Dave Hill R.I.P.

Gary Kalahar with a nice obit in Hill's hometown paper.

It was at that U.S. Open at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota where Hill made the most renowned of his many comments that stirred controversy on the tour. When asked by reporters about the course after the second round, Hill said it “lacked only 80 acres of corn and a few cows to be a good farm” and that architect Robert Trent Jones “had the blueprints upside down.”
That was the sort of straight talk for which Hill became known.

“What he said about Hazeltine was the absolute, honest to God truth,” his brother said. “Players like Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player sat in the locker room and laughed. They knew it was true, but because of them not wanting to be involved, they would never say it.