celebrating the colonial in fort worth
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We take a nostalgic look at some of the unforgettable people, several unsung but certainly not unnoticed, who’ve made unique contributions to this signature event.TRANSCRIPT
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Colonial’s Bright Future Built on a Stellar Past
When legendary golfer Ben Hogan won the first two PGA tournaments at Colonial Country Club,
few could have thought that it would develop into the event that it has 70 years later. Today, the Colonial pays a purse of $6.7 million, $200,000 more than last year, and has helped generate $80 million for charity over the past 20 years.
The DEAN & DELUCA Invitational has become what tournament director Michael Tothe calls “an integral piece of the fabric of the Fort Worth community,” comparable to a TCU home football game and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
It all started with Hogan, who is honored with his own museum at the club he considered his home course. After winning in 1946 and 1947 and then again with wins in 1952 and 1953, Hogan won the young event
for a fifth and final time in 1959. Since Hogan’s dominant play, many of
golf’s superstars have donned the Scottish tartan plaid jacket, including Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Watson, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott, Zach Johnson and, most recently, Hogan Award winner Chris Kirk.
Much of the tournament’s appeal, Tothe said, is that it has been played every year at the same venue - Colonial Country Club.
The club, which dates to 1936, was designed along the Trinity River by John Bredemus and Perry Maxwell for Marvin Leonard, who introduced Bentgrass greens to the Southwest.
Leonard’s dream was to put his club on golf’s national map. He persuaded the United States Golf Association to bring the U.S. Open to Colonial by guaranteeing the association $25,000. The 1941 Open was held in Fort Worth, the first time the prestigious tournament was played south of the Mason-Dixon line. Capitalizing on that success, local organizers launched The Colonial Invitational five years later.
The tournament broke new ground again in 2003, when Annika Sorenstam played the DEAN & DELUCA Invitational and became the first woman to play a PGA TOUR event since Babe Zaharias entered the Los Angeles Open.
The Colonial had no title sponsor until 1988, something Tothe said would be impossible today considering the size of purses, and operational elements to conduct a world class event on the PGA TOUR.
DEAN & DELUCA, an international brand of fine foods with plans to expand into Texas, approached the PGA last fall. When the Colonial sponsorship became available, it considered the Fort Worth tournament a great opportunity. The six-year agreement runs through the 2021 tournament.
PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem said: “We are very pleased to introduce
DEAN & DELUCA as the new title sponsor of one of the most historic and prestigious tournaments on TOUR.”
“The partnership with DEAN & DELUCA is very exciting given their expansion plans in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and key PGA TOUR locations across the country,” tournament chairman Bobby Patton said. “For us to celebrate our 70th and, looking ahead, 75th anniversary with DEAN & DELUCA means a lot to Colonial Country Club and the Fort Worth community.”
Founded by Joel Dean, Giorgio DeLuca and Jack Ceglic in 1977, the title sponsor operates markets and cafés in New York City, other cities in the United States and as far away as Tokyo and Singapore.
In the first year, the company and its sports agency already will offer fans food-related events during the tournament week. “It is very exciting,” Tothe said of the new title sponsor. “They are great to work with.”
THE DEAN & DELUCA INVITATIONAL HAS BECOME
WHAT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR MICHAEL TOTHE CALLS “AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF THE FABRIC OF THE FORT
WORTH COMMUNITY.”
Ben Hogan, 1953 PGA TOUR
Clubhouse, Colonial Country Club
Official tartan jackets of Colonial champions
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THE ONLY THING A GOLFER NEEDS IS MORE DAYLIGHT,”
said the late Ben Hogan. I’ll second that! The more time we have to spend soaking up the
magnificent atmosphere surrounding the beautiful Colonial Country Club this time of year, the better.
I’m no Jordan Spieth, but I understand the transformative nature of this annual PGA tournament, and what its special brand of philanthropy has meant to deserving charities in Fort Worth, Tarrant County and the North Texas community since the event began in the 1940s.
In the pages of this special section we’ll take a nostalgic look at some of the unforgettable people, several unsung but certainly not unnoticed, who’ve made unique, sometimes historic contributions along the way.
