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It truly is.

It's an international language," said Tackett, 32.

So with the world as his canvas, what could possibly make Tackett and his wife settle back in his hometown of Charleston?

Sept.

11.

The 2001 terrorist attacks convinced him that he was better off being a family man.

"It really changed my lifestyle at that point immediately," he said.

"That day completely changed our lives.

We'd probably be out in Los Angeles or Las Vegas still doing music.

"It was a no-brainer.

We wanted to be around family and people and support and share the children with my parents." Tackett initially sold cars upon returning.

Then he ran into an old friend, Danny Fisher, the golf association's director.

The pair had known each another since before Tackett was a teenager.

Fisher mentioned that he was looking for a tournament director.

Selling cars was fun, "but the flexibility wasn't there for me to do the music thing," Tackett said.

"And to be honest, I love working with people and producing a product, like a golf tournament or in the golf association, and seeing it through the development stages.

It's like a carpenter.

That type of feeling.

I love that." In December, after Fisher quit to go into private business, Tackett was named to oversee the organization with more than 10,000 members.

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