Golf Films (Golf Channel) competitive start in the Masters in 2015, it also explores Crenshaw’s relationships with his caddie, Carl Jackson, in addition to his longtime teacher Harvey Penick, who passed away just days before Crenshaw would go on to claim his second green jacket. As "Golf Digest"relates, “Crenshaw's love and passion for the game generally and the Masters specifically is infectious. It often moves him to tears. ‘It occupies a lot of my thoughts,’ he said. ‘It has for a long time and it always will.’ As his wife Julie put it in the film, ‘It might be an obsession, but that's all
International Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament The top four (some years five) players from each state competition were eligible to play at the International Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament with expenses paid by grants and sponsors. The golfing talents of the International Jaycee competitors were among the best in the world with many players eventually turning professional. Among winners of the tournament, four players were elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame: Gene Littler, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd and Ben Crenshaw. Despite the continued popularity of the tournament among players, financial backing of the International Jaycee became problematic. Unable to secure a sponsor in 1967, the