Today's Tours vs Earlier Tours

[razaar]

Found this article while researching Eddie Pearce a former whiz kid golfer.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930613&slug=1706213

[sms316]

The Jason Sobel article on Pearce yesterday was a cracker.

[razaar]

It was an interesting article.

[virge666]

I wish Hagan was still around. Sports guys like him don't exist any more.

James Hunt would be another...

Sport has lost it's characters - All we have now are "bad boys" and PR machines

[sms316]

We have Ewan Porter these days Virge.

[razaar]

My memories of the local tour events in Queensland pre early 80's were drinking with the lads till early morning. The same blokes would race around the course in the 60's after being legless several hours before hit off.
Jack Newton was rumoured to have stayed up the night following his tie with Tom Watson in the British Open. He lost the play-off to a well rested Watson.

[virge666]

We have Ewan Porter these days Virge.

Hmmm, not quite the same.

:)

[fireblade]

parties? more like playing with their ipads all night.
a lot of todays golfers have the personality of a black texta.....along with a boring game...bomb it long and hit the second with one of five wedges.
thank god Tiger is starting to play well again.

[petethepilot]

The article said Pearce is 41 years old and started on the PGA tour in 1980! Hell, he was young when he got into golf!

[Captain Nemo]

Hahah, funny typo...

[matty]

Yeah, thought the same until I read it was written in 1993.

The Internet and iPhones have killed a lot of personality in sport.

[Mububban]

As the article says, it's just a change in lifestyle for large parts of the community as well as professional athletes. Going to the gym, doing boot camp, eating organic food etc is fairly commonplace nowadays for Joe Average, it stands to reason that with such big bucks on offer the pro athletes are going to do everything they can to maximise their income and career longevity because one serious injury and it can all be over just like that.

20-30 years ago heaps of people smoked, nowadays it's about 15% in Oz, things change. Rocking up drunk to your workplace is just not on any more.

[matty]

Can't wait until they ban smoking altogether in public. Filthy habit.

[sms316]

Here is the Jason Sobel article on Fast Eddie.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/jason-sobel/eddie-pearce-fast-times-of-next-nicklaus/

[popper81]

Here is the Jason Sobel article on Fast Eddie.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/jason-sobel/eddie-pearce-fast-times-of-next-nicklaus/

Wild story ;)

[muldude]

Here is the Jason Sobel article on Fast Eddie.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/jason-sobel/eddie-pearce-fast-times-of-next-nicklaus/

Awesome read.....thanks

[Mububban]

Can't wait until they ban smoking altogether in public. Filthy habit.

I stood in line at the post office yesterday to pay some bills. The courier driver behind me stunk so bad of ciggies that by the time I got to the front to pay, I'd absorbed so much stink from him just standing nearby that when I got home my asthmatic wife made me change my clothes. Never smelt anything like it. His car must be something to behold.

[oncewasagolfer]

Can't wait until they ban smoking altogether in public. Filthy habit. +1. I lived with a smoker for over 10 years these days I can't stand it and can't stand her either.

[Captain Nemo]

Here is the Jason Sobel article on Fast Eddie.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/jason-sobel/eddie-pearce-fast-times-of-next-nicklaus/

Crackin story, love those old playa's....

[IanO]

Great story