Lee Trevino's Ace on #17 of the TPC Stadium Course during the 1987 Skins Game at PGA WEST!

Lee Trevino's Ace on #17 of the TPC Stadium Course during the 1987 Skins Game at PGA WEST!
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There is hardly a greater challenge in the game of golf than the PGA WEST Stadium Course, designed by Pete Dye and ranked in The Top 100 Greatest Courses in the U.S. by Golf Magazine (2016-2017). Named the 4th Toughest Course in America by Golf Digest (2007), the 7,300 yards Stadium Course has the highest stroke (76.1) and slope (15) ratings of all the courses at PGA WEST.
When Ernie Vossler and Joe Walser told Pete Dye they wanted to create “the hardest damn golf course in the world,” Pete made it his business to deliver. He called it the “Stadium” after his ingenious plan to sculpt spectator seating into the natural terrain. Dye sculpted a course with more square footage of water than fairway, more sand than putting surface, and, as Dye calls it, “the deepest greenside bunker this side of Mars.” You’ll find that massive bunker 18 feet below the level of the green, complete with stairs, on the 571-yard 16th hole. The most infamous hole at PGA WEST, “The Alcatraz," challenges golfers to a par-3 island green, played downhill, and surrounded by rocks. Players will end their golfing journey at the menacing water-lined 18th hole. It’s no wonder that The Stadium’s first appearance in the 1987 PGA TOUR resulted in players signing a petition never to play the course again!
Thanks to advancements in technological and agronomy, attitudes have mellowed over the last 30 years, resulting in some of golf’s most historic moments. Lee Trevino’s unforgettable hole-in-one on the Alcatraz won him a carry-over Skin worth $175,000 in the 1987 “Skins Game”, hosted at PGA WEST from 1986-1991. Today, Stadium is the Host course for the PGA TOUR “Q-School” Finals every other year. With five sets of tees, the course continues to attract players of all skill levels looking to take on one of Pete Dye’s most challenging, adrenaline-rushing creations.

[@carlfrye1566]

Playing in these things was gravy for Trevino. He once was answering questions about pressure, and he said "playing on the PGA tour isn't pressure, putting to win a $20 match when your pockets are empty is pressure".

[@heywoodclaxton988]

Whoever runs this channel should post the whole Skins Game from 1987 and all other ones held at PGA WEST. They are so fun to watch with the best players of all time!

[@sonnyjames8922]

Watched this live on a Sunday afternoon while doing math homework. Herman on the bag. I played the hole twice the same day in 1999 off the tips. First try was on the fringe, 2 putt par. Second try at sunset, hit it 6 inches. Best birdie of my life. Lee was a great watch. Vin Scully on the call!

[@WinterWoolies]

I always thought tiger was my favorite golfer. After getting to know Lee through KZbin he is easily my number 1. I love this man.

[@michaellawrence2706]

When the cameras are off, he was a grade a jerk.

[@TheBatugan77]

​@@michaellawrence2706 Probably had something to do with you being a mealy-mouthed milquetoast pissant, mikey.

[@MikeyD22]

@@michaellawrence2706 You're right. Tiger is a jerk off camera.

[@georgesealy4706]

Trevino was a fierce competitor. He never quit on a hole or match. He was not a guy to play against for money.

[@clutchcitycoale]

Another one of my favorite Vin Scully calls.

[@schlosser2010]

I love that he goes directly to his caddie to celebrate!

[@Twobarpsi]

Herman.

[@georgesealy4706]

Oh my gosh, look at those guys: Nicklaus, Palmer and Trevino. They all looked so young and trim.

[@glennarcher2988]

Was that Fuzzy as fourth?

[@georgesealy4706]

@@glennarcher2988 Yep, that was FZ.

[@kevinmoore7975]

Lee was always my favorite while I was growing up in the 60s and 70s. Brilliant golfer, delightful entertainer while playing, and a humble man who never lost appreciation for where he came from. With all his achievements, I recall his answer to an interviewer’s question about how he’d want to be remembered: “I’d like to be remembered as one of the better players of the Nicklaus Era.” Now that’s a true sportsman.

[@georgesealy4706]

Trevino was a great competitor. I liked how he played the game.

[@jimmotley6803]

Trevino was as entertaining as any comedian I ever heard.

[@bonhamhouse1169]

Vin Scully is so good! Could listen to him all day!

[@lacidy]

So good to hear his voice!

