1.   Assistant pros wintering in Florida were brought in as caddies for the championship, and in a blind draw, Nicklaus was paired with Floyd Young.

2.   Ashley Johnson, the assistant pro at Deer Creek Club in Overland Park, agrees.

3.   A former assistant pro at Colonial Country Club, Rhodes tutors several players on the PGA, LPGA and Buy.com tours.

4.   Harms had been an assistant pro at White Manor CC in the suburbs of Philadelphia, an occasional player on the various tours.

5.   Jim Melville, the assistant pro at Weston, said his membership is quickly making the transition.

6.   One of them was Cathy Ronan, the assistant pro at the club.

7.   When an opportunity to become an assistant pro at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, became available, he was beaten up enough to take it.

8.   DeFrancesco is the assistant pro at Woodholme in Baltimore.

9.   Unable to find financial support, he found work as an assistant pro at Le Triomphe in Lafayette, Louisiana.

10.   It was only the third tournament for the Englishman, who was an assistant pro at the host club.