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Scott_Burroughs

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #25 on: June 27, 2002, 02:58:01 PM »
David/John/Steve,

You all are making me wistful for my daughter and #2 to play the game with me in a few years.   For now, my daughter (she's 3) likes to putter around on the practice green.  It's a start.  Also, let's me work on my sometimes pathetic short game.
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Charles_P.

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #26 on: June 27, 2002, 03:10:53 PM »
One of the "small joys" I really miss is the sound of spikes crunching on gravel -- it always evoked great golf memories or anticipation for me.
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Michael_Burrows

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #27 on: June 27, 2002, 06:02:20 PM »
How about being able to stand on the 12th green and on a clear day being able to see seven states.  

Walking around Pinehurst at sunset.  

Driving into Augusta for the first time.

After long day of work to be able to go out and play with crew and see the beauty of your work.




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Craig Rokke

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #28 on: June 27, 2002, 08:18:24 PM »
Just a few the came to mind:

Getting a personable and polite young caddie who has likely benefitted from his caddying experience.

The sprinklers turning on at dusk, with a beautiful sunset in the background, and the thought that you'll be playing again
soon.

Breaking 80 for the first time this year (happened this week)
yippee!

Taking a risky shot that you know is a million to one--and pulling it off!

A well-contested match among friends

Going to the course by yourself, and being paired with some great people.

Forgetting about the stresses in life for a few hours.

Being the first ones to tee off on a beautiful day.

Seeing Dads and their kids playing. I got a few more years to go.
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ed_getka

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #29 on: June 30, 2002, 10:57:35 AM »
An early morning round of golf with my brother the day of his wedding.

Meeting and  having lunch with Herb Wind.

Finding GCA and meeting so many great people with a common love of the "spirit" of the game. I did the majority of my golfing solo before GCA and am now really enjoying the camaraderie that comes with meeting you guys.
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"Perimeter-weighted fairways", The best euphemism for containment mounding I've ever heard.

ceHufnagel

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #30 on: June 30, 2002, 11:31:57 AM »
...7am on a crisp morning walking up to the first green with your favorite foursome and pulling your ball mark repair tool out of your pocket to fix your first, and hopefully not last, ball mark...then pulling out your lucky coin which you have used for years to mark your ball...cleaning your ball with a towel you soaked in the locker room...and making your first read of the day...watching your friends go through the same ritual...knowing there is no place any of them would rather be then right there, right then.

nothing better i tell you.  great thread.
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Gib_Papazian

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #31 on: June 30, 2002, 12:46:57 PM »
7am on an absolutely flawless Summer morning with Neal Meagher, all alone at NGLA . . . . . and being joined by Karl Olson on the 2nd tee for a few holes.

I finished with a pair of birdies, maybe C.B. was sending me a message. I hope he'll be proud of George's book.

It always seems like a dream - there is something about that little corner of the world that induces a hypnotic trance in me. Maybe it is the memory of a past life from deep in my consciousness . . . .        

I swear to you the windmill was radiating that morning - like a  beacon on the eastern wall of America, sending signals out to sea towards St. Andrews.

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John Bernhardt

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #32 on: June 30, 2002, 01:11:19 PM »
The thrill of standing on every tee, looking at the hole analyzing what it offers and what I want to do. then the execution of the shots on the hole.

On the subject most seem to be talking about. the moments are too numerous to mention but a few would be having the run of Cypress Point to myself and walking hole after hole thinking of the design at a pace not experienced during play. Sitting on the ninth tee or tenth tee or the 15th or 17th drinking a pint taking it all in. Similar experiences at the TOC. Watching the joy in the dad's eyes, as he played with his sons, from the bench overlooking 17 at TOC. The first morning waking at Greywalls and looking out the window down the 10th fairway at Muirfield. Having a drink with friends after a round. Places like the Tap Room are hard to beat.
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TEPaul

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #33 on: June 30, 2002, 01:41:11 PM »
Very small thing here and maybe odd too. The lockerroom door at NGLA out to the pro shop and first tee is a nice half screen door that pushes open and closes on a light spring. Last year or the year before I had a bye and everyone was out playing in the midafternoon, a beautiful warm day with a fresh breeze and when I went to go out the door it was being held half open by the wind. I just stood there looking at it for a while being held half open by the soft warm breeze before going through and thought--look at that--what a place!
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Randy Van Sickle

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #34 on: June 30, 2002, 02:29:51 PM »
Ah, that walk from the second green at Royal Dornoch down the path to the 3rd tee, with the all the beauty in the world opening up before your eyes!
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Can't get back to RDGC soon enough

Jeff_Brauer

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #35 on: June 30, 2002, 02:52:02 PM »
I second or third the folks touting the not so small joy of being the father of a budding golfer.

Last week, during a pre construction meeting near Houston, my phone rang.  It was my 14 year old, Andrew.  He had just completed his fifth North Texas Junior PGA tour event, and had the following news:

1.  He won
2.  He shot 71 - low score of the day even in the 16-18 yr old division
3.  He had his first hole in one! :-* - a 114 yard wedge shot.

Not exactly in Earl Wood's shoes, but a thrill nonetheless!  The only sadness is that he may have had the best day he ever had on a golf course at so young an age!
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Joe Hancock

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #36 on: June 30, 2002, 05:59:25 PM »
Jeff,

If he's anything like his Dad(from what I've read/know), He has many more great days ahead. It's all about appreciation and expectation!

Joe
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" What the hell is the point of architecture and excellence in design if a "clever" set up trumps it all?" Peter Pallotta, June 21, 2016

"People aren't picking a side of the fairway off a tee because of a randomly internally contoured green ."  jeffwarne, February 24, 2017

Gary_Nelson

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #37 on: July 01, 2002, 09:55:12 AM »
The smell of fresh cut grass in the morning.

