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Lee Trevino once punched the mayor of El Paso on live TV.
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Fred Couples' first nickname was "Downtown" after "Downtown" Freddie Brown of the Seattle Supersonics.
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Raymond Floyd in his teens turned down a contract to pitch in the Cleveland Indians organization.
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Gary Player used to win bets walking on his hands all the way around the edge of billiard tables.
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Chi Chi Rodriguez used to box in the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico for money.
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Peter Alliss does not know how to swim.
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Hale Irwin played defensive back, was All-Big 8 at Colorado.
Jack Nicklaus once had polio.
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Ben Hogan, then 9-years-old, was in the room when his father committed suicide.
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Sam Snead's mother gave birth to him at age 49.
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Mark Calcavecchia grew up on a nine-hole course with sand greens.
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Byron Nelson at one point owned 17,000 laying hens.
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Growing up, Greg Norman used to shoot sharks because they would often interfere with his fishing.
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Nick Faldo dropped out of school when he was 16.
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Billy Casper was a connoisseur of exotic meats, trying hippo and elk before settling on his favorite, buffalo.
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Ben Crenshaw named three of his cats after famous golfers—Francis Ouimet, Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones.
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Jim Thorpe could hold eight golf balls in one of his hands.
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