Which three Packers players or coaches, alive or passed, would you want to join your golf foursome and why?
My three favorite Packers the last forty years are Sterling Sharpe, Eddie Lacy, and Jordy Nelson. I am pretty sure Sterling is a golfer. The other two I have no idea. If it’s a scramble foursome, maybe I can drain a few putts. Either way my expectations are that we would have a blast!
To join my golf foursome, I’d pick Mason Crosby because I hear he’s a really good golfer and that would be cool to see up close, Bill Schroeder because we’re both from Sheboygan and we could talk about all the great courses in the area, and Jordy Nelson because he seems like an all-around great dude who would be fun to play a round with. Also, a quick thanks to all the Outsiders and Insiders for making this column such a fun read. Go Pack Go!
Dominic from Chesapeake, VA
Aaron Rodgers, Jordy Nelson and Clay Matthews. It would be fun playing 18 holes of golf with those three and hearing stories about the 2010 Super Bowl season and their time together.
Reggie White, Bart Starr and Jordy Nelson…three great players but more importantly great human beings. With so much strife and complaining in society, it would be great to spend some time golfing and talking to three great, faith-filled men.
Margeaux from Tallahassee, FL
Max McGee, Fuzzy Thurston and Paul Hornung for an afternoon foursome at Interlacen CC in Minneapolis to allow them to sleep off the night before. This to be followed by a bit of nightlife at “The Left Guard” in order to see the great men operate in an afterhours setting per their reputations.
Given my low level of golfing ability and my ongoing balancing act between enjoying a good walk and curmudgeonly irritability, I would like to see Coach Lombardi, Fritz Shurmur and Gilbert Brown walking that same fine line. Probably only Vince would care about the score, and we’d never lose track of where the refreshment cart was.
Ken from Palm Springs, CA
I’ve caddied for Vince Lombardi so add to him Bart Starr, and Paul Hornung.
Mike from Franksville, WI
I’m really interested in the early 1970s teams with John Brockington, Willie Buchanon, and others, so I’d love to golf with that coaching staff. I’d choose Red Cochran because the man had no filter and had seen a lot in Green Bay. I’d also pick Don Doll. The secondary was such a strength on those teams, and he seemed pretty revered by his DBs. And obviously, I’d choose Dan Devine. The man had both strengths and weaknesses as Head Coach/GM, so I’d love to chat and see what made him tick.
Bart Starr, my all-time favorite player and childhood hero; Vince Lombardi, because I think it would be interesting to get his take on life, the universe, and everything; Reggie White, to minister to my soul.
John from Stevens Point, WI
“All-inclusive” deal at Sentry World. Billy Schroeder (If it’s a scramble foursome, I want to be hitting wedges into Par 4s and have a good chance of getting on Par 5s in two), Lombardi (just to hear his voice in person. I want to hear him say, “What the hell is going on out here” after I miss a 5-foot birdie putt), James Lofton (The best Packer when I came of age. I’d thank him for giving his best for bad teams), and Mason Crosby (good stick!).
Lee from Citrus Heights, CA
John Brockington, Jordy Nelson and Gilbert Brown. While I never got to really see much of Brockington, I followed his game stats with great anticipation; plus he was in the transition period from Vince. Jordy because he seems to have a smile on all the time. Gilbert seems like a guy who has fun wherever he is.
Give me a golf course and Mike Daniels, Jaire Alexander and David Bakhtiari. The chaos would be legendary.
Patrick from Forest Lake, MN
I would have Mark Tauscher, Bryan Bulaga, and John Kuhn to round out my foursome. With me on the team, we aren’t in contention for any prizes or awards and this way we can just have a good time while knocking a few back.
Don’t golf but would love a four-handed poker game with Lombardi, Ted Thompson, and Jeff Hafley just to see their competitive minds at work.
I would golf with Max McGee, Paul Hornung and Bart Starr. To hear about the night before the first Super Bowl would be incredible. Bart would make sure we finished 18.
Dustin from Kansas City, MO
I’m not a real big golfer, but I do enjoy golfing while I drink. With that in mind, I’d love to play a round with David Bakhtiari, Arron Rodgers, and Max McGee. We’re going to have us a party on the links!
Jordan from San Antonio, TX
Packers to fill out my foursome: Rodgers, I met him at a course in California right after the Super Bowl win. He signed my Packers golf bag and was super cool to me and my buddies in the grill. Donald Driver, his book is one of the best pieces of literature I have ever read and the first jersey I ever bought myself. Bakhtiari, he is my cart partner and we keep the drinks flowing.
Paul Hornung, Max McGee and Ray Nitschke. If one of them can’t make it, then add Fuzzy Thurston, or at least have him drive a companion beverage cart. You really expect me to cite why on this group?
Vince Lombardi (would love to see how he deals with his own bad shots/mistakes), Aaron Rodgers (can you imagine eavesdropping on the football talk between him and Vince!) and James Lofton (I was 12 when he was drafted; enough said!). I hate when a round of golf goes over 4 1/2 hours…I would want this one to last 10.
I haven’t touched a golf club since probably middle school, so in building out an Outsider Inbox golf foursome my priority is picking guys who I think won’t rag on me too much between sand traps. Going strictly off vibes I get from their media appearances, my picks are Jerry Kramer, Donald Driver, and Micah Hyde. Honorable mention to the guys who were obsessed with Catan in the mid-2010s, as I’d be up for some board game action after I’ve given up on finding my errant golf balls.
Paul Hornung, Frankie “Bag o Donuts” Winters and Aaron Rodgers. Hornung for stories from the early run of success, Frankie just because his stories are legendary and Aaron because he might be the best Packers golfer ever.
Jim Taylor, Paul Hornung, and Bart Starr, because I “won” a framed picture of the three of them (separate photos within the same frame) and would like to get their signatures on it. Plus, Starr’s the first jersey I ever had was gifted to me for Christmas when I was about five years old.
Curly Lambeau, Bart Starr, and Eddie Lacy, there would be three different eras of Packers to share ideas, accomplishments, and dreams.
Michael from Signal Mountain, TN
My initial reaction was the quarterback triumvirate of Starr, Favre and Rodgers. Strategy talk might be over my head, but I would be fascinated! Then I thought that Jerry Kramer, Taylor and Hornung reminiscing about their careers and the Packers sweep would be the ultimate for a long time (i.e. “old”) Packers fan like me.
Totally selfish picks here. Although touted as a few of the greatest in Packers history on gameday, I have met each of my dream foursome on separate occasions. LeRoy Butler, Donald Driver and Mason Crosby are three of the best men to walk this planet, PERIOD! Getting to walk 18 holes with all three? Let’s just say this old man can dream.
Easy – Brett Favre, Max McGee, and Charles Woodson. Can you imagine the stories and the smack talk? And you’d be expected to give as good as you got. What fun!!
I’m not a good golfer, I go for fun – Gilbert Brown, Favre and good ol’ South Dakota farm boy Tucker Kraft!
Jason from Sioux Center, IA
LeRoy Butler, Reggie White, Aaron Jones. These are three of my all-time favorite Packers players and I imagine they have a kind and encouraging personality to tolerate my golf game.