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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Joe_Tucholski on March 10, 2013, 03:48:13 AM
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Just noticed the signature line and blog post by Jim Colton (http://www.wegoblogger31.com/2013/03/4-for-40-my-five-hundred-hole-hike-plan.html). It looks like he's going to have a very busy summer of golf.
His 2013 Hundred Hole Hike:
6/17 - Pinehurst
6/24 - Ballyneal
6/27 - St Andrews
7/1 - Cabot Links
Jim have some questions for you if you don't mind.
1. Are you working this summer?
2. Have you coordinated with the courses? Since 3 of the 4 are public I'm really wondering how the logistics are going to work. I've managed to play 4 rounds in a day at a public course and can't imagine playing more.
3. What got you interested in the Solich Caddie program?
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Joe,
Thanks for the thread. This is going to be quite an adventure.
To answer your questions,
1.Yes, still employed, at least as of now
2. Yes, we have the blessing and the coordination of the host clubs involved. Playing different courses at St Andrews and Pinehurstvwill help. And I'm sure people will be made aware in advance that the event is going on. At Cabot, it helps to be playing with the owner :)
3. My original plan was to hike for Evans Scholars, but I learned a bit about the caddie program last year from Jim Urbina and found out a lot more about it from Don Placek from Renaissance Golf (an Evans alum) in January. I see it as a feeder program for the Evans Scholars -- identifying 14-15 year olds from the diverse area around commonground and providing them with a great opportunity. Plus similar to the Midnight Golf Program in Detroit that we supported via the recent fundraiser auction ($20k raised!), they provide life skills and leadership training to the kids as well, which I think is tremendous and exactly the type of thing I hoped to support through my charity.
Ed Mate from the Colorado Golf Association (an Evans alum) is extremely passionate about this program and its potential to help kids in the community, while also promoting caddie golf and walking golf to people who might otherwise just instinctively hop on a cart. I think it has real potential to be a model that can be leveraged to other areas of the country, which is another reason that I was drawn to it as a cause.
This is probably as good a time as any to say if anybody is interested in starting or participating in a hike this summer, please reach out to me via PM or at jim@onedivot.org. Brett Morrissy and our Australian friends really got our year started on the right foot (8 hikers, ~$25000 raised), so we hope to continue that momentum. Other than the courses mentioned above, we have hikes set-up at Medinah, Flossmoor Country Club, Dismal River to name a few.
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First, Colton is a stud.
Second, he should walk more, he hits the ball farther than anyone!
Good luck, Jim! We'll all be pulling for you.
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Jim,
Great cause and best of luck!!!
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Jim's passion for helping others in need is inspiring, to say the least. I've always found that when doing things for the right reasons, I've always received more of a blessing personally than those I've tried to help ever could. I hope Jim feels the same way.
I'm kicking around the idea of trying to get involved and do a hike of my own, although I'm not sure this fat boy could get around for 100 holes without some type of medical emergency.
Best of luck again Jim.
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There might be a slight change in the schedule. Trying to reconfigure the St Andrews hike to accommodate an additional hiker.
CJ, I'm going to let that myth perpetuate for as long as others will let me get away with it. Swing speed only matters if you can hit the sweet spot.
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I would like to take the opportunity to promote some of the other GCAers pariticipating in the hike. To date:
Flossmoor Country Club - June 17
Howard Riefs - The Breast Cancer Research Foundation - http://hundredholehike.com/golfers/howard-riefs
Kevin Cahoon - coming soon
Greg Ohlendorf - coming soon
Ballyneal - June 24
John Penny - National MS Society - http://hundredholehike.com/golfers/john-penny
Wyatt Halliday - ThriveWell Cancer Foundation / San Antonio 1000 Cancer Genome Project - http://hundredholehike.com/golfers/wyatt-halliday
Medinah Country Club - July 1
Ryan Potts - University of Illinois Evans' Scholar Chapter - http://hundredholehike.com/golfers/ryan-potts
Dismal River - July 1
Brandon Urban - tiny-k Early Intervention of Douglas County - http://hundredholehike.com/golfers/brandon-urban
Cabot Links - July 1
Ben Cowan-Dewar - coming soon
More to come...
Full list: http://hundredholehike.com/golfers
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Jim,
Obviously best of luck with your hikes this year. This old guy is still trying to figure out if he can get in good enough shape to do the Flossmoor hike. Not there yet but I will try to let you know as soon as possible if I think I can pull it off.
Greg
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Jim, Could you tell us how accommodating both TOC and The Deuce will be to your efforts?
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Jim,
Obviously best of luck with your hikes this year. This old guy is still trying to figure out if he can get in good enough shape to do the Flossmoor hike. Not there yet but I will try to let you know as soon as possible if I think I can pull it off.
Greg
We'll carry you up #17. Should be ok from there on...
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Jim, Could you tell us how accommodating both TOC and The Deuce will be to your efforts?
Adam,
Not all of the rounds at St Andrews will be on TOC, and not all of the rounds at Pinehurst will be on #2. My plan at Pinehurst will be to start on finish on #2, with rounds on six of the other seven courses sprinkled in between. I'd like to do something similar at St Andrews, though the logistics haven't been ironed out yet and I'm not really the point person on that one. Both places have been great to work with and very accommodating to the charitable effort.
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Jim, Could you tell us how accommodating both TOC and The Deuce will be to your efforts?
Adam,
Not all of the rounds at St Andrews will be on TOC, and not all of the rounds at Pinehurst will be on #2. My plan at Pinehurst will be to start on finish on #2, with rounds on six of the other seven courses sprinkled in between. I'd like to do something similar at St Andrews, though the logistics haven't been ironed out yet and I'm not really the point person on that one. Both places have been great to work with and very accommodating to the charitable effort.
This is a mistake! #2 not only is the only course worth playing at the resort, but one of the easiest walks (hikes) that can be done anywhere.