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Peter Pallotta

They Can't Take That Away From You
« on: January 28, 2018, 06:14:20 PM »
TE Paul told a fine story here once. I can't do his telling justice, but basically:

he won his club championship, for the first time, and his first call was to his father, a very good golfer in his own right who'd introduced TE to the game. After he shared the news of his win, his dad congratulated him and then said:

"Remember, Tommy -- they can't ever take that away from you".

So, it's good news time here on gca.com. Please share your own shining golf-related moment, one that they 'can't take away from you'.
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Dan Kelly

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Re: They Can't Take That Away From You
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2018, 06:45:13 PM »
They can't take this away from me:


It was my daughter Rose's last hole as a collegian, playing the Division 3 NCAA Championships at Sandestin in Florida, in 2013, for Illinois Wesleyan University.


She had played beautifully throughout the tournament. It was one of those weeks when she drove it straight, hit her irons well ... and could not buy a putt to save her life. There were at least a couple of dozen frustrated knee-bendings in 72 holes, as putts barely missed edges or lipped out that week.


At any rate, this was her third nationals, and she'd played well in all three. Playing No. 1 for her team, she was coming in to 18 last -- a three-shot par-5 dogleg left, with a water hazard short and left of the raised green. Her team and all of their parents were gathered behind the green. Her coach met her in the fairway as she walked toward her approach. She loved her coach, and her coach loved her. I think they were both in tears as they walked along; I know Rose was.


And then she calmed herself and stuck her short-iron (an 8 or 9, I think) about six feet right of the hole.


For the first time all week since the team's opening tee shots, I took out my video camera as she studied and then struck her birdie putt -- which took a little turn to the left and fell smack in the middle of the hole as everyone whooped and hollered her name.


At which point Rose and her coach weren't the only ones in tears.


I watched that video just the other day. Still gives me goosebumps. I'd post it here if I knew how.)


They can't take that away from me.


As for my own moment in the sun: I could tell you about a four-under nine I played last fall, which featured a kick-in birdie on 1, a long birdie putt on 2, a flop-shot hole-out birdie on 5, and a 128-yard hole-out on 8 ... but the truth is: I'm still waiting for it!

N.B. Wrote that in less time than it took J.B. Holmes to hit two shots on No. 18 at Torrey Pines.
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Jeff_Brauer

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Re: They Can't Take That Away From You
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2018, 06:53:31 PM »

Played in the 1983 Las Vegas Celebrity Pro Am.  Last amateur day, playing with Jim Colbert, Glen Campbell, and two other schlubs like me......


Last hole at Las Vegas Country Club, shorter par 5.  The pro always played last, and Campbell had already purposely laid up so there was no reason for the rest of us to not go for the green.


My 4 wood almost got there, hit the top of the front wall and bounced back.  Big Ooooh from the crowd for me.  For one moment, I felt like a competitive golfer.  BTW, made two birdies that day, which only netted polite golf clap.


A close second, if I might, is being asked for my autograph while standing besides a bemused Jesse Ventura, then Governor of Minnesota, who was ignored.  They wanted the architects autograph on a flag, LOL.
Jeff Brauer, ASGCA Director of Outreach

Bill Brightly

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Re: They Can't Take That Away From You
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2018, 10:28:25 PM »

N.B. Wrote that in less time than it took J.B. Holmes to hit two shots on No. 18 at Torrey Pines.


Yeah, but you are a professional writer... Wait a minute, Holmes is a professional golfer... Hmm.


Nice story, Dan!

jeffwarne

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Re: They Can't Take That Away From You New
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2018, 11:38:14 PM »

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mike_beene

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Re: They Can't Take That Away From You
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2018, 01:03:38 AM »
During the 99 open playoff which went two two balls and after the second group putted on 16 went over to 17 and since last time it would be used somehow ended up in front row walking in fairway a few steps behind Els and they let us go all the way down behind them. Felt like I was playing and seems surreal to this day.