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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: V_Halyard on January 09, 2025, 07:16:53 AM
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Huge thank you to Ran for pinning this to the top.
The response across the industry has been outstanding
Spectacular. Thank you to media folks at Golf, GolfWeek, FriedEgg, FTB, Golfers Journal, GolfDigest and all across golf social media.
Thanks to those of you that have joined the GoFund Me efforts and others that have helped Tommy directly prior to the establishment of the GoFundMe.
Those interested can see the tally by clicking the link below.
GCAtlas and the GCA community is showing up in the most excellent of GCA ways.
Well done and feel free to keep it going.
Proud to be affiliated with this collective of GCA nerds.
Folks know what really matters.
No long explanation necessary.
All funds will go directly to assist Tommy.
Here is the link setup by Adam Lawrence.
https://gofund.me/96247a54 (https://gofund.me/96247a54)
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Maybe admins could pin this to the top for a while please?
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Maybe admins could pin this to the top for a while please?
Here Hear!!
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Thanks for organizing. Sorry to hear about Tommy's health and his home.
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Thank you Adam
☮ & love Tommy!
"Emperor Tommy Naccarato has lost his home to the Los Angeles wildfires. Pretty tough at the best of times; worse still given he's in recovery after suffering a stroke.
Tommy is an icon in the golf architecture community, and has been a valued friend to hundreds of us for many years. We owe him a great deal. Now it's time to help him! Please give what you can."
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Moving to the top of the board.
No long explanation necessary.
All funds will go directly to assist Tommy
Here is the link setup by Adam Lawrence.
https://gofund.me/96247a54 (https://gofund.me/96247a54)
Good onya Adam Lawrence... 🤙
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Adam, thank you for setting this up. Hopefully he has shelter and help.
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Adam, thank you for setting this up. Hopefully he has shelter and help.
Someone said he's at his mom's, so at least there's that. And great job Adam and everyone for donating, it will make a difference!
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It's quite late in the evening here, and I shan't be up that much longer, but before I hit the hay, I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to the entire golf architecture community for stepping up to the plate today. I have messaged with Tommy extensively, and I know that he is blown away by the love today has shown for him.
I don't know where the fundraising will finish, though I think it has a way to go -- we have had some attention from a number of pretty high profile people, and their followers, even though they don't know Tommy personally, are coming to the party as well -- the list of contributors includes a lot of names I know, and a lot I don't. I am extremely grateful to them all.
Today has shown the golf architecture community at its best.
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Adam,
Thanks so very much for setting this up. Happy to see the response.
Tim Weiman
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Andy Johnson over at Fried Egg has also highlighted. Nice one, Andy!
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Incredible offering and response for Tommy!
Plus, his beloved Irish win the Orange Bowl last night!
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And by highlighted, he means "included a huge write-up in email blast," which should be a major assist for TN.
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Tommy's Fund just crashed through $40,000 -- see link here if you are interested -- https://gofund.me/fde944e4 (https://gofund.me/fde944e4)
Huge, huge thanks to everyone who has contributed, spread the word, cheerleader, whatever.
Adam
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Golfweek has a story from Jason Lusk on Tommy and the GFM
https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2025/01/09/la-california-wildfires-tommy-naccarato-loses-home-gofundme-course-architecture/77574201007/
The more we share these on socials, the more folks see and support.
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Tony Dear (@tonyjdear on Twitter) has announced that he is going to send his spare copy of MacKenzie’s ‘Golf Architecture’ in exchange for contribution to Tommy’s Fund. Contact him via Twitter if you’re interested.
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If it's not for Tommy's passion, I'm not sure any of us our here. Thoughts & prayers to the big guy. Lets make a difference.
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Thank you to all media folks at Golf, GolfWeek, FriedEgg, FTB, Golfers Journal, GolfDigest, GolfCourseArchitecture, Raynor Society, Mackenzie Institute, LINKS, Tony Dear, and many more all across golf, social, and traditional media.
Sure I missed some, take no offense, it’s hard the keep up.
On behalf Tommy Nacc, thanks.
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Tommy. Hope you're still rocking that Fishers Island hat you 'picked' out of the bag at Stone Eagle back when the clubhouse was a mobile home and I had a few American Needle samples to share with the GCA boys after a Hades hot weekend in the 'Springs. Damn... I pray God's speed with your recovery and hope all comes to fruition with you finding another place to call 'home' sooner than later. Lots of green fairways & lightning quick greens in the near future!!!
Highest Regards ;D Tony Petersen (TP) Desert Mountain
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Tommy and Adam and everyone involved please let us know when we can make another big campaign or push.
Especially when you know more about your costs.
Thank you
☮💜
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Brad Klein also put out a tweet / post recent - he's accepting donations of golf books for Tommy.
No doubt there's lots of us who will happily donate a copy of something good to such a worthy recipient
Look for details via Brad's twitter feed. Or those of you in contact with him can email directly.
If you're reading this Tommy - we love you. And we wish you the speediest recovery.
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It is a month since I started the Go Fund Me for Tommy, and, although contributions have continued to come in periodically, I think we are pretty much at the end of the line now. So the 'final' total (it needn't _be__ absolutely final, the fund will remain open and if anyone else still wishes to contribute, we'd all be very grateful) is that we received 346 contributions worth $78,589.
I was in California last week for the GCSAA show and spent several days with Tommy. He is still physically fairly weak, but I'm happy to report that his vital spirit is wholly unbowed by what he has been through in the past three months. He remains, at his core, the Emperor he has always been.
I have sent personal messages of thanks to the contributors, but I wanted to use this bully pulpit to say to every single person who contributed how grateful I am for their help. When I started the fund, I agonised for a while about what initial target to set -- I wanted to be ambitious, but not overreaching, and so I chose $8,000. The website resets the target to a new, higher one automatically when you approach the existing one, and it has done so quite a lot in this case. I am awed at the power and good nature of this community. When one of our own was troubled, we came together and did something really great.
Thank you to everyone, from the bottom of my heart.
Adam
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Thanks again for organizing, Adam. Hope it helps Tommy get back on his feet.
Would be happy to send Tommy a book. Perhaps a Club History of WBYC? If someone lets me know what address to send it to I will put one in the mail.
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For some weird reason, I’ve had Brain Salad Surgery buzzing around in my head today. Maybe because we had a run to St Andrews and I was thinking of Tommy.
I don’t know if he lost his record collection, but, if he did, it might be nice for him to get some new copies of his beloved Keith Emerson’s finest ‘Works’. ;)
There behind the glass stands a real blade of grass.
Mx