Hall-of-Famer Herb Graffis had a unique window into professional golf | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

My first mentor in publishing was World Golf Hall-of-Famer Herb Graffis, Chicago entrepreneur and columnist who wrote the definitive history of the PGA of America. He was better known for being an R-rated after-dinner speaker despite resembling, in his impeccable three-piece suit and slicked-back silver hair, the Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger. He died 25 years ago this week at age 95, an anniversary that reminded me of a visit I had with him in his Fort Myers, Fla., home when I taped his thoughts for an interview in the February 1981 issue of Golf Digest. Here’s a sampling of the one and only Herb Graffis:

On Bob Hope and Bing Crosby:“Bing mentioned to me one time that golf did a hell of a lot for both him and Hope in the old days. They would sing and work late, not getting through until 3 or 4 in the morning. Well, many of their fellow actors used to take …