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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Joe Leenheer on September 08, 2012, 11:36:11 PM
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I passed up playing Cypress Point because it didn't fit my travel plans.
Oak Hill because of family obligations.
LACC & Merion because of short notice.
Please let me know others have made poor decisions as well!
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geez.
i buried my father a day early, then drove to new jersey because i didn't want to miss my chance to play baltusrol.
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Twice I have had to decline generous invitations to play Sand Hills. :'(
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No regrets.
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I passed up playing Cypress Point because it didn't fit my travel plans.
Oak Hill because of family obligations.
LACC & Merion because of short notice.
Please let me know others have made poor decisions as well!
some tough sledding, hope your decison making improves in respect to golfing opportunities. Once I turned down Pine Valley cause we were going to play Sunday with Buddy and then he had to regret us. but we played Congressional again so it wasn't a complete disaster.
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Bill - I'm with you there, a good friend invites me to Sand Hills every year, it will happen soon. Turned down a long weekend at National Golf Links in August with good friend plus a boys trip to Congressional, Chechesse and Kinloch in late Oct, this is a going to be a 2013 trip though!
Wisest turn down? Arrived at Merion at 4pm straight from the airport, had the option of running around the course to fit in the round (@ $220 plus caddie) or play a 4 1/2 hole loop, drinks and dinner on the patio and a proper tour of the clubhouse. This turned out to be a splendid evening and a cherished memory.
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I was on vacation in Oregon in 2009. Trying to save money, we didn't bring our golf clubs.
Well, we're driving down US101 and there's Bandon. We stop in, and visit the shop/cafe by the 1st tee at Bandon Trails. The tee is wide open and calling to us. Of course, the Bandon staff were amazingly nice and offered to set us up with equipment.
We passed, but I still wish we had taken them up on it (of course, it would have cost us money we didn't have!).
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Prestwick
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Back in 2004 I canceled a trip out to Eastern Long Island because I couldn't really afford it, broke assistant pro. I was going to play Westhampton, Southampton and Atlantic. Fast forward to today and Westhampton & Southampton are two of the few Raynor's I haven't played and I keep hearing good things about Atlantic!
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I passed on an invite to Chicago Golf because of a pee-wee soccer game. I still hold it against my daughter.
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I passed on an invite to Chicago Golf because of a pee-wee soccer game. I still hold it against my daughter.
You'll feel better when you mention it during your wedding speech to your daughter. ;D
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I was in Australia with my wife and I had one day I could play on our trip in Sydney. Trouble was it was not a visitor day at NSW so I played St. Michaels instead. :'(
Also in my less educated days I went to Monterrey. Spyglass was unavailable so I played Spanish Bay instead, and I chose to play Poppy Hills after my Pebble round because I did not think there was enough time to get up to play Pasatiempo. ??? Still have nightmares about that one.
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Bill - I'm with you there, a good friend invites me to Sand Hills every year, it will happen soon.
Let me know, maybe I can grovel my way in!
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A round of golf with Arnold Palmer.
I hope I'm never that shortsighted again!
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Sometimes the opposite happens. you end up playing a great course with the wrong people and it's worse than never playing it to begin with. And I'm serious. So for me, who I choose to play with has much more to do with "regrets on a golf course" than spending money to travel to play some special course with the wrong group. JMO.
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A round of golf with Arnold Palmer.
I hope I'm never that shortsighted again!
We have a winner!
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Business commitments have prevented me from playing Shinnecock, Winged Foot, Butler, Beverly, North Shore, Glenview and West Bend. And if that weren't enough, I also had to turn down not 1, but 2 invites to the Masters. :-\
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Turned down a long weekend at National Golf Links in August with good friend
We missed you Mark!
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Mine would have been with Moe Norman at Brantford G&CC (with Nick Westlock too), but my employer wouldn't let me go, I regret ignoring him and going anyway...
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I also turned down an invite to Sand Hills for a three day trip with a member. I had to move into a new house and rescheduling wasn't an option. "Life happens" but I fear I'll never be that lucky again.
