WHO was the MOST HATED golfer ever? WALKING w the Greats of GOLF. AL BARKOW legendary golf ⛳️ writer
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Thanks for watching! - Sport
Could listen to this guy for hours!
7:00: I'm glad the random guy chimed in to talk about Moe Norman. I was a starry-eyed kid who took two days off school to caddie for some guy from the U.S. who was trying to qualify for the Canadian pro tour at a course not far from where I lived. One day I was walking past the range when I noticed a group of people watching some guy hit balls. It was Moe Norman. Moe Norman was an eccentric character who rubbed some people the wrong way. But to this day I still remember a kooky guy hit one ball after another using different irons in the same place. I am not exaggerating when saying you could cover every ball he hit with a blanket. It was astounding. The guy would hit a ball and chat to whomever was listening and then hit another ball in the same place. One after another. Moe Norman was a golf genius.
That’s not some random guy. Specifically, that’s John Erickson who is a heck of a golfer!
Moe Norman is a legend in Canadian golf he was a savant at striking a golf ball. 😊
Legend has it that on a par 4, Moe's caddie said it was a driver and 9 iron to the green, so Moe tees of with his 9 iron and hits driver onto the green.
There has been a discussion he was on the spectrum but as Canadian was a moe fan
I miss the wisdom of my older golf friends. As time goes, they all have passed away. Cherish the time you have with these gems.
This Guy knows a lot of golf ⛳ history loved listening to him God bless
I got to know Sam Snead he was a very easy to talk too I had a lot fun talking to him he was very personal and we got along very well. He was funny and had a lot of stories to tell. He and I talked like we were old friends I could say anything to him and he would just laugh I sure do miss him
We just started talking one day while was at the greenbrier and it started from there I was at the greenbrier quite a bit. If you could have heard some of our conversation you would see just how interesting he was I was a good player and I understood the golf swing more than most an we talked a lot about it. Some times we would talk for over two hours. I was very blessed to get to know him
Sam was a great golfer. Plus he was a good man. Cool story!!!!!!! Slamming Sam
I’ve been a hacker for 40+ years and I didn’t realize till I was 60 years old that the game is won from 100 yards in. I’ve also always believed the game is 90% mental and 10% ability.
Great video!!
Almost like a "Field of Dreams" for golfers...
We need more content like this!
Absolutely love it
👍👍
This is absolutely brilliant, could listen for hours
😅😅maybe 😊
Fascinating discussion. There was one comment near the end that I found particularly interesting. The pro at a club I was a member of about 40 years ago would brag that he could identify every member from a distance from their swing.....and he was right. I guess it's easy if one knows what to look for.
Thanks, lovely interview with a sympathetic recollection.
Writer of the best golf book ever. "GOLF'S GOLDEN GRIND" is a must-read for anyone who loves the greatest game ever invented. Barkow may be the greatest golf writer ever. My favorite line in that great book was about Hogan. "The man had his own exclusive channel in the sky," he penned. UNREAL. About the players' tempers, he wrote of them spilling out, "The bile of the Furies." Few, if any writers had his command of a phrase. Al Barkow was one of a kind.
First time seeing your channel. Great content !! Thanks for respecting the previous generations of golfers
I could listen to this guy for hours and I'm not really a big golf fan. Great stuff, man!
Great talk again , love these❤!
Yes way too short! Loved hearing these stories. More please!
My mother and I would go to the high school practice field. She'd hit shots and I'd catch them in my baseball glove. She honed her swing and I became a great outfielder.
Yeah...
so good I am wat6ching it twice. thank you
- ... this is so good ... Tnx .
Very interesting interview!
Loved this. I could hear Al tell stories all day.
Awesome! Thank you Brandon!
That was awesome!
That was really interesting.
Enjoyed this interview so much, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Rory Sabbatini and Patrick Reed are two of the most detested golfers
McIlroy and Woods are up there as well though they pretend otherwise.
