Lee Trevino

Description: Sports: Golf / Sport Topic: Golf Players

Newest Review: ... to endear him to golf fans all over the world. On the golf course he talked and wisecracked constantly, which sometimes didn’t make him too popular with his fellow professionals. There is a now famous encounter that he had with Nick Faldo at the US Masters one year. Knowing his reputation, Faldo approached him before the beginning of the round, and told him in no uncertain terms that ... more

... he wasn’t much of a talker on the golf course. Lee replied, “That’s OK Nick. No need for you to talk at all. Just listen!” ~ ~ But Trevino’s jocular demeanour actually disguised a competitor of steel. During his professi...more

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Lee Trevino: The Court Jester Of Golf (790 words)
by - written on 14/06/01 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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~ ~ Lee Trevino was born in Dallas, Texas in 1939, the son of immigrant Mexican workers to the United States. Brought up on the “wrong side of the tracks” (as they say in America) there could hardly ever have been anyone less likely to make the grade as a professional golfer. The young Trevino took to hanging around driving ranges and golf courses at an early age, in order to pick up a few dollars by doing odd jobs, and by caddying for the wealthy members. It wasn’t too long before he had a golf club in his hands, and one of the most unlikely success stories that the golf world has ever seen had began. He soon got so good at the ... Read the complete review

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