Senior Tour
Gridironies Galore at The Bruno's Memorial
Where will you find former Auburn football coach Pat Dye joking with former 'Bama head man Gene Stallings? At the Bruno's pro-am, in which bygones are bygones and bogeys are cause for an end zone shuffle. Other celebs scheduled to kick off—correction, tee off—on Wednesday include Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre and Colorado coach Rick Neuheisel, who figures to spend the weekend rooting for a former Colorado football player, Hale Irwin.
Off Course
Meet the New Slu, Even Smaller Than the One You Knew
Linda Sluman, the wife of pint-sized 1988 PGA champion Jeff, gave birth to a six-pound baby daughter, Kathryn Doreen, on April 22. Sluman is a rookie dad, but don't worry: The noted specialist in course management planned every detail along with his wife before they reached the maternity ward. After finishing 34th at the MCI Classic in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Jeff flew home to Chicago, where doctors induced labor for Linda, who was perhaps more clinical than most first-time mothers because she is a physician. Jeff said he would return for next week's BellSouth Classic, although one of his friends, Davis Love III, wasn't holding his breath. "They had everything organized, but now they're in for a rude awakening," says Love, the father of two. "You want to say, 'Look, it won't be what you think. There's no instruction book.' But I'm sure they'll figure that out for themselves."
Flashback
How Mr. Stupid Got His Revenge
He was a laughingstock. On April 14, 1968, Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina tied Bob Goalby for first at the Masters, then signed an incorrect scorecard. After some deliberation, tournament officials handed Goalby the green jacket and De Vicenzo, relegated to second, uttered his immortal summation: "What a stupid I am." He was no quitter, though. Less than a month later, at the Houston Championships International, the 1967 British Open champ bounced back to win by a stroke over Lee Trevino and collect $20,000. Later he won the U.S. Senior Open, and in 1979 De Vicenzo, winner of more than 230 tournaments worldwide since he turned pro in 1938, gained a distinction few self-described stupids achieve: He was inducted into the PGA Hall of Fame.