NEWS AND NOTES
The Shag Bag
Posted: Wed November 12, 1997
Already buoyed by the news that Colin Montgomerie would not play
full time in the U.S. in 1998, the European tour received
another boost when 24-year-old Lee Westwood of England,
considered the best young player in Europe, said that he too
would not try to join the U.S. Tour. "I'm as excited about the
future now as I was in the late '70s and early '80s, when Seve
Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and the rest were emerging," European
tour executive director Ken Schofield told London's Daily
Record.... Lee Trevino, who tied for fourth at the Senior Tour
Championship, credited his performance, in part, to a new putter
that his caddie, Ralph Hackett, found in a golf shop in Napa,
Calif. Knowing that Trevino collected the old Taylor Made line
of TPA putters, Hackett bought a XVIII model for $30. Trevino
put it to good use in Myrtle Beach, needing only 22 putts in the
third round. "The guy wanted $50 for the putter, but [Hackett]
gave him a ball I'd autographed and got $20 off," Trevino said.
"Man, I wish I could sell every ball for $20. I'd sit up all
night signing 'em." ... Charles Coody, who won the MasterCard
Champions portion of the Senior Tour Championship, was mistaken
for Miller Barber by an autograph seeker. Said Coody, "I know
I'm ugly, son, but not that ugly."
Issue date: November 17, 1997
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