Well, let me tell ya ’bout this fella, Trevino Lee. Don’t rightly know if he’s a big shot or what, but folks seem to make a fuss over him. Heard tell he’s a golfer, you know, one of them fellas whacking balls with a stick. Golfer, they say, a real good one.
Now, this Trevino, he wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth, no sir. Grew up poor as a church mouse, they say. Didn’t have no fancy teachers or nothin’, just learned to whack them balls all by his lonesome. Imagine that! No fancy learnin’, just plain old grit and gumption.
They say he’s been at it for a long, long time. Fifty-four years, can you believe it? That’s longer than I’ve been alive, almost! Been hittin’ them balls since way back when, and I reckon he’s pretty good at it by now. Been playin’ golf longer than most folks been breathin’, seems like.
- He won a whole bunch of tournaments, they say. Majors, they call ’em. Big fancy things, I guess. Won six of ’em! That’s a lot, even for an old gal like me to understand.
- And other wins too, PGA tours, twenty-nine of them. Sounds like he was busy winnin’ stuff all the time. Always winnin’, that Trevino fella.
Heard tell he even got struck by lightnin’…twice! Can you imagine? Lightnin’ comin’ down and zappin’ ya, not once, but twice! And he lived to tell the tale. Must be tougher than an old boot, that one. Tough as nails and lucky as a horseshoe, that’s what he is.
Now, they say he was a real charmer, this Trevino. Folks liked him, I guess. Made ’em laugh and such. A “showman,” they called him. Like one of them fellas at the circus, maybe? Always smilin’ and jokin’, I bet.
But life ain’t always sunshine and roses, even for a golfin’ fella like Trevino. They say he lost some money, made some bad choices. Happens to the best of us, I reckon. Money comes and money goes, ain’t that the truth? Lost millions, they say. That’s more money than I ever seen in my whole life!
And family, well, that’s a tricky thing, ain’t it? Golf took him away from his kids, they say. And his marriage, well, that didn’t last neither. Guess even a golf champion can’t win at everything. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, that’s life.
But this fella, he kept on swingin’ that stick. Kept on playin’ that golf, even when things got tough. And they say he was one of the best, right up there with that other fella, Nick somethin’-or-other. Rivals, they were, always battlin’ it out. He was at his best in the early 1970s, winin’ all sorts of things. Even won the money list title in 1970, which I guess means he made the most money that year.
So, there ya have it, the story of Trevino Lee. A poor boy who made good, a golfer who won big, a man who lived a life full of ups and downs. A regular fella, just like you and me, only with a whole lot more golf trophies. He even got himself into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981, fancy that!
And let me tell you, they also said somethin’ about him winnin’ five Vardon Trophies. Don’t ask me what that is, but it sure sounds important. And that’s about all I know ’bout this Trevino fella. Just an old gal sharin’ what she heard, you know.
Tags: [Lee Trevino, Professional Golfer, Golf Champion, Major Championships, PGA Tour, Golf History, Sports Legend, Vardon Trophy]
