Mac O'GradyTHE FINAL STAGES OF Q-SCHOOL are underway. Both the men and women are fighting for their cards on the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour at La Quinta, California, and Daytona Beach, Florida.
As I considered the rigors of Q-school, Mac O�Grady popped into my head. O�Grady, a California native who attended Santa Monica Junior College, turned pro in 1972. He won twice on the PGA Tour in the mid 1980s and finished in a ninth-place tie at the 1987 U.S. Open.
But his Q-school adventures were legendary. Mac made a mind-numbing 17 trips to Q-school before finally securing his tour card. Whoa.
The ambidextrous O�Grady was also known for being an eccentric. A right-handed tour pro, Mac could play scratch golf as a lefty and attempted to gain amateur status as a southpaw. That�s different.
(Had Mac�s application been approved, maybe he could have been his own amateur partner in pro-ams.)
O�Grady was not a friend of PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman, calling him a �thief.� Back problems drove him from the tour in 1989.
Want to see his swing? Here's a recent clip (2008) of Mac hitting a two-iron:
Mac O�Grady�s swing
Nice action, huh?
Mac is 57 years old and teaches golf at the Mac O�Grady Golf Schools in Palm Springs.
-The Armchair Golfer
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[Source: ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG]
