[Devil_Anse]

As for Scott having left ASU after 6 months, maybe he just flunked out. If he did, then he'd have lost his scholarship--actually, he would have probably lost it the minute his grades started to sink (if they did). Maybe the family knows this very well (at least, his parents) but didn't want to tell the public why he really left.

[Sherlock]

As for Scott having left ASU after 6 months, maybe he just flunked out. If he did, then he'd have lost his scholarship--actually, he would have probably lost it the minute his grades started to sink (if they did). Maybe the family knows this very well (at least, his parents) but didn't want to tell the public why he really left.

But then again, maybe he murdered someone and wanted to get out of town fast. It will be interesting to hear what ASU has to say on this. I'd also be interested in where he went when he left ASU.

[maggief]

Lee Peterson also taught his children to golf, and Scott was especially gifted at the sport. By the time he was 14, he was beating his father regularly.

In an early sign of Scott's determination, his father told him he would buy him a car if he could shoot par, never thinking he could. By his sophomore year of high school, Scott was driving around in a Peugeot wagon.

At University of San Diego High School, a Catholic school, he played on the golf team, sharing the greens with the soon-to-be pro golfer Phil Mickelson, who was two years ahead of him.

When Scott graduated in 1990, he won a partial golf scholarship to Arizona State University, but for reasons not clear to his family, he came home after six months.

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I think there's more to this story.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

"Maybe the family knows this very well (at least, his parents) but didn't want to tell the public why he really left."

My thoughts are that the family is learning how much they *do not* know ol' Scottie.

Whuh-do-you-wanna-bet we'll hear next that Scott bumped off a female student at ASU, and then ran back home to "get away" from the media's story? I have heard reports that his family has never known his reasons for abruptly leaving ASU. And, I mean...how wacky is it that a person with a partial sports scholarship to a state university, amidst a mecca of year round golf courses simply packs it all in? ASU is a good school, however, it's not necessarily known for any rigorous academics.