Shaggin’ golf balls

Growing up in deep East Texas during the late 1940s did not allow me to learn much about the sport of golf, or “cow pasture pool” as it was known around these parts. There were no golf courses in the San Augustine area then, and no one in my immediate family played golf. So, the game was foreign to me until the year 1950 when I met a man who introduced me to golf clubs and balls. ...