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Jimmy Chandler

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #125 on: October 01, 2008, 11:32:10 AM »
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

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Re: Beechtree -BOOKED and FINAL - "The Tom Doak Fans"
« Reply #126 on: October 01, 2008, 02:51:50 PM »
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.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2008, 10:50:40 AM by Chip Gaskins »

Jay Flemma

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #127 on: October 01, 2008, 03:12:30 PM »
Yee-haw!

Phil Benedict

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Re: Beechtree -BOOKED and FINAL - "The Tom Doak Fans"
« Reply #128 on: October 01, 2008, 05:00:46 PM »


Everything is taken care of but the weather.



And my game!

Jay Flemma

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #129 on: October 01, 2008, 05:03:56 PM »
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

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #130 on: October 02, 2008, 10:48:47 AM »
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.
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Kalen Braley

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #131 on: October 02, 2008, 12:56:24 PM »
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.   ;D


Andy Hughes

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #132 on: October 02, 2008, 01:21:38 PM »
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.
"Perhaps I'm incorrect..."--P. Mucci 6/7/2007

Joe Bausch

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #133 on: October 02, 2008, 01:39:51 PM »
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.


« Last Edit: October 03, 2008, 05:42:10 AM by Joe Bausch »
@jwbausch (for new photo albums)
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Nearly all Delaware Valley golf courses in photo albums: Bausch Collection

wsmorrison

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #134 on: October 02, 2008, 03:54:29 PM »
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

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #135 on: October 02, 2008, 04:48:41 PM »
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

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #136 on: October 02, 2008, 04:56:02 PM »
"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

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #137 on: October 02, 2008, 07:12:46 PM »
Have a great time

Jay Flemma

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #138 on: October 02, 2008, 07:14:13 PM »
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...


astavrides

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #139 on: October 03, 2008, 07:51:37 AM »
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« Last Edit: December 29, 2011, 10:16:21 AM by astavrides »

Andy Hughes

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #140 on: October 03, 2008, 08:29:14 AM »
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Nancy's first round ever - 192 at Royal New Kent, (not counting the many, many whiffs).  Five hours and forty minutes for a twosome.

 ;D Jay, I am not sure what it says about either you as a significant other or your sense of humor to have poor Nancy play her first round at RNK!

Updated weather--sunny and 65 degrees tomorrow afternoon.
"Perhaps I'm incorrect..."--P. Mucci 6/7/2007

Chip Gaskins

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #141 on: October 03, 2008, 09:35:49 PM »
Jay you are not going to believe this but my wife looks a lot like your girlfriend....interesting (rubbing chin now).....see you tomorrow. Is my wife riding with you or me?
« Last Edit: October 05, 2008, 03:43:54 PM by Chip Gaskins »

Mike_Cirba

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #142 on: October 03, 2008, 09:41:06 PM »
Have fun tomorrow kids.   The weather should be spectacular and I'll be thinking about you all.

Jay Flemma

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #143 on: October 03, 2008, 09:55:46 PM »
Pretty Close, Chip.  Mrs. Gaskins looks EVEN MORE like my friend Jeannette (pic tomorrow).

Alex, that was hysterical.

I'll provide more Nancy soon.

Andy, its funny, but when nance told her boss she was playing RNK with me, "his face fell and he asked me, 'are you sure this guy likes you?'"

192...5 hours 40...

we actually went back the next year.  We got rain on the fifth hole,  On the 7th she said, "I feel like I'm wearing a wet diaper", and that was it for the day.
« Last Edit: October 03, 2008, 10:01:22 PM by Jay Flemma »

Eric Smith

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Re: --Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering --FREE JUICE
« Reply #144 on: October 04, 2008, 03:10:09 AM »



« Last Edit: October 04, 2008, 04:14:10 AM by Eric Smith »

Mike Mosely

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #145 on: October 04, 2008, 04:10:40 AM »
...and there's another Phish reference...he said "Free."

In a minute "ll be free, we'll all be splashing in the sea, you'll hear a tiny cry, as the carts go gliding by...

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE."

I also said "Glide."

Carl Nichols

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #146 on: October 04, 2008, 07:40:56 PM »
Sorry i missed the gathering; glad you guys got great weather. 

Chip Gaskins

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Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #147 on: October 05, 2008, 12:35:09 AM »
Great time today!  Folks from Nashville, TN all the way to NYC made the trip.  The course was fantastic and company was even better.  Thanks everyone for making the effort!.

Chip

Jay Flemma

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #148 on: October 05, 2008, 09:54:52 AM »
Everything was superb except the commute!  A tractor trailer jack-knifed on I-95 spilling noxious something or other and b;locking up BOTH ways!  What a nightmare getting there.

What a great round when we did.  Doak is right, she is better than you remember...and the company was stalwart too.

Carl Rogers

Re: Beechtree Going Away Party - GCA Gathering
« Reply #149 on: October 05, 2008, 12:09:53 PM »
Scott Weersing rightly checked with Beechtree on October 12 & 13 and found out that there is a tournament then and the course is closed.

So, we have postponed our trip and will be there on the afternoon of the 19th and the 20th.  We are both open to any of you that want to join us ....

I would like to compare notes with some of you about the course, and will make an extensive comparison with Riverfront (10 minutes from my home) on this site.