It’s our company’s privilege to add our names to the generations of dedicated Texans who’ve supported the Colonial tournament, now known as the DEAN & DELUCA Invitational, to make it the world-class event it is today.
This week while you’re enjoying some of the best golf competition in the world (that just so happens to be right here in Fort Worth) join me with a hearty tip of the cap to the dedicated staff and 1,300 volunteers, as well as thousands of fans and supporters.
They all serve as the inspirational heartbeat of this extraordinary community event.
TEXAS SWING A Legendary Commitment to Caring
Official tartan jackets of Colonial champions
“I started swinging a golf club when I was 3 years old,” recalls Marty Leonard, whose father, Marvin Leonard, founded Colonial
Country Club in 1936. Marvin and Marty were the first father and daughter to be inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame, but their close bond went beyond a shared love of the game. “My father was an exceptional man by anyone’s standards, a visionary who could not only look ahead, but could and did complete his visions, both as a businessman and golf course builder,” she says.
Marty learned to play golf with excellent instruction – rubbing elbows with the likes of The Babe, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and other legends – and credits the game with teaching her valuable life skills, such as managing her temper, and the
importance of integrity, patience and hard work. These are values her father encouraged in her with his signature understated and loving manner.
“As a father he gave me a lot, but not too much, and always taught me to value and appreciate what I was given. He took my clubs away from me when I was a teenager for throwing a club; lesson learned,” she quips.
Today, Marty is recognized as a pillar of the Fort Worth community, whose dedicated philanthropic efforts are an inspiration to many. “I observed all my father gave back to the community. He did his work not wanting or
expecting recognition,” she adds. “I have been very blessed in so many ways, so I consider it not only an obligation, but a privilege to give back to the community that I love.”
It is clear that among Marvin Leonard’s many gifts to the community, his daughter, Marty, is one of the greatest.
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PASSION WEARS PLAID
UNDER NIX’S LEADERSHIP, THE COLONIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST PGA
TOURNAMENT TO BLOG AND TWEET.
LIKE FATHER,LIKE DAUGHTER
Marvin Leonard, Founder of Colonial Country Club, and his daughter, Marty
MARTY LEARNED TO PLAY WITH EXCELLENT INSTRUCTION – RUBBING ELBOWS WITH THE LIKES OF THE BABE, BEN HOGAN, BYRON NELSON AND OTHER LEGENDS.
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S usan Nix had a hard time finding her niche at Colonial Country Club. Admirable but futile attempts at golf and tennis proved
that neither were her sport. Deciding that
her strengths could be put to better use than sitting at the pool all day, she took up volunteering. Thanks to Nix’s passion and poor putting skills, the Colonial Golf Tournament has benefited from 35 years of her dedicated time, marketing savvy and contagious enthusiasm.
Nix began by chairing Programs and Pairings on the Tournament Committee, organizing the volunteers who pass out programs and pairing sheets at the Colonial. After seeing her innate power to mobilize and inspire, Colonial developed a role just for her: chairman of Interactive Marketing. Under Nix’s
leadership, the Colonial Golf Tournament made history by
becoming the first PGA tournament to blog and tweet.
“It really is a testimony to the Colonial,” Nix said, “how one of the oldest tournaments on the TOUR was the first to embrace social media.”
Nix’s efforts have also made Colonial’s Executive Women’s Day a sold-out success year after year, part of an initiative to encourage executive women to embrace and support the game of golf.
For Nix, volunteering at Colonial means an opportunity to give back not only to the golf tournament, but also to the community as a whole by raising funds for charities across Tarrant County. “Plus, you get to wear a plaid jacket,” Nix laughed, “which really is a badge of honor in this community.”
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PASSION WEARS PLAID
UNDER NIX’S LEADERSHIP, THE COLONIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST PGA
TOURNAMENT TO BLOG AND TWEET.