Hitting balls with my 5 year old daughter in the backyard, smiling in delight as she almost breaks the neighbor's window.

Fixing two or more ball marks on the green, hoping for better karma in return.   :)
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Mike Hendren

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #38 on: July 01, 2002, 11:22:31 AM »
Gary,

I thought I was the only one who fixed additional ballmarks with the expectation of some reciprocity from the greens!  Regrettably, no one or thing can repair my putting stroke.
Nonetheless, fixing ballmarks is one of the small but great joys of the game.
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Scott_Burroughs

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #39 on: July 01, 2002, 11:50:36 AM »
As a member of a club open to the public, fixing extra ballmarks is a thankless chore I don't enjoy doing, because so many public players are ignorant of performing this menial but necessary task that I get frustrated that I have to do it on every #@$! green.  No one should have to do this.

I would consider it a small joy to walk on a green with NO ball marks that need repairing other than those in your group.
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Slag_Bandoon

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #40 on: July 01, 2002, 12:22:48 PM »
 Returning the car rental unscathed and unscratched after driving on the left side for a fortnight in Scotland.

  Tearing up a scorecard.  

  That golf shot that did exactly as you envisioned.
 
  The short drive to Bandon Dunes from highway 101 with the window open and stereo off.

  Getting gutta percha material hot from steaming water from Alfie Ward of Arbory Brae in Abington, Scotland, and rolling it between my palms.  Spending two loops o' nine with him as great company.

  The EXTREMELY HIGH PERCENTAGE of people that I meet playing golf with that I'd gladly play with again.

  Playing golf in the rain and wind, smiling, and laughing at all those other fools out there.

  18 golf balls for 10.99 at Target.  

  Knowing that gorse is best when viewed at a distance and not while in it.

    If I ever own a driving range, I'm gonna put old golf carts out there at marked yardages for target objects.  Oh, the joy.  Hmmm, whose effigy should be placed in the driver's seat?



  
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A_Clay_Man

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #41 on: July 01, 2002, 04:12:07 PM »
After Dan King flubbed his approach to the 18th at PG he opted to putt the driver from 30 yds into the hole to halve Brains Goodale who was skunked for the day. Sorry that was a big joy. ;D

Reading this post and seeing the name of a former neighbor who was Shivas's journalist teacher. What a cool guy Bill Jauss always was/is.

Being out on a great course and realizing you and your group are the only ones around. The feeling of owning the place is palpable.
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Joe423

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #42 on: July 01, 2002, 05:56:33 PM »
Hitting a green side bunker shot that stops close to the hole and then acting as if it were routine by smoothing the sand with your foot before getting the rake.  
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Scott_Burroughs

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #43 on: July 02, 2002, 10:36:50 AM »
Going out on the course after a shotgun tournament finishes, leaving course empty.

Being down 4 with 4 to go, and winning in 20 holes.

Closing out a close match play match with a birdie to finish 2 up.

Mixed feeling of half joy/half disappointment:  Best player and anchor on your team at club's most important tournament calls a penalty on himself for accidentally moving the ball on the green at address, even though no one else saw it, thus negating any chance for team to win, then regains himself, knocks in the 8 footer for an individual tie, but team still loses (tie is loss, due to not being reigning champ) by 1/2.  Only in golf.
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Patrick_Mucci

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #44 on: July 02, 2002, 11:10:05 AM »
TEPaul,

Great spot, great anticipation, but.......
What does the sign above that screen door say ??

Golf has so many small joys for me, in so many areas,
many of them have been listed above.

Could a favorite be a mis-hit putt that goes in the hole ?
A ball sailing to oblivion that bounces back into play, assuming it's not your opponents.
Looking at an awesome, intimidating pin, and hitting it two feet.
Hitting a drive right down the middle on a difficult hole lined with peril.
Taking three extra clubs, choking down and hitting a low liner into a fierce wind, three feet from the hole.
Holing out on # 18 on a golf course you've just played for the first time, and loved, and walking over to the first tee to do it again.
The anticipation on the drive to a golf course you've heard so much about, and the thrill of the ride home just thinking about all of the great things you experienced that day.

The list goes on and on.  Of all the joys I've had, one of the only sad events was blemishing my record at Innescrone, but, so many good things occured that day that I have all but forgotten that unfortunate match  ;D
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Dave_Miller

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #45 on: July 02, 2002, 11:15:28 AM »
The sign in the men's locker room at CRCC which states:

      "A woman can only get so mad"

Cheers,
Dave
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Dave_Miller

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #46 on: July 02, 2002, 11:20:38 AM »
Scott:
How about being 6 down with 6 to go making 4 straight birdies winning 7 straight holes and winning the match on the 19th hole.
True story Charles River M-G 1999.  Ed Baker can confirm.

Cheers,
Dave
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Patrick_Mucci

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #47 on: July 02, 2002, 11:32:58 AM »
Dave Miller,

Sign above the door at Southern Hills.

"when the rules are broken at leisure,
the game ceases to be golf"

But,  I do like the CRCC quote, it applied the first time I ever played Maidstone,  we walked off of the 18th green, and instead of heading home to a BBQ, teed it up for another 18.
Upon arriving at our hosts home, to a sea of unhappy faces, we merely said that we had searched the length and bredth of Long Island for charcoal briquets, and could find none.
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rhobbs

Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #48 on: July 02, 2002, 11:35:02 AM »
Knocking it stiff at #9 on Shinnecock.
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Dave_Miller

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Re: The Small Joys
« Reply #49 on: July 02, 2002, 11:37:16 AM »
Pat:
How true.  But I like our sign better.
Best
Dave
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