Fuzzy Zoeller - "Sexy Rexy" SHORT TRACK

Intro Music 0:07

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

Mike Gonzalez 0:17

And the next year it went to a million, as you said, the highest purse on the PGA tour at the time. Second place finisher, Rex Caldwell. What do you remember about uh Rex Caldwell? Sexy Rexy?

Fuzzy Zoeller 0:30

Oh, yes. Rexy, uh, I had big old tall boy look like a big old Texan. Yeah, but he was from Florida, if I'm not mistaken. But um Yeah, he was I played a lot of golf with Rex, played a lot of practice rounds with Rex. Quite a character. I remember I remember Rex at Augusta one year. He hit it left on number two down there in that little creek.

SPEAKER_03 0:53

Yeah.

Fuzzy Zoeller 0:54

That's when he was playing with those paint irons. And he got down there, he thought he could hit it out of the creek. Well next thing after, three irons went ping, ping, ping, ping. Without making contact with the golf ball, uh, he finally decided he was going to drop it. And that's my that's my one story with Rex Caldwell.

Mike Gonzalez 1:15

Well, uh, you guys will remember this. Which major, I want to say it's the US Open, but I'm not sure, which major was he in contention uh going into the last day? You you recall?

Fuzzy Zoeller 1:26

I you know, I can't remember that. Um I don't know. He had a couple years there where he ran pretty well. Uh, he was always a good putter, good short-arm player, good putter. Uh, do you know what it was, Bruce?

SPEAKER_03 1:39

No, no. Fuzzy. If you can't remember at 70, I count at 84, I'm sorry you brought that age stuff up.

Mike Gonzalez 1:51

Well, what I was thinking about, this came up in a previous episode, one of our guests. I can't remember. Marion's on my mind, but I'm not sure it's the year necessarily that David Graham won. But uh uh he was in contention, might have been leading, uh, was a bit cocky with the press the night before the final round. And uh I remember Dan Jenkins' uh uh uh article uh wrapping up the tournament, and uh of course Caldwell had a difficult Sunday, didn't finish at the top, and Dan Jenkins said something like uh they don't have enough mustard in America for this hot dog.

Fuzzy Zoeller 2:28

Oh, Lordy. Yeah, there are some there are some guys, some players out there that got caught up in their ego, but uh I guess if you didn't believe in yourself, who are you gonna believe in?

Mike Gonzalez 2:41

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Intro Music 3:01

Whack down the fairway. It went smack down the fairway. Then 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. Yes, it went straight down the middle, quite away.