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[Lloyd_Cole]

I'm afraid I will not be able to play.
I may still be able to pass through and say Hi, if I can I will and will happily loop for 9 holes if someone has a light bag.
I'll have to play it by ear, if I make it, I make it, but I Will NOT be able to golf.
Sorry.

[Phil Benedict]

I'm afraid I will not be able to play.
I may still be able to pass through and say Hi, if I can I will and will happily loop for 9 holes if someone has a light bag.
I'll have to play it by ear, if I make it, I make it, but I Will NOT be able to golf.
Sorry.

Very big disappointment.  You have the coolest job of anyone on this board, although you may not look at it that way.

[Craig Disher]

I played at Beechtree last Friday and if anyone is worried about a decline in conditions, don't bother. The course is in as good shape - firm & true - as I've ever seen it and remainsthe best quality for value in the area, at least for a couple more months.

Although I'll be missing the GCA party, I hope to get back at least once before the course closes Dec 7. If anyone is looking for some company, keep me in mind.

[Chip Gaskins]

We are one week out on the Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering.

If you don't have a "confirmed" by your name then please let me know whether you can make it or not.  I have to give them a final number on Wednesday.  I have arranged for 20 tee times ranging from 12:10 to 12:50.

I am going to leave it to you guys to arrange your own foursomes.  No way I am getting into that business

Here is the list I have to date:

Confirmed

Group 1
1.   Jay Flemma - confirmed
2.   Phil Benedict - confirmed
3.   Chip Gaskins - confirmed
4.   Michael Malone – confirmed

Group 2
5.   Jerry Kluger – confirmed
6.   Andy Hughes - confirmed
7.   Justin Sadowsky - confirmed
8.   Bill Brightly - confirmed

9.   Joe Bausch - confirmed
10.   Eric Smith - confirmed
11.   Jimmy Chandler - confirmed
12.   Jeff Laughters - confirmed
13.   Alex Stavrides – confirmed


Unconfirmed
Karl Bernetich
Tim Taylor
Chris Avore

[Jay Flemma]

see everyone there early...10:30 sharp for me. rock on honorable ones.

Lloyd, I have a light bag and would love to talk shop with you for nine holes.  My boys BFS just released their live DVD from Manchester called "Live and Very Attractive" and it rocks.

Besides, I hit some of the funniest golf shots this side of the Pecos...

[Kalen Braley]

Anyone know when its closing its doors?

I may be back that way in early december and hopefully I could have a go at it before its dreadful end.

[Lloyd_Cole]

Dear all
Plans changed even further
Having cancelled my golf on this trip I can now, if I gun it, make it home for my son's 16th birthday
So I'm going to try to do that
Jay - I'll loop for you another time
I'm sorry to miss this, but I've missed enough birthdays (thanks to my coolest of jobs) the last few years
I think it would be nice to make this one

[Craig Disher]

Anyone know when its closing its doors?

I may be back that way in early december and hopefully I could have a go at it before its dreadful end.

December 7

[Jay Flemma]

bump.  we're getting close.

[mike_malone]

 Should we plant a beech tree ?

[Jay Flemma]

I'll second that thought and offer to chip in for a tree and a plaque...whaddya think guys?

[Dan Herrmann]

Chip,
With the national financial situation, and the fact that the House just defeated the recovery bill, I think its best to save money.  This could get really ugly really fast.

Therefore, I Laura and I will be able to attend.

Thank you so much for everything you've done here!
Dan Herrmann

[Jay Flemma]

Hey!  Lets post pix from beechtree days of yore.

I'll start.  Jay and Nancy (and bandon the tufted puffin) from 2005.

[Steve Wilson]

Damned sorry but I'm not going to be able to make it.  Family commitments.

[Tommy Williamsen]

I will be in MI taking my Dad to dr appts and will not return until late on the fourth.  I wish I could make it.

[Jim Nantz]

We're driving up through VA and looking to play on Friday afternoon somewhere close to Beechtree.

Probably going to play Whiskey Creek, as it looks to be on our path to Aberdeen via I-81/I-70.   Anyone else want to play Friday afternoon? 

See you all there.

 

[Jerry Kluger]

Eric: Whiskey Creek is okay but if you are up around Beechtree you should play Bulle Rock.  If you do play Whiskey Creek and want to get to Beechtree I would suggest going up 270 to 70 East to 695 North to 95 North. 

[paul cowley]

im in conceptually....rock on.

[Chip Gaskins]

GOING ONCE.....I need to finalize tomorrow

Group 1
1.   Jay Flemma - confirmed
2.   Phil Benedict - confirmed
3.   Chip Gaskins - confirmed
4.   Michael Malone – confirmed

Group 2
5.   Jerry Kluger – confirmed
6.   Andy Hughes - confirmed
7.   Justin Sadowsky - confirmed
8.   Bill Brightly - confirmed

9.   Joe Bausch - confirmed
10.   Eric Smith - confirmed
11.   Jimmy Chandler - confirmed
12.   Jeff Laughters - confirmed
13.   Alex Stavrides – confirmed


Unconfirmed
Karl Bernetich
Tim Taylor
Chris Avore

[Carl Rogers]

Scott Weersing and I have talked our significant others to allow us to tee it up there on Monday, October 13. 

