Ben Crenshaw -"43 and The Alamo at Brookline" SHORT TRACK

Intro Music 0:07

Straight down the middle. It went straight down the middle. Then it started to hook.

SPEAKER_00 0:16

You know, it's funny. I it was the most pressure I ever had. Of course, being a captain, you feel responsible for everything, but you know what? Every tournament that had ever been played at the country club, the Americans always came out on top. That always went back to the U.S. amateurs and went back to Francis when we met year. And then subsequently, U.S. amateurs always an American won. It was amazing. And so I said, Well, this track record. And I did I did believe that that place was going to take care of us. And yeah, we had a four-point deficit. We had the darnest team meeting that night, Saturday night. And it's a Bruce has been part of these teams. And it's a it's a time where you really bond as players and professionals, and your wives are with you, and you're a you're a you're a core group. And it was one of the darnest nights. Uh we really had was heart-to-heart talks, and you know, lo and behold, I I concocted a plan months before. Uh and Tom Kite was was my predecessor, uh, the captain in Spain. And George Bush, uh big George Bush, 41, was in Spain and went into their team room on Saturday night before the singles and gave him a pep talk. And it almost they almost pulled it off there from a big desp deficit. But that particular summer in 99, uh my friend the governor, George Bush, his son, had made a decision to run for president. And uh we were friends, and I said, you know something? I said, Governor, we may be in a tight spot in in Boston. Uh I said, if you're in the area, I'd love for you to come over to the team room. Lo and behold, he had a fundraiser in Boston. So, and I told him months before, I said, you know what? I said, I'd like for you to read Colonel Travis's letter from the Alamo that night. And he said, I'll do it. So here he came. We're four points down. We've had this unbelievable meeting, and here he comes. Comes into the room, reads that letter, which is damned inspiring. And boy, it was it lit a fire. And our guys the next day, I've never seen a team go out and play like that. And darned if they didn't flip the matches, and it was just wild. The whole scene was wild. I I I things just kept happening like that. It was surreal. That was surreal week, too, believe me.

Mike Gonzalez 3:24

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Intro Music 3:48

It went smack down a farewell. When it started just like just smacked off line. It headed for two, but it bounced off nine. My candidates, as long as you're still in the stage, you're okay.