Julia Johnson poses at the desk during while hosting an episode of Golf Central. (courtesy photo)
I had kind of built relationships with Brandt Packer, the producer, and Steve Burkowski. My coaches Cory Henkes and Zack Byrd had great relationships with them as well. I think my coach could kind of see that I was really struggling in that last year, and I was like searching for something and kind of ready to be done with golf. I remember a tournament, it was in the spring, our third or fourth event, and I felt like I just lost my hands. I was in a really bad mental place. I didn’t feel like myself anymore.
She reached out to Brandt was like, listen, she needs something else. She needs another outlet, and something to look forward to after this. And they were awesome. Being that we had been on TV so much my senior year with East Lake, with the national championship, and all of that, they had known me, and I had done a lot of interviews. So I think it was kind of a pretty easy fit.
Being that we didn’t make the national championship that last year, I was able to fly out there and shadow and step into a spot that last day, which I still think is absolutely insane that they were like, OK, you’ve been here the last three days, go call the national championship. I’m grateful for Brandt and his trust, I guess. But that was a pretty crazy time.
