Bob ford oakmont salary slip
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Bob Ford retires after four decades at Oakmont, leaves legacy of service and fine play
Editor's note: This story originally ran in the June 6 issue of Golfweek.
In time, the impeccable stature would be a byproduct of the grace and dignity with which he’s saturated.
But Bob Ford will tell you that his entry into the club-professional business had its bumps.
For instance, that phone conversation with Ben Hogan, who asked: “What are your specs?”
In the pro shop at Oakmont Country Club outside of Pittsburgh, Ford froze.
Specs?
Oakmont country club
What’s he talking about? he thought. But he knew he had to act like he knew what Hogan was talking about, so “I made something up.”
He can laugh about it now. But when Ford, then 21 and new to the staff, went to Lew Worsham, the 1947 U.S.
Open winner and Oakmont’s respected head pro, to ask about getting a golf bag and some equipment, the pro nodded and said, “I’ll give The Hawk a call.”
Yes, that Hawk – the iconic Hogan, who by then was overseeing e