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Ben Wright: The King and I
Appeared in the March 2007 LINKS
The first time I interviewed Arnold Palmer was at the Centenary Open Championship at St. Andrews in 1960. Palmer said he could spare some time between the final two rounds...
Ben Wright: Cliffs Valley Days
Appeared in the January/February 2007 LINKS
Jim Anthony, the owner and developer of the Cliffs Communities, came into my life almost by accident. After completing a voice-over extolling the virtues of Jim’s first course, the Cliffs...
Ben Wright: Tripped Up
Appeared in the November/December 2006 LINKS
As soon as I heard of the plot in August to blow several American passenger aircraft out of the skies, I offered my three traveling companions from Maryland the opportunity...
Ben Wright: Uneasy Rider
Appeared in the September/October 2006 LINKS
A lot of golfers probably imagine that poor behavior at the Ryder Cup originated at The Country Club in 1999, when the infamous rush of Americans onto the 17th green...
Ben Wright: Buttered and Bunkered
Appeared in the July/August 2006 LINKS
Of all the great golfers I have seen in more than half a century of covering the game, I believe the best never to win a major was the majestic...
Ben Wright: Oddly Matched
Appeared in the May/June 2006 LINKS
British Captain Summoned before PGA Executive Committee, Fired for Lack of Effort in First-year Ryder Cup Debacle.” So screamed the fictitious tabloid headline I concocted at the conclusion of the...
Ben Wright: Slithery Slope
Appeared in the April 2006 LINKS
Of all my memories from broadcasting the Masters at the 15th hole of Augusta National, some of the fondest originated, oddly enough, during bathroom breaks. Invariably, whenever I shimmied down...
Ben Wright: Frankly Speaking
Appeared in the March 2006 LINKS
My debut with the CBS golf team came at the 1972 U.S. Professional Match Play Championship. Despite the torrid August conditions at the Country Club of North Carolina that year,...
Ben Wright: Cart Blanch
Appeared in the January/February 2006 LINKS
The most regrettable day of my life in golf was the one I was first forced to use a cart. Until my inaugural trip to America in the mid-1960s, I...
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