Cat Stevens and Jimmy Buffett came up in my ipod today on the way to work . . .
Cat Stevens, Where do the Children Play
On Golf Course Architecure and the current trend to go bigger, longer and tougher, with more and more machinery taking us away from what the land offers us . . .
"Well I think its fine, building jumbo planes.
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train.
Switch on summer from a slot machine.
Yes, get what you want if you want it, cause you can get anything.
I know we've come along way,
we're changing day to day,
But tell me where do the children play?"
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Jimmy Buffett, Nautical Wheelers
Sam Sneed used to say something about 3/4 time, as it refers to music and or dance, being the best tempo for a golf swing. I try to sing the following lyrics to myself on the first tee and whenever I feel myself "speeding up" during a round . . .
"Nautical Wheelers who call themselves sailors
Play fiddle tunes under the stars
Petticoats rustle, workin shoes scuffle
Shuffle on down to the bar . . .
Where the jukebox is blastin and the liquor is flowin
An occasional bottle of wine
Thats cause everyone here is just more than contented
To be livin and dyin in three quarters time"
-Ted