The Killers Are Enjoying The Fruits of Perseverance

Before the seven Grammy nominations, before the 370-plus million YouTube views for “Mr. Brightside,” before selling 28-plus million records, Brandon Flowers, lead singer and co-founder of The Killers, wanted to be a golf pro. The Las Vegas-born front man with movie star good looks thought he had a chance to make it hitting drives down fairways and putting with precision on the greens, say, of St. Andrews, Augusta National or Pebble Beach. In fact, Flowers spent so much time on the golf course practicing his skills alone that his golden singing voice improved daily and nearly by accident.