University of North Texas Athletics
Getting To Know: Diego Prone
9/25/2020 2:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
DENTON - In an ongoing series, members of the UNT men's golf team will tell fans a bit about themselves, answering some questions about golf and some about off-the-wall topics. This week, we have freshman Diego Prone, who tells us about some other sports he's good at. As an Argentine, one won't surprise you. Another might.
Q: How old were you when you started playing golf?
A: I was about 2 or 3 years old when I started playing golf.
Q: Why were you initially interested in playing golf?
A: I was interested because my father used to play and he bought me a set of toy clubs..
Q: Why did you keep playing golf? Was it just a matter of realizing you were pretty good or was it something more than that?
A: I kept on playing because I was fairly good and also because I liked it and wanted to improve my game.
Q: What is your favorite thing about the game?
A: Competing with other guys and friends and just playing out at the course.
Q: What is your favorite club in your bag?
A: My putter.
Q: Who has been your biggest inspiration through the years?
A: I think the PGA Tour players because they play really well and that motivates people to play and improve.
Q: Why did you decide to leave Argentina and go to IMG Academy in Florida for your final semester of high school?
A: I did it to prepare to study in college. I thought that could help the golf part and also the studies.
Q: Did you grow up playing any other sports, and what was your favorite aside from golf?
A: I like sports, in general, and I like playing soccer, tennis and table tennis. My favorite aside from golf is soccer, but I'm pretty good at table tennis, too.
Q: To whom do you attribute your athletic ability?
A: My father was good at sports when he was young, and he could have been a good soccer player if he had lived in another place.
Q: What is your favorite golf memory?
A: My favorite golf memory is when I won my first golf tournament.
Q: What is the best course you've ever played?
A: I think it is PGA National, Champion Course.
Q: Do you have a nickname? And how did you get it?
A: No, not a nickname in particular. But some people still call me “Dieguito,” as if I were still a child.
Q: What is your favorite hobby when you're not playing golf?
A: I love watching TV series.
Q: Why did you choose UNT?
A: I chose it because I knew it has an excellent golf program and it is also very good academically. I felt very good with coach Stracke and coach Vargas from the very beginning, and that's something I think is very important because I'm planning on spending four years here.
Q: If you could have dinner with three people - dead or alive - who would it be?
A: Tiger Woods, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Nadal.
Q: What is the best movie ever made?
A: Inception
Q: How long did it take you to watch Tiger King?
A: I haven't seen it.
Q: What is your favorite TV show on Netflix?
A: Peaky Blinders
Q: Are you a dog or cat person? Do you have any pets?
A: Dogs - I have two at home, Oliver and his daughter, Mielcita.
Q: Who is your favorite band or musician?
A: The band Soda Stereo, from Argentina.
Q: Who on the team has the best taste in music aside from yourself? Who has the worst?
A: I have just joined the team, so I don't know each guy's musical likes and dislikes completely yet. But I can say that Viktor has a pretty good taste of music, and I really don't know who has the worst - maybe Robert.
Q: What is your favorite food?
A: Sushi
Q: If you were going to get a free dinner at any restaurant, where would you pick and why?
A: I would go to a sushi restaurant.
Q: You can take three things with you to a deserted island. What are you taking?
A: Food, clothes and my set of clubs!
Q: You have one day left on Earth. What's your last meal?
A: It would be a steak with pasta.
Q: Favorite type of dessert?
A: Ice cream.
Q: What was the biggest adjustment for you coming to the United States and what has been your favorite thing so far about being here?
A: The biggest adjustment is language. What I've enjoyed the most is how the people are very friendly and funny.
Q: Which of your teammates' home countries would you most like to visit and why?
A: I would like to visit Iceland, Sweden or South Africa because they all must be so different from my country.
