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My golf vacation

Posted on January 6, 2016 by

I loved lemon drops until the night I saw Darby O’Gill and the Little People. For those of you who weren’t around in 1959, Darby O’Gill was a reasonably popular Disney movie back then. I ate more than my fill … Continue reading →

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Can blogging make you a better golfer?

Posted on November 18, 2015 by

In an educational and ironic twist of fate, I faced exactly the situation I posted about in my last post. We held our club championship over the weekend and I started the final round 2 strokes out of the lead, … Continue reading →

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Watch that scoreboard?

Posted on November 11, 2015 by

I was watching Morning Drive on the Golf Channel a few days ago. They were discussing the value, or lack of value, in scoreboard watching. It seems that William McGirt told Tiger Woods that he (McGirt) never looked at a … Continue reading →

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Saving the Round

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

“Manage the screw-up quotient. That’s what life is. Deft management of the screw-up quotient.” (From Edisto Revisited by Padgett Powell) Lately I haven’t been managing the screw-ups very well. I keep turning mid to upper 70’s rounds into low to … Continue reading →

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How many golfers can swing one club?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

For the last several years I’ve played almost all of my golf at my home course. I enjoy playing different courses, but that isn’t how things have worked out recently. But last week I got a call from a guy … Continue reading →

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In The Mood For Golf?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

I’m always surprised by how much my mood affects my golf game. I’ve been in one of my extended funks for the last few months as I dealt with a flurry of life’s normal irritations, and I’ve been playing mediocre … Continue reading →

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A Little Fun Ain’t All Bad

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

“Not one of us ever grows up to be what he intended to be. Not one of us fulfills his own expectations, Travis. We are all our own children, in that sense. At some point, somewhere, we have to stop … Continue reading →

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