[@sitbone3]

Great to hear Vinny.

[@shanemathews4177]

Dads been dead a couple years, this really takes me back to watching golf with him as a kid ...miss ya pops

[@Dreama40]

Sorry for your loss, he sounds like he was a good man.

[@shanemathews4177]

@@Dreama40 thanks 😊

[@Dreama40]

@@shanemathews4177 🙂

[@jmad1ll]

RIP pops

[@timschmidt3784]

Lee gained more viewers and drew more fans to golf with his play and humor during the Skins Games. They don't make 'em like Lee Trevino anymore!

[@ChrissyRizzo]

Legends. Back when the world was so much simpler

[@beedee9534]

Where he at now old as dirt no more great guns like those three 1 dead

[@creativetelcoadmin8170]

With much better people

[@mrcommonsense9074]

As we know it def wasn’t perfect. But the simpler life didn’t develop as many narcissists. Now we live in a look at me society. It def got complicated

[@LeeH688]

@@mrcommonsense9074 the boomer generation are THE narcissistic generation. Quit this mawkish bullshit.

[@mrcommonsense9074]

@@LeeH688 haha. What an ironic response. It’s not across the board. U can’t generalize. But it makes sense that there would be more I. Today’s age.

[@dalemartell8639]

More personality on that tee than in the entire tour now.

[@stevesims4072]

Jack was the ultimate competitor..."we still have 3 swings at it." Those dudes just had a better spirit about them than the modern PGA players.

[@alanmartins6349]

He sure does have a spirit about him saying that Trump was a good President, please...

[@rodneyjordan6745]

Alan, A great video. Great comments. Screwy reply from you. Thank you for making this video political.

[@stevesims4072]

@@rodneyjordan6745 AH I was about to say what in the heck did I say that was political?...Nevermind, you replied to ME, instead of the douche Alan. Gotcha. Yeah, I didn't even reply to him/her, the meritless statement reveals their ignorance.

[@shawngregory1429]

Blah blah blah, back then everything was better than today. Sorry you can’t go back to the good ole days.

[@thetruthfornow6045]

@@alanmartins6349 Jack GOAT in golf and very rich and he knew trump from his golf courses. Jack as an in touch political analyst. The anti GOAT.

[@MikeColagrossi]

How can anyone give the MerriMex a thumbs down, Go Lee!

[@galatians22122]

Jack, Arnold, Lee, Fuzzy Holy Smokes you can't get much better than that!

[@steveludwig4200]

Zoeller NEVER belonged in that group. Player, Watson or Crenshaw did....

[@kidwave1]

These were great times. I remember watching golf with my dad in the 80's. A simpler world, that is long gone.

[@eggsmann594]

yeh, real simple, you had to get off your ass to change the channel.

[@outlander234]

I guarantee people said that in 80s reminiscing about 50s and I guarantee they will say that in 2050s how the world was much simpler in 2020s.

[@kidwave1]

@@outlander234 That would be true, if only 90+% of the population wasnt about to be m@rdered by 2030.

[@johngofettt8447]

I wasn’t even born yet, but I still know I wish I lived in this time period. Everything seemed happy go lucky and simple. The world today is nothing like it. I envy people who got to experience this time in life.

[@franksworld4311]

Yes, the 80’s were amazing, my favorite decade so far. You’ll have some naysayers but the 80s truly were magical

[@davidparillo9282]

Lee Travino was such a good guy too.

[@iceman5006]

You sir are correct I grew up in the late 60's and 70's and it was a completely different animal.

[@Technical_debater]

You’re a wise kid. Never even dreamed I’d see and hear the crap that goes on today. All empires crumble.

[@carlfrye1566]

Vin Scully a legend: "Water everywhere and not a drop to drink". And Herman Mitchell, Trevino's caddy, a perfect match. I read once where he said of his successful time with Trevino....."just get the yardages right and let the man talk".

[@rogertroja4400]

I like Vin Scully but that is not the real quote: "Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink." If you are going to make a quote, make it right.

[@eggsmann594]

@@rogertroja4400 That sounds dumb. I like the way Carl Frye says it.

[@rogertroja4400]

@@eggsmann594 It makes no difference if you like it or not... that is the proper quote. Facts, like science, do not care what you think or how you feel.

[@arizonaguy9015]

@@rogertroja4400”Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink”. What you can do, and youtube is crazy like this, you can rewind the video and listen again. If you’re going to quote it, quote it right.

