Dave Pelz, Scientist Turned Golf Instructor, Is Dead at 85

Dave Pelz, Scientist Turned Golf Instructor, Is Dead at 85

Dave Pelz, who left his job as a scientist at NASA to study the short game of golf, a detour that would make him a celebrated guru of putts and wedge shots, died on March 23 at his home in Dripping Springs, Texas, near Austin. He was 85. David Pelly, Pelz’s stepson and the chief executive of his company, Dave Pelz Golf, said the cause was prostate cancer. While most golfers focus more on how to drive long distances, Pelz concentrated on the shor…