In 1998, before my interest in GCA had been peaked, I had the honor of meeting Tom Watson during a trip to Kiawah. He was giving a presentation at the River Course on the plans for Cassique. The man obviously enjoys the golf world and the people in it. During the cocktail hour that preceded the presentation, we had the chance to talk to him for a bit. Mind you, we had been off the course for about two hours at this point but still had our golf shoes on and golf gloves visibly stuck in back pockets. The interim had been focused on consuming mass quantities of bourbon from the open bar. His first comment, boldly asked with a wry smile, was "You guys just get off the course?"
He also gave a brief demo on the range and fielded questions about his game and various shots, including a dead on impersonation of Calc's adventures at the Ocean Course. He was asked if he does anything different when playing into a strong wind. His answer was he hits it harder, not much harder, but just enough to feel like he had committed to the shot.