""That little boy is driving well and he's putting well. He's doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it?" Zoeller said. He smiled and snapped his fingers, and as he was walking away he turned and said, "Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.""
"Brian Naugle, the tournament director of the Insperity Invitational in Houston, said Zoeller's daughter called him Thursday with the news. Zoeller was the last player to win the Masters on his first attempt, a three-man playoff in 1979. He famously waved a white towel at Winged Foot in 1984 when he thought Greg Norman had beat him, only to defeat Norman in an 18-hole playoff the next day."
Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion, died at 74; a cause of death was not immediately available. Brian Naugle, tournament director of the Insperity Invitational, said Zoeller's daughter reported the death. Zoeller won the Masters on his first attempt in 1979 and prevailed over Greg Norman in an 18-hole playoff at Winged Foot in 1984. The 1997 Masters remark about Tiger Woods, invoking fried chicken and collard greens, produced sustained controversy, apologies, and death threats. Zoeller described the episode as the worst experience of his life and wrote that he had cried and apologized countless times. His legacy includes major victories and lasting controversy.
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