HALL OF FAMER AND IRISHMAN Christy O'Connor Sr. died over the weekend at the age of 91. O'Connor played on 10 Ryder Cup teams and "won more than 20 important British and Irish tournaments," said the Irish Independent.
Billy Casper lavished praise on O'Connor when I interviewed him for my second book about the 1969 Ryder Cup.
"Christy could do more with a 4-wood out of the rough than any man I've ever seen," Casper said.
Irish golf writer Brian Keogh wrote this about O'Connor:
The death at 91 of Christy O'Connor Snr in the small hours of Saturday morning marks the end of an era in world golf and the loss to Ireland of one of its greatest ever sportsmen.