Run into a pro by chance...?

[underparnv]

So Sunday I went and played a local course: Arrowcreek Country Club in Reno, Nevada. On the range just next to me is a father and his teenage son warming up, which I think nothing of while I go ahead and warm up. I then notice how pure both of them are hitting every shot, so I take a closer look. It's Chris DiMarco and his son!!! Just as I realized this, they were off on their round, so I didn't get to shake his hand or anything. Come the end of the round the guy tells us there is a bunch of pros up on the range getting ready for the Reno-Tahoe Open that is this week. So freaking cool... :P

So the question of this post is: Have you ever just run into a pro before? Did you recognize him/her right away?

[Motley01]

Thats really cool. To bad you didn't get to meet him, but then again he's with his kid and probably doesn't want to be bothered.

[David in FL]

DiMarco lives about a hard 7 iron fom me. Nice place. He needs to make a few more cuts if he's gonna keep up with that mortgage! :-D

[PhillyMac]

Many years ago, I was playing the Hombre Golf Club in Panama City Beach, Fl. After our round we went up and sat at the bar to have a few beers. Then Hubert Green came in and sat down next us. Very nice guy!

[lumpuckeroo]

I've run into Tom Watson on a couple of occasions, literally!  About 20 years ago, I was walking into Arthur Bryant's BBQ, as I turned the corner we about knocked each other down.  Then about 3 years ago I was walking around at a home improvement show and not paying attention and almost ran into his wife!  I never spoke to him just kind of nodded, just to let him know I recognized him but wasn't about to intrude on his personal time.

[LovinItAll]

I've met a few pros, but the biggest...hmm...disagreement I've ever had with a pro was with Fulton Allem. He was playing in Memphis and I ran into him at the hotel bar where he and his caddy were staying. They were both pretty lit up. They had some pretty radical racial views as a result of being from South Africa. Very much a segregationist at the time, though his opinion may have since changed. The incident was during the early 90's when apartheid was still strong.

[Pakoh]

I have seen Kevin Na practicing at a course i play at sometimes (earlier this year before the slow play controversy).

Didnt want to bother him so i just let him do his thing.  Was nice to watch a pro swing in person.  Crisp iron shots.

[bwdial]

No, but my older daughter has been in Stewart Cink's backyard.  She lives in Sugarloaf with her mother and they went on a tour of outdoor living spaces a couple of year's ago.