[@rogertroja4400]

@@arizonaguy9015 The saying was coined by Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798). It is often misquoted as "Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink" and that is what Vin Scully said. The real quote is what I posted before. Try to keep up.

[@jerryp8263]

Lee’s my favorite golfer. Always has been.

[@scd603]

I miss the ChiChi days too. The sword act

[@danmyers9372]

Probably the greatest ball striker of the modern era. He kept the club face square through impact an incredible distance!

[@Sidetrackification]

Excellent

[@fly1327]

I took up golf in mid 90's, so of course went to west coast events here in CA. Senior events I loved to follow Lee around the course. What a player! And when conditions got tougher, so did Lee, especially in wind. Jesus, he was good.

[@blujay9191]

I've been an avid golf gallery guy since the 1970s. I usually pick a golfer and follow for all 18 holes. Lee Buck was definitely one of my favorites. Followed him a bunch of times at the Buick Open, the Senior TPC in Dearborn, MI and at Oakland Hills a couple of times. Entertaining guy. Great player. Solid shot after solid shot.

[@carlbaumeister3439]

Gotta love Lee Trevino!

[@Golfnut_2099]

Arnold, Jack, Lee, and Fuzzy... What a 4-some!!!

[@steveludwig4200]

Zoeller NEVER belonged in that group. Player, Watson or Crenshaw did..

[@markusritter2165]

My first clubs were Spalding Lee Trevino irons... I got them as Xmas gift in 1996, will never ever forget that moment. Stay safe Lee

[@dickrichards9650]

MacGregor Nicklaus Golden Bears, were my first set. My pop bought them for me from Montgomery Ward department store, in 1987.

[@paulross4244]

Fek off with yer stay safe shit

[@MGAF688]

@@paulross4244 I agree. Markus Ritter is just staying woke.

[@gregall2178]

@@MGAF688 And look at you, virtue signaling that you're not one of "them" :-D

[@jorgenudvang3507]

Still my favourite golf shot, and he's such a cheerful lad.

[@darrell3118]

I watched this live and never missed a Tour challenge showing, was always great fun!!! I also miss the 3 tour challenge TV show around the same time of the year, PGA-Senior PGA and the LPGA all competed against each other and it was a blast to watch!!!

[@NeptunesLagoon]

I remember this, Lee Buck took it all that day! Dad jumped out of his chair!! Said that he did it to Arney and Jack, again!

[@stovalish6]

@Robert Carlson Then why did you respond and/or watch the clip?

[@stovalish6]

👍

[@BatMan-xr8gg]

@Robert Carlson Seriously, tools like you need to get a life. Stupid Troll.

[@carlfrye1566]

@Robert Carlson Did Trevino take your money in a golf match, or did you bet on Nicklaus.....lofl!

[@awboat]

"Not even God can hit a 1-iron" One of the greatest lines about golf and weather ever.

[@97tj9]

I miss the skins game, every thanksgiving weekend.

[@marksims68]

Been looking for this for years, gotta love Supermex. His swing may have been unorthodox, but it worked!

[@bloatedsodium7301]

@Porter Luke your comment belongs in the porter potty.

[@carlfrye1566]

Can you imagine an announcer calling him Supermex today? Lee would laugh and the wokesters would burn the announcers house down.

[@bloatedsodium7301]

@@rinceradio nah

[@JasonSmith-gy2mr]

I watched it live. It was awesome. I miss these days….

[@dougbreeze9393]

Love that 80s enthusiasm

[@redstone5149]

Man, I remember these skins games. They were awesome! I miss Arnold Palmer and watching Jack and Lee😢

[@bob5074]

Goddamn I miss the 80’s...

[@adriancole3165]

I miss the 10's, the 00's, the90s, the 80s, the 70s, the 60s, the 50s and a few years in the 40s 😥.

[@airistoneo]

Lee has a lot of good will out there. He was not a crybaby like ali. Lee had the gift and worked hard to make the best of it. Congratulations.

[@MrPernell27]

Crybaby like Ali? Get fucking real

[@ignatiusjk]

WOW!!! does that course look so different than today

[@ryankeeley7963]

Yeah and hitting 6 iron from 167! Crazy

[@austinlang4540]

You know how you know how Jack is a winner in his mind?....”hey it isn’t over yet we still got 3 swings”

[@boatman6865]

I thought exactly the same

[@marcusdolby1]

I watched this live, never forget this.

