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Just golf
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04.04.09Playing the Numbers Game of GolfAt 11:33 PM on March 31st, it arrived in my in-box, an early April Fool's joke, courtesy of the USGA. It was my official handicap, fresh out of the computer for the start of a brand new season. The problem with your beginning of the year handicap is that it is exactly the same as your prior end of the year handicap. Up here in the frozen tundra of a New England winter, not much goes on between November and April. In fact, it is almost like we cease to exist. The USGA deems our winter rounds irrelevant. Truly, ...
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03.10.09Extreme GolfI don't have to travel too far to play extreme golf these days. It's right down the street at my home course. Sure, the course is open most days, but with weather just above freezing and that ever present north wind, it still takes a leap of faith to get out to play eighteen holes. A few of my friends have braved the links a couple of times lately; me, I'm still huddled in front of the fireplace, reading golf magazines. The good part is, I haven't missed a putt or dumped a chip. If braving late winter weather to ...
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02.25.09There’s a Spring in My Step at the Golf CourseFinally, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Really. I know this because the days of having my breakfast coffee in the pitch black are behind me for the season. The sun is actually peeking over the horizon even before the dog wakes up, and it stays light enough in the afternoon to take a half way decent walk in the afternoon. Yesterday, I pulled on my mud boots and headed to the golf course, to the absolute delight of the dog. Continue Reading...
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01.09.09At a Loss for WHAT??? On the Golf CourseHave you caught the newest buzz about golf? Golfers are talking about a recently published article in the British Medical Journal. Perhaps you didn’t hear about it. What’s that? Not hearing well, are you? You must have a thin-faced titanium driver. I actually don’t play with one of those big-boom drivers but have friends who do. While hitting balls at the driving range of her rather prestigious golf club, my friend was actually asked to “move away” because the sound of her driver was an annoyance to a very prominent member of the said prestigious golf club. Find a ...
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01.03.09Silly Golf ThoughtsIn the mild of winter in the northern climes, we have way too much time to think about golf and not nearly enough opportunity to play it. Nasty weather and snow cover doesn't mean we stop obsessing about golf altogether. I can't stop wondering about a few things in golf that have always puzzled me. What happens to all the pencils from golf courses? Does anybody ever take them home and sharpen them? Why do you never see the stub of a golf pencil? If you are allowed to tee it up on the tee box, why can't we tee it ...
