Printers' Pastimes -- Outside the Lines, II

"My father (Hal Padgett) was a good player and member of a local club where I learned the game through caddying, practice and later playing with him," Padgett recounts. "The historical aspects of the game, its early days in Scotland, the lore surrounding some of its heroes like Alan Robertson, Old and Young Tom Morris and Bobby Jones, and the embodiment of life's most enduring lessons—honesty, sportsmanship, dealing with adversity, etc.—have all contributed to my fascination with and affection for the game."