Gloria Ehret - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Intro Music 0:07

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

Mike Gonzalez 0:13

Then it started to welcome to another edition of FORE the Good of the Game and Bruce Devlin. Uh we've got one of the LPGA's, I think, pioneers that really helped put golf on the map in the early days. And uh she may be the only guest that uh that uh talks with us about lockers today.

Bruce Devlin 0:32

That that'll be an interesting conversation, and boy, what a pleasure it is to have Gloria Ehret with us today. She won the uh 1966 LPGA championship and some other golf tournaments, and she's got a lot of history for uh in the LPGA. And Gloria, we look forward to chatting with you today and telling us your story about golf.

Gloria Ehret 0:55

It is absolutely my pleasure to be here and um a highlight uh of my career to be talking with you, Mr. Devlin, and to Mike. So it is I'm just I've got goosebumps because it's you know it's just something that uh I feel extremely privileged. Thank you for asking.

Bruce Devlin 1:24

Well, we're glad to have you with us, and uh, like everybody else that we've had on the show, we like to start, you know, way back at the beginning and uh find out find out how you become interested in this wonderful game that we all love so much.

Gloria Ehret 1:38

Well, way back when uh I was about fifteen or so, uh, I played all kinds of sports in in school, and my father and my uncle and uh my cousin, they had a threesome, but they wanted a foursome. And you know, I said, you know, you guys are crazy chasing that little white ball. I mean, really? How tough can it be? Well, little did I know, but uh uh anyway, uh I went out to the Allentown Municipal Golf Course and we hit balls and thought I knew something about the short game and stuff, and the head pro out there came down and um took an interest and said, Okay, you know, what are your expectations? And I said, Well, just to play golf and you know, not hack it around. And um anyway, he worked with me for quite a while and I played um amateur golf in Allentown, and then uh I moved to Florida and did nothing but play golf down there and practice and during the week and on the weekends I'd leave the golf course to the golfers, and I'd take my boat and go out and just kind of relax in the waters and stuff and and uh so I played a lot of golf in Florida, um and there I met uh Marcia Dolan, uh Marcia McLaughlin at the time, and uh we became friends, and she was getting married in Danbury, Connecticut, so she said, Would you be my wedding? I said, Yeah, sure, love to. So I pack up my bags and off we go to Danbury, Connecticut, and I got a job there in the Ridgewood Country Club and played a lot of golf, uh amateur golf in Connecticut, uh, and the surrounding cities, uh Hartford and all uh different places, and uh Bob Cloan, who was the pro, came in one day and said, Um, have you ever thought about turning pro? And I went, uh no. And he's he said, Well, uh, we have some members that are anxious to sponsor you on tour. And I mean, all of this just, you know, it was like snowballed, and I wasn't ready for that snowball. And uh I talked to my dad about it, and he said, You're not getting involved with members. That's what you want to do, I'll write the check. And I went, Oh, okay. Uh so I went and qualified, and of course, qualifying to get your card on the LPGA was quite different than from today.

Bruce Devlin 5:10

Sure.

Gloria Ehret 5:10

Uh we had to place in the top uh 80% three out of four consecutive weeks, and um I can re I remember to this day yet, uh I missed the first qualifying, so I was into my second qualify uh weeks of qualifying, and I was playing with Sandra Spuzik and Carol Mann in Baltimore. And we were on like 16 or something, and I was scared to death because it's like, okay, don't blow this thing, you know. You're here, you're right at the pedestal of you know getting your card. And Carol and Spooz came over and they calmed me down, and it was like the it was I'm I got my card after that, and I was so grateful to both of them uh for, you know, you know, here's this little rookie, you know, coming on tour, and they took the time to, you know, as I said, settle me down, and I played the last three holes pretty well. So uh and got my cart.

Bruce Devlin 6:29

Yeah.

Gloria Ehret 6:30

Um it were of course we only had about 40 players out there at that time. So uh, you know, being in a top 80 percent wasn't that difficult, but you know, uh you get the jitters when you get that close. So uh I owe a lot to both of them as well.

