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All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.

Lee Trevino

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Lee Trevino
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
Golfer
Dallas
Texas
Caddies
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Black
Life

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I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.
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I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play.
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Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, Man, we shot 66! But go out and shoot 77, and they say Hell, he shot 77!
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I never think of yesterday. Can't do anything about it.
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I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.
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Arnie has more people watching him park the car than we do out on the course.
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Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby.
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I use an Arnold Palmer putter that was probably built back in 1954.
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Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.
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Grizzly Adams did have a beard.
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I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swingweight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer.
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I love Merion and I don't even know her last name.
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When you really deep down look at it, we go to bed every night, get up every morning, stay here for 70 or 80 years, and then we die.
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I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico.
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Chipping and putting for par is like a dog chasing cars, he won't be doing it for very long.
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How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.
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There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.
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