Old Course-Winged Foot-Pebble Beach In A Day...With Bobby Clampett!

George Peper's latest Links column looks at his unique one day feat of playing St. Andrews, Winged Foot and Pebble Beach in a day, which is a big deal until you realize that he did it with Bobby Clampett.

 On July 18, 1983, my foursome completed 18 holes on the West Course in precisely two hours and 16 minutes. If that doesn’t take your breath away, consider this: 1) on that morning we’d traveled more than 3,500 miles to get there; 2) it was our second round of the day; and 3) that afternoon we went another 18 holes—and another 2,500 miles.

I was editor of GOLF Magazine back then and one of my core duties was to make noise for the magazine—occasionally do nutty things that attracted attention and, by extension, readers and advertisers. In a moment of questionable inspiration I came up with the notion of playing St. Andrews, Winged Foot and Pebble Beach in 24 hours.

I wonder how many weather forecasts Clampett issued?