@@Hanamy7777 McIlroy and Woods polarize. They have adherents. They have haters. Sabbatini and Reed didn't/don't have a meaningful fan base. They just aren't liked. I doubt they care. Reed doesn't even talk to his own family.
To me it was always Jack could not stand the man.
Great interview. Al Barkow has great stories
Actually Snead’s feet were aligned to the right of the target but his shoulders and hips were parallel left of target. Snead’s hands did move out towards the ball for first foot or so from the top but the shaft flattened a lot.
So good, a bye gone era, thanks for the watch
Fabulous history of the modern game and the tour players who made it great!
Ky Laffoon!!! I thought I was the only one who knew of him. My dream group to play with would have been Laffoon, Lefty Stackhouse, and Tommy Bolt.
So I have a little connection to this. I remember a million years ago reading about Ky Laffon in Golf Digest?, seem to remember just an out of control but talented golfer. One story was that he opened his car door while driving to drag his wedge on the road to sharpen the bottom of it. And also a million years ago, I was playing at Fairfield Bay Arkansas, and Tommy Bolt was holding court at a table in the clubhouse. There was not an open spot on the table, covered with empties.
@@utubefan991 I would just love to play with that group to see the flying clubs, hear the cursing, and see the self-mutilation they would go through. I love the story of Stackhouse hitting a terribly hooked tee shot. He went over to a nearby thornbush and started raking his hand back and forth through the briers saying, "Roll over again on me, damn you!!!" That hand bloodied, he then looked at his other hand and did the same saying, "Don't think you're getting away with it either!!" I don't remember if it was Lefty or Ky, but one of them missed a short putt and then ran off of the green and started banging his head against a tree.
Bolt was famous for throwing clubs and cursing. There's a story about Tommy's caddy giving him a certain club, and Tommy didn't want to hit it. After arguing with his caddy, Bolt finally snapped the club across his knee so that he COULDN'T hit it. The caddy, who was full up of Tommy by this time, took the club that Tommy wanted to hit and snapped it over his knee. I think the story had them almost breaking, in turn, all of the clubs in Tommy's bag.
"Most hated pro..... Ben Hogan" ..... PGA pro Norm St. Pierre
so humble
Very interesting talk. Use to help in the local Hogan tour in Panama City Fl. Really got to see some great payers. It was true, the cream would rise to the top it was just amazing to see. The lesser players were very good but the strong horses should did shine. Ripping drives off the Tee Box shot making. One that I remember was a guy named Neal Lancaster he was hitting them further than John Daly in the Stats at the time. Hogan tour had some great players. A new Sub.. PS one guy Pro from Panama City would say I'm Not the Best but I'm one of them.. :-)
It's interesting to listen to Al Barkow's stories.
Could listen to him forever !
you should have an interview with charlie harrision in atlanta. he has some amazing stories at east lake
Saw him on the range there at Metropolitan a few years back. He hit every iron on the nose and i knew he was a player. Didnt know who he was. We talked a bit about golf and he scoffed at all the technique advice nowadays and said main thing is to keep your head still. Thinking about that, i agree. All else will follow if you can do that - spine angle, etc. Kind of like a great dancer, sharpshooter, pool player or swimmer. Keep head still and let everything rotate around it. Makes sense.
Thongs change scent from one end to the other.
Knowledge is power.
God bless
Thank you
In 1956 or ‘57 I caddied for Gardiner Dickinson Jr. in the Western Open in Detroit. We (the caddies) stood about 20 feet apart on the range. At 200 yds, they would a long iron to your feet. No need to move.
You cut him off a few times when he had something interesting to say. Give the other people a chance rather than interrupting a lot!
Bad habit this guy has.
Create your own channel and run it how you want...
Problem solved
@@benjaminhogan3157
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism........especially when the advice is spot on.
He just wanted to keep him on track instead going into some babbling old man story about how much milk cost in Chicago in 1936… who gives a shit. Keep on the golf! bravo Brenden good interview.