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YEAR-TO-DATE1414 Mistletoe Drive3913 Hamilton Avenue*
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11104 Gulfview Way1361 Willow Beach Road, #B71810 Santa Rosa Court*
729 Alsue Street*
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6801 Sawgrass Drive**
0 CR 175 3913 Dove Meadow Lane*
7001 Shadow Creek Court1653 Scenic Drive, #402-4035204 W. Verde Circle**
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8417 Arroyo Lane5224 E. Verde Circle**
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5233 E. Verde Lane5504 Plata Lane5216 Sendero Drive3208 Avondale Street4801 Sidonia Court413 Crestwood Drive4901 Arbol Court *Represented Buyer**Represented Buyer & Seller
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PATTON BRINGS PASSION AND LEADERSHIP TO TOURNAMENT
HE AND HIS WIFE, SHERRI, ARE GENEROUS SUPPORTERS OF FORT WORTH CHARITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT SERVE CHILDREN.
Bobby Patton & Chris Kirk, 2015 Tournament Winner
B obby Patton is many things. He is a highly successful businessman with oil and gas properties in Texas and Kansas plus investments
in ranching and insurance. He and his wife, Sherri, are generous supporters of Fort Worth charities, particularly those that serve children.
His passion for sports, which includes owning a suite at the Amon G. Carter Stadium on the TCU campus and season tickets to watch the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, led him to join Guggenheim Baseball Management, which bought the Los Angeles Dodgers and gave him a pass to the inner
circle of Major League Baseball. And at home, the Fort Worth native is
serving his fourth year as chairman of the PGA tournament at the Colonial, an event PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem
recently called “one of the most historic and prestigious tournaments on TOUR.”
Patton oversaw the signing of DEAN & DELUCA as the tournament’s new title sponsor.
“The partnership with DEAN & DELUCA is very exciting given their expansion plans in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and key PGA TOUR locations across the country,” Patton said. “For us to celebrate our 70th and, looking ahead, 75th anniversary with DEAN & DELUCA means a lot to Colonial Country Club and the Fort Worth community.”
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GOLF IS ONE OF THOSE RARE SPORTS WHERE YOU
DON’T HAVE A REFEREE. You call a penalty on yourself and you keep your own score. It’s a game of integrity and it’s a game where you have to be accountable,” said Robert Stennett, CEO of the Ben Hogan Foundation.
These attributes – honesty, integrity, self-determination – describe the very man the Foundation honors and the legacy it is committed to preserving. Dedicated to funding programs that reflect Hogan’s core values and supporting his passions for golf, education, and the well-being of children, the Foundation’s Board and leadership ask one question when faced with making a decision: “What would Ben Hogan do?”
The answers have certainly steered them in the right direction. In just over eight years, the Ben Hogan Foundation has made tremendous strides in each of its established programs. Its early support of the First Tee of Fort Worth, including the construction of the Ben Hogan Learning Center, has helped catapult the organization from serving a
few hundred children to more than 30,000 – with the highest retention rate in the world. Its scholarship programs have given many the gift of a college education, and, every summer at Camp Broncho, 120 children with acute asthma get to just be kids.
One of the best examples of the Foundation’s larger-than-life impact is the annual Ben Hogan Classic at Fort Hood, where it’s all about serving those who serve. “They do hundreds of events at Fort Hood, but they told us twice in December that we are the premiere military appreciation event,” said Stennett. “That’s really something to hear.”
“It’s Mr. Hogan,”Stennett replied when asked how the young organization has been able to accomplish so much. “He was very proud of being a Fort Worth guy, and he was very proud of being a Texan. But to this day he still has an extraordinarily recognized international presence that, for the charity, has opened a lot of doors,”
he said. It’s not just Ben Hogan’s name
that opens doors, but the community that rallies behind it.
“In Fort Worth, we’re all proud, and it’s a very philanthropic community,” said Stennett, who credits the support of the local community – both individuals and corporations – for helping get them to where they are today. “We are very fortunate to have a lot of friends that are on this journey with us.”
THE MODERN FUNDAMENTALS OF GIVING THE BEN HOGAN FOUNDATION IS AS
EXTRAORDINARY AS THE MAN HIMSELF
THE FOUNDATION’S BOARD AND LEADERSHIP ASK ONE QUESTION WHEN FACED WITH MAKING A
DECISION: “WHAT WOULD BEN HOGAN DO?”
