Another great Lee Trevino story: About 30 years ago in some tournament, I was watching with my Dad (maybe the Masters?), he had a very difficult, pretty much impossible, shot from a sand trap so deep you couldn’t even see the pin. He hit the ball, and if it didn’t go in, it was amazingly close. After the shot, a reporter held his up microphone for comments and Trevino said “You may call that a lucky shot, but that’s what I was trying to do” He had a great sense of humor, and I still remember that line – it was as much a philosophy and a wonderful outlook on everything, not just golf.
Another great Lee Trevino story: About 30 years ago in some tournament, I was watching with my Dad (maybe the Masters?), he had a very difficult, pretty much impossible, shot from a sand trap so deep you couldn’t even see the pin. He hit the ball, and if it didn’t go in, it was amazingly close. After the shot, a reporter held his up microphone for comments and Trevino said “You may call that a lucky shot, but that’s what I was trying to do” He had a great sense of humor, and I still remember that line – it was as much a philosophy and a wonderful outlook on everything, not just golf.
ReplyDeleteThat's - Lee Trevino was the man. He came to golf the hard way too. Think he started as a hustler on the greens.
ReplyDeleteYes, as well as serving in the Marines, and getting struck by lightning!
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