MendieGK
Tour Winner
Anyone else find him unbearable? He’s so stuck in his ways, talks a lot of cr*p
Gary Player
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garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Legend. Full of himself and every right to be.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Lots of respect for him but he does come across as a kind of "It's my way or the highway" type...
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
My kind of guy 😎
timd77
Assistant Pro
Love the bloke. I walked past him at Edinburgh airport a few years back, struggling with his trolley which was nearly toppling over with luggage and golf bags. We made eye contact but to my eternal shame I didn’t offer to help him, I was too star struck.
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Going to take you for a full on guilt trip now ...
I was working at the Australian GP and Sterling Moss was in the Paddock. I went and got a bit of paper and asked him for his autograph, and he did and we had a chat as well .. the age deficit is 40yrs. He is one of my dad's heroes as well.
But after that exchange, his wife approached me and she said thank you, and that I had made an old man very happy. (I thought she was talking about my dad initially!
)I guess the thing is this, despite of all the great things people think they have done, it's nice to be treated like a person and spoken to as a person.
Next time man up, say "hey Gary, can I help you!" "have you had a good trip ...?" you may not get told to go away
inc0gnito
Assistant Pro
Gary Player does talk a load of mince. But he’s a character and entertaining in his own way. I think of him as the eccentric old bloke from the care home kind of guy.
timd77
Assistant Pro
Going to take you for a full on guilt trip now ...
I was working at the Australian GP and Sterling Moss was in the Paddock. I went and got a bit of paper and asked him for his autograph, and he did and we had a chat as well .. the age deficit is 40yrs. He is one of my dad's heroes as well.
But after that exchange, his wife approached me and she said thank you, and that I had made an old man very happy. (I thought she was talking about my dad initially!
I guess the thing is this, despite of all the great things people think they have done, it's nice to be treated like a person and spoken to as a person.
Next time man up, say "hey Gary, can I help you!" "have you had a good trip ...?" you may not get told to go away
Thanks for that! 😂
My excuse is that I was with work colleagues, trying to find our way out and to get a taxi. But still, should’ve ditched them for a once in a lifetime chance!
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
If GP can do 1000 press ups, he should be able to manage a few suitcases.
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Rule of thumb .. the smallest people have the heaviest suitcases ... and if i was pressing up 7 stone, I could double what I do now (so that would be 4 !)
Foxholer
Blackballed
He's one of a very small number who actually changed attitudes to/about Golf. For that he cerrtainly has my respect! For some of his views, I find him too OTT.
stefanovic
Medal Winner
Awesome.
But I bet he can't do the Shaolin Dragon Gate Kung Fu.
But I bet he can't do the Shaolin Dragon Gate Kung Fu.
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SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
For as long as I can recall (back to BBC pro-celeb golf times) he has come across as a bit of a know-it-all show-off. That said - a lot of his show-offery comes across rather forced/staged which suggests that face-2-face he isn't really like that. Anyway - as far as I am concerned he is allowed to puff his chest out a bit. A Legend from Legendary times.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
He is among few who have earnt the right.
Crack on GP!
Crack on GP!
stefanovic
Medal Winner
His short game was tremendous.
He was so good out of sand he could even have got Hitler out of his bunker.
He was so good out of sand he could even have got Hitler out of his bunker.
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Just wish he would stick to talking about golf and not how fit he is/others can be/press up numbers etc
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
...and he is a bit of a legend at my place. Bobby Locke was a member at my place back in the 1950s. When Gary Player turned pro and first came to play in the UK he hooked up with Locke (he might have lodged with him) and they played together at my track.
Aside - we have an area just off our 9th fairway in the light rough that is referred to as Locke's Ledge as that is where Bobby Locke inevitably and deliberately placed his tee shot. And to this day that is the area I try and get to.
Love this short vid of Player putting as Locke
Aside - we have an area just off our 9th fairway in the light rough that is referred to as Locke's Ledge as that is where Bobby Locke inevitably and deliberately placed his tee shot. And to this day that is the area I try and get to.
Love this short vid of Player putting as Locke
richart
Major Champion
He said he had beaten his age in his last three thousand rounds ! Not a fan though, and does love to talk about himself. He would make a good forumer though !!
stefanovic
Medal Winner
One surprising fact about Player is something I found in his golf tips.
'When putting keep your head still until you hear the ball drop.'
Which suggests in all his career he has never seen the ball enter the hole.
'When putting keep your head still until you hear the ball drop.'
Which suggests in all his career he has never seen the ball enter the hole.
Jacko_G
Blackballed
Not often we agree but he's a prize so and so.
Opinionated obnoxious bitter man is my take on him.
