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Originally Posted by troggi You have to love Alice
His love for Hollywood is so great that he bought the 2nd "O" in the "HOLLYWOOD" sign as a dedication to Groucho Marx |
The 2nd 'O' actually belongs to Warner Bros films. Alice owns the 3rd one!
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Originally Posted by Zann Hell of a golfer too I hear. |
On several occasions, he has credited golf as having played a major role in helping him to overcome his addiction to alcohol, and has even gone as far to say that when he took up golf, it was a case of replacing one addiction with another
The importance that the game has had in his life is also reflected in the title to his 2007 autobiography, '
Alice Cooper, Golf Monster'
He has participated in a number of Pro-Am competitions, plays the game six days a week, off a handicap of two
Since 1997 he has hosted an annual golf competition, the Alice Cooper Celebrity AM Golf Tournament, all proceeds from which go to his charity, the Solid Rock Foundation.
In 2005 while playing with manager Shep Gordon on The Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, he recorded an impressive round of two-over par 74 on the world-class course
He has appeared in commercials for Callaway Golf equipment, and was a guest of veteran British player and broadcaster Peter Alliss on A Golfer's Travels
He wrote the foreword to the Gary McCord book "Ryder Cup" and participated in the second All*Star Cup in Newport, South Wales
In an interview with VH1, friend and fellow golfer Pat Boone said that he was
"'this close' to being a pro".