His golfers described Grier Jones as "giddy" after the tournament, a word rarely associated with the coach.
Giddy, however, fits that day in Arizona at the end of a vintage Jones schedule – two tournaments, long flight – during spring break. While their classmates played on beaches or ski trips, the Shocker golfers grinded on a mini-tour and proved something to everybody that week in 2012, most notably their coach.
"Sixteen shots. Wow."
In the memories of those Shocker golfers, Jones kept saying that - in the van after the tournament, at the restaurant, at the airport.