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[...]... old caddie snorted: ‘You couldna’ keep your head down long enough!’ 19 PHIL TRESIDDER ON GOLF Golf stories Putting can be off-putting Confused? The Punch Book of Golf offered this light-hearted advice to perplexed putters from its Dr Golf segment: Question: ‘I keep having this recurring nightmare in which I am on the 18th green with no clothes on, putting for the British Open, and I suddenly notice... hacker Fallon related that on one occasion, however, a ball bounced at the feet of a walking nun, who picked it up and flung it back over the fence The fortunate golfer then hit it into the hole from where it lay! 5 Reverend Billy Graham: I never pray on the golf course Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the golf course 2 KEEPING A LID ON OUR EMOTIONS Golf This is a game that... the Australian Golf Club, where he won three championships in his only three appearances The Pennant Hills Golf Club on Sydney’s north side has been his home and he has won the club title some 25 times A cursory examination of the various honour boards will reveal his name some 60 times This year the members elected him club captain ‘His name’s on every other board, so it may as well be on the club captains... rolls on cheerfully It was as far back as 1967 that his name first bobbed up into prominence as a medallist winner in the Australian Amateur Championship He won the national amateur title ten years later at Victoria Golf Club, and finished runner-up twice In 1972 the name of Tony Gresham became an international golf talking point On the Olivos Country Club in Buenos Aires 2 NO REGRETS—JUST FOND MEMORIES... finish a three-shot victor An Australian scribe wrote: ‘ he cleansed a nation of the insidious belief that its only credible contender for major champion honours was Norman.’ Grady carried no tickets on himself, no superstar status claims, quipping: ‘I may not dazzle you with great play, but I’ll beat you 23 PHIL TRESIDDER ON GOLF to death with persistence.’And gazing lovingly at the PGA trophy, he... was not how few shots he would finish with, but how few clubs 7 PHIL TRESIDDER ON GOLF His legendary club-hurling feats included having to pay a deep-sea diver $75 to swim down a canal and rescue his favourite driver The Professional Golfers Association later put Tommy in charge of the tour’s ‘good conduct’ committee in a bid to reform him One sceptic suggested it was like putting the rabbit in charge... three times on the tee, but facing a particularly tough shot in the rough you may resort to five or ten waggles, thus breaking your concentration pattern and resulting in your swing becoming tight and jerky One teacher maintained most golfers create their own distractions and mental hazards He related how one lady told him she couldn’t stand to play with a certain person because she talked continually... suggested she use ear plugs Golf Digest once produced a book of its ‘Instant Lessons’ over 25 years, concluding a golfer only needs a simple tip or ‘swing key’ to get their game back on track They advised you should check your set-up in a mirror Take a shoe off to set your weight right.Think of a noose to keep your chin up Wrap a towel around your grip to eliminate tension Count ‘one, two’ for better timing... Lovey, ranked the best woman golfer in the country, married John Dovey, the club’s 24-year-old professional Members confidently predicted a lovey-dovey honeymoon 10 Jackie Gleason: Golf and women are a lot alike.You know you’re not going to wind up with anything but grief, but you can’t resist the impulse 3 SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT With the arrival of winter golf, senior golfers, who comprise the majority... course is longer with less run on the fairways and wintry conditions can turn a game into a strenuous slog So what to do about it? Norman von Nida and Gary Player, winners of ten Australian Open Championships between them, have a few useful theories Golf, The Von agrees, for the over-50 brigade can be a physically taxing game, so the secret is to stay in as good a shape as possible The Von quotes famous . Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Tresidder, Phil. Phil Tresidder on golf. ISBN 1 74114 633 X. 1. Golf - Anecdotes. 2. Golfers. I.Title. 796.352 Set. 155 Hong Kong 155 Wales 156 China 156 Italy 156 Germany 157 New Zealand 157 Phil Tresidder tribute 1928–2003 160 Acknowledgments 170 PHIL TRESIDDER ON GOLF vi Tressider