Tom Kirkendall remembers Dick Harmon
Tom Kirkendall has written a wonderful post about Dick Harmon:
The Houston and U.S. golfing communities are in shock this morning with the news that Dick Harmon -- one of the four brothers who are among the best golf instructors in the United States -- died unexpectedly on Friday while vacationing in Palm Desert California. Dick was 58 years old at the time of his death, which was from complications brought on by a sudden bout of pneumonia.
Tom includes this amusing personal anecdote:
But after the video-analysis, knowing that I am a big fan of the author Dan Jenkins, Dick proceeded to show me a videotape of a hilarious dinner roast of Jenkins in which a number of prominent Tour pros such as Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, and Peter Jacobsen provided salutations to Jenkins around the theme that "everything really was better in golf back when Hogan was playing." The highlight was Jenkins getting up and giving it right back to the pros by excoriating them for their sponsorship of golf courses built into housing subdivisions or, as Jenkins put it, "those dirt deals." Dick and I were doubled over like a couple of school boys watching the video of Jenkins and the pros go at each other. From that time on, whenever Dick and I would see each other, we'd chuckle and ask each other if we knew of any new "dirt deals" in the area.
RELATED: The Desert Sun obituary
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 02/11/06 08:48 AM | Houston People | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (1)
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