He lives in an assisted care home in Bedford, Mass., where he keeps in touch with his friends and sisters. It is no wonder, to be sure, that the PGA of America and the United States Golf Association awarded him high honors during the current decade. It was in 1992 that the PGA of America awarded Wind its lifetime achievement award, which was presented to him during the Masters. Then, in 1995, the USGA presented Wind with its highest honor during the association's annual meeting in Los Angeles. That was the Bob Jones award, which the USGA presents annually in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.
Wind remains the only author to be recognized with that award.
Yet Wind is hardly one to speak of his honors, or even his valuable body of work that will be a treasure trove for golfers as long as golf is played and as long as the written word is important. He understood golf swings and could tell with his eyes when something was wrong, or when things were right. Macdonald recalls many instances when Wind's observations were dead-on, and is particularly fond of citing two examples. There was one tournament where Wind told Macdonald that Tom Kite was doing something wrong in his swing. Wind surmised that Kite was lifting his body at the top of his swing, and that this was throwing the shape of his motion off.