Viejo Dinosaur
EOG Master
Well respected PGA member…ambassador for golf….pioneer for other black golfers ….
viejo new man in charge of eog's obit section.
Lamarr Hoyt today. He was 66.The youngsters here won’t do it…lots of great athletes passing away…
No, it was the other way around.... I remember when Lee trevino wasn't even wanted there, times sure change.
Prevailing shot shape was the reason why Trevino thrived at Glen Abbey in Canada for many years while Tom Watson,After his fourth round at Augusta National in the 1969 US Masters, Lee Trevino said:
“Don’t talk to me about the Masters. I’m never going to play there again. It’s just not my type of course.”
Trevino felt the course didn’t suit his prevailing shot shape – the low-trajectory hard-fade with bite. And e could make a case: Dr Alister Mackenzie had designed the course around Bobby Jones’s high draw. (Think 11, think 13.)
Hoyt was great for about three seasons for the White Sox. W Sox traded Bucky Dent to the yankees for Hoyt and Oscar Gamble. After Hoyt started to go bad the W Sox traded Hoyt to the Padres for Ozzie Guillen.Lamarr Hoyt today. He was 66.
1983 CY winner.
JK, have to disagree with the Whoops here. LaRussa pitched Brit Burns in game 4. Burns was a very good pitcher that year.Just looked it up.
The ALCS was only a Best-of-5 series in 1983.
Yuk!
Tony LaRussa decided to save Hoyt for Game 5 of the series instead of pitching him on short rest in a must-win Game 4.
Whoops!