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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2129
Total number of notes:21499

888.0. "VISOR QUERY" by BOGUSS::COOPER (WHAT SLICE, ITS A FADE !!) Mon Mar 12 1990 15:39

        Maybe I haven't been paying to much attention this year
    but I was really surprised to see Tow Watson wearing a RAM
    visor in the Honda Classic this weekend !! Hasn't he always 
    given the younger guys a hard time about wearing logoed
    visors and even made a point of wearing a plain one these
    last few years as a sort of protest ?? Has Watson gone
    Corporate or am I just crazy ???
    
    Mad Hacker
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888.1He's always been a RAM boyCHRLIE::HUSTONMon Mar 12 1990 16:347
    
    Don't know about the going corporate thing, but Watson is a long time
    RAM user, balls, clubs etc.
    
    Maybe they just offered more money for him to wear the logo.
    
    --Bob
888.2Tom Watson's okay with meCPDW::LACAIREMon Mar 12 1990 16:393
      Maybe he needs the (considerable) money. 
      I wouldn't hold it against him. He does sponsor RAM equipment and is 
    committed to use it. 
888.3THEY ARE ONLY BILLBOARDSBOGUSS::COOPERWHAT SLICE, ITS A FADE !!Mon Mar 12 1990 18:1911
         I'm not getting on Watson other than that he has raked the
    other pros for using their foreheads as billboards, now he is 
    doing the same. At least he was wearing a colored visor in
    stead of the standard white visor so I guess he just needs the
    bucks. Maybe RAM put a lot of pressure on him. There are other
    pros that don't wear logoed visors or hats on the tour but they
    are few and far between. Even Norman advertises on his sleeve.
    Who are the pros that haven't given in to this commercialism ??
    Anyone know ??
    
    Mad Hacker
888.4PUTTER::WARFIELDGone GolfingMon Mar 12 1990 20:365
	Have you tried to find a visor that doesn't say anything recently?
	Maybe he got tired of having them specially made. ;-)

	Larry
888.5MacACESMK::RESIDEWell, I mighta gone fishinTue Mar 13 1990 14:593
    	Mac O'Grady is the only one that can think of that doesn't
        accept sponsor's money.  He walks to the beat of a different
    	drum.