About 90 percent of the golfers can read whether the putts are going left or right. But when you get the borderline putts, you've got to have something to lean on. He has something to lean on. |
For the last six or eight years, it has been a wet golf course and really too wet for Ben. It's just a different game now. The ball is rolling, and a lot of guys are seeing a course they never saw before. |
He is the greatest putter on the fastest greens ever. |
He's a tough guy. He catches the ball well. He developed as a runner last year and really developed as a runner this spring, but his blocking this spring was unbelievable. |
He's been there for me when I needed him. He's like a brother. We just have a love for one another. |
He's the best putter on fast greens ever, I believe. |
I can't put a number on it, but I want to stay here as long as I can. |
I didn't hear the conversation but Mr. Stephens explained to Mr. Roberts that he had plans for me and I'd be all right. |
I feel blessed to be here. |
I felt like I lost a father figure. We spent so much time together that I really feel like I lost a parent. Mr. Stephens gave me so many opportunities, and being at the Masters just won't be the same without him being around. |
I have a passion for the transit industry. |
I lived in the house with him and was his man Friday, I guess you could say. I took care of the house for him. |
I owe him everything. He's family to me. |
I really thought I was gonna die. I told the doctors, 'Let me go instead of running up this big bill.' ... Ben was standing there when I needed him. That's somebody who loves you, who really cares. |
I was having problems because [Augusta Chairman ] Cliff Roberts and [and former U. S. President ] Gen. Eisenhower were very concerned about me being there at such a young age. I was under age and I was supposed to be in school. |