Anyone care to join us?

[Chip Gaskins]

GOING TWICE.....I am calling to lock in around lunch today

Group 1
1.   Jay Flemma - confirmed
2.   Phil Benedict - confirmed
3.   Chip Gaskins - confirmed
4.   Michael Malone – confirmed

Group 2
5.   Jerry Kluger – confirmed
6.   Andy Hughes - confirmed
7.   Justin Sadowsky - confirmed
8.   Bill Brightly - confirmed

9.   Joe Bausch - confirmed
10.   Eric Smith - confirmed
11.   Jimmy Chandler - confirmed
12.   Jeff Laughters - confirmed
13.   Alex Stavrides – confirmed


Unconfirmed
Karl Bernetich
Tim Taylor
Chris Avore

[Jimmy Chandler]

Anyone driving up from Northern VA or nearby want to carpool?  I live in Arlington; if you're interested, please PM me.

Jimmy

[Chip Gaskins]

We are all set.  Everything is taken care of but the weather.

We are known at the club evidently as "The Tom Doak Fans" so everyone play the part!

12:10 Group 1
Jerry Kluger
Andy Hughes
Justin Sadowsky
Bill Brightly

12:20 Group 2
Jay Flemma
Phil Benedict
Chip Gaskins
Michael Malone

12:30 Group 3
Connell Barrett
Joe Bausch
Alex Stavrides

12:40 Group 4
Eric Smith
Jimmy Chandler
Jeff Laughters

Should be fun.

[Jay Flemma]

Yee-haw!

[Phil Benedict]

Everything is taken care of but the weather.

And my game!

[Jay Flemma]

somebody give Joe Bausch the good news...we added one more and are now (with him) 14...Joe you're the lucky 14th...just like Bilbo Baggins.

[Chris Avore]

sorry for the last second bailing but i gotta do just that--bail at the last minute.

hopefully i can make it up there before the End.

[Kalen Braley]

Just found out I'll be in the area on the 5th and 6th of Dec.  I hope to get one last round in...almost quite literally.   

[Andy Hughes]

Jay, that's the extent of your pictures from days of Beechtree yore?

Weather report for Saturday: low of 52, high of 68, sunny all day.

[Joe Bausch]

I thought some of you might like to see the photo album I took last fall at Beechtree:

http://darwin.chem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/Beechtree/index.html

Also, the last two pics in that album are in fact panoramic shots, one from the 18th green and the other from by the 8th green.

[wsmorrison]

Would the hole play better if the left side of the 5th green fell off and was not be raised up?  That would reward playing along the bolder line on the left near the huge bunker at the corner allowing them to hit into the slope of the green and penalize golfers playing up the left side safely away from the corner.

[Jay Flemma]

Jay, that's the extent of your pictures from days of Beechtree yore?

Weather report for Saturday: low of 52, high of 68, sunny all day.

no, it's not the extent, just my favorite memory, nancy's second round of golf ever.  She played a lot better - AND FASTER - that time.

Nancy's first round ever - 192 at Royal New Kent, (not counting the many, many whiffs).  Five hours and forty minutes for a twosome.  We let all six groups through that we saw on the course.  Her terrific sense of direction got us lost in DC (her home town) and we were 2 hours 40 behind schedule.  Jay get world humanitarian peace award for patience.

Beechtree - 170!  Many fewer whiffs.  Four hours forty. Five groups played through.  This time we were only 2 hours behind schedule - she had to photograph the cicadas...

Andy, when I get some time, I'll post some more photos.

[Bill Brightly]

"Beechtree - 170!  Many fewer whiffs.  Four hours forty. Five groups played through.  This time we were only 2 hours behind schedule - she had to photograph the cicadas..."


Made me check the pairing sheet to see if Nancy was playing Saturday...

[Mike Mosely]

Have a great time

[Jay Flemma]

Bill, trust me every single group that played through was hitting on her and asking us to play with them.

But no, she's safely headed to Philly for her mom's retirement party.  I wouldn't do that to us, just me.  Rest assured though, when we see someone behind us, I wave tham through.  By the time they get past, Nancy's caught up (six feet...ten feet...eight feet at a time), but hey, she learning, she likes it, and the family that plays together, stays together.

Wanna read about Nancy and Bethpage?  Click here:  she's "Britt" in this story...

http://www.cybergolf.com/golf_news/the_art_of_the_bethpage_overnight_part_1

...and one more pic of Nancy...



Oh, wait a minute, that's Sam the Eagle and Jim Furyk.  Damn, Furyk's got quite the bushy unibrow.  And when did he get all blue and feathery?  But Sam the Eagle looks good on the left there...

There, this is more like it...