Cheryl Ladd provides angel of an interview

LEHI — I never really watched "Charlie's Angels" on TV, except enough to know Cheryl Ladd played the part of Kris Munroe, she-sleuth extraordinaire. And that she was the little sister of Jill Munroe, played the previous season by Farrah Fawcett.

Other than that, I don't know anything at all about the show.

Except you can get the complete second season on DVD for $49.16 on Amazon.com. And that "Charlie's Angels" was originally to be named "The Alley Cats," then "Harry's Angels," before the final cut. And that Ladd wrestled an alligator in one installment.

Oh, and in Season 2, Episode 25, she went undercover at a nude beach.

OK, fine. I never missed an episode.

Are you happy?

In my career as a sports writer, I've interviewed many famous people. But most of them were athletes. I did occasionally see Kate Jackson — another ex-Angel — outside the locker room during the years the Jazz made the NBA Finals. But I didn't ask her any questions. Same thing when I saw Madonna, Dyan Cannon and Janet Jackson. It's not like I'm on the celebrity beat.

I also saw Bo Derek in the press room a year or so after the film "10" made her a sex symbol. But it was at a fight in Las Vegas and — call me a flaming chauvinist — I couldn't bring myself to ask a blue-eyed starlet about Ali vs. Holmes.

I guess I've lowered my standards.

If you could call interviewing someone whose poster was on the walls of thousands of teenage boys in 1977 "lowering."

Monday at the Champions' Challenge Pro-Am at Thanksgiving Point, I got five minutes with Ladd. No, she wasn't wearing a bikini. She was in black golf clothing, head to foot. Looked like any other striking, slender 54-year-old actress/golfer. But the main things I'll remember about meeting Cheryl Ladd are that (a) she was polite and accommodating and (b) I might have said something about "Arley's Changels."

Otherwise, I was as cool a mint julep.

Meanwhile, I learned a few things I didn't know. For instance, at her best she is a 14-handicap. Right now, she's an 18 or a 20 "but I'm on the comeback trail." She released a book this spring called "Token Chick: A Woman's Guide to Golfing with the Boys."

The book is a humorous look at often being the lone female celebrity in celebrity pro-am events, such as the one she attended Monday.