San Marco Golf: Dad and Uncle Jim, Wingfoot and Scarsdale

This is the email update my Uncle sent out about his and my dad's golf outings in NY last week...




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Subject:
Golf update
Date:
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:41:04 +0000 (GMT)

Hi All,

I have finally decided to play every golf course in the world before I reach the age of 80. This will mean having to play many rounds of golf per week but……someone’s got to do it.

This week was a great one playing with my younger/bigger brother at Scarsdale GC and Winged Foot (West). I hate to say it but the course records at these clubs are still standing….my brother and I are not ! Without question, the superintendent at Winged Foot made the course much, much, much harder since the US Open last year !!

We had a little problem at Scarsdale as my brother kept jumping into the pond like he did 48 years ago when he would sneak on with our brother Johnny to catch turtles and frogs. They were the real “Rambos” as when golfers walked by the pond, they would hide underwater and use a reed to breath. I guess some things never change…..

My brother had a great round though….he said he shot a 73 but he was keeping score and wouldn’t let me see the scorecard so who really knows. I shot a “Plenty-nine” and am playing the worst golf I have ever played. It seems that every time I swing my club to hit the ball, I get hit in the back of the head with a pebble or a stick. My brother, who always stands behind me, keeps saying that the wind picks up just before I swing and blows these things at me …..

At Winged Foot, my brother played very well as did our host who shot an 86. The course was beautiful and much more open than I expected. In spite of not losing a ball the entire round and hitting into 9 bunkers but getting out each time with one shot, I still shot an #@%*. For some reason, there seems to be something wrong with the numbers on my computer keypad. Anyway, I shot somewhere around a “Plenty-nine” again.

Next Friday is the Empire State games (aka NY State Olympics). I’m playing golf in the Masters Division and will be trying not to be the “Master of Disaster”. Les and I are headed to a wedding in Lake George this weekend and then to Vermont to visit friends. I’m not sure how much golf I’ll be playing this week. Maybe I’ll get lucky and we won’t make it back home in time for me to play in the games.

That’s it for now. Keep in touch and let me know how your game is going.

Ciao for now,

J

By the way, this is the book my uncle has published. He is the man when it comes to coaching... doesn't matter what the sport.