grew up among
one of the
game’s greatest
instructors, Dick
Harmon.
I started
working with Mr.
Harmon around
1999 at River Oaks.
You could say that
at 10 years old I
didn’t understand
the company I was
around.
To me, Mr.
Harmon was simply,
“Dickie.
”...
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grew up among
one of the
game’s greatest
instructors, Dick
Harmon.
I started
working with Mr.
Harmon around
1999 at River Oaks.
You could say that
at 10 years old I
didn’t understand
the company I was
around.
To me, Mr.
Harmon was simply,
“Dickie.
”
Every week, my
folks would drive
me the 45 minutes
from Spring down
to River Oaks,
where I was always excited to see my friend.
That’s what Dickie
and I were: buddies, partners, friends, who shared a common love
for golf.
I never looked at a lesson with Dickie as work.
It was always
fun.
We played games, competed, talked golf.
Most people may not
know that Dickie loved birds, and we never crossed a species he
couldn’t name.
Once he gave me a national Geographic book on
every type of bird around the world.
Then he routinely quizzed me
on the birds around the golf course.
More than once we set off down a hole at River Oaks with a
pair of binoculars in search of new species.
Every now and again, Dickie would adjust my grip, reali
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