Hawk Harrelson story about Jim Rice and Arnold Palmer

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Before I begin, I will tell you that I have been to quite a few PGA events and charity celebrity golf events and I have NEVER seen ANYBODY hit a golf ball as far and hard as Jim Rice, the former Red Sox slugger.

I will relate the story the best I remember it as if the HAWK were telling the story...........

" Jimmy Rice can hit a golf ball like none other" states Hawk.

" I had the good fortune to play a celebrity golf tournament with the great Arnold Palmer at Pebble Beach a few years back".

" The 13th hole at Pebble Beach is a slight dogleg left 445 yard par four". " Now understand, I have played golf with Jimmy numerous times and know just about what his limits on hitting his driver." " I mention to Arnie that Jimmy could drive this hole about half the time with the smallest of downwind."

" Arnie says to me that NOBODY can drive that green one out of a thousand times."

" I tell Arnie, how bout we get Jimmy out here and let him take a whack at the green with ten drives?" I will wager you $50,000 that Jimmy hits the green with at least two of them." " Arnie laughs at me and says Hawk, I reckon that $50,000 means alot more to you than it does me, so understand that I will be respectfully cordial to you and pass on that bet."

" Well, wouldnt you know it, two months later Jimmy is playing in the same pro-am celebrity golf tournament as Arnie and as luck would have it, Arnie and Jimmy are in the same group."

" Now understand, Big Jim didnt mention to me that he had played a round with Arnie and I didnt know about it till about 8 months later when I run into Arnie at another tournament."

" I run into Arnie on the practice tee, and he comes over and puts his arm around me and asks if I would come over to the scorers tent."

" Now understand, I am totally oblivious as to what Arnie would want with me in the scorers tent."

" Well , Arnie pulls out his checkbook and proceeds to write me out a check for $25,000 and hands it to me.............and says " I figure I saved myself $25,000 by not taking that bet you offered me last year for $50,000 on Rice driving that there green at Pebble Beach.......so you take this here check and we will call it even".

"Apparrently Big Jims driving ability had made an impression on the KING."
 

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squirrel-- I hope you realize the story was being told through the words of HAWK Harrelson and not myself.
 

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