Lindy Ruff's New Job

Sabres coach Lindy Ruff spent the past two days on the golf course. Not unusual for the offseason. But Lindy wasn't playing, he was caddying at a PGA Tour event. Ruff is friends and Clarence neighbors with PGA pro Dudley Hart, the WNY native. After talking about it for years, Hart let Ruff handle the bag at the Crowne Plaza International at the Colonial in Forth Worth, TX. I tried to get an interview with Lindy before he left, but the Sabres coach was nervous and worried, so he politely declined the request.

Things didn't go so well during the first two rounds. Hart was in 5th after the first round, but was six-over on Friday and wound up mssing the cut.

"I kind of had to guide him around a little bit because he's used to casual golf with his buddies," said Hart, in a interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "I'd start whistling and he knew to stop moving. I picked Colonial because it's as easy a walking golf course as we have on tour. It's not spread out. We're having a good time."
Ruff admitted he was nervous caddying for Hart for the first time. Ruff caddied once before on a celebrity tour in the early 1990s.

Normally a guy who gives lots of advice and instructions, Lindy kept quiet.
"The only club selection I gave him was when he was on the green and I gave him his putter," he joked. "A couple of times I forgot to do that even."

(Photo courtesy of Fort Worth Star-Telegram)