The 1981 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee also won five Vardon Trophies (awarded to the player with the lowest scoring average), played on six U.S. Ryder Cup teams, captained the 1985 Ryder Cup team and even had a role in “Happy Gilmore.”
With nothing left to do on his golf bucket list, Trevino said he is out here at Newport Beach Country Club this week because he wants to pay the sport and its fans back a little bit, despite the arthritis in his knees.
“Golf’s been extremely good to me and that’s why I’m doing it,” he said. “I travel across the country and play in about six tournaments a year. That’s all.”
In fact, he added the only thing left on his bucket list is to get his children Olivia, who is at USC, and Daniel, a high school junior, through college.
“Other than that, then they can lay me down,” Trevino said.
But the animated golfer nicknamed “Merry Mex” is far from laying down.
Trevino was seen Thursday cracking jokes with his pro-am playing partners, signing autograph requests and shaking hands, as he conversed with old acquaintances.
Dan Haag of Vila Park, who played with Trevino in the pro-am, experienced one of those jokes firsthand.
“[Trevino] said, ‘If you stood over that putt any longer, you were going to fall asleep,’ ” Haag said.
Peter Lydon of Cerritos also summed up the playing experience as “awesome” and said Trevino still plays well and he hopes to have Trevino’s game when he is 70.
Trevino is also not the only Hall of Famer this week at the Toshiba Classic.
