Keepsakes From Golf Clubs

[ian]

Jim,

A friend paid a church quilting society to take all his old golf sweaters, shirts, etc. to make a quilt that he could keep in his basement (wife approved too). I'm thinking all those towels have potential.

[Nick_Ficorelli]

I found a outstanding watercolor artist who painted # 13 at Pacific Dunes for me.
If anyones interested, she can be commisioned to paint any golfcourse you like and will work off a photo if sent to her.
Her name is Ann Holdreith and you can email me if you would like to get in contact with her or, I can email a sample of her work. Reasonable too.

[Norbert P]

 There's a nice oil painting of North Berwick by the Irish Impressionist painter Sir John Lavery if you've got a gahshmillion dollars.

 Being that I don't, I have a colorized litho of Francis Ouimet and Eddie Lowery that matches the oak in the room.  

 My most endearing relic is a gutty, rolled hot betwixt my own palms to make it round, that I got from the venerable Alfie Ward of Arbory Brae in Abington, Scotland.

 I also really like my ball mark repair tool that I PAID for at Bandon Dunes.  It's sharp and is my second line of home defense.

I also really like picking up StrokeSavers at courses I visit.

I have sand from Ireland and Scotland in my bag and that's sorta nice.  

 Shotglasses are nice cuz they're cheap, small and when you use them later the memories of the golf and visit always come flooding back, nicely.



 

[kmak]

Next time you are at Pine Valley just make a hole in one and they will send you the flag from the hole.

[bg_in_rtp]

Slag,

I've also got a gutty from Alfie.  I'm hoping that someday he'll bring Arbory Brae back so I can play with it again.

On the same trip, I was given a set of crystal champagne flutes from the nice folks at Prestwick.  We used them during the toasts at my wedding.  

[Tyler Kearns]

I nabbed a few blades of grass during a stroll down the lovely and enchanted 17 Mile Dr., care to guess which course?

Tyler Kearns

[Tommy_Naccarato]

There are some really great ones here! I'm getting a pretty good chuckle.

 

To let everyone know, when I basically had a second to second account of what was going on in the clubhouse of the National when Geoff and Mike stayed there, I tried to hire a trucking outfit to come and meet them there at last minutes notice. Do any of you know how hard and expensive it is to find one of these trucking companies out on the island at that time of night? WOW!

I have made a promise to Willie Dow to only take a Merion Wicker when I'm in town, while he is out of town. Redanman might be able to tell some of you my plan on getting him topull his car over and lifting me up on his shoulders so I could unbolt the Ardmore Avenue sign. I want it! In fact, I think I deserve it!

Pine Valley-Mayor Ott, the house movers are on there way.

[ForkaB]

So that's how redanman got his dicky back.......

[Jonathan Cummings]

Yes indeedie, that Redan hole is heavy!

[ForkaB]

I once observed an archie trying to tip a cow at Brora by yelling 'UUFFFFDDAAAAA! at the top of his lungs on the first green.  I think he was planning to take it back home as a souvenir, but fortunately the Heilan Coo didn't understand his thick Minnesota accent, and refused to tip.

[Marty Bonnar]

This is a true story – only the names and places have been changed to protect the innocent.

Last week, whilst playing the New Course in St Andrews, Sir Richard of Goodale, Sr. Fortson and I decided we were going to steal one of those nice St Andrews ‘Tee Marker/Cigarette Stubber/Bag Stand/Sand Box/Yardage Guide/Ball Cleaner thingamabobs. So we waited until we got to the second tee and, while Sr. Fortson acted as lookout, Sir Richard and I purloined the said thingamabob and carried it off.

Unfortunately, by the time we got to the ninth, we were so exhausted carrying it and, finding it interfered rather too severely with our backswings, we decided to dump it again. By this time, Sr. Fortson had spotted a posse of Course Marshals in their Caddy Cars appearing over the nearby dunes anyways, so we simply placed it on the tenth tee and left it there as we hurriedly played on.

Reading in today’s St Andrews Enquirer, I notice that the Links Trust are now ‘allowing play on the second or the tenth holes of the New Course after playing either of the first or the ninth holes’.

Well, imagine my surprise! Will it catch on elsewhere? Surely where St Andrews leads the rest of the golf world will follow? Why don’t you try moving a few tee markers on your course to your ideal routing! The greensstaff certainly won’t mind and your fellow golfers will surely thank you by purchasing for you endless snifters of your favourite Malt in the Clubhouse Bar!

Happy Sniftering,
FBD.

Oh and PS My REAL favourite keepsake from a Golf Club HAS to be the Dog Turd I trod in at Muirfield. Did I mention that before?

[Evan Fleisher]

My best friend has sand from the Road Hole bunker at St. Andrews that he "acquired" as we played the links back in 1998...plastic baggies are a great "collection tool" when traveling on vacation!  

[Matt Dupre]

Tommy,
I think the Merion cognescenti have gotten wind of your plans for their sign - it's now a very boring green square with only the number 450 on it.  
Matt

[A.G._Crockett]

How about kidnapping either the greens super or some laborers?  In addition to an interesting story for where each one came from, the quality of your yard would be unsurpassed!

[Raymond]

There's this really cool souvenier Payne Stewart statue right off the 18th at Pinehurst #2. However, shipping and handling might be a bit expensive.

[THuckaby2]

I've been holding this one back, but my conscience is getting to me and I just can't conceal it anymore.

Don't any of you guys want to know the REAL STORY of what happened to the tree by the 18th green at Pebble?

You don't really believe that cover up story the Pebble Beach Company tells, do you?

Haven't you put 2 and 2 together yet -- the tree replacement and my recent move?

Next time you're in Chicago, stop by my house, we'll sit in my back yard and have a cold beverage under a very, very large tree, and I'll tell you what really happened!  

Classic - that got audible yuks.

BTW, wooden block tee signs make great cutting boards near outdoor grills.  Don't ask why I know this.  

TH

[THuckaby2]

Somehow I expected a reply of that sort.

Funny how you and I have such knowledge...  

TH

[Tommy_Naccarato]

MDupre,
I should have figured that! I have been saying I was going to do this for sometime! Mike Cirba was actually supposed to get it for me for my birthday--it is obvious that he was procrastinating!

[Matt Dupre]

Tommy,
Someone has it (in fact, there probably were more than one), as I remember driving down Ardmore Avenue and noticing the chains dangling from the signpost.

Perhaps one of the flags they use to replace the wicker baskets as dusk approaches would be an appropriate replacement?
Matt

[Rob_Waldron]

DCarroll - Is it true that the front of the 12th green from BCC has been transplanted to serve as the front yard at your house???

[david h. carroll]

Rob--but of course!!! I also snarfed one of those nice new green mowers while taking the siding from the barn!!