In 1955, Lee Trevino, who’d dropped out of school two years earlier — who was over a decade away from earning his PGA Tour card and launching his legendary career — was slinging hotdogs and Cokes at Knollwood Golf Club in Irving, Texas. His friend was a caddie, one with a keen eye. “my friend comes in — he was caddying — and he says, ‘You know, there’s a car out in the parking lot with spoke hubcaps. And he said, ‘They’d fit your car perfect.’” His car had no hubcaps and his friend knew where he could get some. “So he takes the hubcaps and throws them in the trunk of my car,” Trevino said. “And we put them on my car after we (left Knollwood), and they looked gorgeous on this ’49 Ford, a baby blue car going down the street.” The next day Trevino drove to work ... but forgot to remove the hubs before pulling into Knollwood’s driveway. A cop on a motorcycle was waiting. “he said, ‘Where’d you get those hubcaps?’” Trevino said. “And I’ve never been one to tell any stories, and I said, ‘Sir, my friend and I borrowed them.’ And he said, ‘Yeah, you borrowed them in the parking lot of the club.’” The cop gave him the man’s address and waited while Trevino returned the hubs and apologized. “That was the hardest job I’ve ever had to do,” Trevino said. “And I learned a lesson there.” “When I drove away, the policeman was waiting on me and he said to me, ‘How old are you son?’” Trevino continued. “I said, ‘Sixteen, sir.’ He said, ‘When are you gonna be 17?’ And I said, ‘In a month.’ He said, ‘I wanna send you to someone, and I want you to talk to him.’ “And it was the recruiter for the Marine Corps.” After turning 17 Trevino joined the Corps saying the Corps “was the greatest thing that ever happened to me.”