Last Thursday, wherever he may have been in the afterlife, I fully believe Jack Lupton was smiling like he just made a 15-foot, double-breaker, downhill for a 2.
The final round of the United States Golf Association men’s Senior Amateur was concluding in the early afternoon on the blistering day with Louis Brown of Marietta (Georgia) putting the finishing touches on a magical six-day run for his first USGA title.
He was unflappable — especially in the final three rounds over Wednesday and Thursday — and dashed the hopes of Californian runner-up Danny Sullivan.
But for all the great golf that these amateur players 55 and over delivered, arguably the biggest star was the five-star facility Jack and crew built to honor amateur golf.