I wanted to hear about the Chicago thing
"Believe in yourself"... there, right there is the gold .Like he said that's the difference between the winner and the loser. Two people ,same ability, but they walk totally different paths.
Nonsense. There are many who should not believe in themselves.
Read his books. They're fun!
Gold here
How did the usa get out of that? Here in nz our current tour is similar to what he's saying and a lot of use left the tour to making a living.. would love to see the change usa made to make the change happen here too..
Al Geiberger was the first guy to shoot 59 in 1977.
In Memphis
Tom Watson called Gary Player a cheater in the very first SKINS with Arnie and Jack in Arizona as I remember! I think it was in 1984 but Tom said Gary had moved something as I remember and not remembering what exactly he did but after Gary had won the most money and was on his private jet Watson called him on it. Anyone else remember that?
Yep, I remember it pretty much the same way.
I do remember that and I THINK it was the very first skins game in 1983. I thought of it today because Tom and Gary were playing with Lee and Jack in a scramble and I saw Tom and Gary being chummy and mentioned the story to my wife as we were watching.
An old timer PGA caddy that shopped at a market I worked at said the same thing about Player.
Yes, I do!
You are correct, that created a rift that went on for many many years
It would have been interesting to hear what Mr. Barkow was going to say about Paul Runyon. Oh well.
The interviewer kept interrupting him. Boy that aggravating, that interview could have been 10 times better if he just let Barkow finish his thoughts.
17:28 See if you can find out what Paul R had to say about the secret inside over the top (down the line) swing.
I believe Mike Malaska has a few videos with BE BETTER GOLF on this subject.
Mike called it "Over the top from the inside" and says many tour pros today still do this.
Very powerful move
It's not really a secret, it's just a baseball swing (to a low ball) applied to golf - you just have to aim further left and obviously draw the ball a little. You take it inside o make sure you don't come across the ball when you come over the top.
Around 1965 in Palm Springs area watched Palmer at early morning practice..just my Dad and I and Arnie..The guy shagging his driver shots would take one or two steps either way and catch the balls..
Amazing indeed..
Then he was chipping and he said..I can't hit a wedge to save my ass..
We laughed..
Isn't JB Holmes another example of the "in and over" crowd? Again, very interesting discussion, cheers.
Scottie Scheffler does too.
@@justmythought1586 Interesting, I never noticed. Getting a chance to watch him in person tomorrow 🙂
@@sirtogii5216 Check out the youtuber "My Swing Evolution". He is a big proponent of the swing and it has helped his back. He has several videos analyzing swings of many older and newer pro golfers. The over the top is barely noticeable. He uses his legs more like Hogan did.
Ask al about mike Austin
Standing over the ball and emptying your mind of all thoughts, no wonder you Americans have had so many good golfers.
No wonder it takes 5 hours to play a round over there. 😉
No substitute for pounding balls. So many people are trying to copy Moe Norman's swing but what made Moe such a great ball striker is he hit more balls than anyone else. He'd go to the range in the morning and spend the entire day there. Especially when people started watching him. Too bad he never knew where the putting green was.
FF to 12:10
12:30 shout out to the OTT “Over The Top” Swing! Check it out with “My Swing Revolution” YT Channel!
the more i practised the luckier i got gary player moving the ball now i like to see that
Excellent video!
90...years...young. wow!
Bruce Lietzke....in and over.
Shooter McGavin
He knows what he's talking about, so much wisdom and knowledge
Nick Faldo is the closest I've seen to Hogan with his mentality and approach to the game.
Nick really came out of his shell as an announcer! Love his insights!
Yeh, Nick was a bit of a loner on Tour and did it his way. He was never one of the boys like Mark James, Sam Torrance etc. They were good but not major champions so can never give an insight into what it takes to be one.
