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05.16.07

Linked Together Dennis Pines Golf, Golf and Friendship
Our lives are a sequence of events and people and places that tether us to the world as we know it. We often forget how fragile this lifeline is; that it never truly complete nor is it secure; and we never know when there may be a break in the chain. There is a special quality to living on a 60-odd mile long peninsula, a sort of insulation from the real world that exists “over the bridge.” On that peninsula itself our lives run in ever smaller circles as we tend to gravitate toward those people with similar interests. ...
05.05.07

A Niner Hits the Big Time Competitive Golf, Dennis Pines Golf, Just golf
Maybe it comes from being an eighth child; I've always tried to keep up with the big kids. Since my very first days on a golf course (after a good solid year of lessons and practice off the course) I've hustled my way into foursomes the balance of which consisted of players well beyond my own abilities. Keep up or pick up. It was basically trial by fire but I’ve loved the experience and it has been wonderful for my game. My fortitude pales in comparison to a Twilight League first this week. New management had decided ...
04.02.07

The True Cost of a Golf Membership Dennis Pines Golf, Golf and Friendship, Just golf
A great injustice was righted this past week. Thanks are due to a very good man acting as a very good friend felt it necessary. It is unfortunate that his efforts were not recognized or considered on their true merit two years ago. The cost to our municipal course in dollars is small compared to the lack of decorum that was displayed in the initial assessment of the matter. Consider a man who spent thirty five years as the head golf professional at an extremely respected and profitable municipal golf course. He served the town as reliably ...
01.13.07

The Balance of Power Dennis Pines Golf, Just golf
Small town politics. It's a trip. I refer not only to elected office; yesterday afternoon I happened to see my local golf pro out and about. By then I'd already heard one version of the newest in membership uprisings, fresh from the fairway, and he just shrugged it off, par for the course, so to speak. "What a day, what a day…" long time Dennis Pines members remember those words fondly, often repeated by our previous pro of 30+ years, just another part of our "status quo." The confines of our world then seemed absolute; ...
12.04.06

The Dennis Pines Legacy Dennis Pines Golf
I know, I know, I’ve made it clear that Golf Fore the Good is for the amateur golfer, not the pros. Bear with me for a moment. I am fortunate to play out of Dennis Pines Golf Course. It is one of the most respected municipal layouts in the area and undisputedly one of the toughest. The reputation of the Pines was known to me long before I moved to Dennis and it has not failed to live up to the hype. No joke, I’ve seen good, solid low handicappers brought to their knees on our fairways over and over. It seems ...

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