Interesting PGA Tour Tales

Mark Calcavecchia doesn't pay much attention to life outside of golf. Heck, it took him seven times playing Turnberry before he noticed that stone monument atop a hill next to the 12th green that commemorates the lost airmen during two World Wars.



Calcavecchia was at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am when he was told the story about a writer who inquired about Woods' pro-am group and introduced himself to Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! The writer not only asked Yang what he did for a living, he followed up by asking what he did at Yahoo!



Calcavecchia smiled and looked away.



"I think I can top that one," he said. "Jerry was my partner the last time I played here."




Calcavecchia said he called his wife the night before the tournament to tell her about meeting his amateur for the week, describing him as a great guy and that they would have a good time over the next few days.



His wife asked the name of the amateur.

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"So I tell her, 'Jerry Yang, he's like the chairman or CEO or CFO or something like that ... of Yoohoo. You know, that chocolate drink? That's one of my favorite drinks. I was thinking maybe he can get a couple of cases shipped to us.'"

Asked if she recalled the conversation, Brenda Calcavecchia rolled her eyes and smiled.



Scott Sajtinac, the caddie for Paul Goydos, flew out early to Memphis, Tenn., to walk the golf courses used for U.S. Open qualifying and compile a yardage book. One of the courses thought he was trying to make money off the club and cut short his time.



Sajtinac did the best he could with the map drawings, and the frustration was evident in a note he left his fellow caddies in the yardage book, in which he referred to "minor political restraints" that kept him from spending more time on the course for a proper drawing.



"For those of you that will approach me complaining that this is not a high-quality Picasso job, may I give you this advice: DO NOT," the note said. "By obtaining my book, you have saved yourself some 20 hours-plus work and a whole lot of heartache. This book will get you through the round just fine."

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Among those who didn't get through was his boss. Goydos missed a 6-foot birdie on the last hole and failed to advance in a playoff.