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Local anchor gets golf tournament, not posthumously
By David Moye
May 29, 2006
Rancho Bernardo, CA--You’ve heard of the phrase “local boy makes good,” but KGTV news anchor Hal Clement is having a case of “local boy makes golf.”
The native San Diegan news guy has reached a pinnacle of fame usually only given to the truly famous – his own golf tournament.
The Hal Clement Charity Golf Tournament celebrates its 4th year of existence on June 16 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn and Clement couldn’t be prouder, especially because, as he points out, “It’s not a memorial golf tournament.”
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Hal Clement has a golf tournament, but he ain't dead yet. |
The event will benefit an organization called The Arc of San Diego, which provides vocational training programs for more than 2,500 children and adults with disabilities. The local angle is key to Clement, who went to high school in San Diego, studied journalism at San Diego State and has stuck around his town to become one of the city’s best known news anchors. |
“That’s one of the reasons I agreed to put my name on it,” he admits. “It’s something specifically for San Diego so it helps that the money stays right here where you can see it.”
Clement – who admits he’s no Jack Nicklaus on the links but enjoys the game – says it wasn’t his idea to create his own golf tournament. That came from one of the Arc of San Diego’s directors, who is a golfing buddy.
That’s a good thing for Clement, who says he’s there on tournament day but “doesn’t do any work.”
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Initially, Clement asked what his duties would be and the Arc organizers told him, in effect: “The tees are there. Show up and shake hands." Although Clement hopes to play each year, that doesn’t always happen. Two years ago, he suffered an injury and couldn’t do anything but putt. So he drove around the course in a golf cart offering to putt for the players. |
The conversations went something like this?
Hal: “Do you want me to putt for you?”
Player: “Are you any good?”
Hal: “Not particularly.”
Player: “Then why?”
The tournament is a few weeks off but Clement is already using it as an excuse to sneak off for a few rounds of golf and jokes he’s telling his wife, he wants to “become more familiar with the course.”
Still, he jokes his own game is “beyond tuning.”
Clement has prepared for the big day in other ways, by taking the day off from his 10News duties, if that’s possible.
“We’ve never discussed what I would do if there if a huge news story breaks but I think the organizers understand I might have to leave.”
For details on the Hal Clement Charity Golf Tournament, log onto www.arc-sd.com.
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David Moye is a fifth generation resident of San Diego county and has the same birthday as Reggie Bush--but none of the athletic ability.
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