[@disturbedpatient425]

marcusdolby1 Same here

[@reygalvan6921]

Same here

[@JoefromNJ1]

was this on superbowl sunday?

[@danmyers9372]

@@JoefromNJ1- No, the Skins game was always shown around Thanksgiving.

[@johndudzinski4663]

I remember watching that live. I played there a year later. Intimidating tough hole.

[@texan996]

Da man da legend, senior Trevino.

[@LeeTrevinoFans]

Mr. Trevino and Mr. Mitchell - a deadly duo ! And a funny celebration!

[@Left-Foot-Brake]

What a time for an ace!

[@bonscott602]

Master of the "cut shot." When he cut it right, mmmm it felt so good. :)

[@GT-1902]

I remember watching this live with my family. I was only six years old. It’s amazing how different the 17th looks now!

[@RZA51]

This is the 17th hole at TPC West not Sawgrass

[@reneangulotrujillo]

Amazing!

[@tannhauser7584]

I was on a road trip about a month after that and detoured to see that golf course. In the clubhouse, they had hung a giant scorecard from the Skins Game. It was about 20 feet by 5 feet. Pretty special to see that "1" on the 17th hole. I don't know if it was this shot or the bunker shot he holed for eagle on a par four, but his quote about, "...it's what I was aiming at." still makes me laugh.

[@Kingofcasamere]

I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, when Jack, Lee and Arnie were kings. Such a great time to grow up. Nowadays suck

[@steveperry1344]

i'm sure i saw it on tv back then but i didn't remember it until now. i used to watch all that golf stuff back then, i think they played the skins game on thanksgiving day.

[@ruebenlaumer3663]

I remember watching this with my dad ,, wow

[@ScratchyBaws]

What a line-up.

[@franciscoherrera1219]

What a joy!

[@Playsinvain]

Trevino going to his caddie first, is so Lee 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@thetruthfornow6045]

Could a young Trevino win on the tour today? He would win a whole bunch and his mouth would never stop talking. His swing and accuracy dazzled Hogan.

[@alfandeddie]

He’d sign with LIV for 500 million

[@Kedbuka]

@@alfandeddie Nah. Lee had heart and soul

[@pb12661]

back when America was a fun place.

[@runfargetlost991]

Still is

[@gregamerson9172]

@@runfargetlost991 for who, this country has been sliding in shit for the last 25 years

[@Playsinvain]

Lee once said, playing for 100,000 of other people’s money is not pressure. Playing for 5 bucks with only 30 cents in your pocket is.

[@MRCRUZER19]

An amazing Golfer...Super Mex!!!!

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

"Shot, heard round the world" 🌎

[@kirkdunn1379]

Went to 2 of these skins games in palm springs when couples, Duvall were playing.......I played this hole from 147 yds (8 iron) and stuck it to 3ft....played horrible all day but stiffed it on this one.....tough course Trevino was always a favorite..... 167 yds nowadays be 9 iron or wedge......how times have changed...

[@sherrysetliff2502]

Gotta love that

[@navtej1313]

What is there not to like this great moment.

[@carlfrye1566]

I just watched the movie "Seve", him and Trevino both grew up with the game from very humble beginnings. Seve wasn't poor like Trevino but they both learned the game with old clubs and plenty of passion, determination, and heart.

[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

Those were the days.

[@anneglines47]

Congratulations.

[@Alcapone3176]

What a group

[@lennyj2080]

God it is great to see golfers who aren't robots like today's "stars".

[@jpracingph]

The triumvirate of Jack, Arnie, and Gary was wrong. It should have been the four horsemen with Lee joining them.

[@teddyzamba1396]

Trevino was not part of the green jacket club, and that pretty much determines the grouping.

[@wreckim]

Maybe true Teddy....but nobody took on Jack like Lee did. And Lee always, and often, admitted Jack was the best there ever was....yet he loved beating him when the chance arose. And he got the best of those occasions pretty often.

[@brucewayne3602]

... AMEN TO THAT ... LEE WAS BRILLIANT !!! ...

[@philipfaris7144]

Think I'd have more fun and creative shotmaking with Jack, Arnie,Lee, and Chi Chi

[@ScratchArkkitehti]

@@teddyzamba1396 We can thank Augusta's racism for that! Look it up....it wasnt that the greatest ballstriker of his generation could not hit a draw.

