Why Caddie?

Sunday August 31, 2014 Quick, can you think of a famous duo?  And by “duo” I mean two people who became famous for being paired one with the other.  When I posed this question to myself several famous pairs came to mind: The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Lucy and Ethel, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby,…

Cause and Effect

Sunday August 24, 2014 I have always appreciated American author and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote on cause and effect.  He wrote, “Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.”  Facts are real. Facts are objective. Facts are powerful, especially when undisputed. One person who serves as an example of fact in action is…

Par 5

Sunday August 17, 2014 The number 5 has always held special meaning for me because I was born on the 5th of November.  This year the month of August has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays.  Golfers everywhere are loving August 2014! Today I want to focus on the number five in “Par 5.” …

Getting Looked Over

Sunday August 10, 2014 There’s a saying, ‘Lots of work gets done on the golf course’.  Work of course is subjective, and I will get back to this saying later in this blog. One evening at a Grace Episcopal Day School Board meeting one of our esteemed members, Skip Grant stated, ‘I don’t have time…

All I Need to Know About Life I Learned From Playing Golf

Sunday August 3, 2014 Last week I shared that my first golf outing was 1982. Over the years players have shared “tid-bits” about life and golf. Unfortunately, I didn’t record who shared what, but I did remember to write a few down on a score card or two. Please allow me to share… what was…

Forget the Fear – Fear the Addiction

Sunday, July 27, 2014 Years ago I heard the following quote,” Golf is an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle”. Who said this I can’t remember, and don’t know, but I do know—it certainly is true. It’s the miracles that keep golfers coming back…. to make more miracles; and it’s the miracle…