Golf World Monday - December 10, 2012

12.10.2012

father/son’s
welcome return

good news for golf: one of the best tournaments ever invented, the father/son challenge, has been revived. the 36-hole event, played for 14 straight years through 2008 as the brainchild of alastair Johnston of img, will be held again this week at the ritz-carlton gc in orlando with a new sponsor, pnc. featured will be a nostalgia-rich Hall-of-fame field—the 18 fathers have won a collective 66 major championships—as well as a guaranteed feel-good filial theme. among the contestants, former winners Jack nicklaus and dave stockton will partner with their former pga tour playing sons, gary and david respectively. meanwhile, larry nelson, who won with son Josh in 2007 as well as son drew in 2004 and 2008, will attempt to win a fourth title with Josh and get closer to the five titles fellow contestant raymond floyd has won with his two sons, robert and raymond Jr. there will be some obscenely long hitting, especially by two strapping sons, dru love and Qass singh, as well as some popgun-but-still-pure shotmaking, most notably by arnold palmer— playing with grandson will wears—and lee trevino, playing with son daniel. a great show. —Jaime Diaz