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07.08.07Survivor Dennis PinesI believe that the quintessential task of every painter in any time has been to concentrate on the essential." - Gerhard Richter The same could be said about every golfer. Sometimes it is the essential that guarantees our survival. There is nothing quite like enduring fifteen minutes in an emergency shelter on a golf course during a thunderstorm to makes you appreciate the sunny side of life. For five hours – that felt more like fifteen - my friend and I slogged our way around Dennis Pines Golf Course. During our determined march, not only did we experience a half dozen or ...
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04.17.07Pick Your PoisonTwo hours and so many minutes (at best) running 26.2 miles through puddles, from Hopkinton to the Back Bay, fighting a brutal, cold head wind wearing the barest of clothing... or... Somewhere around four hours, zig zagging five miles in Hyannisport through sleet, rain and wind, carrying fourteen sticks in a bag and wearing double layers of rain gear; ending up in almost the exact spot you started and hoping you get to do it again the next weekend.... It is so true: we each pick our own poison.
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04.12.07Weather Fit for SeagullsThis coming weekend golfers on Cape Cod will bare witness to one of the true rites of spring: The Seagulls Fourball Championship. This often grueling competition is hosted over two weekends every spring at the Hyannisport Club and is almost guaranteed to bring out the worst possible weather. The term “spring” is used loosely here. The calendar indicates the season is here, but ask any one who has played the Seagulls over the years and they’ll tell you otherwise. The chilly waters that surround Cape Cod and border the Hyannis Port Club itself bring in freezing winds ...
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03.21.07Spring Comes to the Golf CourseIt's here! Spring! Unfortunately, it is in name only here on Cape Cod. The same geographic and meteorological aspects that keep us relatively snow-free all winter do us no favors in the spring. Off Cape might see temperatures in the sixties and seventies while our sandy peninsula stays ten degrees colder due to the oceans waters surrounding us. Today, the first full day of the season on the calendar, finds the mercury at 33 degrees along with a wind chill that will knock your socks off… or more precisely, ensure that you keep your socks ...
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03.16.07Window of OpportunityIt began last weekend: a spate of mild weather heralding spring. Laid up with bronchitis, I watched each day dawn with a bright, sunny sky. Prostrate on the couch, I’d laze and gaze outside as the hours passed and the day eventually faded to dusk. All week, through the window, it looked as beautiful as a summer day. The Weather Channel boasted of temperatures in the sixties and seventies. In truth, here on Cape Cod, it wasn’t quite that nice. A stiff ocean breeze blows here, and surrounded by the chilly ocean waters of the ...
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