Armchair Golf Blog · Jun 6, 2016
Jack Fleck, U.S. Open Qualifying and an Unpaid $1 Bet
SIXTY-ONE YEARS AGO TODAY JACK FLECK teed it up in the 36-hole U.S. Open sectional qualifier at Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete, Illinois. It was a wet and breezy day, and Fleck played 34 holes in a cool rain. He finished with 73 and 73 for 146, and didn't like his chances of qualifying for the 1955 U.S. Open to be played at the Olympic Club.
Yours truly and Jack Fleck in North Carolina in 2009. Club pro Errie Ball saw things differently. He and Fleck were friendly acquaintances. From my book THE LONGEST SHOT, this was their memorable exchange on June 6, 1955: