[Eric Smith]

Nice thread, Dick - and a happy new year to you as well. I'm looking forward to seeing you and Bill teaming up together in June.

In July I'm going to England with the Earl of Paintbrush to play a number of courses I've dreamt about over the years and meeting up with a slew of GCAers along the way.

A few days in St. Andrews on the back end of the trip will be a nice change of pace from the first week where we've booked a rather aggressive itinerary. Should be fun!

[John Kavanaugh]

2016 will be my swan song as a serious golfer. I will enjoy every round as it Is a penultimate end to a happy career. The last round will no doubt suck. 

[RSantangelo]

After many years without playing, I had many great firsts in 2015 and have been fortunate to plan a bunch more for 2016 so far...right now have been able to schedule games at Merion, National, Fishers and Southern Hills around work events.  Trying to get a couple of more firmed up.  Also, looking forward to arranging a game of hickory at eastward ho if that falls into place - a perfect track for that I think.

[Eric Smith]

2016 will be my swan song as a serious golfer. I will enjoy every round as it Is a penultimate end to a happy career. The last round will no doubt suck.

John,

Does PD have tennis courts???

[HarryBrinkerhoffDoyleIV_aka_Barry]

JK is as fine a shuffleboard player as there is.  Second career options abound.

[BHoover]

2016 will be my swan song as a serious golfer. I will enjoy every round as it Is a penultimate end to a happy career. The last round will no doubt suck.

What will this do to the budding Buddy Up! movement?

[Eric Smith]

2016 will be my swan song as a serious golfer. I will enjoy every round as it Is a penultimate end to a happy career. The last round will no doubt suck.

What will this do to the budding Buddy Up! movement?

Brian,

Anyone with half a brain already thinks it is your movement! Keep up the good work!!!

[BHoover]

2016 will be my swan song as a serious golfer. I will enjoy every round as it Is a penultimate end to a happy career. The last round will no doubt suck.

What will this do to the budding Buddy Up! movement?

Brian,

Anyone with half a brain already thinks it is your movement! Keep up the good work!!!

Unfortunately, I lack the Buddy Up! bona fides to take the reigns of the movement!

[RJ_Daley]

Welcome to WI., Scott.  Are you in the military?  I'll hope we can meet in 2016.  You will be spending MUCH less for your decent everyday golf than SoCal... 

Congrats to many of you for some awesome 2016 plans.   Stewart Abramson's may be hard to beat but it looks like Rick Emerson may give him a run for the money on the international front.  Yet, it really don't matter how far you travel or if you stick close to home, we can all find new golf friends and find something interesting in GCA if we keep a eye open. 

Just for the heck of it, I'd ask if any of you will be on the development, design/maintenance, or business end of it, that will introduce something "new" in a GCA related manner?   We all follow our GCA.com archie contributors and there will be plenty of talk of some of their new work coming on line, but I mean something different that we don't already know or expect... something innovative, new technology or methods not well known, tried or proven?  Examples might be building or designing a course in an untested market, or underserved market, or adding to a course that hasn't even reached its full original target market, or some new ideas in irrigation or maintenance.  I'm looking for something bold and perhaps risky that "might" move the ball forward... or not.   

[HarryBrinkerhoffDoyleIV_aka_Barry]

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[BHoover]

Don't sell yourself short Brian.  You certainly qualify as bona fide - after all, you took the time out of your day to troll John on this perfectly good Happy New Year's thread.  Bravo!

Barry, if only I could be a fraction of the troll your boy is, that would be something for me to be proud of. I'm legitimately worried for the future of the Buddy Up! movement when Mr. Kav steps away.

Barry, I also was watching the Cleveland Browns game, so it's not like I had to tear myself away from anything worthwhile to post.

[Scott Little]

Welcome to WI., Scott.  Are you in the military?  I'll hope we can meet in 2016.  You will be spending MUCH less for your decent everyday golf than SoCal... 



Sir,


     I am in the Army and am one of the few active duty folks stationed at Fort McCoy.  I hope we will be able to play together as well as I have been reading the great reviews of the GCA event that occurred in Minneapolis last fall.  It would be an honor to be able to tee it up with some experts in the golf field and pick their brains on their extensive travels and varied course experience.

[Ronald Montesano]

Just for the heck of it, I'd ask if any of you will be on the development, design/maintenance, or business end of it, that will introduce something "new" in a GCA related manner?   

With all due punmanship intact, I believe that Jason W. leads the way on that one, with his Canal Shores project. I play at writing about golf, but he has taken true GCA enthusiasm to a distant, guiding star.

[Jason Way]

With all due punmanship intact, I believe that Jason W. leads the way on that one, with his Canal Shores project. I play at writing about golf, but he has taken true GCA enthusiasm to a distant, guiding star.

That is very kind of you to say RM. 


Without Pat Goss, Drew Rogers, Dave Zinkand, Todd Quitno, Rand Jerris, Jim Nugent, Andrew Fleming, Leon McNair, Lisa Quinn, Shel Solow, Brian Bossert, Brian Palmer, Scott Vincent, Curtis James, Peter Korbakes, Josh Lesnik, the people on our Board, people in the community, and y'all here on GCA, this thing never gets beyond a dream inside my crazy skull. 


Gotta give all the credit where it's due. 

[Howard Riefs]

Preview of what's on tap for golf courses in 2016:


http://www.golfadvisor.com/articles/us-golf-developments-in-2016-15634.htm

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