Mike Gonzalez 6:50

So Bruce Devlin, uh Gloria Earrett, has set a new record for our guests. I think uh she's our 63rd interview, and she got from birth to the professional ranks in golf quicker than anybody that I can ever remember. Yeah, six minutes.

Bruce Devlin 7:04

So now you're gonna now we should go back and tell everybody where she was born. She was born actually in Allentown, Pennsylvania. So uh that's where it all started.

Gloria Ehret 7:14

Yes, sir. It did. It did. Yes, thanks to my father.

Mike Gonzalez 7:20

You talked about other sports, Glory, and that's one thing that probably is a common thread across all the champions we've talked to. Just about everyone shares that same experience. They played multiple sports in school growing up, which gave them a team uh dynamic. It helped individual discipline, it it shaped multiple parts of their body and mind. Tell us a little bit about that experience of using multiple sports before getting into golf.

Gloria Ehret 7:51

Well, um, you know, when you've playing baseball and basketball and volleyball and everything, uh I think it's coordination that, you know, that definitely spikes out to be the number one thing. I mean, um in all those in all the sports, I mean, uh the coordination is just the the thing. I mean, if you're out there, you know, tripping over your own feet, why, which I've done many times. But uh I think it just prepares you for just about anything, and especially uh the competitiveness of whatever sport. Um, you know, you're there to win. And uh you don't realize it at the time, but as time progresses, uh, you know, that probably played a huge part uh in trying to play or playing golf.

Bruce Devlin 9:01

Timing and uh hand-eye coordination, uh uh as well as what you said, you know, you gotta you gotta want to win us sort of a little different to some of the stuff that's happening today where everybody gets a prize. Yeah.

Mike Gonzalez 9:18

They get a participation trophy. Uh so learning the game, you you mentioned being introduced at at 15 to the game. How did you learn? How did you uh who taught you? Did you read? Did you there wasn't much television uh as far as golf goes back when you were learning? So what was your source of of knowledge?

Gloria Ehret 9:38

Well, the pro there at Allentown Municipal, his name was John Shorey. And uh for some reason, I don't know what really it was, but uh he saw me making an attempt uh to hit golf balls, and I don't know whether he saw evidently he saw some potential uh of making contact, uh little more than what I was doing. Uh but uh he was a great one for short game. Um, you know, just as we call it, you know, the three three to nine situation uh, you know, in the golf swing. You know, and you figure uh and that's kind of where I start with my students if they're just beginning. You know, they want to get out and hit the driver right away. No, let's go to the short game area and let's get that, you know, the three, six, nine position, and then we can just make it longer. Uh so um that's what we worked on quite a lot. And then, you know, then we'd go to the range and and hit balls, and um that just kind of brings back another another thought of one day. He was uh great friends with Tommy Bolt. And Tommy came out to Allentown and uh he hit balls, I don't know, for an hour, hour and a half. And his caddy, at that time, we had caddies that would be out there and you know, picking up the golf balls, wearing sometimes hard hats, but you know, not that often. Uh but uh anyway, his caddy would be out there and he's going, I'm gonna hit this a little left or right, you know, and sure enough, the caddy just stood there and basically just picked them all up after one bounce and put it in the bag, and then he'd go, I'm gonna hit low, high, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I mean, I was totally amazed at what he could do with this golf ball. So that kind of encouraged me a little bit as well. And Tommy and I had quite a conversation afterwards and stuff, and um, you know, it just as I said that then I from there, I mean, you couldn't do much in Allentown in the winter. So it was like, okay, where can I go? Well, then I went to Florida.

Bruce Devlin 12:31

Florida, yeah.

Mike Gonzalez 12:32

So how old were you when you when you came across Tommy Bolt when he came to I want to say I was like 17.

