My Round of Golf With Herman Cain

Before Running For President, He Was a Humble Man

age Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

When I lived in Orlando, FL, my friends included the late Bob Billingslea, a vice president at Disney World at the time. We regularly played golf together. Neither of us could be considered great golfers, but we enjoyed the game. I worked in outside sales and could get away for an afternoon to play occasionally.

Bob’s job often involved entertaining clients and one day; I got a call asking if I was available to play with him and the President of Godfather’s Pizza, Herman Cain. It was last minute, and he was unable to get a fourth. We met at the driving range at the Magnolia course at Disney. It was the most forgiving of the Disney courses, which was why I liked it best.

I was introduced to Herman Cain and found him extremely gracious to someone he did not need to impress. As a threesome, Bob and Herman rode together, and I rode alone. At each hole…