so in 1998 i got my first green jacket. >> rose: now where was bobby jones? >> well, when i first met jones was in 1955, he was speaking at the -- my issues u.s. amateur i was 15 years old in richmond, virginia and he then had two canes that he walked with, he really didn't walk very far, by the time i got to the masters in mean pivot nine, he was in a wheelchair, and i really enjoyed his company. there was a note in my locker when i got there, and he says, he was inviting my father and me down to his cabin to talk. i thought that was very, very nice and he did it every year. there is a little note every year. >> rose: he put mitt your locker. >> he put it in my locker and i thought that was very nice. >> rose: but there was a time he came to watch you play. >> >> rose: much earlier? >> and that was the first u.s. amateur, spoke at the banquet and saw me hit a couple of shots on the golf course that day, and he came to me after the banquet and says young man, i want to watch you play tomorrow so i was playing bob gardner who was a very good player from califor