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I know a GCA'er who turned down a Crump Cup invite, sadly the follow up invite never arrived.
Daryl - I'm playing with the host tomo, I'll check out your story!
Bill - I cannot think of anyone I'd sooner enjoy and game, good dinner and a bottle of wine with at SH......well the host as well ;D
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Mine involves Sand Hills as well. Family vacations are hard to work around when they are planned months in advance, and yet another time my daughter's softball tournament.
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I passed on an invite to Chicago Golf because of a pee-wee soccer game. I still hold it against my daughter.
Jimbo - Your a better man for it!!
Sand Hills because I was training for a marathon.
Winged Foot because I already had committed to a buddies trip to AC.
Olympic because had to get back from the west coast for a school concert.
Kittansett because of my daughters softball game.
Last Friday Oak Hill because I did not want to bail on a round with a friend I committed to.
None of these are regrets - just choices - better choices.
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Bill - I cannot think of anyone I'd sooner enjoy and game, good dinner and a bottle of wine with at SH......well the host as well ;D
Let's make this happen. I need a rematch, my choke at the Hook still keeps me awake!
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Ballyneal. This summer. Twice.
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I already regret I had to back out of next month's Dixie Cup.
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I have two.
Was invited to play in the North/South and declined so I could go to Las Vegas for a wild weekend. The weekend was just OK.
One year while I was in college a good friend invited me to go to the Masters, stay in a members home and play Augusta on the following Monday. In all honesty, I couldn't afford it so I declined.
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Once when I was finishing up a 10 day consulting trip in the Bay Area, I got a call from a very nice friend who lives in SF who offered some golf if I stuck around. I was in the SFO airport waiting for my plane. What would you have done?
The Offer: Cypress, Pebble and Spanish Bay all expenses paid including a house on the shores of the Pacific.
I still remember telling him sorry, maybe next time for which I knew would never happen again. I then proceeded to cry.
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For a number of years I received an invitation to play in King Hassan's tournament at the Royal Dar es Salam Golf Club in Rabat. Unfortunately I had to decline for a few years; when my wife expressed a desire to go to Morocco I waited anxiously for our annual invitation. It never came.
There is a good look at the course on You Tube. It seems more like a botanical garden than a serious test of golf but the pros never chewed it up
Bob
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Bill - we should invite Leo Barber as well, he is still reeling from a little "choke" on 18 at Paraparaumu Beach!!
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Bill - we should invite Leo Barber as well, he is still reeling from a little "choke" on 18 at Paraparaumu Beach!!
Such an unfortunate term. It was still only a half wasn't it Mark?? The away match at RCP awaits May 2013
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I already regret I had to back out of next month's Dixie Cup.
+1
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Riefs' Streamsong Spring 2013 trip...
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I turned down a last minute invite to Merion in 1991 because my girlfriend was coming to visit me in New York. I don't regret the decision. We celebrate out 20th anniversary in a few weeks.
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I've shared this story before but I bought a new airline ticket back to Europe for $1500 I didn't have in order to extend my stay in Carmel by one day to play Cypress. Best $1500 I ever spent.
That was my best, almost regret. No further regrets, although there is this one woman with her two girlfriends...BUT that's a story for the 19th hole I suppose, we all make mistakes.
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I once turned down a round at Shinnecock with my favorite Long Islander because I was going on vacation with the family that day.
No regrets and I've not yet received another invite.
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I've passed up Friars head due to late notice.
Mark
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I passed up playing Cypress Point because it didn't fit my travel plans.
Oak Hill because of family obligations.
LACC & Merion because of short notice.
Please let me know others have made poor decisions as well!
Wow! I have already told my wife that should I ever get an invite to the Sand Hills, I am getting in my car and driving to Mullen no matter what is on the schedule.
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I passed up a client's invitation in the late 1980s to play a round of golf with a "very good college golfer." Turns out it was Annika Sorenstam.
I've also regretted being unable to make a King's Putter yet. Hope to rectify that someday...
