Rinker’s Golf Tips Nathaniel Crosby Peter Jacobsen. My sister Laurie was on first and gave a great tip about how, “weight supports motion” and how important it is to hit off of your front foot when swinging a golf club.
Nathaniel came on in the second segment and talked about becoming the tournament host at 16, at the Bing Crosby National Pro-am at Pebble Beach after his father passed away in 1977. Not only was he in charge of the amateur invitations, but he was in charge of the pairings, which was extremely political. He also had 25 exemptions to give out to the pros and his father had all these pros that he had met in his travels, that he invited that were not tour pros. A lot to handle for a 16 year old. Nathaniel and I met at the International Four Ball in Florida in the 1970’s and we have been friends ever since.
Lastly Peter Jacobsen, ala Jake Trout, came on the show and he talked about how he got started playing golf with his family in Oregon. He said that one of the best golf tips he ever received was from Ken Venturi, and Ken told him to move the ball more forward in his stance. Peter said that it activated his body and motion to be able to get up to the ball move forward in his stance. We talked about the record that Peter set at Pebble Beach when he won hitting 69 out of 72 greens which is still a record. He said his swing coach, Jim Hardy, gave him a tip to aim at the middle of the greens at Pebble Beach, because the greens were tiny. I asked Peter how he got started doing impersonations of players, and he said it was from watching Arnold Palmer on TV and going out and trying to recreate his swing and mannerisms.
Lastly we talked about our good friend Payne Stewart and all the fun we had in Jake Trout and the Flounders. Peter said Payne had a lot of highs and lows in his life and loved his family and friends. Payne’s wife, Tracey, will receive the Bob Jones award later this year.