Lyle Bradley shoots one year younger than his birth certificate reads!

And who, disguised as that mild-mannered man ... 75? Really? REALLY??  

All pars and one birdie on the back 9?!

Short Lyle Bio:

Lyle "The Hat" Bradley was born in a small hamlet in North Dakota. He walked six miles to preschool as a youth (solo). When he started third grade, he began wearing shoes. It was on one of those treks to or from school where some say he found a stick and began striking stones with it. His teacher approached him at recess one day and told him he was a natural for a sport called golf, but that he would have to wear a different hat. Having been a Robin Hood fan since birth, Lyle reluctantly acceded to his teacher's suggestion; however, he did keep part of the hat: a two-foot peacock feather he still proudly displays over the guest john in his home. Carol, who finally tired of explaining the plume to guests, finally put a small note under it: "Don't Ask." The legend of "The Hat" has done nothing but grow and finally culminated today with the words a gypsy told him decades earlier:

"As you go through life, brother, whatever your goal,

Keep your eye on the donut, and not on the hole." 

Which of course Lyle had tattooed across his back while serving in a Louisiana State correctional facility for adding too much vermouth to an official’s martini.


I know none of this makes any sense, but every time I think of 75 and Lyle's 76 visits to candles on cake, my mind just ... goes!

I love that man! Congratulations, Lyle "The Hat" Bradley!  

You made us proud!