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Article: Kite Had It Made Until `Yeah Buts' Prodded Too Hard
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- The Washington Post
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- June 2, 1988
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Golfers dream of being boring. That's the ultimate. Perhaps Ben
Hogan was the ideal: the same swing, the same result, almost every
time. Straight and long enough. Under control. No heroics. Just
an efficient river of pars with a few almost accidental birdies.
Precious few men ever reach that dull perfection. Even fewer give it
up on purpose.
"I played like that for almost three years," said Tom Kite when
the subject of Hoganesque golf came up on Tuesday on the practice
green at the Kemper Open, where Kite is the defending champion. "Tell
you what, I was boring. I was so damn good it was monotonous. God,
that was fun."
Did Kite appreciate those blessed seasons of 1981, 1982 and most
of ...