Faldo got brave and asked Hogan what it takes to win a US Open? Hogan shot a crabby answer to poor Nick." Shoot the lowest score...".. 😜
17:30 ... yes, because the golf swing is all about inertia and acceleration. Trevino swung with an opposite loop, a front to back loop, but he kept the inertia of the club up ... he never lets the club head stop. if the club head stops anywhere during its motion the swing is dead because the inertia is dead. Isaac Newton's first law of motion is the key. and you must go down and get the ball and swing out to the right ... even to hit a fade you have to swing out to the right but on the inner quadrant of the ball. if a player doesn't understand inertia they will never be able to consistently strike the ball well with control.
In 1998, I worked as a volunteer at the US Open which was held at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. I was walking the course and on one hole, Greg Norman hit a shot into the trees. A middle-aged woman was working as a Marshall and was trying to keep people away from Norman's ball. Apparently, Norman thought she wasn't doing a good enough job and yelled at her and by the time he had hit his shot and left, the woman was crying. I think Norman is a very small man.
But perhaps she wasn't doing a very good job?
She was keeping the people away from the ball and the fans were being respectful.
My Lafoon was legendary…he used to tie a wire around his putter and let it drag on the road…. Tommy Bolt was another one. They used to call in terrible Tommy.
The LIV golfers who defected from the PGA Tour need to listen to this guy before the next time they open their mouths and criticized the Tour. Sixteen dollars and eleven cents. Enough said. Great interview, Brandon. I could listen to this guy’s stories for hours.
Great point
Wholly owned citizens, property of the PGA Tour, "defected" 😂. I just thought it was free people making a career choice. Have you've worked for only one company your whole life?
Maybe you're a better man to turn down hundreds of millions of dollars? I'm sure many current PGA players regret staying loyal, given how interest and ratings are low!
@@mikeyposs3132 But they can sleep well at night knowing they did not become golfing mercenaries for Greg Norman and the Saudi’s.
@@temporarystranger95 maybe, but that means any future merger would give PGA players a difficult decision!
Bobby Jones,bobby locke and sam snead all moved the club inside and moved the club over but it was mot ott their downswing was inside the ball target line. It looks like a figure eight from top view but lockes was a fat eight. Its a shame about Locke he won a boat load of British opens five i think and was leading money on the tour but the way he talked and breaking out in song plus drumming them while being outdriven by fifty yards and holing long putts, it was too much for some of the pros .
Did any golfers of old really “stay in shape,” and maybe work out to be physically strong for golf? Or was beating on 1,000 balls per day considered to be the right way to train back in the day?
Stranahan and Player were the ones to come to mind.
@Mitch Qumstein
Didn't you get kicked out of school for night putting...?
Putting... at night?
Sam Snead was famously in shape throughout. It's why he played so well well into old age.
Weight training wasn't popular until the past 20-25 years. I remember when it was basically VJ and Tiger really training hard. From the 80s back, basically only Gary Player.
@@jimlongino8420 It's not necessary the best thing either. Tiger ruined his body with overtraining. Nicklaus, Snead, and Watson played well into their 50s and could hit it a mile still without weights. Golf is more about hand/eye and flexibility than brute strength. Staying in good shape is important, but golfers don't need to press 300 or squat 500. A lot of it is counterproductive. Things like swimming, yoga--core exercises that relief back strain--are probably the best for golf.
Every old man I play with say people hated Jack.
Is this Al Lewis from "The Munsters"?
Ask Al if Gary Player gave Himself the Nickname of the Black Night? You don’t give Your self an Nickname !! Just wondering.
Knight.
Of course he did.
Allways Wondered !
Of course Player did- was and is a narcissistic jerk and wannabe Palmer and Nicklaus
If you want to learn how to do interviews watch Unheard.
Great video, glad I've found this channel.
Is there a guy in the background hitting balls with a mask over his mouth?
Why do yo care?
@@3-ddjr460 He cares because maskers are spreaders of the deadliest virus there is: irrational fear.