The annual Ben Hogan Classic at Fort Hood gives soldiers and their families a day off
Having fun at Camp Broncho near Meridian, TX
The Ben Hogan Learning Center at First Tee of Fort Worth opened in 2011
T he Colonial community welcomes thousands of fans to the neighborhood each May, and nothing says hospitality like a glass of fresh lemonade.
Before they became Colonial Kids for a Cause, they were kids with a lemonade stand. A testament to this community’s values, their parents empowered them to think bigger and encouraged them to donate their proceeds to those in need. Thus, Colonial Kids for a Cause was born, and in six short years, more than 25 boys and girls ranging from ages 5 to 18 have raised in excess of $90,000 for charities like Susan G. Komen, A Wish with Wings and Cook Children’s Medical Center.
Every year, Colonial Kids for a Cause receives applications from local non-profits. Members of all ages conduct site visits and vote to determine the group’s next beneficiary. This year, the group is “going purple” for KinderFrog, a developmentally appropriate
educational environment for children with Down syndrome and other developmental delays, aspiring to raise $50,000 so that three children may attend the school for a full year.
Although it still sells lemonade and cookies, Colonial Kids for a Cause now shuttles tournament goers from their cars to the golf course, sells T-shirts and purple bows that decorate the trees and solicits donations from local residents and corporations.
Colonial Kids for a Cause is a shining example of the way this community continues to rally together to turn the simplest of things, like a neighborhood lemonade stand, into something great.
ROB SCHUMACHER 817.946.1089 [email protected]
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COLONIAL KIDS FOR A CAUSE IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE WAY THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO RALLY TOGETHER.
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M .C. Hamilton was as widely known for his quail lapel pin as
he was for his love of people. Whether it was playing golf, hunting quail or serving as the 1992-1993 Colonial Golf Tournament chairman, he was always looking for a way to bring people together. It seemed only fitting when he first invited the tournament’s hosting committee to his home for a fried quail breakfast.
By 1990, the Quail Breakfast had become an annual tradition and moved from M.C.’s
home to the clubhouse. M.C. passed away in 1993, and Dr. Wallace Schmuck created the Golden Quail Award in his honor in 1996. The award, a reproduction of M.C.’s famous
lapel pin, is given to an individual each year who shows
M.C.’s level of dedication to the tournament.
The 2000 Golden Quail recipient and current host of the breakfast, Joey Corpening, says M.C. was a second father to him. He took him hunting, often just the two of them, and taught Corpening how to be a gracious guest, host and friend.
“M.C. always sent a short note to everyone after an outing,” said Corpening. “And he never showed up to a host’s home empty-handed. He was a gracious and humble man, and loved by all who knew him.”
M.C. left a legacy of dedication, generosity and community. And it is in his honor that people gather each year to celebrate and kick off the tournament at the Quail Breakfast.
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THE MEANING OF THE QUAIL
WHETHER IT WAS PLAYING GOLF, HUNTING QUAIL OR SERVING AS THE 1992-1993 COLONIAL GOLF
TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN, HE WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
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I f you’re not at Hole 13, you’re not at the party. At 171 yards, 13 is the shortest hole on the
Colonial Country Club course and one of the most difficult. Time and again the challenge sets back even the most skilled golfers. Double bogeys and worse are not uncommon.
But the difficulty keeps the game, and the party, lively at 13. Seasoned Colonial spectators head to Hole 13 to catch the action among food, drinks, networking and reminiscing with old friends.
Husband and wife Micah and Robyn Coffey both grew up going to Colonial. “To
this day, we have declared Colonial Friday as another official holiday,” said Micah. “We look forward to watching the pros knock the ball around and we always end up at Hole 13.”
Their favorite memories of the tournament include countless stories that take place at Hole 13. For years, the couple cheered on their caddy of choice in the Caddy Races (until, of course, they were banned). And a few years back, during what they call “The Great Mud Fiasco,” all the women replaced their sandals with mud boots. “Anyone who made it out to 13 had to slip and slide back to the clubhouse,” said Micah. “Without fail, each year brings new memories and friendships.”