Gloria Ehret 12:39

It was it was kind of shortly after I first started. Um, and he just absolutely amazed me at what he could do with that golf ball. Um he could probably throw the club as far as he could hit it sometimes. Uh but uh I mean he was just so interesting, and it was like I think he was instrumental in maybe making me work a little bit harder on the game. Um as I said, I can I can almost see him out there today, you know, hitting these golf balls. It was crazy. Did you follow golf back then at that age? Were you following any type of professional golf? It was hard to do, probably. I had no idea. Uh, you know, you tee it up, you try to get it in the hole and you know, as best as you could, and for as least amount of strokes as you could, and that was about it, you know, as far as looking at ladies or women's golf. Um, of course, no TV at that time, so you didn't really have a chance, you know, to see how our founders, you know, went about it until I moved to Florida. And when I moved there, that's when I I went out. In fact, I played the St. Pete Open as an amateur for two years. And I think I showed you the last time the picture that I'm very proud of.

Mike Gonzalez 14:20

Um, show us, show us. Yeah.

Gloria Ehret 14:25

This one right here with Louise Suggs.

Bruce Devlin 14:30

How about that?

Gloria Ehret 14:31

I won uh the uh amateur division uh and Louise was gracious enough to uh you know take a picture. And as I said, that's absolutely one of my one of my favorites.

Bruce Devlin 14:47

And uh I'll bet it is.

Gloria Ehret 14:50

You know, then I got to meet Marilyn Smith, and of course, oh my god, miss personality, uh, you know, she and her pearls. I mean, it was crazy. Um and of course I met through Marcia, I met uh Sandy and Carol Mann in when I was still an amateur. So talking to them and um they were not aloof, but it was like um Carol was easier to talk to than than Sandra. Um and as you know, I mean you've you've talked with Sandra. Um I love her to death. But she's kind of secretive. I mean, you know, she's like in her own little world most of the time. Uh so she was a little harder to get to know than uh uh than Carol. Carol was very outgoing, very outspoke outspoken as well. Um so, you know, I slowly through my amateurs days in St. Petersburg um got to know several Marlene Hagey, at that time Ruth Jesson. Uh in fact, John Shory knew Ruthie and introduced me to Ruthie. And it was funny because when I was around everybody, a lot of people would take me for Ruth Jesson, and they would come up. But the blonde hair and our statue was pretty much the same, other than I didn't have a six-foot putting stroke um as as Ruthie had for a long time. Uh but uh you know, which that was an honor. It was like, whoa, you're taking me for Ruth Jess. Okay, uh I'll take it. But uh they were very receptive, um all of them. I mean, I'm talking about Peggy Kirk, um even Mickey. I mean, she was aloof, but hey, that's Mickey. I mean, you know, don't tread on my parade. I mean, she's um Betsy Rawls, um Joyce uh Ziski, uh Bev Hansen. I mean, you're talking, you know, the the true, true pioneers of of golf. And um you know, people nowadays say to me, and I'm sure I've gotten off the topic we started on, but people say to me today, aren't you sorry that you're not playing now? And I said, Absolutely not. I would not give up one day to play this this time as compared to, well, Bruce, you know, um, you know, I mean, it it's just so different. And it is makes uh it makes me kind of angry at times that, you know, I'm not getting back to the locker situation, but uh we'll go there. Uh but I mean it's you know, like last week it was like one of the players complained about not having a locker. I'm born a year. Bloody kidding me? I mean, you know, you have these spreads of breakfast, lunch, mid-lunch, yeah, you know, and you're sitting there complaining about a bloody locker. Change your shoes in the car and leave all your jewels in the car and go out and play.

Bruce Devlin 18:59

Go play. Yeah, go play.

Gloria Ehret 19:01

That's what you're here for. You know, you're not here to be treated as a bunch of queen, you know, the queens of golf. Queens. Come on. Get with it.

Bruce Devlin 19:11

But yeah, yeah.

Gloria Ehret 19:13

You know, we were lucky to get donuts in the morning, much less, you know, the spreads that they have now.

Mike Gonzalez 19:19

But uh anyway, it's and you didn't have a Cadillac to drive uh the week you were in town for a tournament?

