Champions Tour Comes to MY Age

Last night as I watched the Champions Tour's Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai and found myself reliving my childhood to young adult golf memories. Growing up the career's of Watson, Irwin, et all were ending and the playing Career's of Nicklaus, Palmer and Trevino were over and amounted to appearances at the majors and big stops (albeit the 86 Masters remains one of my biggest golf memories). As I entered high school and then college names like Kite, Wiebe, Price, North, Jacobson were in their prime and then came Couples, Calc, Pavin and the rest of the new and soon to enter batch of today's seniors. Last night felt like a family reunion of sorts where my old friends suddenly reappeared into my living room. But as I thought about it, it wasn't the fact that they along with myself, had reached an age where they could play golf with guys their own age and physical "abilities" where they became equal competitors. It was that the "friends" were playing golf worth watching again. I as much as any huge Tiger fan have loved watching the golf era of Tiger golf. Last night I saw what I and most fanatical golf fans of the 40+ age group are missing. These guys who are coming of age for the champions tour are just that, they are "golfing guys", the characters, heroes and personalities we loved to watch play real good golf. It appears to this aging golfer that the Champions Tour may have come of (my) Age.