Category: Hall of Fame

By Sandy Bagger April of 2008, I was a new member of a well-known Top 100 Course in Beaufort, SC., caddies only.  I had been a member for only a couple of years. I had a severe cervical neck problem and underwent a cervical laminectomy 3-4 years earlier. I took the opportunity to invite my…

The Dallas Morning News, May 5, 1998 Handicapping Troy  When we read of Troy Aikman shooting 73 in the Sports Day Corporate Golf Championship, several of us as members at Prestonwood Country Club knighted him as our new king of handicap golf (“Aikman drives win”, April 28) The fact that he came into the tournament…

Golf Digest, March, 2009 There are more important things to ponder in the wake of Bernard Madoff’s $50 Billion rip-off of investors than his golf game. But we were curious nevertheless. Madoff, 70, has a USGA Handicap Index of 9.8, though he hasn’t posted a round since May 2000 (he played at Fresh Meadow, Atlantic…

Golf Digest, April, 1985, pages 105-106 The USGA’s public enemies list, plus tips on how to spot a handicap cheater by Ross Goodner The U.S. Golf Association’s crusade against sandbaggers has moved into a new and critical stage. Where once the USGA’s weapons were no more powerful than a disapproving look, today’s modern computer technology…

The Gatesgate Scandal Bill Gates already has an unbelievable number attached to his name – his $18 billion fortune. Recently at a charity golf tournament near Seattle, the Microsoft mogul posted two more unreal numbers: He shot an 87 with a 30-handicap to finish low net winner. “That’s statistically inipossible,” maintains Dean Knuth of the…

From the archive (Golf Digest, March 2001): Decades after padding his handicap and almost making off with thousands, the man behind the Deepdale Scandal was still paying the price Dave Anderson In celebration of Golf Digest’s 70th anniversary, we’re revisiting the best literature we’ve ever published. Each entry includes an introduction that celebrates the author…

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Pebble Beach settles the score One day last February, a man named Dean L. Knuth was thumbing through Golf World magazine, when he came across the results from the 1995 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The tournament was won by Peter Jacobsen, while the team competition was won by Bruce Vaughan, a fire…

Actor Andy Garcia helped pro partner Paul Stankowski by 32 shots to break the team record in the AT+T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Sporting an 18-handicap, Garcia broke 80 at both Pebble Beach and Poppy Hills. Former USGA handicap whiz Dean Knuth estimates the odds of Garcia’s feat at 10,000 to 1.   sources: Image:…