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Remembering Orville Moody: A Caddie’s Story

Photo: Orville and Kim, his caddie and friend.KIM GREEN WAS A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND of Orville Moody, who died last week in Texas. Kim also caddied for “Sarge,” a U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open champion, in the early 1990s. She graciously shared many…

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Riding Shotgun with Orville Moody

ORVILLE MOODY, THE 1969 U.S. OPEN CHAMPION, died today in Texas. He was 74. Reports didn’t give a cause of death, but he had been in poor health for most of the year after suffering a massive stroke.A former caddie informed me of Orville’s death vi…

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1958 PGA Champion Dow Finsterwald

FIFTY YEARS AGO AFTER A LONG HISTORY as a match-play tournament, the PGA Championship became a stroke-play event. The 1958 PGA Championship was also the first major to be televised (although parts of other majors had been televised).The winner of that …

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Sorry I Missed You, Mike Souchak

LAST MONDAY NEAR THE END of an hour-long phone conversation, a retired West Coast sportswriter who shares my interest in the old-time PGA Tour players said what I often think: They won’t be around forever.Three days later 15-time tour winner Mike Sou…

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My Return to Legends of Golf

(Jack Fleck denied Ben Hogan a record fifth U.S. Open title.)It began with Jack Fleck.A golf friend I made through this blog wrote me and said I might be interested in talking to the unlikely man who beat Ben Hogan in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955…

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Golf’s Greatest Swings: Sam Snead

The greatest golf swings of all time. Who’s on your list? How do you even determine such a thing? Beauty? Effectiveness? Wins? Majors?It’s subjective, a matter of opinion, which I think will make it a fun subject to explore as an occasional series….

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Armchair Golf Year in Review

I didn’t have a jumpsuit like these pro caddies when I looped for Orville Moody this year. (Glasson/Flickr)Not too bad a year for this golf blogger. I made many new golf connections, including other golf bloggers and writers and several Tour pros — me…

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