Deane Beman - "It's Not a Charlie Coe Wedge!" SHORT TRACK

Intro Music 0:07

Straight down the middle. It went straight down the middle. Then it started to be a little bit more than a little bit of a few.

Mike Gonzalez 0:15

We also had uh probably a lot of fun with with several team events being uh a participant in the Walker Cup in 59, 61, 63, 65, the Eisenhower Trophy at least four different years, uh the America's Cup, which was a team event as well back then. What were some of your favorite memories of the team events?

Deane Beman 0:34

Well, actually, the uh my my biggest memory is a joke, really. Uh we're playing in the America's Cup, and Jack Nicholas and I are partners. And uh we're uh in the afternoon round uh playing against uh I'm trying to remember the players, but anyway, we get to the fifth hole, it's a par five hole, and and uh uh uh I I hit it off the T uh not very far and then Jack hit a big three wood or something uh up and we were about eighty yards uh from the from the pin and uh and I'm looking down at the ball and and and Jack's wondering what the heck is wrong? Why aren't you you know, it's a pretty simple little shot. And he turns around to me and says, uh, you know, Dean, it's only a wedge shot. And I said, Yes, but he said, I said, it's not Charlie Coe's web shot. He said, What do you mean? What and after we played the first round, went in for lunch, and the caddies had their things and they cleaned the clubs. Somebody put Charlie Coe's wedge in my bag and I had 15 clubs. So we go.

Intro Music 1:51

Oh boy.

Deane Beman 1:52

We walked to the I think it was the fifth hole, four down to both players, to both of them. Oh my and I think we ended up beating one of the players and uh one of them and tying the other one after being four down after four holes.

Intro Music 2:07

Oh boy.

Deane Beman 2:08

But it was I can always remember today Jack saying, it's only a wedge out. I said, Yeah, but it's not Charlie Coe's witch. Back then he had a McGregor club, and I I used McGregor and Jack did, and so Charlie Coe. And you had your name on the it was a it was on the back of the club, so I I knew it was Charlie Coe's.

Mike Gonzalez 2:29

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Intro Music 2:51

Whack down the fairway. It went smack down the fairway, and it started to slice just smidge 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.