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Extremely memorable moment in my life
Dear Mr. Palmer:
First of all, let me wish you a very happy 76th year. I was fortunate enough to have won our city golf championship in Sioux City, Iowa in 1964 at the age of 17. You were gracious enough to play a golf benefit in our home town that year and little did I know that that would be one of the luckiest days of my life. I had won our city junior championship that year and was so proud to qualify as your caddy in the exhibition. By winning the city championship, I was elevated to the extreme privilege of being able to play with you. I am now 59 years old, looking at our picture on my wall, watching you just make a birdie on TV in this weeks Senior tour event and am so proud that I got to spend a wonderful afternoon which seems so long ago with you.
Needless to say, you have presented me with many, many years of beautiful memories and very cherished pats on the back for having qualified for that beautiful experience. I live in New Mexico now and have even met two people here that I have played golf with that were in that gallery that day back in 1964. It's an unbelievably small world.
Again, Happy Birthday Mr. Palmer and I wish you all the best for a wonderfully pleasurable rest of your life. Thank you so much for the beautiful memories in mine.
Sincerely,
Don Sorensen
Posted by scurry at October 14, 2005 05:55 PM