OFF TOPIC....Chambers Bay..Wine Valley..Garland..Kalen.Eric Smith..Tony

[Anthony Gray]

  I would like to share a littlte from my recent road trip across the country then across the state of Washington.


    WARNING: OFF TOPIC



   On the way to Atlanta I had the pleasure to meet and talk with fellow GCAer John Cullum. John was at Barnsley Gardens to officiate a tournament. We spent 3 hours together but seemed like 10 minutes. I hope to have more time with John again. I wish he would have been the divorce attorney for my first, second, and third wives. Thanks for your time John. It was a pleasure.


   Garland and I played Chambers Bay the day before The Grudge Match. It was nice to see each other again.

  


     A little advice. DO NOT show up at Chambers Bay at 4:30 in the morning. The gate is locked.

  

  

    Jay Flema was in town to cover The Grudge Match and agreed to carry our clubs.

  

     One surprise. The lone fir tree is not near as tall as I thought it would be.







  

  


  It was nice to have GCA celeb Tom Huckaby (on the left) and Eric Smith (on the right) to join us.

  

   Eric had his A game

  

  Eric keeping it in the slot

  

  Tom had a little trouble around this bunker but overall played well and as always was good company

  

  

  Chambers is a course that is difficult to loose a ball, but there is trouble to be found.



    

  

  

  

  

  

   The mounding on the par 4 7th looks like Garland laying on his back

  

  The par 5 8th. Garland got up and down from the service path to close out our match

  

   Garland's up and down impressed the crowd. The people behind him on the ridge clapped

  


 Because I lost the match, I had to get a tattoo

  


   Anthony




  

  

  





  

  

  

[John Mayhugh]

None of the photos posted are of me.  Gotta be really, really, hot & humid to find me wearing a glove.

I guess I don't get the joke?

[Garland Bayley]

None of the photos posted are of me.  Gotta be really, really, hot & humid to find me wearing a glove.

I guess I don't get the joke?

John,

Please post a joke that you do get.

[Joe Hancock]

None of the photos posted are of me.  Gotta be really, really, hot & humid to find me wearing a glove.

I guess I don't get the joke?

John,

I don't get it either, unless it's a poke at you guys who tend to be somewhere in the world playing golf...a lot! (lucky bastards!)

I have to admit the picture of Garland sizing up the tree made me laugh.

Maybe the guys name was Hugh Mayjohn and Garland got confused.......

Joe

[Jim Thompson]

 I would like to share a littlte from my recent road trip across the country then across the state of Washington.


    WARNING: OFF TOPIC



   On the way to Atlanta I had the pleasure to meet and talk with fellow GCAer John Cullum. John was at Barnsley Gardens to officiate a tournament. We spent 3 hours together but seemed like 10 minutes. I hope to have more time with John again. I wish he would have been the divorce attorney for my first, second, and third wives. Thanks for your time John. It was a pleasure.


   Garland and I played Chambers Bay the day before The Grudge Match. It was nice to see each other again.

  


    

Does this remind anyone of Fight Club?

[Eric Smith]

This is not me...


I,



like Anthony,




always play golf with my shirt tucked in. 

[Garland Bayley]

Can't fool us Eric.

You know the old saying, when in Jordan Wall country do as Jordan Wall does.

[Anthony Gray]

  In all honesty that is not Tom Huckaby. That is my brother Tony who lives in Seattle.

    Anthony

[Garland Bayley]

   The mounding on the par 4 7th looks like Garland laying on his back

 

 

Your best post since the Tommy N, Peter W one.
 

[Tom Huckaby]

Anthony - I got it when it was Mayhugh!

It worked better with him as he is far more omnipresent than I.  But oh my yes I did laugh either way.....

 

[John Mayhugh]

None of the photos posted are of me.  Gotta be really, really, hot & humid to find me wearing a glove.

I guess I don't get the joke?

John,

Please post a joke that you do get.

All I ever needed to know about golf course architecture I learned from Anthony Gray. 

How's that?   

[Garland Bayley]

None of the photos posted are of me.  Gotta be really, really, hot & humid to find me wearing a glove.

I guess I don't get the joke?

John,

Please post a joke that you do get.

All I ever needed to know about golf course architecture I learned from Anthony Gray. 

How's that?   

Good one John! That's why we love you!

[Mike Hendren]

WARNING: OFF TOPIC

Anthony

Anthony,  for future reference there's really  no need for you to include this warning in your posts.  Also, please let Garland know that one should exit a bunker at its lowest point - not through its face.

Just trying to be helpful.

Bogey

[Garland Bayley]

WARNING: OFF TOPIC

Anthony

Anthony,  for future reference there's really  no need for you to include this warning in your posts.  Also, please let Garland know that one should exit a bunker at its lowest point - not through its face.

Just trying to be helpful.

Bogey

Bogey,

You know if they put those bunkers in the way of me getting to my ball, then I have to traipse through them to save my steps. After all, you know Donald Ross would have a calvary troop ride through them before the commencement of play. Just think of me as a miniature calvary troop.

Double Bogey

[Anthony Gray]

WARNING: OFF TOPIC

Anthony

Anthony,  for future reference there's really  no need for you to include this warning in your posts.  Also, please let Garland know that one should exit a bunker at its lowest point - not through its face.

Just trying to be helpful.

Bogey

  Bogey,

  Nice to hear from you. Garland did enter the bunker on the low side..............for his first shot. His first shot stayed on the lip so he walked up the face of the bunker to hit his second bunker shot. After getting there he realized he had to take a different approach and stand on the edge of the green than inside the bunker. He pulled off an excellent shot.....but the great accomplishment was not loosing his balance and falling back into the bunker. I am a rich man for having a golf buddy like Garland. I wish you the same.

  Peace,

   Anthony