O/T - Ko(ach) K(uchar) + RIP Chi Chi

[Pete_Pittock]

Great strategic play by Lydia Ko, a player certainly deserving of Olympic gold and a Hall of Fame berth.


No problem with Kuchar teeing off on the 18th in the looming darkness, even with the preceding group still in the fairway waiting to hit.  His ball was never going to be hit into the penultimate group, he was out of contention for a win, and other than that his finishing position was not material to him or the rest of the field.  He teed off so the others in the group had the option to play the 18th, or wait until Monday.  As to not finishing, he probably couuldn't get a good read on his lie.


Mourning the passing of Juan (Chi Chi) Rodriguez at 88.  A good life for a good person.  Half a century ago he was one of the people I followed when the tour came to Portland (Charlie Sifford too). A humanitarian and legend in his time.  Probably a WSOG with him is still viewable.

[Tim Martin]

Mourning the passing of Juan (Chi Chi) Rodriguez at 88.  A good life for a good person.  Half a century ago he was one of the people I followed when the tour came to Portland (Charlie Sifford too). A humanitarian and legend in his time.  Probably a WSOG with him is still viewable.

I saw Chi Chi play a number of times most notably when he dueled with winner Gary Player at the 1987 Senior U.S. Open at Brooklawn CC. He was in the same league as Lee Tevino as a shotmaker and always fun to watch. I attended the Saturday round with my dad to watch the group of Palmer, Player and Chi Chi and despite going to lots of tournaments over the years it remains as one of my favorite days as a spectator. Chi Chi was very easy to root for and a real positive for the professional game.

[BHoover]

The game of golf is far less interesting without players and shotmakers like Chi Chi Rodriguez, Seve Ballesteros, and Lee Trevino. As Tim Martin said perfectly, Chi Chi was very easy to root for and very much a positive for the game.

[Tommy Williamsen]

He was a miracle worker around the greens. On the ninth hole at Harbor Town, his second shot hit into the face of the bunker, which plugged under the lip. I thought there was no way to get onto the green, but he got up and down. He made watching golf fun.

[Jim_Coleman]

   Too many years ago, I was at Dorado Beach where Chi Chi was in residence. He gave an exhibition during which he hit shots with a tree branch shaped like a golf club that was heavily weighted at the toe. He explained that when he was young, he was so poor that this was how he learned to play.
   He hit lazy draw after beautiful lazy draw with the stick. “I’ve got to talk to Mr. Nicklaus,”  he said ( they were both on the MacGregor staff). “This club is impossible to slice.” I piped up, “I can slice one with that thing,” and proceeded to hit my usual 20 yard “fade.”  “I guess I’d better stick to playing, not club design,” Chi Chi observed. A life memory for me. 😀

[cary lichtenstein]

I have a Havenese, I named her CHI CHI after CHI CHI R

[Steve_ Shaffer]

In 1989, he was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. Rodriguez received the 1989 Old Tom Morris Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, GCSAA’s highest honor. In 1992, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, the first Puerto Rican so honored.

Read more:


https://flasportshof.org/fshofmember/chi-chi-rodriguez/

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Good article about Chi-Chi,The Grand Showman:

https://lenferman.substack.com/p/chi-chi-rodriguez-the-grand-showman

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Another good article about Chi-Chi:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/juan-chi-chi-rodriguez-world-golf-hall-of-famer-dies-88-tribute