process a little. His back was not going to let him play much longer. Too bad. His personal issues aside, you could not help but just marvel at his talent. He came up with Stanford to play in the Cougar Tournament they had at Riverside. Ball ended up exactly on the other side of the pine tree close to the green on one of the holes. He literally hit his ball almost straight up over the tree to end up within 10 feet of the pin. Those days, I just couldn't get enough.