Jerry Kluger and I met a couple of Aussies this week at Sand Valley... Peter and Catherine Verey from Syndey.
Peter has been a longtime lurker on GCA.com and is truly a hardcore architecture nerd. He is on a five week tour of the US that started in Tampa, moved across Florida to Hilton Head, then Pinehurst, then New York, Chicago and Wisconsin. Coming up are Northern California, Bandon Dunes, and Washington State before heading back to Oz. His wife joined him in New York and is playing alongside Peter as they traverse the country. It is truly an epic golf holiday!
We were paired with them by chance at Mammoth Dunes and as we chatted walking down the first fairway Peter mentioned he was "keenly interested in golf course architecture." I asked him if he had ever heard of GCA.com and the broadest grin you can imagine appeared on his face. It turns out he "knew" Jerry and me from our participation on the site and we had lots to talk about over the next four hours.
What a small world is golf. And, what great friends we make on GCA.com.
All the best to Peter and Catherine as they discover America through some of its greatest golf courses.