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Golf and Friendship

05.03.08

May Day is a Good Day to Play Competitive Golf, Golf and Friendship, Just golf
May Day. As a child, it was a day full of frolicking, fun and baskets of flowers. Historically, it is a day filled with traditions and symbols ranging from May poles, to May queens to May flowers – and even cows (yes, cows...). No where could I find reference to May Day traditions with regard to golfing but yesterday I hope I started a May Day tradition of my own: playing twenty seven holes of golf. I can think of no better way to celebrate the start of a season full of rebirth and ...
04.03.08

Ready, Set, Golf! Competitive Golf, Golf and Family, Golf and Friendship, Just golf
For lovers of golf, it is time to focus, to practice and to play as much golf as we can cram into our lives. My warm -up for my own season is fast approaching; four days of golf and trash talking with my brother, the likes of which I'm pretty sure Atlanta Country Club has never seen. As is often quoted, “there's no crying in baseball.” Well, as far as I know there are no umpires in golf. That hasn't stopped my brother from lining one up to referee our first match when we meet again ...
03.05.08

A New Game of “Pick Up Sticks” Competitive Golf, Golf and Family, Golf and Friendship, Sibling Rivalry & Golf
All winter long there had been a nagging sound in the back of my brain, a nearly subconscious suggestion. A sort of chirp… no, maybe a squawk… I just couldn’t place it. It seemed to intensify after any conversation with my brother, who lives in the south, yet the source of it eluded me. And then one day it came to me – in an email - boldly scripted in black in white, the written words calling to mind an unmistakable sound. The text came alive even as I pictured my brother hunched over the keyboard pecking it ...
09.04.07

Boys to Men Golf and Friendship
The scene has played out on golf courses for centuries, men and boys playing golf, since the days when shepherds hit rocks with crooks. As Ouimet worshipped Vardon, just as Nicklaus gave motivation to a young Woods, a new generation of golfers will look for inspiration and guidance toward the great players who preceded them. That is the way with golf, a game steeped in history and tradition. So, one particular round played on a summer afternoon would seem to be nothing out of the ordinary. Two men, two boys, one course, a match; just nine holes on a ...
08.24.07

Live, Laugh… and Play Golf Competitive Golf, Golf and Friendship, Just golf
Life often holds a good deal of somber and sobering weight these days. For the majority of us, golf is a pastime. Golf is supposed to be fun and therefore a relief from the seriousness of the real world. I propose that you play your next casual round with friends in a match format of decidedly light heart and laughter. Even the PGA gets to play a “silly season.” A few suggestions for wagers to make you find the humor and hope in even the worst golf shot: Barkies: A standard, especially at a heavily treed ...