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"You've got guys who like for 10 days, they are away from home, the stresses of family life and business life, and they are over here with their buddies playing golf and they are just so easy to look after because they are so happy,"she said.
"You see a lot of fathers and sons who come through, and then you see the sons coming back, the father has passed away and they want to spread some ashes on the golf courses they played together, because that meant so much to them. You see sons coming over who never got to make the trip with their father, and they go and play all the courses they had mapped out. They might have the ashes in their golf bag in a little box, taking their father around these courses. And then they sit in the bar and have a whisky and toast their dad."
One of Jack's favorite memories came early. Ernie Els and the South African team were playing in the Dunhill Cup and got eliminated.
"It was our first or second year here," Jack said. "The South Africans missed the cut, and they were all in here drinking like crazy, lager beer. I had a 6-iron behind the bar, and Ernie is starting to give lessons to the people behind the bar. And finally Ernie said, 'We are going to play the first hole.'"
Jack went with him. He said: "We literally played the first hole in the dark at 1:30 in the morning with a 6-iron, and I see this flashlight and the police come up, and I'm saying, 'I'm going to get run out of town."'
Twenty years later, Els is a two-time British Open champion (though not yet at St. Andrews), and Jack is still in town.
But Els apparently has not forgotten.
"I was at Augusta for the Masters for a practice round two years ago," Jack said. "And I'm sitting on the 16th on the Tuesday on the par-3 in the front row with my Dunvegan stuff on, and here comes Ernie Els, very relaxed. And he says to me, 'Hey, you played any midnight golf lately?'"
quote:that is the story that I mentioned in the Ernie Masters Thread that someone was asking about
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/16/sports/golf/the-place-to-be-at-the-british-open-golf.html?_r=0quote:
"You've got guys who like for 10 days, they are away from home, the stresses of family life and business life, and they are over here with their buddies playing golf and they are just so easy to look after because they are so happy,"she said.
"You see a lot of fathers and sons who come through, and then you see the sons coming back, the father has passed away and they want to spread some ashes on the golf courses they played together, because that meant so much to them. You see sons coming over who never got to make the trip with their father, and they go and play all the courses they had mapped out. They might have the ashes in their golf bag in a little box, taking their father around these courses. And then they sit in the bar and have a whisky and toast their dad."
One of Jack's favorite memories came early. Ernie Els and the South African team were playing in the Dunhill Cup and got eliminated.
"It was our first or second year here," Jack said. "The South Africans missed the cut, and they were all in here drinking like crazy, lager beer. I had a 6-iron behind the bar, and Ernie is starting to give lessons to the people behind the bar. And finally Ernie said, 'We are going to play the first hole.'"
Jack went with him. He said: "We literally played the first hole in the dark at 1:30 in the morning with a 6-iron, and I see this flashlight and the police come up, and I'm saying, 'I'm going to get run out of town."'
Twenty years later, Els is a two-time British Open champion (though not yet at St. Andrews), and Jack is still in town.
But Els apparently has not forgotten.
"I was at Augusta for the Masters for a practice round two years ago," Jack said. "And I'm sitting on the 16th on the Tuesday on the par-3 in the front row with my Dunvegan stuff on, and here comes Ernie Els, very relaxed. And he says to me, 'Hey, you played any midnight golf lately?'"
