When I heard the news that Fuzzy Zoeller had passed away on Thursday at age 74, I immediately thought of my best friend from high school. Growing up, he and his family always attended the RBC Heritage during spring break and in in 1985, during the height of his popularity, Zoeller pulled him out of the crowd, handed him his driver to hit a shot and went and got a hot dog before he teed off. A life-long fan was made. What my childhood friend didn't know at the time was that Zoeller did some version of this practically every week. There were few more colorful characters in the game who were better with the fans than Frank Urban Zoeller — The FUZ. RIP, Fuzzy. Here's what members of the golf industry had to say on his passing. For Golfweek's full obit, click here.
Fuzzy Zoeller at the 1985 Skins Game.This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golf world remembers Fuzzy Zoeller, one of the game's great characters
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