Goodbye to the consummate pro | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

A few years ago Gene Borek and I got to talking about death. This was when Gene was preparing to step down after 25 years as the head pro at Metropolis Country Club in White Plains, N.Y. and as the golf writer in town, I stopped by the club to write a story detailing his career.

At that point, Borek was four years into a battle with kidney cancer. When I asked him how much the disease weighed on him, his tone remained as even as if he were talking about a case of the yips.

“I’m going to live until I die,” Borek said that day. “My philosophy is, the time and place of your death is determined by the sovereignty of God. You can’t concern yourself with things out of your control. If I was going to die tomorrow, I’d still live today the same way.”

Borek indeed …