August 7, 2026

The day, hour by hour

1. Morning

   Down the coast

   Coffee, the drive in through the gates, fog still sitting on the cypress.

2. Late morning

   First tee

   Handshakes, a birthday scorecard, and the wind already up off the water.

3. Midday

   The seventh

   Eighty-seven years old on the seventh of August, and he pars the seventh hole. Nobody scripted it.

4. Afternoon

   Out to the cliffs

   The stretch along the ocean where the whole family just stopped and looked.

5. Golden hour

   Eighteen

   Walking up the last fairway with the light going amber behind him.

6. Evening

   Dinner and toasts

   Long table, short speeches that ran long, and a candle he took two tries to blow out.