Notah begay junior tournament

Two hundred people sat hip-to-hip on the floor of the pueblo's lantern-lit kiva, waiting. In their midst, a 6-year-old boy slept between his mother's legs. When the ceremonial leaders finally came in for their first dance, the boy awoke to the sound of their bells. He stood up, rubbed his eyes. And as the song began, he started to dance. He didn't notice that he was the only audience member dancing, but the performers did. After each dance, they gave him corn and watermelon out of appreciation for his innocence and fearlessness. By the end of the ceremony many hours later, the little boy had accumulated a pile of food so large his mother needed help carrying it out. "I had never seen anybody stand up and dance like that," she says. "He just felt it in his body and did it. He was so unafraid."

At 28, Notah Begay III is still reaping the benefits of a dauntless spirit. Now in his third year on the Professional Golf Association Tour, he has emerged as one of the sport's charismatic performers, with an aggressive, intrepid game--a finer-tuned version of the

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