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Bill - we should invite Leo Barber as well, he is still reeling from a little "choke" on 18 at Paraparaumu Beach!!
Such an unfortunate term. It was still only a half wasn't it Mark?? The away match at RCP awaits May 2013
Chappers brings out the best worst in his polenta, intimidating bloke.
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Regrets? I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention.
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I may have one in a few weeks, as ASGCA is doing a joint tour with the EIGCA and Aussies to play National, Baltusrol, Bethpage and Maidstone. Not sure if Shinny is on the list. I have walked or played them all, but what a great golf tour.
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A round of golf with Arnold Palmer.
I hope I'm never that shortsighted again!
We have a winner!
I can't compete with that.
Sheep Ranch, 2005 trip to Bandon.
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Playing regret:
Not making it to North Berwick last summer when we were in the area.
Architecture regret:
Not getting a course tour from Dick when I visited him at the Sandhills construction site.
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Once when I was finishing up a 10 day consulting trip in the Bay Area, I got a call from a very nice friend who lives in SF who offered some golf if I stuck around. I was in the SFO airport waiting for my plane. What would you have done?
The Offer: Cypress, Pebble and Spanish Bay all expenses paid including a house on the shores of the Pacific.
I still remember telling him sorry, maybe next time for which I knew would never happen again. I then proceeded to cry.
Jim-this story leaves me feeling slightly better about the one time I got to play at Cypress Pt. My teacher at the time got an invite from the assistant pro. For some reason, I felt it necessary to attend to an 'urgent' client matter in my office in San Francisco before leaving for Monterey Peninsula... As a result, I did not leave work until about 3pm.
By the time I got to the course, there was only enough daylight for nine holes..
The Front 9.
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September 1996.
Mullen, Nebraska
Didn't understand the arrangements at Sand Hills. Didn't know you could play all day, from dawn till dusk, for whatever the rate was. ($100, I think.)
Rick Shefchik and I arrived midday, one day; had to leave midday the next.
Played only about 54 holes, if I remember right. Coulda played twice that.
Damn.
Dan
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Leo - looking forward to it my friend! Maybe McBride will come over to caddy?
Any of my Deal mates reading this will remind me of the 4up with 4 on TOC and halving or dormy 4 up in the Easter meeting against Ari Techner and losing down 19 :'(
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If it makes you feel better, Mark, Ari is a much, much better golfer than you! ;D You both have unconventional swings and Scratch irons, but that's where the similarity ends!
PS -- if it was a nett match, you were almost certainly getting too many shots from him, so it's only right that he rallied to beat you!
Can't personally think of a regret big enough to mention. Biggest is missing Castle Stuart when I roadtripped from London to Dornoch with Whitty and Andrew Mitchell and had to leave a day earlier than them, but really, that's not too much of a regret in the grand scheme of things.
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For a number of years I received an invitation to play in King Hassan's tournament at the Royal Dar es Salam Golf Club in Rabat. Unfortunately I had to decline for a few years; when my wife expressed a desire to go to Morocco I waited anxiously for our annual invitation. It never came.
There is a good look at the course on You Tube. It seems more like a botanical garden than a serious test of golf but the pros never chewed it up
Bob,
My dad played in that every year.
He invited me but I declined so he took my brother who eagled one of the harder par 5's.
I think I still have the scorecard. The gifts given to the contestants, and the entertainment and accomodation's were spectacular.
I regret that you didn't go as I'm sure you and my dad would have become fast friends.
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I had to pass on Fisher's Island last year. I just couldn't swing the trip from Minnesota and get back in time for some work and family commitments. As much as I want to play Fisher's, I'm probably more looking forward to meeting and playing with the person who invited me, which will happen at some point.
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#1 - Turning down a round at SFGC in June with Joel Stewart and Geoff Ogilvy....... I just didn't know how to explain travelling from Australia with a group of 8 guys and telling them all I was leaving Bandon a day early to play San Fran :'(
#2 - Knocking back an invitation to Ellerston shortly after completion due to a mate's buck show.... ::)
I'm sure both will haunt me forever.
