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A member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame...Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame during the 2000 season...Named to the
Class AA all-state basketball team in Texas in 1955...Had polio at age 13 and turned to golf for exercise after he was not
allowed to play contact sports...Received his first set of golf clubs as a gift from his father, Richard, shortly thereafter...Has
marked his ball since 1969 with an English half-penny coin, a gift from his daughter Caryn...Owner of Diamondback GC in Abilene
and has been involved in a charity event at the club that has raised over $275,000 for several worthwhile organizations...Lists
Pinehurst No. 2 as his favorite golf course...Biggest thrill in golf was winning the 1971 Masters, while his biggest thrills
outside of golf were marrying his wife, Lynette, and the birth of their three children...Favorite movie is "Chariots of Fire"
and his most-admired athlete is Jerry West.