Dallas’ Bryan Garner is the Leading Lexicographer of our Time

Years before he was the world’s highest-paid writing instructor and arguably the greatest living lexicographer, Bryan Garner was a golfer. He grew up in the Panhandle, just outside Amarillo and traveled the state picking up junior titles, beating on occasion future pros like Blaine McAllister. His instructor was the great Harvey Penick, who took a shine to the boy as he did his other top students, Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite. Garner was just as special. When he was 12 years old, he won 10 of the 13 junior tournaments he entered—and finished second in the others. A year later, he won 16 of 22 tournaments; he again finished second in the rest.

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