Kiszla: At U.S. Amateur Championship, golfer Neal Shipley is Righteous Dude walking in footsteps of the King

Neal Shipley was ranked on the outskirts of the top 1,000 among the world’s amateur golfers only a year ago. He’s 22 years old and built a little like Charles Barkley, but grips it and rips i…

To steal my favorite line from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” he seems to be very popular with the gallery. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, dweebies … They all adore him.

“It seems like the crowd likes me,” Shipley said. “I’m trying to use that energy when I hit good golf shots … keep good vibes going.” At some point, each and every one of the fans seemed to be close enough to reach out and touch Shipley, including Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning, who followed him for several holes midway through the round.I’ve been blessed to serve as an eyewitness to a lot of great stuff in nearly 40 years of covering sports for The Denver Post, from John Elway imitating a helicopter at the Super Bowl to Nikola Jokic sharing a championship with his daughter.

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