Bill:
I tried to find your thread as I remembered it, but couldn't locate it. Sorry.
In response to many comments, it was a great day with a great group of people. I played with Terry and Jim Franklin and loved getting to know both of them. Terry is a lot of fun to play with and just has a great attitude of enjoying life. Jim may dress funny (he is the one in the Miami Hurricane colors and orange shoes), but he has game (that being said, I will be taking you down next time we play - it was just 1st gca outing nerves).
I enjoyed my long conversation with John Kavanaugh, learning about his family and that there really is a great guy behind that gca curtain.
I enjoyed meeting Michael Whitaker and wondering how anyone gets a golf calendar like he had last year - yes that is jealousy. Honestly, how do you get that calendar?
I also enjoyed meeting John Mayhugh and John Kirk and realizing what real passion for gca is. One of my favorite memories was John Mayhugh telling me why he belongs to his club (around 4 hours from his home) because he just did not like the offerings in Louisville, Ky. Being a "rookie", I asked about Valhalla - if you had to guess he said "no". I talk a good game about my tastes in gca, but that is living by it.
I also enjoyed meeting Sven Nilsen before the round and having dinner with him after the round. Just a good all around guy who is really similar to me and a lot of my friends - I think that is a good thing, but not really sure.
Thanks to everyone that made my first go around at a gca event so great.