"The attitude Jenkins brings to bear is tough on snobs and hypocrites, but tolerant of most everybody else, especially those, like the best kind of golfers, well aware of their flaws but happy to carry on anyway, laughing."

John Paul Newport with some fun stuff from Dan Jenkins on the eve of the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Jenkins is often credited with forging a new style of sport journalism. "I don't think I created a new style at all. I just brought some humor to it, that's all," he said. "It wasn't a conscious decision or anything. It's just me. It was natural. People give me a lot more credit than I deserve.

"Golf was never a religion to me," he said. "The things people come up with, all the hollering and the sayings, it's just funny. Bad shots are funny, too, especially when somebody else hits them."