Golf fore game

Corey Pavin, winner of the U. Open and Ryder Cup Player and Captain, reflects on his younger days growing up in Southern California and learning the game of golf. Larry Nelson, inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame and winner of 3 majors, joins us to tell his story beginning with his days growing up in Georgia, getting drafted to serve in the U.

Army in Vietnam and getting …. Professional golfer, broadcaster, course designer and philanthropist, Australian-born Bruce Devlin amassed 40 world-wide wins in his professional career. As a young man, he followed his father and began an apprenticeship in plumbing.

As a fine amateur player, Bruce enjoyed a great deal of success with wins at the Australian Amateur and Australian Open before turning In , as a member of the Australian team, he won team and individual honors at the inaugural Eisenhower Trophy played at the Old Course in St. He turned pro in and won his first international event in Over his career, he also achieved eight victories on the U.

PGA Tour. Bruce was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in Bruce is one of only four golfers to have scored a double eagle at the Masters Tournament. He achieved this in the first round of the Masters, holing a 4-wood from yards on the par-5 8th hole. Bruce is married to Gloria, his wife and childhood sweetheart over 60 years.

They have three children, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The Oxford English Dictionary records its first use in as a warning cry to people in front of a golf stroke and, like most people, believes it is an abbreviation of the word 'before'. There is an earlier reference in in a glossary of golfing terms. Its origin is almost certainly earlier and bound up with that of the word Caddie. Because golf balls were expensive, golfers employed "Forecaddies" to stand where the ball might land and reduce the number of lost balls, as is done in tournaments today.

Dickson was then performing the duty of what is now commonly called a fore-cady. It is probable that golfers shouted to their 'Forecaddie! A second explanation, still given by the USGA, derives from the military battle craft of musket days, when rank after rank would fire fusillades, some over the heads of those in front.

It was speculated that the term Fore! Modern historians pour cold water on this theory, partly because it is difficult to relate it to a Scottish golf connection and partly because the relevant military terms used do not bear any relation.

However, this theory may in fact be a misunderstanding of the theory below. There is a third explanation, which appears utterly implausible, but which is an outside possibility. It derives from a story told by John Knox ? He tells the tale, as only hell-fire preachers can, of someone arriving at the East Port east gate of Leith.

This story was noticed by Dr Neilson and subsequently reported by Robert Browning in his book 'History of Golf' thus:. Before taking the tee box at each hole, everyone in the group draws a card. Each card contains a prompt, action or special rule for the hole that will either help you, hurt you or just make you look like an ass.

There are 5 types of cards:. Hell Yeah! These cards are good for you. Sucks 4 U. These cards are bad for you. These cards are bad for a player of your choosing. These cards are good or bad for the entire party. Hold On!