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Bob, it really pisses me off that you got such a short retirement. I knew when you left your on-course announcing position with ABC Sports Golf you were not the kind of guy who would enjoy retirement but, jeez Bob. What did you have to go and die for?

I knew Bob Rosburg well just by being a TV Golf Spotter on numerous occasions where ABC Sports was following the PGA or LPGA Tour. Ah, for the old days huh, Sal?

Bob was a crusty old curmudgeon to some but he had a soft spot in his heart for spotters, considered by most to be the lowest form of human being to be allowed in a TV compound, just ask Johnny K. about those early years with ABC Sports, Sal on the radio, giving us all hell in his own inimitable style. Rossi and Judy Rankin in the fairways, Mark Lumis and Jack Graham in the production trailer (yes Sal, I was wrong that day when you asked me for the order, and I forgive you for the stream of F bombs that you laid on me).

I remember a tournament in the desert once where, as a veteran spotter,  I got the cush job of driving Rossi's golf cart. I soon discovered that man, you better hop to it or he would have your ass good. There were many horror stories of him dressing down a dipshit spotter that was chatting with the gallery instead of watching Rossi. But I made sure that I was like his shadow during the Nabisco Dinah Shore Tournament and as we rolled up to a fairway position that he liked he would then say, "Dickie boy, stay close and watch me."  I will always remember that day Rossi, God bless you, I think that it was the first day in history that Rossi bought a spotter a drink at the end of 72 holes.

He was a cynical guy, loathe to answer questions from the gallery and he would say what he thought, he would walk up to a ball in the rough and say, "no way is he getting this ball on the green" more times than not he would be right but there were some who knocked it stiff from impossible lies. He would say, "well, that's golf."

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My good friend John just returned from a temp job as an on-course spotter with CBS Sports Golf at the Colonial Invitational in FT. Worth, Texas. I had to sit this one out due to a bum knee but spotting major PGA Tour events is something that we have done together on numerous occasions over the last 20 years, from the British Open to the U.S. Open and numerous tournaments in between.

On his way home he stopped here for a round of golf at my club and since he had spent the last five days at Colonial and was on his way to play Riviera CC, the subject of Ben Hogan came up. Neither of us were sure how two different golf courses got the nickname, Hogan's Alley, so I promised to check it out.

Simple really, thanks to Wikipedia. In 1948 alone, Ben Hogan won 10 tournaments, including the U.S. Open at Riviera Country Club, a course known as "Hogan's Alley" because of his success there. Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, a modern PGA tournament venue, is also known as "Hogan's Alley" and may have the better claim to the nickname.

Reason being that Mr. Hogan was born in Texas, lived there, played there, won there and died there. Colonial and Dallas/Ft. Worth area are the real Hogan's Alley, just ask any Texan. 

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2009 was the 52nd Masters for Gary Player, the South African and three-time Masters Champion. He says it will be the last and that spells the end of an era for this boomer golf enthusiast. Gary Player has been a part of my life in golf for almost as long as he has been playing. Goodbye, and thanks for the great golf memories, Gary!

So, what does it mean when you don't recognize most of the names on the PGATour? You can't take the club past parallel any more, you take a cart more than you walk 18 holes, you flush a drive and it goes 240 yards, and the 19th hole is a jacuzzi? Well, just like Mr. Player, everyone reaches a point where they are happy to let the youngsters have their stage. I don't mind, this boomer is still swinging.

I was looking for the video that this article on Fox Sports conveyed about his final two rounds, the standing O's for each of 36 holes, etc. But I do have this nice video which recaps his three wins at the Masters.

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I am not talking about problems with his knee, we all know what he has done since coming back to the PGA Tour and no one expected any less of Tiger Woods. What we are referring to here is any future appearances at my home PGA event, the FBR Open, formerly, the Phoenix Open. Tiger's appearance in 1997 at the TPC Scottsdale was his last due to security issues. Some kid threw an orange at him while he was putting, a heckler in the gallery was found with a gun in his backpack. 

This is the largest attended tournament on the PGA Tour and record crowds of 250,000 in one day are hard to control. The drunk tourists are here, the college kids and the golf groupies are everywhere and it's more like a circus than a golf tournament.

I was there that day, marveling like everyone else, at the phenom known as Tiger Woods. They thought maybe he was a flash in the pan but 12 years later we know he is for real. Tiger Woods, after only 12 years on the PGA Tour is already a golf legend.

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Our friends at Golftrekker want us to know a few things about the Ugly American Golfer. You know the type; loud, arrogant, poorly dressed and a real pig at the dinner table. Can't seem to keep up on the course. Is never ready for their tee time. Is too good for a local caddy, won't play with a member, takes forever to hit the ball, etc, etc, etc.

As travel abroad becomes more affordable, ordinary Americans will be traveling abroad and there is a responsibility they have to pay attention to. The positive image of the American golfer is at stake.

It's also a lot safer not to draw attention to yourself!

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