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Jeb Bearer, Andy Stamm, and Tim Pitner joined me at Maggie's. A great place -- we got to know Jeff the bartender pretty well. It reminded me that it is better to go where you're treated importantly than it is to go to an important place.
We went over a few old aerials. Bethesda CC was a poor quality printing, unfortunately, but the original Georgetown Prep course looked fascinating. I think we looked at a 1963 aerial; it showed interestingly and well bunkered greens arrayed about the entire property. Had a cross country look to it: drop a ball and pick a green. Maybe we could get Jeb to dig into the archives and come up with the story on the original?
We looked at pre vs post Beltway aerials of Burning Tree and how the road forced changes to holes. There also appeared to be some fascinating bunkers running the length of a hole or two.
We looked at a 1938 aerial of ANGC, noting among other things that even back then the tee shot on 18 was through a "tree chute."
Discussing area courses, we all agreed Tim needs to spend time in Pinehurst! I brought up Mattaponi Springs, which I still haven't played but need to rectify. Perhaps we can do an outing there if it's not too far for people? (Carpooling always an option.)
There were two agreed-upon next steps:
1. Planning an outing.
2. Sourcing a collapsible stop sign. Such a sign could be secreted on one's person. We took a vote and it was decided unanimously that ChipOat would be the perfect person to infiltrate Merion on Father's Day and set it up on 14. It's not just a quirk thing, it's a health and safety issue. Also, no one would suspect him.