Interview with comedian Ron White: Golf DigestGolf

The legendary Golf Digest does a little Q&A with Ron White

Ron White, 54, was part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour 2000-'03, which grossed more than $15 million. White loves to smoke cigars, drink scotch and play golf. What's your first memory of golf? When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range. He was a wonderful golfer and a good athlete and we played golf at this refinery where he worked. They had a 9-hole course that was just awful, but I didn't know it was awful. It was the only golf course I had ever played. They'd drop me off with my buddies and we would play golf all day with balata balls that had big smiles in 'em. I didn't play a ball without a cut in it for years. Did you stay with the game, or did you go away from it for a while? I never really left it. There have been times when I played more than others, but I've been a road comic for a quarter of a century, so I've alwa...

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