Merry Mex on why you * have * to work the ball

Lee Trevino was a very late bloom. He did not catch the game while he was 22 years old. But maybe that is why, at 85, Merry Mex is still knocking it fierce.

Scene: In the rank of car in Punta Mita, Mexico, filming a golf.com ‘heat’ episode.

Dylan Dothier: Does what does golf mean these days? How much is a part of your daily life?

Lee Trevino: Well, it’s not what it used to be because I’m no longer competitive. I’m very old. In 85 – most people are on Earth when they are 85 years old. But golf means everything to me because that’s what I did for a living. That has been my whole life. Every day we come out (Hits CRISP Wedge Shot) And hopefully we have not lost it. And there is no difference because we will not play a competition, and there is no reason to hit these balls every day. But that’s what I’ve always done.

DD: Everyone stroke so far is a perfect contact. But do you wake up every day and ask yourself, Do I still have it?

Lt: Oh no, no. The good God gave me a talent and He has not removed it yet. The only problem I have with my game is my age; I don’t have enough speed. And you can’t hit a golf ball without speed.

DD: I mean, she shot almost hit the flag. The last one also did.

Lt: (Duddy) I targeted the other flag.

DD: I don’t believe it.

Lt: (Rack another ball with his iron) Here, I will hit a little blow.

DD: Do you like to work the ball?

Lt: Any golf stroke that hit you should have a goal, I don’t care what shooting it is. And you have to work the ball to the right, you need to work the ball to the left. And the reason for this is simply because of the percentages. Say you are working the ball from left to right: If you aim at 20 meters left and does not work right, you are 20 meters away from the hole. If you work it 20 meters, you are immediately near the hole. If you work it 30 meters, you are 10 meters from the hole. If you work 40 meters, you are 20 meters from the hole. But if you aim for the flag and block it 40 meters, you are 40 meters from the hole. Look at this.

DD: (Seeing it hit a perfect pallor) Judah is simply falling gently in that direction.

Lt: Pros do not hit bananas; Pro Hit Hit fades. Oh heck, I pushed it.

DD: Maybe it’s a foot from the hole! Do you ever look around in all the beautiful places you have traveled and think

Lt: They all look alike. I’ve been all over the world 100 times. All I’ve ever seen was the golf course, hotel and airport. I’ve never seen anything else because I’m not interested in seeing anything else. I’m interested in golf. This is a 5-hybrid, okay? Look, that’s the same blow.

DD: Only slightly fades directly on the orange flag?

Lt: There is no difference what club is – the same opinion every time.

DD: You hit balls every morning, is it right?

Lt: Every day hit the balls for two hours. I don’t play much, though I played last week – 54 holes. And I made 11 birds.

DD: And what do you like to do when you go to the range? Work on different shots? Talk to the people there?

Lt: No, I don’t talk. I do this only when I need to. When I don’t, I don’t talk to anyone. I go out alone. I’m lonely and have always been, but, well, I’m in the business of entertainment. Now this is the driver. (Driver driver.))

DD: Do you still impress you?

Lt: It’s a piece of cake! Boys in the tournament are lucky to be old. They wouldn’t look for another career because, well, I can’t get it all of money but

DD: Who have you admired the most over the years?

Lt: Well, I don’t get into the swing, but if you look at a practical person, you can tell how dangerous it is. Any stroke you hit should have a purpose, and you need to practice difficult shooting. You know the hardest hit on Golf? It is when you get into the tree to the right and you can’t get down to the flag. Now, how hard it hits the ball to clean the rough here But then stop it before it gets into the fierce (on the far side)? People will hit it too low and never make it from (first) rough, or they will hit it too hard and it goes to (far) rough. This is the most difficult hunt in golf except a 60-oral bunker hook, so it’s something you need to practice. You can’t just go out in the range and hit the golf balls. You need to have a purpose. You have to change your control. You have to change the ball position, change how far you are from the ball.

DD: At this point, how much do you think you need to take in certain positions against only his feeling of course?

Lt: I own this pace. I developed it. I don’t have to think about it.

DD: I know you are friendly with Tiger, with Scottie Scheffler, with new players. Do you like to spend your knowledge?

Lt: Only if they want to hear. Look, everyone has their golf swinging. I never change a person’s golf swing. Likes how to try to teach a guy how to walk differently. Likes how to try to teach someone how to speak differently. You can’t do it. But you can change where his hands are. You can change its ball position. It makes all the difference.

DD: Someone ever tries to change your swing?

Lt: (Laughing) Man, they looked at me and removed me. You have realized, the question has always been the one who instructed me. I learned how to play in a pasture, in a field myself. I didn’t start playing professionally until I was 27 years old, almost 28 years old. I was in the naval troops for four years. When I went out, I went to work in a construction crew, building a golf course, nor did I play golf. I started playing when I was 22 years old. At the time I was 29 years old, I would win the US Open.

DD: Do you love golf? Do you always have?

Lt: Well, I don’t know anything else. I have no solution. I’m not an educated guy. I don’t have a trade. I discovered that this particular game was what would take me off the farm, and so I just worked them all.