Sergeant Moody, HK Open Champion

In a series of shambolic post round interviews he admitted he didn't even know if his name was Orville James Moody or Orville Cleve Moody (it was James), and he had an embarrassingly mangled call from President Richard Nixon.
Called the "second straight obscurity" to win the Open after Trevino, he was also labelled "Mr Unbelievable Nice Guy," by 1965 USPGA champion Dave Marr. The first moniker unfortunately rang true as he never won another PGA event, and the latter was put to the test a year later when he was interviewed at the time of the 1970 US Open at Hazeltine. In a Vietnam War-focused era, he was asked about student protestors at Kent State and uttered the immortal line: "Next time they try somethin', might save more lives in the long run if we get out the machine guns and shoot 'bout 50 of them fools.” Nothing was done about Orville's outburst. However, in the category of “We Couldn’t Make This Stuff Up”, was the delicious sight of the USGA and other’s reaction to Dave Hill simultaneously commenting that Hazeltine “could have been a fine farm”, only lacking “80 acres of corn and a few cows.” His comments led to a $150 fine and heavy criticism, with Henry Longhurst decrying his “monstrous impudence”. Hill went on to finish second to Tony Jacklin, as the USGA made it clear where their priorities lay.