The Carl Jackson Story
Carl Jackson, who has caddied for Ben Crenshaw at Augusta for more than 30 years, was inducted into the Arkansas Golf Hall of Fame on October 29th. Jackson began caddying at the Augusta Country Club at age 11, and by age 13 had moved to Augusta National. In 1961 he went to work for Jackson Stephens in Little Rock, but continued to caddy in the Masters. In 2008, he caddied in his 47th Masters. Jackson currently is in charge of the caddy program at the Alotian Club in Little Rock. Jackson, who never went beyond high school himself, has six children, five of whom have graduated from college. His sixth child, daughter Carlessa will enter college next fall. Carl made a stirring acceptance speech at his induction and stories from his life brought tears and cheers from the audience.
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Carl Jackson, who has caddied for Ben Crenshaw at Augusta for more than 30 years, was inducted into the Arkansas Golf Hall of Fame on October 29th. Jackson began caddying at the Augusta Country Club at age 11, and by age 13 had moved to Augusta National. In 1961 he went to work for Jackson Stephens in Little Rock, but continued to caddy in the Masters. In 2008, he caddied in his 47th Masters. Jackson currently is in charge of the caddy program at the Alotian Club in Little Rock. Jackson, who never went beyond high school himself, has six children, five of whom have graduated from college. His sixth child, daughter Carlessa will enter college next fall. Carl made a stirring acceptance speech at his induction and stories from his life brought tears and cheers from the audience.
To read more, visit this news story.
Ben congratulating Carl for his induction.
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Ben Crenshaw, Carl Jackson and Dan Snider.
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Ben, Carl's daugher, Carlessa and Carl.
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