Gloria Ehret 19:28

Now that you bring it up in '67, uh I was twelfth on the money list and won twelve thousand dollars. Now put those figures into your pocket. So there were two girls that didn't want the cars. So Oldsmobile gave us a contract, and we would drive the Oldsmobiles and uh had our names on the side, the big LPGA, the old LPGA um insignia. And I mean, he talked about feeling like, you know, you were king of the road. I mean, you know, look out at us, here we come, you know, and you'd see all, you know, 10 Oldsmobiles going in. So I was again privileged there, you know, to be able to have one. And we change out cars about every two months. Um and, you know, get get new ones and then two months later get new ones again. And I mean it was it was awesome.

Bruce Devlin 20:42

Pretty nice. It was awesome. Pretty nice.

Gloria Ehret 20:44

But we had to drive. I mean, it's not like, well, again, you know, having your private jet pick you up or some of us, I mean, some had their caddies drive the cars, you know, from tournament to tournament, but if they had other things like on a Monday on Howdy on a Monday. Uh but uh yeah, I mean, it was pretty cool riding down there with that white white Oldsmobile.

Mike Gonzalez 21:16

Well, we've talked a lot about the the differences between the obviously the the tours nowadays and and the the days when when you all played. I think the one thing that has come through with the players that played back in your era is they I'm not sure they've used this term, but I would characterize it as there was a brotherhood and a sisterhood, uh camaraderie fellowship back then that just doesn't exist.

Gloria Ehret 21:41

Oh, absolutely. I mean no doubt about it. There's there's no comparison. Uh, you know, you have your cliques out there on tour, but back in our day, if somebody needed an aspirin at two o'clock in the morning, you didn't you call and say, you know, geez, do you have, you know, Motron or um something? And you know, hey, boom, they'd be right there. When Rankin had Tui, I mean we were changing Tui's diapers. You know, you're playing late, I'll take the morning shift. Or, you know, with with Kay Corn uh Kathy Cornelius when she had Kay. We did the same thing there. You know, okay, we'll change diapers. We'll all take turns and you know uh no daycare. I mean it was everybody helped period yeah that was that was it.

Mike Gonzalez 22:44

Well Kay will appreciate the shout out because I talked to her the other day you know about having her mom Kathy on the show and and Bruce and I will have her on but uh she got a kick out of your reference to changing her and Tui's diapers back in the day.

Gloria Ehret 23:01

Yeah that was uh you know where if they needed to take him for a walk or you know whatever it it was like of course you know of course we'll do it so it's quite quite different.

Mike Gonzalez 23:17

Yeah it it is I I've Bruce has heard me uh say this and and uh I'm not sure it's uh it's a very accurate analogy but I look at it as uh it was almost like the traveling circus back when I was a kid in that you were entertainers yeah if you're in simple you were entertainers I mean take patty berg she was an entertainer and and so you you you pick up that show and you take it to the next city and you set up and you you mark the course and you got to do the rules and you got to do your you know your your uh thing with all the oh I don't know the the publicity and stuff in town right meet with the Kwanis or the Chamber of Commerce or the whatever to get your you know the promote the tour and everything else and then you pack it up and move it to the next city the next week exactly I mean yeah it uh we did it but in seeing like Berg uh and well of course uh the babe uh you know going to ballparks and stuff like that uh I mean thank God they did that because that would not have given me a chance um to do what I particularly love to do.

