Interview With Bob Neumann, Head Golf Professional, Whitnall Park

Below is an interview with Bob Neumann, Head Golf Professional, Whitnall Park GC. He was elected to Class A Membership of PGA of America 2001 and this is his tenth year at Whitnall Park. Bob is the current WPGA Board of Director, Investment Chair, and 2012 Horton Smith Award winner.

The following are a few traditional and non traditional golf centric questions that I love to ask influential people in the golf industry.

When did you start golfing and who introduced you do the game?
Friend of family, age 16, I set up a makeshift green and three hole course in the backyard. Holes were 50, 65 and 75 yards. It was par 9. Only one broken window and many balls in the pool.

What is your current home course?
Whitnall Park Golf Course

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Carding a 68 in a play with the pro day at Whitnall. Winning the 2012 Horton Smith Award from the Wisconsin PGA.

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
SLOW PLAY!

What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
Putter, it should be everyone's due top the fact you use it on 40% of your strokes.

What is your favorite golf destination?
Hilton Head, SC

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Pebble Beach

If you woke up tomorrow and could play one course you played before, where would you play?
TPC Sawgrass

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
Nothing

Dream foursome (living)?
Willie Nelson, Bill Maher, Tiger Woods and myself.

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Vince Lombardi, Martin Luther King, Lou Gehrig and myself.

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
PUTT !

2) Having Round of Life OR Hole in One?
ROUND

3) Golfing at the crack of dawn OR twilight?
Twilight

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Hit it straight!

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Don't care for either, I can play without food for 4 hours.

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bathroom

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Dog, chicago style

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough?
Thick rough like the old days of Brown Deer GC at the GMO.

9) Walking OR riding?
Riding

10) Do you carry traditional 3 iron OR hybrid? Hybrid

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5?
Long 3

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Pants!!!

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Nicklaus

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Beatles

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
$$$$

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Bump n run, it's scottish

17) Lay up OR gamble?
ROLL the Dice, I even have a dice headcover on my three wood.

18) 18 holes OR 36?
18