father of Matt McLean, DOI Bobby Jones GC Sarasota and Fishers Island NY. Jon McLean, the Biltmore VP JMGS, Miami and DOI Shinnecock Hills NY. #1golfschool
What a great story. Thank you Bernie! Happy Memorial Day! Awesome! What a story. When I visited Omaha Beach I was stunned. What you and the military did there is beyond comprehension. Every American should visit there to understand a little of what happened. #inspirational.
At 100 years old, WWII veteran Bernie Smoot still drives his convertible Ford Mustang to play golf five days a week, shoots in the low 80s and shares wisdom from 74 years in the game: “You live to play golf. But to reach my age, you play golf to live.”
To celebrate Bernie — who landed at Omaha Beach just months after graduating high school — his PGA Coach and friend Jeff Maynor organized a tournament in his honor at the University of Maryland Golf Course, where Bernie plays five days a week.
Maynor, the course’s PGA Director of Golf, has run a @PGAHOPE program there for Veterans since 2019, which Bernie loves to support. The tournament for Bernie was a chance for those Veterans to thank him and celebrate his love for the game.
1980s golf instructional videos were the best.
The intro to Ben Crenshaw’s Art Of Putting is just a highlight reel of him draining putts all over Augusta with dramatic background music.
Two golf schools. My only 2 schools in the West this year, at Red Ledges.
June16-18 and June 24-26. Still a few spots open—we take only 9 students in each program. We play this Nicklaus golf course twice!! Call:
305 591 6409