Unusual two-sport participant at the University of Colorado: a 1967 NCAA champion in golf and two-time All-Big Eight selection
as a football defensive back...Was also an Academic All-American...Member of Colorado's All-Century Football Team and inducted
into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002...Delivered the commencement address at his alma mater in May
2007...Starred in the prep ranks in three sports prior to attending Colorado and led Boulder High School to a state title
in football...Was named to the Colorado State High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006...Son, Steve, also played on the Colorado
golf team and won the 2004 Colorado State Amateur Match Play Championship...Got his start in golf at age 4 through his father...Actively
involved in his own course design business. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992...Biggest thrills in golf were
his first TOUR win in 1971 at Hilton Head Island, SC, his three U.S. Open victories, his two U.S. Senior Open wins and playing
on the victorious U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1991...Participated in a charity golf tournament in St. Louis for 25 years to benefit
the St. Louis Children's Hospital and Hale Irwin Center for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology...His Christmas Classic charity
tournament in Phoenix has raised $400,000...Says if he could meet one famous person dead or alive his choice would be Abraham
Lincoln, because he came along at a very tumultuous time in our history and had a positive influence...His favorite golf courses
in the United States are Cypress Point and Winged Foot, while overseas, he gives the nod to Royal Melbourne in Australia...Leans
toward the 2-iron he hit at the last hole to win the 1974 U.S. Open at Winged Foot as his all-time favorite shot...Broke 70
for the first time at age 14...Favorite all-time athlete is Byron "Whizzer" White, a fellow CU football standout and the former
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
