Dan Jenkins
Dan Jenkins
Dan Jenkinsis an American author and sportswriter who often wrote for Sports Illustrated...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
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If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich guy he hopes to design a golf course for.
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I gather most people don't remember that when the U.S. Open first went to Pebble Beach in 1972, a big deal was made of the Open going to a public course for the first time.
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Among the many things that have slipped up on me while my back was turned are all of these challenging and well-manicured public courses that have sprung up across America with elegant bars and restaurants.
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You can't have a U.S. Open anymore without an extra course to store all the hospitality tents. I used to be able to drive up to the clubhouse and park like the players. Now, there are seven corporate hospitality guys who have my spot, and I'm on a bus.
I used to never miss the 'New Yorker' or 'New York.' Now I never bother.
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Even as a little kid, I was fascinated by newspapers and magazines. They were my TV. I'd be the first one up to grab the morning paper, mainly to look at the sports pictures, the war pictures.
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Prescott Bush was himself a president of the U. S. Golf Association at one time - 1935 - before he became a U.S. senator from the state of Connecticut.
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Sally Jenkins of the 'Washington Post' is the best sports columnist in the country. Second best is Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN.com, and third is Dan Wetzel on Yahoo!
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Everybody in the Olympics is paid. Lindsay Vonn is going to make a million dollars whether she skis or not.
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Every immortal except Jack Nicklaus has hit a wall and stopped making putts he had to make in order to win. Jack did it for 20 years.
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You'd see all the old immortals back for a family reunion. You used to look forward to coming to the veranda as much as the tournament. It has history, it's kind of exclusive and fun to be a part of.
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There's nothing anyone can do about Tiger Woods but look at his game and swoon.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
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Valet parking is an essential at any decent club.