Worst temper was Lefty Stackhouse.
Great video! Al Barkow "Golf's Golden Grind': "They labor under King Hot." He's one of the best.
Clearly, Al has been around. Been there; done that.
I thought Arnie had Mark mcCormick
epic
Is absolutely no doubt who is the most hated golfer ever Shooter McGavin
Didn't watch the vid yet but my first thought would be Bruce Crampton.
He was so grumpy it was funny.
Was a frumpy guy. He still alive ??
A caddie once told me Gary Player was the biggest cheat on tour. He related several instances including Watson calling him out. Mentioned one occasion when in a practice found before The Open, Player on the first tee said to the others, just the usual $25 a corner and Watson replied, well it depends whether we’re playing to the Rules of Golf or your rules!
I heard this also from some old caddies in florida
Jack Nicklaus unfortunately was hated because his replaced Arnie
That’s true
only early in his career. later on, his was loved too by the vast majority. Not as much as Arnie because no one was loved more than him by golf fans.
Early in his career but that passed quickly because Arnie and Jack became close friends
What he didn’t tell you was that balls weren’t even provided for players. The pro had to bring his own practice balls and that’s why the caddie had to shag them. As a caddie in those days what really pissed you off was when your player would stop hitting balls and stand around bullshitting with other players. They were very long days for very small amounts of money.
Got to say , I was a little irritated when you interupted him as he was about to say something about Paul Runyon.
They hated golfers that beat USA and European golfers , was simple as that !
Yes, that didn't go unnoticed by me. The two players named as being hated or "cheating" were both South Africans. Gary Player is one of the all-time greats and should never be disrespected in that way, and to push Bobby Locke off the tour is just petty.
Did they only want US players on the tour? That can backfire as it makes the victories less valuable if all the players come from one country lol.
Imagine how many PGA titles Locke would have won if they didn't kick him out (he won 10 in the space of 24 months, 15 in total)? I expect he'd have won some or all of the other majors to add to his four Open victories.
You can hit balls for hours on a range and accomplish nothing, you have to go out and play and play and play shoot good scores scramble and grind all the things that happen on a golf course can't be duplicated on the range. I used to play myself into shape, not hit tons of balls just a handful.
As a guy who went to a lot of golf tournaments when I was younger, here was my observations. Bruce Crampton and Billy Casper were real jerks at times. They may verbally blame the fans for their own poor shot. Trevino can be a jerk at times too but in a different way. He thinks it is funny to belittle certain fans in the crowd as being "not cool" when he mimics them back. I have even seen him booed over that by the rest of the crowd. And I have seen him use very foul language to the point it is reported to the tour. There is just no sense to that behavior.
Hattie comes to mind
It sounds like you didn't enjoy yourself during the golf tournaments.
Eric Swalwell
He hit a 79?
I always see interviewers interrupt while the person is talking. Right before he was going to say something interesting. Stupid.
It was maddening, wasn't it?
Misleading title.
Ken Green
Snead was really nasty to some people. I’m 81 years old and I was at the Greensboro tournament one time and Sam got pissed at his caddy and was just swearing and chewing the kids ass out. Really embarrassing to everybody. I saw him years later at our club in Florida he would sit out on the veranda until the dirtiest jokeswith women in attendance, bad guy
I have absolutely nothing going on between the ears but am a terrible putter 🤷🏻♂️
Poor interviewer, kept cutting him off ….. he had no idea what he was talking about too naïve to be able to relate to the times Al is talking about
This guy is great. Most hated?
He’s 92 years old. Biden couldn’t hold a torch to him.
Don’t think Palmer and Hogan had much love for each other.
Hogan resented Arnie because he was a,northerner, charismatic and had an odd swing.
Tom Kite
My cousin Ed. He farts during your backswing.
What was that about Gary Player cheating?
Moving the ball. Called out by tom watson. A few old caddies in Florida told me he cheated.