{"id":101382,"date":"2026-04-08T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/whats-it-like-flying-with-gary-player-to-the-masters-we-found-out\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:05:59","slug":"whats-it-like-flying-with-gary-player-to-the-masters-we-found-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/whats-it-like-flying-with-gary-player-to-the-masters-we-found-out\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s it like flying with Gary Player to the Masters? We found out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article__sidebar-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"first\">The horse they call Double Grand Slam is in last place. Gary Player is not pleased. He sits back in his chair and crosses his arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t looking good,\u201d he says under his breath.<\/p>\n<p>From his hotel room in San Antonio, the 90-year-old Hall-of-Famer is glued to his laptop as the TAB Empress Club Stakes unfolds in South Africa. He has a plane to catch, but first, he must see if his prized filly can pull off a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>The race nears the final 500 when Double Grand Slam starts to make a move. She passes one and then another. And then one more. Double Grand Slam has seven lanes to make up, but she\u2019s <em>running<\/em> now. Player perks up and rests his arms on the table. A framed picture of a horse ironically taunts him from the wall. A call comes in to his phone but he quickly silences it and pushes it away. Double Grand Slam is about to win. The TV commentator takes over:<\/p>\n<p><em>And that\u2019s it! Race over! It\u2019s all Double Grand Slam!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Player leans back, smiles, closes his eyes and raises both arms into the air as if he just clinched one of his nine major titles. Thirty minutes later, he\u2019s still giddy when his Lexus courtesy car pulls up to his private jet at San Antonio International \u2014\u00a0\u201cMy horse won the race today, the big race!\u201d he tells the crew \u2014 and he\u2019s still beaming as his eight-seat Bombardier Challenger 350 speeds down the runaway. Player downs a tumbler of green vegetable juice like a shot, picks up his phone and tries to keep up with the flood of congratulatory messages pouring in. Fifty and counting. He responds to each \u2014 voice to text \u2014\u00a0with a couple of quick but thoughtful offerings of gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m taking off,\u201d he says to the last one. \u201cI\u2019ll call you when I land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary Player is going to the Masters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"youtube-facade\" data-content=\"&#10;&lt;figure class=\" wp-block-embed=\"\" is-type-video=\"\" is-provider-youtube=\"\" wp-block-embed-youtube=\"\" wp-embed-aspect-16-9=\"\" wp-has-aspect-ratio=\"\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flying to the Masters with Gary Player\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COAsKSYCInE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IF YOU\u2019RE WONDERING<\/strong> why we\u2019re in a private jet with Gary Player, well \u2026 we just asked. He loves to boast that no human has flown more miles than him, and while we aren\u2019t here to dispute the validity of that statement, it did make us wonder what it might be like to fly with the world\u2019s most traveled golfer.<\/p>\n<p>Player and his team were OK with it. So was Vista Jet, the private aviation company that\u2019s buzzed Player around the globe for the past year. When a Saturday-morning jaunt from San Antonio to Augusta en route to the Masters was pitched, a luxurious flight to the first major of the year was secured.<\/p>\n<p>Up in the clouds, probably somewhere over a golf course he designed, Player scoops a generous dollop of honey, plops it in his coffee and stirs. He\u2019s dressed like you\u2019d expect: black everything with a Black Knight logo on his polo and a sports coat on top, which he wears because his father once told him \u201cgood style is always in style.\u201d When his pants legs creep up just high enough, you can see the Masters logo on his socks. He still plays golf four times a week \u2014\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve beaten my age now well over 3,000 times in a row and I still shoot par,\u201d he says \u2014\u00a0and works out like crazy. Sometimes on the plane, he\u2019ll do push-ups or hook his legs under a seat and do sit-ups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__sidebar-wrapper\">\n<p>He doesn\u2019t prefer carbs, but today he\u2019s picking at a banana nut muffin. Flying like this is nothing like how he used to travel, back when he and his late wife, Vivienne, would cross oceans with six kids who would sometimes nap in the aisles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block-wrapper g-block-wrapper--image g-block-wrapper--inline g-block-wrapper--align-right\">\n<figure class=\"g-block g-block-image g-block-image--inline g-block-image--align-auto\"><figcaption>\n              <span class=\"g-block-image__caption\">Vista Jet\u2019s Bombardier Challenger 350 that chauffeured Gary Player to Augusta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"g-block-image__credits\">GOLF<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But the reason he accumulated all of these miles \u2014 too many to count, he says \u2014\u00a0and became the sport\u2019s first global superstar is quite simple: He wanted to win more golf tournaments than anyone else, and to do that, he couldn\u2019t be complacent. He didn\u2019t buy a home in the States until a few years ago, which means he had to frequently crisscross the globe from his native South Africa. He won in America. England. Japan. Australia. Brazil. France. Chile. More than 160 professional titles.