Dustin
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My deepest golf regrets all surround NLE's.
I grew up in an area (Central Indiana) that went through a quite delightful spell of very high-quality golf course construction in the last quarter century. The courses are terrific and for that I and many others are thrilled.
But in several cases, building new tracks meant obliterating old ones.
Gone are the original courses at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Fort Benjamin Harrison, and Woodland Country Club.
And I never played them.
I lived a chunked 3 iron from Woodland, so I could easily have hopped the fence and played it as a kid. And I threatened to do just that several times, but I never did. I guess I regret my lack of delinquency.
Speedway was very easily accessible, but trips to the track at tat time of my life only meant roaring motors and track records; as a teenager it honestly never occurred to me to play golf there.
The original course at the Fort would have been a tougher task for a teenager - it was an active military base and restricted in the usual fashion. But still...
There were two other NLE's that I did play frequently - Sunblest and Sycamore Springs. The former was -objectively- awful... but it was mine.
The latter was better than it had a right to be, though it stood no chance when developer dollars came calling. I have enough memories of both to miss them, so there are no regrets.
As for more conventional regrets? I had an opportunity to play Sanctuary a year or so after it opened, then I tore my ACL, MCL, and PCL trying to score on a passed ball in a 30+ league baseball game. I guess I regret the steal. It was karma - we were up 9 and I was trying to end it early. Instead, the golf and baseball Gods conspired to punish my lack of sportsmanship doubly hard.
I was also kindly offered a round of golf at Denver Country Club. The gentleman extended the offer on the tee of the 17th. Then I closed him out on the green of the 17th and he acted like we'd never met. I didn't push it, but I do hope to play there some day.
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I regret that a good friend of mine, a GCA'er in fact, won't be able to join our group on our upcoming golf trip.
Get well, Mike.
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I regret not being able to make this years 5th major.
Even though I had a scheduling conflict, looking back on it with 20/20 hindsight I should have blew off my other commitment to attend.
Here's hoping I can make it next year.....
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Terry Lavin,
Perfect!!!
Lester
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For a number of years I received an invitation to play in King Hassan's tournament at the Royal Dar es Salam Golf Club in Rabat. Unfortunately I had to decline for a few years; when my wife expressed a desire to go to Morocco I waited anxiously for our annual invitation. It never came.
There is a good look at the course on You Tube. It seems more like a botanical garden than a serious test of golf but the pros never chewed it up
Bob,
My dad played in that every year.
He invited me but I declined so he took my brother who eagled one of the harder par 5's.
I think I still have the scorecard. The gifts given to the contestants, and the entertainment and accomodation's were spectacular.
I regret that you didn't go as I'm sure you and my dad would have become fast friends.
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For a number of years I received an invitation to play in King Hassan's tournament at the Royal Dar es Salam Golf Club in Rabat. Unfortunately I had to decline for a few years; when my wife expressed a desire to go to Morocco I waited anxiously for our annual invitation. It never came.
There is a good look at the course on You Tube. It seems more like a botanical garden than a serious test of golf but the pros never chewed it up
Bob,
My dad played in that every year.
He invited me but I declined so he took my brother who eagled one of the harder par 5's.
I think I still have the scorecard. The gifts given to the contestants, and the entertainment and accomodation's were spectacular.
I regret that you didn't go as I'm sure you and my dad would have become fast friends.
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Pat,
Did he play in 1971? I am glad I wasn't there. An attempted coupe de'tat by some senior offices in the Army struck and some 92 people diied and many were injured. A year later he was flying back to Rabat in his 727 and was attacked by 3 F-5s who started to strafe the plane. The pilot radioed the attackers telling them the king was dead, they stopped tne attack and returned to base. A big mistake;they were executed three days later.
Bob
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I regret that I haven't played golf outside of North America.
I turn 40 next year and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than to take my first overseas golf trip. I really hope that the stars align for me...
