Patrick,
2:22 am post about golf? geez,,,you're worse than me about this game.
a funny story about a friend of mine. he grew up in north jersey and caddied some at baltusrol and a few other courses as a kid. he knows golf very well, but doesn't play much because he's too serious about work. at any rate, he moves to south jersey after getting through the training for his work and while settling into his new life, he decides he'd like to join pine valley. he drives to the course (and it's not an easy course to find....no signs and no real address...took me 2 hours to find the damned place...i wanted to see if i could sneak on to look around...no such luck,,fences everywhere...you'd thought they were making nuclear weapons in there). at any rate, he drives there in his beat up car and i'm sure he was disheveled and ask them about joining. the visit was actually good for him. they politely declined his request, but he did get a chance to chat with the pro or course manager there who took him around the course.
i heard a while back bill gates wanted to join augusta and they said no thanks...he probably should have initiated a hostile takeover...-g-
some of the rules in golf are absolutely ridiculous. in the back of sports illustrated, a guy named rick reilly usually writes something thoughtful. one story was about an amateur golfer who was in some state or local tournament. he has his 10 year old caddying for him and his son has a friend tagging along. well, at one hole, the son's friend picks up the putter out of the bag and plays with it carrying down the fairway to the next hole. the rules guy penalized the golfer because the rules say one can't have more than one caddy. the regulations guy must have had a bad night...what a goofball ruling.
mike |
