Interview With Randy Towner General Manager/Head Golf Professional Firekeeper Golf Course

Below is an interview with Randy Towner Midwest Section PGA Player of the Year 1983 Midwest Section PGA senior player of the Year 2007 Senior US Open 2007 Spalding National Teacher of the Year 1995 Mid West PGA Professional of the Year 2010

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?
Following my father and his group playing on weekends and during the summer. I looked for golf balls and later starting hitting the ball myself. Age 5 It was fun to spend time with Dad and greens were awesome. Couldn't figure out why our yard didn't look like that

What is your current home course?
Firekeeper Golf Mayetta Kansas

To date, what is your proudest golf accomplishment?
Two

#1 winning player of the year our first daughter was born and then winning senior player of the year when our last daughter left home. The years inbetween were the best.

#2 golf professional of the year 2010

What is your biggest golf pet peeve on or off the course?
Slow play and third party tee time providers

What is your favorite club in your bag and why?
My putter! It is a long JA Corvi Pinseeker that I have had for 25 years never changed

What is your favorite golf destination?
Pine Valley or Augusta but I have been very spoiled and lucky.

What course is on your bucket list that you have not played yet?
Old Head

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

If you could change one aspect, rule or thing about golf, what would it be and why?
It shouldn't take so long

Dream foursome (living)?
That's easy I have three daughters!

Dream foursome (living or dead)?
Tom Morris, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus

18 Rapid Fire, Off The Cuff Questions

1) Hitting Long Drive OR Sinking Long Putt?
Long Putt they are great equalizers

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

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

4) Hit a power fade OR power draw?
Anything with the word Power in front of it

5) Beverage cart OR halfway house?
Halfway house

6) Bathroom OR bushes?
Bushes just outside the bathroom?

7) Hot dog OR wrap?
Wrap

8) Around the green, being in sand OR thick rough? Sand

9) Walking OR riding?
Walk

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

11) Do you prefer long par 3 OR long par 5? Nothing with the word long in front of it

12) Pants OR Shorts?
Pants

13) Palmer OR Nicklaus?
Nicklaus

14) Beatles OR Elvis?
Beatles

15) Play for fun OR play for money?
Both

16) Bump and run OR flop shot?
Flop

17) Lay up OR gamble?
Gamble

18) 18 holes OR 36?
36