If you ever stop by the Westchester Golf Range in White Plains and you see an old man in a chair wielding a golf club and a cane, passionately barking out instructions about how to play the game of golf, stop by and say hello to Pat Circelli.

Circelli, 90 years old now, is a golfing legend in Westchester, both as a player and an instructor.

He’s done everything from play tournament golf with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan and Walter Hagen to caddie for Bobby Jones, whom he called the greatest player he’s ever seen. He’s also taught thousands of people to play the game.

Golf has been Circelli’s life since he was a youth. He quit school – something he said he regrets now – and began hustling as a golfer, doing everything from caddying to fixing clubs to playing in two PGA Championships and six U.S. Opens.

“Pat is a legend around here,” said Louis Vizioli, the owner of the Westchester Golf Range. “He’s one of the top players and top teachers this area has ever seen. He’s played with all the big players – Sarazen, Hogan, Hagen – he knew all those guys. He was also very friendly with Joe Louis; they used to play a lot.”

Indeed, Circelli, who got his start in the game as a do-everything caddie at Wykagyl, used to do a little boxing on the side in between stints as the head pro at clubs such as Ridgeway, Broadmoor Country Club, Rockwood Hall, Oak Ridge and Metropolis.

“I was a tough little bastard – rough and ready,” Circelli said with a twinkle in his eyes.

His golfing memories are rich, such as some typical run-ins with Hogan.

“If he holed a putt, I would say, ‘Nice putt,'” Circelli recalled. “Then I would make a putt and he’d never say one word. I said, ‘Forget about him.’ I cut him short. Ben was a peculiar guy.”

Circelli remembered caddying for Bobby Jones while Jones’ father spent the entire round searching for other players’ lost balls in the bushes.

“I’ve been here for 52 years and he’s set scoring records all over Westchester and taught here for years,” Vizioli said “He’s taught here right up to the end.”

For the charming 90-year-old Circelli, the end is not in sight, though he has slowed his teaching because he has trouble getting around.

Right up until last year, Circelli still had a regular client or two who would pick him up at home, drive him to the range, soak up as much knowledge of the game as they could from him and then drive him back home.

Now Circelli observes the game that has been his life and marvels at Tiger Woods.

“Oh, he’s the tops,” Circelli said. “My hat’s off to him. I wish everyone would leave him alone and let him play.”

Anthony Tinelli, a retired detective from The Bronx and a regular at the Westchester Golf Range, marveled at Circelli as “one of biggest, longest hitters in Westchester” in his playing days.

“I’ve known his reputation for years and how great he was,” Tinelli said. “He knows everything about the game. He started from the bottom and worked his way up.”

And it’s been quite a ride for Circelli, quite a life.