We could play golf on the Aggie course for $16 per semester
and it was a pretty good course. One thing I remember, you could
never find an extra tee because those Aggies cleaned and snagged
them as soon as they were dropped. The course could play as long
a 7,000 + yards if you played from the back tees, which we never
did. There were numerous ponds willing to snag an errant ball at
any time and once while trying to retrieve said errant ball the
following occurred...I do not remember who did this, maybe it was
me. Anyhow one reached for the lost ball while the other held a golf
club, allowing the retriever to reach into the pond as far as they
could. With the reacher stretched out, grasping, the one hold the
club fell over the back of the reacher and fell into the pond. A laugh
ensued. I think Roger and I played and maybe Richard, but we were
all HACKERS. There was only one really good golfer among us that
I remember; it was Bob Mirich, who at least could shoot in the 80's. I
could shoot in the 80's too, but maybe even worse on the 2nd 9.
One day an exhibition was planned and we (at least me and
Roger, maybe Richard) went to see. Bobby Nichols was an Aggie
graduate and a member of the professional golfers tour. Bobby was
to challenge Lee Trevino (another pro golfer) in an 18 hole contest.
We were all hyped to watch the event, but alas it was not to be.
About the 2nd or 3rd hole, all of a sudden lightning went across the
sky and Lee said, "That's it for me." and so the match was over.
The story of Bobby Nichols as an Aggie is an interesting one.
He was a high school football All American and was recruited by the
then Aggie coach, Bear Bryant. During the summer, Bobby was in a
severe auto accident, breaking several bones, but Coach Bryant
still honored his scholarship. He ended up as an Aggie golfer.