![]() ![]() ![]() Burke said he whispered to Stokes: "It's inside the left edge, right?", and that he remembered Stokes words, and his soothing voice-"It sure is, pro. This putt was so frightening, the consequences of missing it so great, I felt like I was going to pass out. It was downhill, left to right and fast as the devil. I surveyed the putt and didn't like what I saw one bit. #Augusta chronicle booked professional(above image) said he was never comfortable taking advice from a caddie and that he always gave them the same instructions before the start of a tournament: "If you will stand two club-lengths from my ball at all times, and don't step onto the putting green once, you will get a very nice tip when we're finished." Burke said he only broke this policy one time in his professional career-during the 1956 Masters Tournament when assessing a four-foot putt on the 18th hole. He is best known for his record of five master wins with four different champions. Stokes went on to win four more times in 1948 with Claude Harmon, 19 with Ben Hogan, and 1956 with Jack Burke Jr., for a record number of five wins with four different champions which still stands at the Augusta National as of April 2014. Stokes was the youngest caddie to ever be "on the bag" for a win at the Masters at age 17 during the 1938 tournament with Henry Picard. The only years that he was absent during that span were 1943–46 when he served in the US military. 11.”Īfter helping build the course, Stokes stayed on as a caddie for the rest of his working life. When they started building the course, I remember cutting down trees on No. I went out there every morning and I'd plow for cotton and corn. In an interview with The Augusta Chronicle, Stokes said he had "helped clear trees for the routing of Augusta National. He and his family still lived there when the tract, 365 acres was purchased by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts to become the Augusta National Golf Club. This was an Indigofera plant farm where his father had worked. Willie Lee "Pappy" Stokes was born on the former grounds of the Fruitlands Nurseries in Augusta, Georgia. He was a Black professional golf caddie at the Augusta National Golf Club. *"Pappy" Stokes was born on this date in 1920. ![]()
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