OK, well, "buddy" might be a bit of a stretch, since we only met once.
Duke played his college golf at Henderson State University. Pretty much goes without saying that he was the top player on the team.
In 1992, I and Matt Martin joined the golf team at Arkansas College. We would go on to earn varsity letters and be named co-rookies of the year for our team. Full disclosure, we were the only rookies on the team.
At any rate, at the AIC tournament, Duke led Henderson to the championship, and he was the medalist.
I finished some strokes behind, though exactly what I shot isn't quite coming to mind at the moment.
None of that matters, except that Duke's been playing well on the PGA Tour of late, and he's in contention at Pebble Beach this afternoon.