When you stop by Hole 13, grab a spot by the green or a seat on the hill behind the action. Either way, you are sure to be entertained!
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MEET YOU AT
13
SEASONED COLONIAL SPECTATORS HEAD TO HOLE 13 TO CATCH THE ACTION AMONG FOOD, DRINKS,
NETWORKING AND REMINISCINGWITH OLD FRIENDS.
THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND
HE RUNS THE BAG ROOM AT THE COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB WITH A LEVEL OF PRECISION THE LIKES OF WHICH MOST GOLFERS RARELY SEE.
MEET YOU AT
13
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THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND
HE RUNS THE BAG ROOM AT THE COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB WITH A LEVEL OF PRECISION THE LIKES OF WHICH MOST GOLFERS RARELY SEE.
L en Nguyen is the sort of guy who comes through for you in a pinch – his friendly disposition outshined only by his stealth-like ability to anticipate a golfer’s every
need. When tournament time rolls around, Len is the only representative to come in contact with the pros’ bags, and as a valuable behind-the-scenes coordinator, he runs the bag room at the Colonial Country Club with a level of precision the likes of which most golfers rarely see.
“We pride ourselves on running a meticulous operation, but typically if there’s a mystery, he’ll solve it. He’s a great detective,” said Matt Blake, professional golfer at Colonial Country Club.
But that’s not all; Len coordinates with local high school golf coaches and junior golf
associations to arrange for junior golfers to caddy for the amateurs in the Pro-Am Tournament played on Tuesday during tournament week.
“My son, who played high school and collegiate golf, jumped at the opportunity to caddy for the Pro-Am. He and all of his golf buddies used to talk about Len and what a great man he is. Everybody loves Len Nguyen,” said Michelle Perry, agent at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty.
Whether out for a meet and greet or prepping bags, Len is hard to miss. He’s the guy who looks at the tee sheet and knows who is walking or using carts. He’s making sure preferred beverages are stocked in the cooler with a smile on his face and a few good jokes to pass the time. It’s all in a day’s work for the long-tenured bag man everybody – even the pros – call by name.
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“TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY AND CHARITIES SUPPORT THE BIRDIES CAMPAIGN WITH
SUCH ENTHUSIASM IS VERY GRATIFYING.”
A t the DEAN & DELUCA Invitational, a birdie is the real
hole in one. Through the Birdies for Charity program, charitable organizations utilize the awareness and magnitude of a PGA TOUR event to further their fundraising efforts by soliciting pledges from individuals and corporations for every birdie made during the tournament. Supporters decide what amount of money they want to pledge and submit their pledges the week prior to the event.
In true Fort Worth fashion,
strong community support has made the Colonial’s Birdies for Charity program one of the most successful on the PGA TOUR. The annual fundraiser generated $8 million for over 30 Tarrant County charities in 2015, including ACH Child and
Family Services, All Saints Health Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Fort Worth, Cancer Care Services, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and Ronald McDonald House, to name a few.
“To see our community and charities support the Birdies
campaign with such enthusiasm is very gratifying,” noted tournament Chairman Bobby Patton. “We are proud to be one of the top Birdies campaigns on TOUR, thanks to the very generous philanthropy shown by our citizens and businesses.”
A Little Birdie Told Me…
“TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY AND CHARITIES SUPPORT THE BIRDIES CAMPAIGN WITH
SUCH ENTHUSIASM IS VERY GRATIFYING.”
In 2015, 1,290 birdies were recorded during the tournament. Charities have an opportunity to earn additional contributions from the Colonial’s Matching Fund – a sum totaling $275,000 last year, thanks to the generous support of lead sponsors and Colonial Country Club.
“This exciting opportunity allowed our donors to make their contributions go further with your support. With this donation, Gill will be able to provide resources for the unmet needs of children in Tarrant County,” said Amanda Stallings, executive director, Gill Children’s Services, Inc.Join us in making each year’s contributions greater than the last. More information about the Birdies for Charity program is available at colonialnit.com.
