Funny thought from many years ago...

Jun 29, 2022, 11:44 AM

growing up, had a friend who's family ran the Atlanta Golf Classic at Atlanta Country Club. This was a regular PGA event, all the stars played in it.
Since we were well connected, we got awesome jobs that week. From caddying for players during practice rounds (whose caddies had yet to arrive) to being the standard bearer (guy walking with group, carrying their scores). I caddied for Payne Stewart and Ray Floyd among others.
We were always getting the good groups, and on TV.
One late afternoon, players were coming in from their rounds. We were hanging around getting autographs, and up walks Morris Hatalsky. Kids asking for autographs, then his gloves, and the kid next to me yells "Hey can I have your clubs?"
He glares at ME and goes onto a long cussing rant about spoiled kids, etc. Something happened and i just snapped. I yelled "FU&K you Morris Hatalsky" Everyone heard, including other pros standing around.
And all heck brook loose. He raged and demanded that i be removed from the tournament permanently and be disciplined.
My friends uncle (tournament director) ran in, and grabbed us by the arm and took us in the clubhouse. We were scared to death. Once in his office, he glared at us and the burst into laughter. He explained how Mr. Hatalsky is one of the biggest d!cks on tour, everyone hated him.
Hatalsky missed the cut, and i got a bunch of high fives that weekend from other pros and caddies.

Good times.

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we were hitting golf balls over a busy road where my buddy's house was. The yard was plenty big, so we were standing back about 100 yards off the road and hitting them over with a driver.

This obviously wasn't a good idea for many reasons, the least of which not being that there no view of what was coming from either direction other than the cutout where my friend's property was. Trees on one side of the property and a steep hill on the other. So when you made your backswing, you had no conceivable way of knowing whether traffic was coming from either direction.

This wasn't a big deal if you cranked a nice drive. It would simply fly right over the highway.

However, on one my drives, I made solid contact with the ball but realized as soon as I hit it that I topped it slightly. It was a screaming line drive that flattened out at about 3-4 feet off the ground. At the exact same moment, a guy driving a Mazda Miata or some such convertible (top down) came barreling down the highway. If I told you that this golf ball missed the back of his noggin by a foot, I would be being extremely generous. As soon as I hit it and I saw the ball sail and him driving right in it's path, I got the distinct sense that my life was about to change dramatically. I still don't know how I didn't peg this guy in the head.

If the golf ball didn't kill him, the collision certainly would have. SOMEONE was looking out for me that day.

Funny thought from many years ago...

That's pretty cool, I have a similar story

and...

And I almost ran my go kart into Aaron Tippin's old car!***

I've heard about that car. You'd have done no harm, unless

What kind of car was it? It aint a Cadillac and it aint a

I think it was something like a Toyota Corolla

Re: That's pretty cool, I have a similar story

One time when I was in 9th or 10th grade,

Man, that's awesome, check this one out.

My grandfather also used to be a big golfer

Once over Christmas break my roommate and I

my only golf story is walking behind John Daly at Greensboro

I was at a practice round for Augusta

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