a couple years, so... Good to see him. And then -- Q. Probably good for you to be back in Carolina again. You grew up here and this is not too far from that area. RYAN EIBNER: Love the Carolinas. Obviously spent eight years here and then college years. Q. So you came back to go to college even though you were in Texas? RYAN EIBNER: Yeah, I went to East Carolina. Q. You. Play there with Varner? RYAN EIBNER: I did, yeah. He's a character. Q. Did your brother play in college or -- RYAN EIBNER: He got drafted. BRETT EIBNER: Got drafted out of high school by Houston. Ended up going to Arkansas. Q. Okay. So you went to Arkansas? BRETT EIBNER: Yeah. Got drafted second round by the Royals. Q. Did you play there with what's his face, outfielder for the Red Sox? BRETT EIBNER: Oh, no. He was after me. Q. He was after you? BRETT EIBNER: Yeah. Q. Okay. All right. How many years you been in the minor leagues for? BRETT EIBNER: Last three years been the big leagues. Q. Oh, the big leagues, okay. BRETT EIBNER: Yeah. And then this year I missed all this year with Tommy John. Q. Okay. BRETT EIBNER: Before that it was six years in the minors, five years. Q. So you been a nine-, ten-year pro? BRETT EIBNER: Yeah, nine years. I'll be going on my tenth year soon. Q. How old are you? BRETT EIBNER: I'll be 30 in December. Q. Okay. So you left Arkansas when you were 20 then? BRETT EIBNER: Yeah, just turned 21. Q. Okay. Got a new manager in Texas. Going to have manager. BRETT EIBNER: Well, yeah. He was actually my bench coach in KC, so I know Don Wakamatsu. He's the interim manager --. Q. Former ASU guy. Catcher at ASU. When he was in college in Azarenka he was a catcher. Did you ever play professionally golf, or no? BRETT EIBNER: Yeah, played just under two years. Obviously just -- Q. Kind of like Kevin. Just kind of go. A cup of coffee and (indiscernible.) BRETT EIBNER: Yeah, I had a difficult situation. I was -- didn't have any backers. My parents, they do well, but it's a lot of money. Q. It is a lot of money. BRETT EIBNER: I put up some money of my own. I was working trying to pay all the bills and stuff like that and trying to play. Just doesn't work out. Got burnt out. 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