Barber loved his calling, but he was forever bemoaning hay fever
problems. He walked the courses with sprays and pills to combat sneezing
and watery eyes.
“One year he was tied for the lead at Orlando and he started sneezing on
the 72nd tee,” the touring pro Bob Rosburg told Sports Illustrated in
1984. “He grabbed a pill — his last one — and when he went to take it,
he sneezed again and it popped in the air and fell into a lake. Now he
was really stuck. He topped his tee shot, bogeyed the hole and lost the
tournament by a shot.”
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