You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.
I've been touring now since about '68.
When I was 13 or 14, I took seven months off from touring. I did a lot of weekend gigs in Louisiana. We have fairs and festivals every weekend. But I took seven months off. That's when I really started digging deep. I wrote a couple songs that year that I still play every now and then for people.
I play golf just about every week. I'm playing on the Senior Tour now - super seniors - I'm a super senior.
I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.
I felt I could play in maybe a dozen tournaments a year as an amateur.
I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.
I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.
I don't have much interest in being on a senior tour. I don't think I retired so that I could be on tour.