TL;DR NGAF and errybody's cheetin
Wow. I remember Lee Elder's passing but not Bruce Lietzke's.
Glad Bear, Trevino, Watson, Player, Chi-chi, Floyd, Fuzzy, Wadkins, Kite, Crenshaw, and a lot of those guys are still with us. Just seent that Chi-Chi is 89. Trevino, Player, and Bear are in their 80s.
I always liked Fuzzy and Watkins for their pace of play. I liked Fuzzy because he didn't GAF about what product he endorsed. Somebody shoulda told Bear that MacGregor was inferior equipment. Same with Crenshaw's putter. When I played this dam game (used to be way too much), I would try to work that fade like Floyd. In 87 or 88, need to find my program, I sat on a golf cart at Firestone CC after the WSoG, and talked to Crenshaw until about dark. Seriously one of the nicest guys in the world and wasn't one of the "dynamic" guys that the fans pestered. My aunt and uncle rented their basement to someone who worked there, and they let me stay as long as I wanted....for the whole thang. Doubt that would happen now.