[@Twobarpsi]

Saw this live as a kid.

[@jonathanparag6299]

Golf is not fun like this anymore

[@TMAN0603]

You are so right

[@steviechampagne]

It was a different planet, different society, different conditions back then. it’s like an alien planet compared to today

[@outlander234]

They really played differently back then. He took a 6 iron on 167yard shot but set up the ball quite bit to the left and cut into it to get more backspin with 70% swing. I cant imagine anybody today taking a 6 iron on this distance. I guess they were more creative back then?

[@CharlieHustle1687]

Lee was my guy when I was a kid.

[@chevy4x466]

What a player

[@johnnyparker9928]

PRICELESS 😀

[@timgrant155]

I love Herman Mitchell...Lee's caddy.

[@kevinkline7242]

Nicklaus ,Palmer and Trevino playing in their prime. You can't put together 3 guys with their superstar status today.

[@mepmep7213]

Love the Seniors!!!!

[@jacksondelmarsh2374]

Jack Nicklaus: “nice putt shot hit whatever it was” literal Michael Jordan of golf absolute legend

[@BuckshotPA1]

There’s a plaque on the spot where he hit the shot! I made birdie from there!

[@johnpaul9606]

Nothing better than Vin Scully broadcasting .

[@elvis-jj1sc]

greatest swing ever the merry mex!

[@ericzmick9824]

If you watch Lee's setup,he slides forwardjust a bit,now hes hitting a five iron.

[@PK-vd3vo]

I remember watching this on TV. What can be easily lost is how much money this was considered at the time, for the game. I believe Greg Norman made $600k that year as the leading PGA tour money leader, and that was an astronomical amount, so dunking it for that for $175k seemed unreal.

[@heavysystemsinc.]

You can't put a price on an ace, tho.

[@brianmcg321]

Thats for sure

[@carlfrye1566]

@@heavysystemsinc. $175k seems like a good price.

[@outlander234]

@@carlfrye1566 and 175k is easily 500k in value today.

[@KYExtemper]

I miss the skins game

[@Dahc99]

I miss living in La Quinta. 😥

[@stevefowler2112]

If you want to copy a swing, copy LT's...it has sooo many good attributes (a 2.6 handicap)

[@tobinwerner1564]

God these guys used to have fun. I don't know what the hell happened to this part of golf but you just don't see it any more

[@chuckadams195]

Trevino said he has two swings his dad golf swing and his tour pro swing 😎

[@eggsmann594]

He's still talking about that one :)

[@sithlord896]

I had a chance to play that course, but it was being redesigned at the time.

[@stevesteindorf2501]

I’d be that happy if I hit the green at all! Very intimidating hole.

[@danmyers9372]

Wow, this really shows how far equipment (clubs and balls) have come in 34 years. Lee hit a 6 iron on this 167 yard shot. Pros today would hit 9 or at most 8 irons.

[@georgesealy4706]

They were using traditional lofts. Clubs today are almost 2 clubs hotter. The number on the bottom doesn't mean the same.

[@jbsully2864]

@@georgesealy4706 at least one club anyway. Look how much farther back the tees are on this hole too. Crazy.

[@christophermaine4085]

Vin Scully calling golf is something else

[@lambert1702]

Please post the whole 87 skins game.

[@dilbyjones]

Yes some of these VHS tapes are PRICELESS LITERALLY because of all the digitization of everything! They are PRICELESS

[@jameshoran8]

NBC showed it that day tape delayed and they got ticked off with Brent Musberger on CBS for telling the audience that he hit the hole in one before they showed the telecast.

[@TR-vr5pz]

Similar to CBS national news at 630pm showing the USA hockey team beating Russia 4-3 on a crawler before ABC running the game at 7pm---sucked for many of us

[@joehinojos3897]

It didn't seem like the other 3 golfers were Honestly very happy for him! GREAT SHOT AMIGO

[@malthuswasright]

Other 3? There was Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus - who was the other golfer who wasn't happy?

[@sportsjefe]

@@malthuswasright Fuzzy Zoeller.

[@donl3248]

You can bet Lee’s caddy got a new Lincoln Town Car the next day.

[@jgmendes3664]

Nice ace from Trevino + God...

[@zacheryalderton882]

Vin scully the voice of the dodgers

[@juanaboynkin1196]

SUPERMEX!

[@j.t.3798]

Lee one of the goats