Thanks. We were both playing in a charity tournament and he saw me slam my club down in anger on the driving range early in the morning. There were at least a hundred people watching and as I bent down to pick up my club I heard in a southern drawl an elderly man say, "Pick up that club." I looked up from my crouched position and saw it was Sam Snead. I was mortified. I thought he was going to chew me out for bad manners on the course. But instead he said he was going to teach me a lesson. In a minute he had me hitting shots better than I've ever seen come off my club before or since. When I left the range one of the bystanders came up to me and said, "You know you just got a $500 lesson." I figure that's about $2,000 in today's dollars.
Awesome selfie with Snead!
Thanks. We were both playing in a charity tournament and he saw me slam my club down in anger on the driving range early in the morning. There were at least a hundred people watching and as I bent down to pick up my club I heard in a southern drawl an elderly man say, "Pick up that club." I looked up from my crouched position and saw it was Sam Snead. I was mortified. I thought he was going to chew me out for bad manners on the course. But instead he said he was going to teach me a lesson. In a minute he had me hitting shots better than I've ever seen come off my club before or since. When I left the range one of the bystanders came up to me and said, "You know you just got a $500 lesson." I figure that's about $2,000 in today's dollars.