[Yoda]

In addition to Byron Nelson, 94, yesterday, we lost Patty Berg, 88, on September 10, and Johnny Palmer, also 88, on September 14. Patty won a record 15 major championships, and Johnny's victories included the Western Open, the Canadian open and the Colonial National Invitational.

These last two have a special meaning for me because they were the first golf professionals whose names I learned. Considering that Sam Snead and Ben Hogan were also very much on the scene at that time, how could that be?

Mom's clubs were a Patty Berg signature model. And Dad's were Johnny Palmer.

Actually, now that I think about it, Dad's 'lefty' clubs were Sears Johnny Bulla models, and we lost him at age 89 on December 7, 2003.

May they all rest in peace.