Crosby Has Hope


NATHANIEL CROSBY WANTS TO SERVE HIS PLAYERS AND COUNTRY WELL WHEN HE RETURNS TO ROYAL LIVERPOOL IN 2019 TO CAPTAIN THE USA’S WALKER CUP TEAM. MARK GORTON SPOKE TO HIM.


BACK IN 1983 Nathaniel Crosby was a fine 21 year old golfer who, the previous year, had achieved low amateur honours at the US Open Championship at Pebble Beach. The year before that he had won the 1981 US Amateur Championship at San Francisco’s Olympic Club. He also happened to be the son of


entertainment legend, Bing Crosby, a passionate low handicapper once described as “a golfer who liked to sing”. Sadly Nathaniel’s triumphs were not witnessed by his father - he had died of a heart attack in October 1977 just after playing 18 holes on a course near Madrid, the setting for some of sport’s most famous last words: “That was a great game of golf, fellas.” Bing Crosby’s love for golf was great and almost matched by his ability, so it was inevitable that Nathaniel would be introduced to the game at an early age, though the source of his early lessons comes as a surprise. “We had a hand picked nanny named


Bridget Brennan who was an Irish golf pro from Nenagh in County Tipperary. She started working for us the year I was born and taught me the grip and how to putt on the carpet when I was about three, and then I was hitting shots in the backyard which was generous in size. Sadly she died when I was 11 but she really gave me my start. I eventually


Left: Nathaniel Crosby


Right: Bing, Harry and Nathaniel Crosby in 1975 Photo by Bert Verhoeff/Anefo - Nationaal Archief, Netherlands


14 ROYAL LIVERPOOL GOLF CLUB MAGAZINE 2018–2019


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