Turner thrived in my neck of the woods. I was born and raised in Ardmore, and ? there are so many surreal crossings in this great story from the SI Vault that I?ll not ruin it by explaining it ? if you like sports stories about eccentric millionaires, you?ll love this:
A man like that?rich, impulsive, overbearing?cuts a wide swath. One would-be biographer called Turner ?the most fabulous figure in modern-day golf.? SI?s Bud Shrake wrote that when one of Turner?s tournaments conflicted with the Sam Snead Festival in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., an official called and said, ?Mistuh Tunah, doan you ree-lize yew woan have Mistuh Snead at yoah tuh-namit?? To which the oilman replied, ?That?s all right, you won?t have Waco Turner at yours.? Yet, you?d be hard-pressed today to find a golfer under 60 who has even heard of Waco Turner.
To connect to the Turner past, you need some wheels and a few gallons of gas. Drive 20 miles south of Ardmore, Okla., on 1-35. Turn right at the Marietta exit. Then go 11 miles on Highway 32. The old Turner place is in the woods on the left, just past Walnut Creek. Only now it?s called the Falconhead Resort and Country Club. Like Augusta National, Falconhead has a guardhouse at its entrance. Unlike Augusta National, a sign in the window warns, IF YOU ARE GRUMPY, IRRITABLE OR JUST PLAIN MEAN, THERE WILL BE A $10 CHARGE FOR PUTTING UP WITH YOU.
Vacation and retirement homes dot the property, but otherwise the old lodge looks as it did in the ?50s, when Turner was chased out of Ardmore?s Dornick Hills Country Club by a clique of millionaires. The lodge, a rustic building with modern touches, is now the Falconhead clubhouse. The old pro shop building, where players slept for free in dormitory rooms, still has a commanding view of Turner Lake and the course.
via A tradition unlike any other? No Tour stop could match ? 04.17.00 ? SI Vault.
Source: http://godsowncrunk.com/2013/01/10/from-the-homeland-a-southern-ok-and-golf-meta-legend/
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