Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the Oct. 19 issue of Golfweek.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Gary Player was sitting at a coffee shop in Baton Rouge, La., early in his career when fellow PGA Tour pro Doug Sanders proposed a scenario: If he gave Player $250,000, a small fortune in those days, would he retire to a ranch in his native South Africa?
Without hesitation, Player responded: “I couldn’t do it, laddie.”
Gary Player poses for the Oct. 19, 2015, issue of Golfweek Magazine, showing his fitness at the age of 79.