Michigan Golf Journal April 2018

Masters Memories ͞ Ƶƚ /͛Ě ƐĂLJ /͛ŵ Ă ƉƌĞƩLJ grounded guy. The things that I did (in professional golf) I don’t promote as such, although many people, even in the case of (my new work at) the PohlCat would love to see me (using more of) those things that I’ve done. But I downplay them a lot because I just don’t think the ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ ŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ƚŽ ŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ŚĂŶĚůĞ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ Žī the golf course. “If someone said you were a Masters’ Champion but you’re a (jerk), or you were a runner up and you’re a nice guy, which one would you take? I would go ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶŶĞƌ ƵƉ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘͟ Q: Have you been back to ƵŐƵƐƚĂ EĂƟŽŶĂů͍ A: “I haven’t been back. “I wouldn’t call it my bucket list, but it is one of my goals to get back and kind of experience what these younger players are seeing at Augusta. One thing that has never changed is the green sites, the knowledge of where you have to put it on those greens; it would just be trying to put it there with a ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐůƵď͘ “I’d enjoy going back with some friends, maybe go back through it and recall, ‘oh this Dan Pohl giving a lesson at the PohlCat. is where I hit it in 1982, or ’83 or ’84.’ I don’t think any player who’s ever played there doesn’t ƉƌĞƩLJ ŵƵĐŚ ŬŶŽǁ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƐƉŽƚ on that golf course and where you shouldn’t be.” Pohl said it’s been nearly 40 years since he played at Augusta. He believes he could play the course again with any one of several members he knows, but it wouldn’t be the same. ͞dŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ŝƐ ŝĨ / were to go I’d want to be with a couple friends who would also get that opportunity to play Augusta and kind of experience ǁŚĂƚ / ĚŝĚ͘ &Žƌ ŵĞ ƚŚĞ enjoyment (of returning) would be to experience it with them.” Y͗ ƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶLJ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ reasons you haven’t gone back? A: “The fun of the Masters itself, as a player, is the whole