<\/p>\n<p>His schedule isn\u2019t as hectic now as it was in his playing days, but he\u2019s not exactly sedentary. He was in Texas for a clinic at the Valero Texas Open, and after the Masters he\u2019s bound for Florida and then Long Island. Then Texas, the United Kingdom, back to South Africa, then the U.K. again.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the 1960s and \u201970s, most of Player\u2019s trips called for several layovers. Sometimes as many as six. He insists he would have won more majors had he lived in the States all those years. Although the grueling travel schedule helped shape one of Player\u2019s core principals since his 20s: He had to learn to treat his body right to be able to withstand this lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Player doesn\u2019t have any flying superstitions (doesn\u2019t believe in the word) or quirks, but he has picked up tricks along the way. He likes to exercise before and after flights. He avoids big meals on planes and stays hydrated with water or fruit or vegetable juices. He likes to read, although the biggest key is sleep. He tries to get at least nine hours a night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack Nicklaus said traveling with me is like traveling on his own,\u201d Player says. \u201cHe says, \u2018Gary gets on the plane next to me and I say, <em>Oh, this time change is so tough.<\/em> I turn around and he\u2019s sleeping the whole trip.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Player doesn\u2019t sleep on this flight. He\u2019s too jazzed about his horse, eager to return to the Masters and, as you probably know, Gary Player <em>loves<\/em> to talk. About anything. (He even breaks to phone the writer\u2019s parents.) Some of his answers wander, but his mind is still sharp. This will be his 68th time at the Masters. When Player made his Augusta National debut in 1957, at age 21, Ben Hogan was still in the field; when, at 73, he made his last Masters appearance \u2014\u00a0this was in 2009 \u2014\u00a0Rory McIlroy was playing his first.<\/p>\n<p>His resume at golf\u2019s most famous tournament is hard to top.<\/p>\n<p>He won three Masters, in 1961, \u201974 and \u201978. In \u201961, he became the first International winner. In \u201978, at age 42, he started the final round seven shots back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__sidebar-wrapper\">\n<p>\u201cMy son Wayne said, \u2018Dad, you\u2019re playing so well, if you putt tomorrow you could shoot 65 and win by a shot,&#8217;\u201d Player says.<\/p>\n<p>He shot 64. Player birdied seven of his last 10 holes and shot 30 on the back nine to win by one and claim the last of his nine major titles. That final-round 64 tied a course record and still hasn\u2019t been topped among the tournament\u2019s best final rounds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block-wrapper g-block-wrapper--image g-block-wrapper--inline g-block-wrapper--align-right\">\n<figure class=\"g-block g-block-image g-block-image--inline g-block-image--align-auto\">\n          <img class=\"lazy g-block-image__file\" alt=\"A rolled white towel on a plate, a card with a welcome message, two glasses of green juice, and two muffins on a tray are arranged on a white tablecloth next to an airplane window\u2014first-class service fit for the Masters or even Gary Player himself.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gary-player-muffins-square.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gary-player-muffins-square.jpg?width=720 600w, https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gary-player-muffins-square.jpg?width=1280 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, (max-width: 600px) 50vw, (max-width: 900px) 33vw, 900px\" src=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gary-player-muffins-square.jpg?width=30);\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption>\n              <span class=\"g-block-image__caption\">A Vista Jet greeting for the nine-time major champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"g-block-image__credits\">GOLF<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He has 15 Masters top 10s and made the cut as a 62-year-old; his 52 Masters starts is a record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAugusta is a very, very special place,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s the best-run tournament in the world and it\u2019s the most beautiful place for a tournament \u2014 it\u2019s an integral part of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He used to walk down Magnolia Lane when he arrived on-site, although now he instead says a prayer as he drives down it. He loves the Champions Dinner but his favorite part of the week is the ceremonial tee shots he\u2019ll hit Thursday morning alongside Tom Watson and Nicklaus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re cheering and giving you their love,\u201d Player says. He scoots up in his chair sometimes to emphasize a point. \u201cIt\u2019s goose pimples. And you say, \u2018They are doing it for me?