“All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.”

— Ken Venturi

Interview Ken Venturi http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=5285, Kemper Insurance Open, Potomac, Maryland. ASAP Sports - Golf, June 3, 2000.

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