Arnold Palmer’s 15+yr Playing Partner, Bruce Rearick, Shares Incredible Stories

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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804: Bruce Rearick is a globally renowned putting instructor and is considered a pioneer in putting instruction, putter fitting and putting design. For more than 15 years he was a golf professional in the Arnold Palmer organization and Head Professional at the Latrobe Country Club, in Latrobe Pennsylvania that meant more than 400 rounds of golf with Mr Palmer. As we heard from Josh Zander last week, Bruce is a putting guru and an even better story teller. And you’ll hear many gems, including one that he admits that he’s never shared publicly before. So if you’re a banker in Pittsburgh who’s played with Mr Palmer, DON’T LISTEN!!Golf Smarter is your podcast forecaddie! As an entertainment service that enhances your game like a great caddie, we’re now accepting tips on the homepage at GolfSmarter.com. Please show your support so that we can continue to provide weekly, helpful, and entertaining content. Your donation can be as much, or as little as you’d like. It can be a one time offering or your can even do it recurring. Thank you very much. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans 120, so many golfers are on a quest to play pain free. Join the journey as it begins with this TPI certified Instructor, Ann Grassel, PT.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	He hated losing more than anything. And so if somebody got an advantage on him, he was known to
0:05.2	have something to say, man, you're playing good today. I hope that holds up. Arnold Palmer gets
0:10.7	in your ear like that, well, it's a little tough to handle. I'll never forget there was a banker
0:14.4	from Pittsburgh, and he had been nothing but annoying, and that's just being nice, trying to trash
0:19.9	talk AP, trying to be something he wasn't. So he had been hooking the ball a little bit and said something to me about, I can't get out of this hook, man. I've got to get out of this hook. And I said, well, I'm in him. We'll help you afterwards. Well, finally, Mr. Palmer just walked over, grabbed a hold of his driver, and gave it a little creak and handed it back to him.
0:38.2	And it went from close to open.
0:40.0	And he hands it to him. He says, here, hit this. And the guy says, what did you do to my driver? And he says, I just took the hook out of it. And he hit one, and he sliced it way to the right. He goes, now what do I do? And he said, I don't know. you don't want to hook it, you're not hooking it anymore.
0:53.5	Golf Smarter number 804.
0:56.8	Arnold Palmer's 15th. what do I do? And he said, I don't know, you don't want to hook it, you're not hooking it anymore. Golf Smarter Number 804.
0:56.8	Arnold Palmer's 15-plus year playing partner, Bruce Rerick, has incredible stories to share.
1:03.8	This is Golf Smarter.
1:06.6	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:14.5	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:16.6	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Bruce.
1:19.9	Hi, Fred. Thanks for having me.
1:22.5	Thank you for joining us because you were highly recommended just a few weeks ago by by josh zander he said two things
1:30.7	you're an amazing putting instructor and you have fabulous stories and i said sign me up well i hope i
1:38.5	i hope i live up to the billing well we'll tell you at the end. Okay. So let's start with stories.
1:47.1	I understand you worked with Arnold Palmer for many years.
1:49.9	I did.
1:50.5	I started 1981.
1:52.3	I became an assistant at the Bay Hill Club for him there.
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