ORLANDO, Fla. — Only one player has appeared in every PNC Championship since its inception in 1995. That’s Hall of Famer Lee Trevino, the 86-year-old legend who holed out a 60-degree wedge at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club on Sunday the 13th, delighting fans.
“I’m telling you, I’ve been digging for worms,” Trevino said in a postgame interview with Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis. “I made the white birds follow me, and I made them so fat that they only followed me for nine holes because I gave them too many bugs.”
Lee Trevino, now 86, has attended every PNC since its inception in 1995, longer than his son Daniel has lived.
Peter Jacobsen was on the NBC booth this week, and when he first attended the Tour, he was immediately drawn to Trevino because of his perspective.
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“When you see all the intense guys — Curtis Strange, Hogan, Tiger, Vijay — when they get on the practice field or get on the field, they’re really focused on their performance,” Jacobson said. “It’s not that Lee isn’t, but Lee has that extra ability to play well, win a major, and then turn around and engage with the crowd. I think sometimes people overlook how good Lee is — how good he is.”
Trevino competed with son Daniel, 33, for the 17th time this week and told Lewis they would be back next week if PNC wanted to do it again.
Lewis ended the interview by asking Trevino what the match meant to him, and the six-time major champion launched into an epic monologue in which Trevino said that if someone put a bed and a tent at the practice range, he would sleep there.
“The reason I do it, the reason I promote it and the reason I play the way I do is because God gave me tremendous talent for some reason,” Trevino said. “I’m going to meet him soon and I definitely don’t want to disappoint him, because you know why? If he disappoints, I might have to caddy for Arnie.”
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This article originally appeared in Golfweek: Watch: Lee Trevino gives epic monologue on his love of golf on PNC
