Kenny Perry had a career-best season in 2008 with three victories and a key position on the U.S. team that played in the Ryder Cup in his native Kentucky. But early in his career, despite two PGA Tour wins, Perry was an unheralded player, even when victorious. And no one tells the story better than the golfer himself. Perry remembers well when he claimed his third PGA Tour title at the 1995 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. “I’d won the tournament and some of the event officials walked me over the 18th for the award ceremony,” Perry recalled. “Other tournament officials escorted Bob Hope to the awards ceremony and he stood right next to me. While a sponsor or someone else was talking, Mr. Hope looked at me and said softly, ‘Pardon me, son. Do you know who won the golf tournament?’ I said, ‘Yes, Mr. Hope. I did.’ ”