Finance Career
Kuehne agreed with Haney’s assessment of his game, so rather than join his brother and sister in the pro ranks, he pursued his interest in finance, which began 32 years ago when he visited the New York Stock Exchange.
“I always wanted to work on Wall Street,” Kuehne said. “Who knows what I would have done on the PGA Tour, but I’ve got a great business and I don’t have to worry about making a six- foot putt to put food on the table.”
While Kuehne was a naturally fast and powerful athlete and worked to hone his technique and timing, Haney said credit also goes to his parents. Pam and Ernie, a lawyer, would drive their children from the north Dallas neighborhood of Highland Park 35 miles (56 kilometers) to Haney’s school at Stonebridge Ranch in McKinney every Saturday and Sunday for lessons. They lived at the complex in summers, Kuehne said.
“They dedicated their whole lives to those kids,” Haney said. “They gave them every opportunity to succeed.”
The example isn’t lost on Kuehne, who now spends his spare time working with his 15-year-old son on his football career -- Will Kuehne played quarterback for the under-15 U.S. national team against Canada in January’s International Bowl.
Plus 1.6
Even though he’s only practiced once since October, Kuehne reckons his handicap is about plus 1.6, meaning he has to add 1.6 strokes to his score after a round. At his peak, he played to about plus 7.6, and said he still has golfing ambitions and maybe one regret.
“I’d love to play in a Senior Open and a Senior U.S. Amateur,” he said. “If I could have done one thing differently, I’d have tried to qualify for the British Open. I’d have loved to have played in a British Open.”