Ben Crenshaw - "The Playoff Blues" SHORT TRACK

Intro Music 0:07

Straight down the middle. It went straight down the middle.

SPEAKER_00 0:13

Then it started to I I probably don't want to mention your playoff record, Ben, because you could have had a few more wins, but Mike, I was going to interject that I said, you know, one of one sterling piece of that career is unblemished. O and eight. O and eight. I really thought about whether I should bring that up. That's like a baseball player and a doubleheader. You know, doubleheaders say, well, how'd you do? Well, oh for eight. I've got up to the plate eight times hitless.

Mike Gonzalez 0:46

You didn't strike out. Finishing second uh is still pretty good, isn't it?

SPEAKER_02 0:52

Be nice finishing second eight times uh on the tour right now, wouldn't it, Ben? You'd fill my bank account up, wouldn't you?

SPEAKER_00 1:00

Julie'd be very happy about that, Bruce.

Mike Gonzalez 1:04

I bet she would. So, Ben, we won't get into the details of those eight, and and we'll talk about the 79 uh playoff with David Graham uh in a little bit, but of the other seven, is the is there one that stands out that you really would have liked to won?

SPEAKER_00 1:20

Yeah, and well, it was the PGA, uh PGA championship with uh uh David Graham. Uh you know, a major is a major. Uh Oakland Hills uh that year was actually going through a little bit of a drought, so it was a bit less lush, the rough was not as bad. Uh and and the the screens were a little bit soft, and the scores were uh lower there than any tournament they ever had there. That's a really strong golf course. Uh but no, David just beat me. Uh he made the uh one of the great putts I've ever seen on the first hole of the playoff for a par, which tied me. I hit a nice approach putt up, and David made a twenty-footer down the hill uh to extend it uh to the second hole, and and uh David again made a great putt to to equal my birdie and then he hit a great a good shot on the par three and snuffed me out. But uh no, losing a sudden death playoff in a major is pretty tough. But uh, you know, all the others, you know, many times you know, players played better or I shot myself in the foot, or you know, I I lost them in all different kinds of ways.

Mike Gonzalez 2:48

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Intro Music 3:08

But it went straight down the middle, like they said. Whack down the fairway. It went smack down the fairway. Then it started to slice, just snitch off line. It headed for two, but it bounced off nine. My caddy says long as you're still in the state, you're okay. Yes, it went straight down the middle, quite away.