Whether on the golf course as the head professional of the Atlantic Golf Club in Bridgehampton or in the clubhouses, restaurants and public events he strode, Rick Hartmann left an indelible impression wherever he went.

“He could talk to a tree and get an answer from it,” said his wife of 37 years, Claudette, on Thursday. “He was very friendly, very talkative, he was very entertaining. When I first met him he was the funniest person I ever met in my life, I had never heard humor like that. I was so attracted to that. His wit was unbelievable.”

Hartmann died of complications of cancer at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Westhampton Beach on Tuesday, his wife said. He was 66.

Hartmann was one of the most accomplished pros in the history of the Metropolitan PGA Section. He won four Long

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