i love this Kenny Perry story (i hope he wins today)
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pigby (aka chris)
Apr 12 '09, 10:57
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Sunday's final twosome will be a matched pair, both from humble beginnings, low on money, high on hard knocks. Perry's father, Ken, Sr., used similar tactics to Woods's dad, who used to distract, tease and toughen up young Eldrick from an early age. In Perry's case, the crucible was every game a father and son could play together -- golf, cards, board games, starting at age 7.
"He beat me so bad as a kid at any kind of game," said Perry, 48, who would be the oldest Masters champion ever. "I cried all the time because he beat me [so often]. And then he would laugh in my face as he was doing it."
The result: a fierce competitive streak. "I finally beat him at something when I was 14," Perry said. "We were on the ninth hole of our par-three course. He was one up and says, 'I've got you again.' I hit a four-iron into the hole for a one.
"Then it finally turned and I started beating him regular. Oh, yeah, I let him have it."
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