Gloria Ehret 24:36

And of course these kids nowadays I don't know what they'd be doing if you know if it wouldn't have been for the berg and you know everybody wanted to come out and see the babe because she hit the ball so bloody far. I mean you know she was she was quite the asset as all of them were in their own way. Yeah but uh yeah it uh yeah I can remember uh going out and marking the course you know the hazards and this and that and tea boxes and stuff and um locations yeah and it was funny because um and Sandy'll probably be irritated when I say this but she was uh treasurer so you know it was we had she had to write the checks you know I mean people got finished playing they wanted their money well they gotta wait until the last group comes in so that we can figure out how much money you want you know and of course Sandy was always playing in the last couple of groups and uh Gail Davis and I were always playing in the the beginning of the field leading the way and uh not all the time but sometimes but so we'd sit there and we'd figure out okay this is what you get this is what you get and then when Sandy would come in she'd sign the checks and we're going what the hell I mean you're supposed to be the treasurer here and you know we're doing all the work and we're doing all the work what's the deal here and of course her remark was well play better I mean there you go there you go we've heard that before oh yeah that was uh you know that was kind of Sandy's remark but uh anyway uh thank god we're extremely dear friends so I can say that uh but uh yeah it as I said those are the things that make me glad that I played then you know plus I mean look at the greats that I've known I mean Rawls and Whit and and Mickey I mean she was my idol I mean it was like oh god I would take pictures of of Mickey and of course you'd have to ask Mickey first may I please take some film yes okay and sometimes she'd say no um and it was like okay put the camera away forget it uh but uh do it another day yeah exactly uh but she you know as I said I mean you've got great players out there now you know look at Corda and of course Brooke just won uh Lexi um and Mingie Lee and uh there's so many good players out there now but um it's so different just so different it is different Mickey was uh kind of your Ben Hogan wasn't she ah absolutely I mean even Hogan said it's the absolute best golf swing in the world just just the best and I mean it was funny because I only played with Mickey a couple of times but it was funny I played with her in Louisville and you know I thought oh well you know she doesn't hit it that far I mean I wasn't long that long off the T but we had a par five there it was like about the fourth hole or fifth hole and I hit a pretty good T shot and you could just see Mickey when she wanted that extra 20 yards or 30 yards those feet would get planted and it was like oh my god here it comes and I mean she would just bomb that thing I mean crazy I mean Mickey would hit it and it was even on the world of golf where Mickey would hit it 250 260 with that woodwood you know what we played with I mean and those and the bowl and I was gonna say and the golf balls I mean I can't imagine I mean it nowadays uh you know she would have probably hit it well over 300 uh if she hits it 250 with our lot of balls and and uh you know the wood the the woodwoods or you know of course she was Wilson uh but uh that's interesting that you say that I I was privileged to live in Chicago during the uh the prime of Michael Jordan and the analogy for me is I always saw Jordan when the chips were I mean when the when you know when the pot was big and the stakes were high he had that extra gear he'd flip that switch and had that extra gear.

Mike Gonzalez 30:05

Sounds like that's Mickey on the par five too just flipped the switch.

Gloria Ehret 30:10

Not I mean and it it was almost frightening because you knew when she was going to do it. She just had a different manner of addressing the ball and it was like she really got herself settled and it was like okay here comes the explosion you know and it I mean it was crazy and I think at that time I playing with her I think I I was like two or three under par and Mickey was like five under or six under and I felt like I was shooting a thousand you know compared to what what you know what I just witnessed what I just saw and uh there wasn't anybody I mean Wit obviously 88 wins but not taking anything away from wit but if Mickey could have put it oh my god there's no telling how many if she could have put it as well as Wit and Haney there's no no telling how many tournaments that woman would have uh um why you can't see it but my wall over here to the right I call it my Bicky wall because it's one one uh wall of nothing but Mickey right and I've got that when she was president when I got my card uh and she signed it oh my god I mean that was you know whoa this is from the uh the queen right here I mean yeah and it's right over there but uh you'll you'll have to take a picture of that wall and send it to Bruce and I will have to figure out how to I shall be great so let's go back uh kind of at the mid-sixties maybe a little bit earlier you you you said you went down to Florida first of all so that probably would have been in the 50s yet late 50s uh where you went to junior college at St. Petersburg yes uh was there a golf team there no no um actually when I was in high school my uh one of my teachers who taught uh business ed which was shorthand at the time and teaching you how to type and stuff you know she she wanted me to go and pursue like uh um do income tax work and and accounting I yeah accounting and I I I love figures I mean I they they drive me crazy I mean because I I get so involved and and it's funny because uh one time I was talking to my financial advisor and going over our statements my statement you know from Morgan Stanley and uh got to the point where okay well so what's the balance here? Well it was like whatever figure and 28 cents and according to Morgan Stanley it should have been 27 cents and he goes I he said it's been a long time since I have talked to someone who keeps their own records you know I mean I get my checkbook I still write checks uh the computer I don't trust it I don't want anything to do with it obviously so uh you know here's my little checkbook you're right here and I do my own you know my uh my own uh adding subtracting and you know what I'll what do I have in the bank and stuff but uh anyway so I went down there and I was gonna see what I could do as far as the accounting business and stuff and uh golf just got in the way it was like I don't have time to study so that was kind of short-lived I went a year and said just don't I can't do both.

