Culturally it’s different in many ways today entertainment wise, for me anyway. For one I couldn’t name one song from any of todays top artists. Maybe because there’s no more top 40 on the radio.🙄
We used to go to the old Outback Pro Am on the Champions Tour in Tampa. It was fun seeing some of the celebrities play golf like Keven Kostner, Mark Wahlberg, George Lopez and Bill Murray. A few are very good golfers like Vince Gill and Huey Lewis.
Several sports stars played as well like Jerry Rice, Boomer Esiason , Joe Theismann, Lou Pinella and some Buccaneer players. Plus most of the top Champion Tour players and former greats played in it. A guy I played golf with at the time caddied for the head of NBC Sports (nice guy). So we got to walk with them for a few holes. Always a great tournament. Sorry to see it go.
Went to a celebrity Pro Am on Cape Cod back about 20 years ago. My nephew was supposed to be the walking scorer for Annika. We got there late and his choice from what was left was Skip Kendall, Glen Day and Bill Glasson. He chose Glasson. Glasson's celebrity partner was Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. Wakefield could smoke the ball.
Got to walk inside the ropes which was fun. Funny story. The caddie for Glasson once his score got to be 4 over said to my nephew, 'don't go past 4 over, we're not here to embarrass anyone.' lol
