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PHOTOGRAPHY BY STAN BADZ/PGA TOUR (GOLFER); COURTESY OF BOSTON GOLF CLUB (COURSE) "MY CONDITION FORCED ME TO ADJUST MY OUTLOOK. NOW, I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHERS." —ALEX WAYMAN STRAIGHT SHOT AFTER A HARSH WAKE-UP CALL, ALEX WAYMAN TEES OFF SUPPORT. Alex Wayman had it all going on: sterling Georgetown senior, college baseball star… a recruiter's dream. Then, one morning, he woke up unable to move. "I was so scared," he says. Rightly so. Later that day, Wayman was diagnosed with a blockage in his kidney. It was clear to him then that he had to redesign his life—quit drinking, eat healthy, exercise, the works—in order to maintain his health. "I was a 22-year-old college student thinking about a career on Wall Street," he says. "I thought I was invincible. This forced me to adjust my outlook." Now the managing director of a Boston investment-banking firm, Wayman is also a passion- ate board member of the National Kidney Foundation. Eager to break fundraising records and raise awareness, he founded the first-of-its-kind National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic at the exclusive Boston Golf Club. "We keep the event small, with 23 or 24 foursomes, caddies, and great prizes," he says. (The "prizes" he speaks of range from BMWs to jet cards, with the Grand Prize being a trip to the NKF Golf Classic National Finals, in Pebble Beach.) Though the tournament is not until spring, Wayman is pounding the pavement now, offering informational sessions on behalf of NKF. Expect to see him October 16 at the Boston Kidney Walk at Canal Park in Cambridge. "I will do whatever it takes," he says, "to make a difference." nkfgolfclassic.com . Overdrive: At the Boston Golf Club, pros and amateurs alike swing for the cure during the National Kidney Foundation's annual fundraiser. 52 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM SCENE GIVING BACK