The Matador has retired his sword and cape!
Imagine a time when golfers had personality and weren't coached by "sports psychologists" into becoming indistinguishable androids.
RodrÃguez would take a branch from a guava tree and turn it into a golf club. Using a metal can as a "golf ball," he would practice what he had seen the "real" golfers do, teaching himself how to play golf. By the time he was nine years old, he was proficient at golf, and in 1947, at the age of 12, he scored a 67. In 1954, when RodrÃguez was 19, he joined the United States Army. During his breaks, he would visit whichever golf course was nearby, where he continued to perfect his game.
I am glad to have known of him. RIP