Jack Lemmon was a hollywood legend, but his golf game left much to be desired. His exploits at Pebble Beach are well documented, having never made the cut in 25 tries..most of those efforts when this event was known as "The Crosby". At the annual California Golf Writers and broadcasters banquet, an award with Lemmon's name is presented to an "Ambassador of Golf" honoree. This year, a pair of pals were acknowledged.. Kruk and Kuip, do play by play and color broadcasts for the World Champion San Francisco Giants, and as a team, they were selected by the California Golf Writers Association for their contributions to the game. Others were honored at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach Tuesday night. The Northern California Golf Association (NCGA) opened it's Hall of Fame to a quartet of Bay Area Golf legends. Jack Baritaeu, Grant Spaeth, Sandy Tatum and Ken Venturi became the first inductees. Visit www.12sportsonline.com for that report. Winning the John Swanson "Good Guy" award was Bob Lurie...the little lefty who owned the Giants when Krukow and Kuiper were players. Bob Thomas, a longtime southern California Golf Writer was named Media person of the year, and young Ricky Fowler earned the the CGWBA Outstanding Achievement Award.