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I regret that I could not take Brian Potash up on his offer to play Hudson National today ! ???
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Living in Melbourne for several years and only playing one sandbelt course. Granted, I had little money and zero connections, but I wish I'd tried harder.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE
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Can't think of any real regrets regarding golf. Practically all my regrets revolve around not seeing certain musicians when I had half or even the slightest chance. While I was a bit too young to really go too much out of the way, I still regret not ever making it to a Muddy Waters or Bill Evans gig. More unforgivable because I could easily have seen him, was never going to a Johnny Cash show - the stupidity of youth. I spose never seeing Frank Sinatra is right up there in the stupidity stakes as well. There are a few others as well, but lets not dwell too much in the past.
Ciao
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I regret not having the chance to play hickory golf with Ralph Livingston.
I never truly had the chance due to the fact I got to know him after cancer had began to take its toll on him. But, regardless, I would really have loved to have gotten to experience playing hickory with a true prophet of that game.
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None - get an invite, buy a plane ticket. No better equation in golf.
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Turned down a request to caddie for a friend in the 1992 US Open at Pebble Beach, long story with a personal note, some regrets but a fine decision.
Dixie Cup at Cuscowilla.
Not playing a second round at Ballyneal because I was increadably constipated.
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Turned down a request to caddie for a friend in the 1992 US Open at Pebble Beach, long story with a personal note, some regrets but a fine decision.
Dixie Cup at Cuscowilla.
Not playing a second round at Ballyneal because I was increadably constipated.
If you couldn't go that seems like a great reason to play more. If you had the runs I'd understand.
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For a number of years I received an invitation to play in King Hassan's tournament at the Royal Dar es Salam Golf Club in Rabat. Unfortunately I had to decline for a few years; when my wife expressed a desire to go to Morocco I waited anxiously for our annual invitation. It never came.
There is a good look at the course on You Tube. It seems more like a botanical garden than a serious test of golf but the pros never chewed it up
Bob,
My dad played in that every year.
He invited me but I declined so he took my brother who eagled one of the harder par 5's.
I think I still have the scorecard. The gifts given to the contestants, and the entertainment and accomodation's were spectacular.
I regret that you didn't go as I'm sure you and my dad would have become fast friends.
My dad was a pretty good player in the NJ section.
Won a dagger with jewels in the Morocco pro-am a looonnng time ago
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Crystal Downs due to short notice.
Pine Valley-Merion-Philly Cricket-Rolling Green because I was a poor college kid taking a trip the very next week to National, Shinny, and Friars.
Sand Hills because logistics didn't work out.
Sand Francisco Golf Club because it was the employee tournament at Cypress.
Capilino because of school.
Rock Creek because I couldn't get two shifts covered.
Prarie Dunes-Ballyneal trip because of prior travel obligations.
Sage Valley-Palmetto trip because of being a poor college student.
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That I took up the game pretty hot and hard in High School and then during College and a few years after played almost no golf , too much money, too little access, too little time .... whatever, I really regret that now that I am in my late 50's.
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I regret that I spent 4 years in Ann Arbor and didn't set foot on the golf course.
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When I was 16 I made the Canadian Junior team which would play the US team at St. Andrews. The matches were played on the New Course but they did play TOC and Carnasty right after the '99 Open.
At the time I was trying to get a scholarship to the University of Washington. So I passed on that event and instead played in another team event in Denver with lots of good talent and coaches.
I regret it but I don't know if I would have appreciated the courses in Scotland. At the time I was playing modern designs from Les Furber and didn't like the older designs. I hated Victoria Golf Club because it was tricked up!
But my tastes have changed and I've matured. Looking forward to a Scotland trip soon!
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Met an R and A member in a bar once. Great guy, funny, etc. He asked me to dinner and i turned him down. Still regret that one.
"Someone left the cake out in the rain...."
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I interviewed for a job at a golf course where the golf committe chairman had just gotten in to ANGC. My potential boss told me that we would be going down to play it that winter. I ended up turning the job down :'(