I’m from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. AKA golf country. I’ve got three brothers, two older, one younger, and we all grew up playing golf. It was our life. We spent every possible minute on the course. Competing, laughing, arguing over gimme putts. That was life. Golf was the thread running through all of it.
That love for golf carried me to the University of Notre Dame.
There’s a quote from Lou Holtz: “To those who know Notre Dame, no explanation is necessary. To those who do not, no explanation will suffice.”
The tradition. The spirit. The sense of something bigger. You feel it all when you’re there.
At Notre Dame, I lived my dream. Playing D1 golf. Traveling to world-class courses. Getting an education that opened doors. It was a blast.
Watch my Notre Dame golf highlight video
But somewhere along the way, I realized I wasn’t reaching the level I wanted. My senior year crept up, and reality hit: the golf career was winding down. No job lined up. No internships under my belt. Meanwhile, classmates were headed to Wall Street and trading floors.
“Well, I can’t get those,” I thought. I’d spent every summer on the grind. Tournaments, practice, travel. I remember walking into my Federal Taxation class thinking, this can’t be it.
I needed to do something that mattered. Something that gave me the same purpose golf had. So I looked at law school. Accounting degree? Check. Might as well round it out with a law degree, right?
That summer, I was deep in LSAT prep. Sitting in the public library doing logic games. Applying to schools. And in the middle of all that, I started interning at Del Campo. Packing orders. Learning the ropes.
And I loved it.
Weird as it sounds, I’ve always loved socks. They’re a small detail, but they tie the whole look together. Subtle, but full of character. And as an athlete, I knew how much the right socks matter. Every swing starts from the ground up. Comfort, performance, style. It all begins with your feet.
Helping build that experience for other people? It was electric.
I’d already submitted my law school apps. But by April, I knew this is what I’m supposed to be doing.
So I stayed. Full-time socks.
Fast forward to now and I’m Head of Product.
What gets me fired up about this role is the creativity. Every day we’re throwing around new ideas. Pushing to make our product better. Listening to feedback. Tweaking details. Trying stuff. Iterating again. It's addicting.
And the best part? Seeing the socks out in the wild. On the course. At tournaments. Or just walking around town. Hearing from customers who love them. Getting pics in the inbox. Watching our little smiley face logo show up in people’s everyday lives. That’s the good stuff.
“Smile on your feet, smile on your face.”
That’s my line, and I mean it. Socks might seem small, but they bring joy. And that’s what we’re about at Del Campo. Joy in the details. One pair at a time.
I’m proud of what we’re building. And we’re just getting started.
If you’re reading this, I hope you feel that same energy. That spark.
Because there’s a lot more to come.
- Halloween designs?
- Christmas smileys?
- New fabrics? Different heights?
- More college licenses?
We’re on it. Stay tuned.
— Stewart aka Disco
