RIP Chi Chi
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Met him once at the Sr PGA Championship down in Palm Beach Gardens FL at PGA National.
Very personable and likable man.
Very personable and likable man.
My MIL ran his Youth Foundation in Clearwater. He was sincerely interested in the development of the youth<
RIP. I should have held on to my Chi Chi Rodriguez clubs. I'm sure they would be worth a fortune today!***
Loved Chi-Chi's celebrations after he holed putts!
Golf needs more of that sort of thing.
Golf needs more of that sort of thing.
R.I.P. Chi Chi . I remember Chi Chi well. He came up in the era when players were also entertainers, interesting and fun to follow,
This picture is great. He always dressed sharp.
I had a beginner set also, got them about 1973ish with a dozen Chi Chi endorsed balls. Mom and Dad got them at Sears for Christmas
The caddie looks like Rollo from Sanford & Son
Absolute legend that made golf entertaining when there frankly weren't many personalities in the game.
He was a cool guy. Always great to see professionals having fun playing the sports we love. His story getting started playing was good. He was making a buck a day hauling water on a plantation as a kid to help his family out. He figured out he could make more money caddying at the nearby golf course. He practiced his golf swing with tree branch and hit pieces of garbage in his spare time. Took off from there. Makes sense why he had such a good time playing. How could you not when life nearly took you down the plantation labor route!
Yes too many today with zero personality. He had plenty of that. I saw him a few times in B'ham when playing a Senior event. RIP Chi Chi.
That's obviously from the days when pros had to use the Augusta National caddies. Kinda amazing that stuffy azz country club allowed an employee to wear a shirt under his coveralls open to his mid chest. White women swooning and passing out everywhere.
Chi Chi (from Puerto Rico) and Lee Trevino (Mexican American) were playing a round together. They walked past some porta-potties and Trevino points to them and says, "Look, Chi Chi! Puerto Rican condos!"
Chi Chi replied, "Yep. We rent out the basements to the Mexicans."
Chi Chi replied, "Yep. We rent out the basements to the Mexicans."
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