Mike Gonzalez 34:23

Yeah yeah I guess you know back then a lot of people uh they don't realize as you mentioned earlier that uh you know the LPJ was playing relatively short fields as you said they might have had 40 or so players and so uh back when you were coming along and some of the other greats we've talked to it was almost like come on down we need you why don't you come join us right yeah exactly um and it it was um as I said they were all so nice um and just uh I don't know I mean a welcoming committee is kind of what it was and uh you know just different.

Bruce Devlin 35:11

Yeah Bruce was that your experience back in the day uh I think so it was yeah I I think so uh well you know my my uh the early part of my career as a professional obviously was was the at the masters the first year I played there to get to play a practice round with Mr. Hogue and that was uh that that was quite a quite a wonderful thing to happen to me but you know uh we we mentioned earlier you talked earlier about you know back in those days we were all sort of uh a a big family and I remember there might be eight or ten of us staying at a at a motel and maybe six of us would put twenty dollars in one of the ladies' hands and they'd go out and buy something for dinner that night and we'd cook it around the swimming pool. So it's uh you know slightly different to what it is today. Uh yeah and and driving lots and lots of driving back in those days.

Gloria Ehret 36:12

You know driving 500 miles after you just got finished playing on a Sunday afternoon to me was nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Mike Gonzalez 36:20

I know one time when we were driving in fact we had the Oldsmobile's uh Margie Masters um there were I don't know like four of us caravanning to someplace and we're going along and it's it's uh maybe two o'clock in the morning or something and all of a sudden we and she was driving Judy Rankin's Oldsmobile and uh all of a sudden we see all these this smoke and stuff coming out of Rankin's car and we're going what the heck is going on so we all got around her and stopped her and you know got her out of the car and said what in the world what are you doing in there and she goes oh I thought the air conditioner was the ashtray she was and of course you know as I said at two o'clock in the morning you know you're kind of uh not quite awake you know and she she was trying to keep herself awake and and everything so she was smoking and you know here's his car so we're trying to you know get the smoke out of there so that rankin wouldn't smell it you know the next day we got there and she gave her the car but uh yeah it's uh you had a lot of you had a lot of signals didn't you you didn't have cell phones so you had a lot of signals from car to car right yes if if uh you know you had to go to the bathroom you stuck out a red cardboard or something so we all kept them in the uh you know in the front seat or someplace where we could or you know I really need um coffee or I just need to stop or something so each one had its different uh then of course after that we really progressed because then we had the walkie-talkies and it was like wow this is cool you know so and we all had handles so it was like you know the truckers would come by and we'd go hey there Joe you know what's it like up front or whatever so we'd be talking to the truckers and stuff or you know uh like Mary uh Dwyer her nickname was Big Red so if you're traveling with stump and and red why you're going okay red need to go to the bathroom or you know we need to stop or something and you know that would just progress to the you know to everybody else so uh we thought that was that was really making a crossover getting away from the colored uh uh you know papers that we used to hang out to actually talking to each other so yeah amazing it was yeah life life on the road without GPS who could imagine that let me tell you I have my original Rand McNally map that I used on tour I will never get rid of it it is shredded it has coffee stains on it it is it's but it's just something that means a lot to me because yeah you know that's uh you used it a lot oh yes sir absolutely absolutely if if it could only talk oh yeah uh maybe you now I know I want to keep it you don't want it to talk not at all not at all so you told us a little bit about your qualifying experience and next thing you know you are on the LPGA tour you joined in 1965 uh for our listeners uh glory had three professional wins including two LPGA victories uh we'll talk about some of the seconds as well because I mentioned to you Gloria your name has come up a lot which means that somebody must have just barely beat you and we had to talk about who they beat. So we're we'll talk about some of your memories of those but uh uh as you as you look back at your early days first of all I got to ask first T first T first tournament in the professionals what were you playing back then?

