John Wooden, R.I.P.

He didn't play much golf later in his life, but as we learned last year Coach Wooden accomplished an incredibly rare feat during his Indiana golfing days.

Cliff Schrock interviewed the Coach for the April, 2010 Golf Digest. And I can attest to his fascination with the game, as he always asked about my game and I know from one chat that he was particularly fascinated by Tiger Woods.

The lengthy L.A. Times obituary by Bill Dwyre and David Wharton is here.**

**This was the only way to read the remarkable piece of work by Dwyre and Wharton for many LA Times subscribers since Wooden passed away at 6:30 p.m., past the printing deadline for the Times, which has to make room on its own presses for the Saturday Wall Street Journal printing.