B ACK IN 1966 A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN NAMED BRUCE DEVLIN, at age 28, was making only his second Colonial appearance in the Colonial National Invitation. What most
folks don’t know is that he played some practice rounds with Ben Hogan the week before, and soaked up all the course information and experience he could from the hometown five-time champion. It certainly paid off. It also didn’t hurt
that Devlin had made 25 consecutive cuts on TOUR, the best active streak at the time.
Devlin claimed the victory and a $22,000 first-place check. He was only the fourth Colonial champ to lead start-to-finish, and is now among only nine that have done it in the entire 69-year history of the event.
Devlin won again later that year, and eight times in all on the PGA TOUR. He had even more international tournament wins, including the Australian Open and three Australian PGA Championships. And of course he went on to win on the Champions Tour as well.
Today, Bruce and his wife, Gloria, live in Fort Worth. Bruce is an honorary member of Colonial Country Club.
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I f there is one rule in life for Leigh Crates’ father, Wally Schmuck, it is to play by the rules. “Since he was a boy, he has abided by the rules of
golf and the rules of life – adhering to both with equal fortitude,” said Crates.
Whether it is the rules of golf or of life that are in question, Crates has always known exactly whom to turn to for help. “Whenever there was a dispute at my son’s competitive golf tournament, I would call my dad,” she said. “And without missing a beat, he would cite the rule book and explain the proper resolution.”
After moving to Fort Worth in 1953, Wally almost immediately joined Colonial Country Club. He jumped right in and actively supported the tournament from the beginning, creating
a 60-plus year monumental commitment that
Crates said her family is “so proud to honor.” “He’s done almost every job there,” she said.
“From committee work to, ultimately, serving as tournament chairman and president, there is no job too small or insignificant for my dad.”
Wally served as tournament chairman from 1985-1988. He was president of the Colonial from 1990-1991, and a USGA rules official from 1994-2004. Today, he co-chairs the Ben Hogan Award with Dr. Bill Barnes.
“At almost 87 years old, Wally still plays golf every week. He loves to play with our children and grandchildren. He has instilled in our family a love for golf,” said his wife, Pat. And for a man who loves his family and the game of golf deeply, there can be no greater legacy.
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“AT ALMOST 87 YEARS OLD, WALLY STILL PLAYS GOLF EVERY WEEK. HE LOVES
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IT’S A MAJOR INVESTMENT, BUT, AS FAR AS INVESTMENTS IN THE
FUTURE GO, YOU COULDN’T MAKE A BETTER ONE.F or 22 years, Johnny Baylor
has been the smiling face that welcomes visitors as they step out of their cars at Colonial Country Club. And, with Danny
Sumberlin by his side for the past eight years, Baylor has made it his mission to put a smile on the face of every member that pulls up to the valet.
“Sometimes they may not have on a smile when they arrive, but I can always get one on them before they leave,” says Baylor, who considers many of his clients to be close friends. “I always look forward to interacting with the members that I park cars for – whether it’s someone that I see almost every day or
someone I haven’t seen in a while that I get to catch up with.”
From slow days that typically bring in 30-40 cars, to crazy tournament weekends that bring in hundreds, one thing holds true – you’ll never hear these men complain. “It’s our job to make sure the members are taken care of,” Baylor says. “It’s
something I love doing because I can tell they genuinely care for us, just as we care for them.”
On occasion, Baylor and Sumberlin have looked after more than just the members’ cars. “I’ve had to provide my babysitting services a time or two,” Baylor jokingly recalled. “Sometimes, I have to call the parents and say, ‘Did you forget something?’”
“Johnny and Danny are often the highlight of my time spent at the Club,” says Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty agent and longtime Colonial member Jayne Landers. “Each time I drive up, I look forward to their contagious smiles.”
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A s a young boy, Ben Hogan would leave school to sell newspapers or
caddy to help his single mother put food on their table.
Despite his own difficult circumstances, Hogan placed immense value on the importance of education. The Ben Hogan Foundation honors this legacy through a number of programs, including its
longstanding support of the First Tee of Fort Worth, a youth development program that teaches life skills and leadership through golf.
