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Golf and Relationships
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04.29.09Making a Commitment to the GameIt has become a rite of spring, a sacred ritual that marks the start of a new season, a fresh beginning. After a year’s engagement, at the end of a long and tedious winter layoff, we join together in the company of friends and celebrate the start of a new tournament season at our local municipal golf course. The two-person scramble my friend and I play each April is hardly a serious format. Still, we plan ahead from year to year and look forward to the day. We enjoy the tournament to such a degree that when I received an invitation ...
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10.19.08Seasons Change - Golf EnduresOn our early morning drive to the course, we pass a solitary runner with head lamp glowing in the half-light. “It’s really dark out,” my husband and I both say, to each other and to no one in particular, as if to question why we’re up and dressed for golf at this unearthly hour. It is technically not yet dawn in Southeastern New England. Shortly before 7 A.M., going on the end of October, with the temperature well down into the 40’s and a stiff north east wind blowing, we are up because there is golf to ...
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12.14.07Golf: The Good, the Bad and the UglyIt may be the off season in my neck of the woods, but all is not quiet in the local golf community. Golf and life go on in this holiday season, and unfortunately not all of it is full of good will toward men... but even the worst of it can be good for a belly laugh and a ho, ho, ho, depending on which side of the fence you’re on. First, the Good: If you are a golfer anywhere within the proximity of Cape Cod you might want to add an item to your Christmas wish list. At ...
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12.08.07‘Tis the Season - to GolfWhat is it about golfers and our addiction? As with many addicts, the holiday season can be rough. Here we are, just two weeks before Christmas. Instead of heading to the malls or attending holiday events full of Christmas spirit we are more interested in watching the weather channel and wondering if it will be nice enough over the weekend to play a few holes. “Forget the Christmas Stroll” said my friend, albeit with varied and a few less letters in that first word. Now that’s a true friend: someone who supports me during my less than ...
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09.30.07Handicapping a RelationshipLooking for a player to fill in a foursome for a last minute road trip, I phoned an old friend with the hope she could make it. She wasn't available for a match but we chatted briefly and quickly caught up since we'd last spoken. 'I'm engaged!' she said excitedly. 'He's a THREE!' I knew immediately that she wasn't saying “oh, he's a great guy but, on a scale of one to ten, he's not very high up in the looks department.” My friend mentioned more than once that the new beau carried a three handicap but, during the ...