\u2019 I\u2019m not that important. So it makes you very humble. And you shouldn\u2019t think you\u2019re important because you\u2019re not in God\u2019s eyes, you\u2019re just another man. And it\u2019s just the love that\u2019s given to you and you walk out on that first tee and it brings back memories of when you first teed off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Player, one-third of the Big 3 that helped golf flourish in the 1960s, does not believe in legacies. He thinks you should simply do the best while you are here before your time runs out. It\u2019s why he and his late wife started The Gary &amp; Vivienne Player Foundation (there\u2019s one in South Africa and another in the States), where they raise money and support underprivileged children. <\/p>\n<p>He laughs at the idea of traveling less; he likes it and still loves meeting people and enjoys the work. He puts the time in, too. He has a thick journal with a worn, brown cover full of handwritten speeches and notes he keeps in his Hudson Sutler duffel. He calls for the bag and retrieves the book.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block-wrapper g-block-wrapper--image g-block-wrapper--inline g-block-wrapper--align-right\">\n<figure class=\"g-block g-block-image g-block-image--inline g-block-image--align-auto\">\n          <img class=\"lazy g-block-image__file\" alt=\"An older man in a dark suit sits on an airplane, reading a handwritten journal. As he flew to the Masters, daylight streams through the window beside him and a drink rests on the tray table, evoking memories of Gary Player\u2019s legendary journeys.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gary-player-book.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gary-player-book.jpg?width=720 600w, https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gary-player-book.jpg?width=1280 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, (max-width: 600px) 50vw, (max-width: 900px) 33vw, 900px\" src=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/golf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gary-player-book.jpg?width=30);\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption>\n              <span class=\"g-block-image__caption\">Gary Player pages through his book of notes and speeches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"g-block-image__credits\">GOLF<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a great believer that the pen is mightier than the sword,\u201d Player says, as he pages through the journal, looking for a passage he recently wrote for a speaking arrangement. He finds it, unfolds a piece of paper and begins<em>: Something changed in my life, somewhere along the way. Eventually, I started to win tournaments. I was so focused, not relaxed. I felt I had a suit of armor impervious to almost anything except a bullet. My mind really kicked into gear. Something inexplicable struck my mind. I was on my way \u2014 and I was going to be a champion.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__sidebar-wrapper\">\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have someone else write your speeches?\u201d I ask.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, that\u2019s lazy,\u201d he says. He points to his head, right above his ear. \u201cThis is what you have to use as you get older. You have to exercise your mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING<\/strong>, the Challenger descends and cuts through the clouds, unveiling an idyllic view. The airport is 60 miles and 14 minutes out when Player calls Susan, his girlfriend, who had just texted him about the horse race. They talk and laugh. Susan laughs all the time, Player says. He loves that about her. He says it\u2019s the key to longevity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was unbelievable!\u201d Susan says. \u201cWhen she was so far back I thought there was no way she\u2019d win!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Player leans forward and smiles as he talks on the phone. He glances out the window. His heart starts pumping again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still so excited,\u201d he says. \u201cFortunately, we got talking and I never thought about the horse. But now I\u2019m thinking about the horse again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s moments like this \u2014\u00a0the serene feeling of flying, the adrenaline rush of a horse race, the drives down Magnolia Lane and the goosebumps he feels on Thursday mornings at the Masters \u2014\u00a0that make him feel alive, which he believes is a gift. Because Gary Player says there are people who are existing but not necessarily living. He knows which one he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can reach the author at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/news\/gary-player-flew-masters\/mailto:joshua.berhow@golf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joshua.berhow@golf.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/golf.com\/news\/gary-player-flew-masters\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The horse they call Double Grand Slam is in last place. Gary Player is not pleased. He sits back in his chair and crosses his arms. \u201cThis isn\u2019t looking good,\u201d he says under his breath. 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