Roger Maltbie Makes The Cut

Roger Maltbie Makes the CutThere is an old man sitting on a folding chair behind the green on the 12th hole at Perdido Bay. His name is Archie. He is wearing a plaid shirt, buttoned at the neck and wrists, and is absently holding a cigar against the cuff of his pants. It is the second day of the 1985 Pensacola Open, and Archie is setting himself on fire.The smoke rises in a path, following the folds in the old man's pants and shirt, and then flowers in front of his face, hanging there motionless...