“There’s a beautiful symmetry between the values Mr. Hogan stood for, the values of the game of golf and the values the First Tee of Fort Worth is trying to teach,” said Robert Stennett, CEO of the Ben Hogan Foundation.
When Texas Wesleyan University approached the Foundation about creating a scholarship program, they saw an opportunity
to create a model unlike any other. “The program gives a successful business
person in the community the opportunity to be a mentor. It allows Texas Wesleyan to bring in some of the best and brightest. And, it allows a young person out of First Tee of Fort Worth to go to college with no debt,” said Stennett. “It’s a major investment, but, as far as investments in the future go, you couldn’t make a better one.”
In addition to mentorship, the scholarship provides tuition for all four years of college, including books and fees. Stennett, who is a mentor to one of the Foundation’s scholarship recipients, says the benefits of the mentor relationship go both ways. “I’m very fortunate – and I’m enjoying the heck out of it. I’m getting to impart some of my life’s lessons,” he said.
In fall 2016, the Ben Hogan Foundation will be sponsoring four students at Texas Wesleyan University on full scholarships.
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M ike Rushing, general manager of Colonial
Country Club, played his first games of golf in a field across the street from his childhood home. “There were several U.S. Opens won in that field,” laughed Rushing.
Recognizing his son’s early love of golf, Rushing’s father wanted to ensure that he understood the value of earning his way to the golf course. “It took a
while before I was allowed to play on an actual golf course,” he said. “The first time I saw Pecan Valley, I thought it looked like Augusta National.”
At 16 years old, Rushing got his first job at Colonial Country Club. He started working on the range, then in the bag room and then
eventually managing the
golf shop as first assistant. “Whatever job I had, I always tried to do my very best,” he said.
Rushing put himself through college while working at Colonial, but said his formal education really came from the members at the club. “I was very fortunate to be a part of the club for over a decade at such an important time in my life.”
It was just two years ago, after spending more than 25 years working at clubs and golf resorts in New Orleans, Sawgrass, Atlantic City, Atlanta, Miami, Austin and Tucson, that Rushing got the call he had always dreamed of. He was asked to come home to be Colonial’s general manager.
“I’m very fortunate,” he said. “I get to be a part of the club’s history, not a spectator to it.”
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S teve Gray has been offered many positions in his 20 years volunteering at the Colonial Golf Tournament, but
has never been tempted to give up what he calls the best volunteer job at the tournament. As director of the Pro-Am competition, Gray manages 12 assistants and 80 volunteers and spends about eight months planning the event each year. But, he said, “It’s all about having a good time.”
Over the course of Gray’s tenure, the Pro-Am event has become a model for other PGA tournaments, many of which send representatives to study the Colonial event’s success. When Gray first started volunteering at the Colonial Golf Tournament, the Pro-Am lacked excitement.
The tournament’s leadership asked the successful wholesale tire dealer and single father of two daughters to take the Pro-Am event to a new level.
Long gone now are the days when names of teams were drawn out of a
fishbowl. Gray increased the level of competition by adding corporate teams and ramping up pre-game dinners on Sundays
and Tuesdays. He began hosting a TV-style game show and brought in celebrity co-hosts from television as well as college and professional sports. “It’s very exciting,” he said.
The Pro-Am event is now second only to ticket sales as the highest revenue generator for the tournament.
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In which year did historic floods cause the Colonial tournament to
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The three-hole stretch on holes 3,4 and 5 at Colonial are collectively known by what name?
The winner of the 70th Dean & DeLuca Invitational will claim a $1,206,000 prize. How much did Ben Hogan win when he took home first place in 1946?
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The biggest margin of victory in Colonial’s history was in 1948, when Clayton Heafner closed out the tournament with how many strokes?
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6Jack Nicklaus has the most overall wins in all but which one major tournament?
10Robert Allenby has the most hole-in-one shots ever on the PGA Tour. How many has he sunk?
7In which year did Babe Didrikson Zaharias make history as the first woman to compete against men in a PGA Tour event?
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