Bruce Devlin 40:43

Power builds power builds huh power built you and Frank bid yes absolutely fuzzy zeller and uh yeah I mean it was the persimmon I mean it was a beautiful beautiful golf club uh and it uh it did me justice but I I pick them out I have them over here but I pick them out every once in a while and I look at them and think geez how did I ever play with them I ever ever get it I have problems getting these big things airborne now so how did I ever get that thing airborne uh but uh I mean my d a driver like like Bruce I mean my driver at that time is bigger I mean smaller than let's say a three wood or five wood that they have now and it's it's like you know again uh it's great I do want to ask you about one thing we talked about we the there was a mention about golf balls then did you ladies did you ladies carry a metal ring that you used to slide the golf ball in?

Gloria Ehret 42:08

To make sure it was round.

Bruce Devlin 42:10

Right yeah yes sir yep we sure did I I figured you probably did because that was you know that was part of our dress uh in those days you you had to have that metal ring in your pocket otherwise uh you know yeah exactly might get a bunch of golf balls and only about 40% of them would go through the ring on two different axes.

Gloria Ehret 42:34

Yes yes sir absolutely unfortunately I don't have that ring but uh yes we did it for sure for sure what kind of golf ball did you play back then when you first started staff um I tried all kinds of balls and to me the Wilson Wilson was uh one that I liked and um it worked pretty well for me.

Mike Gonzalez 43:04

Yeah. Well Gloria Earrett highlight career I would assume was winning the 1966 LP Championship which we'll we'll talk about but we got to talk about your first year first you came right out of the box in 65 and you played an event called the Yankee Women's Open at Atlas Valley Country Club.

Gloria Ehret 43:24

You partnered with Judy Kimball in the best ball event yes um I just got a text from Judy uh not too long ago that uh she was cleaning the house and uh she got to uh the trophy that we got for the uh the four ball and she said boy she said my mind just went crazy as far as you know um thinking about you know those times and stuff. And I wrote her back and I said, I look at it every day. I've got like four different trophies up on the top here that I sit and that's what I see.

Mike Gonzalez 44:11

So um yeah that was uh you know and why we picked each other I have no clue because because we weren't I mean we were all friends out there but you know it was like okay let's put two bombs together or something I don't remember what the what it was but uh uh yeah it worked out pretty well well we uh we look back at 1965 uh your first year on tour um Sandy Haney we've talked to won the LPG championship at Stardust Country Club that year Carol Mann uh who obviously we didn't have a chance to talk to won the U.S. Open that year at Atlantic City Country Club Kathy Whitworth was the winner of the title holders always played at Augusta Country Club and then uh Susie Maxwell Burning who we've also talked to won the Western Open up in Chicago on an old Donald Ross Beverly Country Club. Did you play in all those majors that year?

Intro Music 45:14

I did I did absolutely uh again you know they needed a full field so all of us played uh but uh yes I played in in all of them thank you for listening to another episode of for the good of the game and please wherever you listen to your podcast on Apple and Spotify if you like what you hear please subscribe spread the word and tell your friends until we tee it up again with a good of the game so long everybody whack down the fairway it went smack down the fairway and it started to slice just smidge offline it headed for two but it bounced off nine my caddy said as long as you're still in the state you're okay down the middle file away