Who are you guys......really???

[John Ezekowitz]

Randomly stumbled my way onto this thread in the archives and thought I'd bring it back as I am a new poster here.

John Ezekowitz
21 years old
Senior at Harvard, majoring in economics
I am an analytics consultant for the Phoenix Suns, and upon graduation plan to enter the world of finance
Home Courses: Springdale (Princeton, NJ), Belmont CC (Belmont, MA)
Handicap: 1.2

I first found this site when I was lucky enough to go on a 20-day tour of England in 2008 with 8 other American HS golfers. I wanted to find out about the courses I was going to play, and found Ran's writeups on Rye, Sunningdale and Royal St. George's. I didn't know about the discussion group at the time, and only realized it was here about a year ago, when I started lurking.

Haven't met many GCA'ers in person yet, but I hope to change that soon.

[Mark Chaplin]

John were you on this years Harvard tour to the UK?

[John Ezekowitz]

I was not. I walked on to the team for one season before it became clear that the caliber of Ivy League golf and the caliber of my game were not advancing in the same direction. Did you meet the team?

[Bruce Wellmon]

John Ezekowitz
21 years old
Senior at Harvard, majoring in economics
I am an analytics consultant for the Phoenix Suns

I'm curious about this. "Analytics consultant."
As in the business side of the team or as is the players stat side of it?
Perhaps you can't answer that. Do most teams have a similar consultant a la "Money Ball?"

[John Ezekowitz]

Player stats side. For simplicity, think Jonah Hill's role in Moneyball. I'd say close to 20 NBA teams now have either full or part time basketball analytics consultants.

[Jim Colton]

John,

 I want to be you when I grow up.

[Mark Johnson]

here's me.


Mark Johnson
Age: 35, Married
Handicap: before I torn my rotator cuff this year 2-3;  this season has been a waste in rehab, probably around an 8 now
Residence: Edina, MN
Occupation:  led sales efforts at Supervalu for major CPG company
Home Club: Bent Creek (Eden Prairie, MN); Glenmore (Keswick, VA)
All-time favorite courses (in no real order):  Merion, Black Sheep, Bandon Trails, Kinloch (VA), Spring Hill, Maidstone
Hometown: Never lived anywhere more than 5 years; grew up in Jackson, MI, Lake Oswego, OR, Hoover, AL, St. Charles, IL
Hometown Courses: Golf Club of Illinois, Prairie Landing, Pottawatomie 9 hole course, Burr Hill
Caddy Experience:  Chicago Golf Club, St. Charles CC

[Tim Gavrich]

I can't remember if I did this years ago, but even if I have, it's been long enough.

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Tim Gavrich

Age: 23 (not married)

Handicap: 0.0

Residence: Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Occupation: Golf-related PR and account coordination for The Brandon Agency, an ad agency in Myrtle Beach

Home Club: Pawleys Plantation G&CC, a Nicklaus Signature course that opened in 1988

Assorted All-Time Favorite Courses (in no particular order): The Old Course, Sunningdale Old, Yale, Pinehurst No. 2, Palmetto GC, Shelter Harbor GC, Cascades, Old White, Ballyhack

Hometown: Avon, Connecticut

Hometown Course(s): Hop Meadow CC (1961, Geoffrey Cornish, where I learned to play), Tower Ridge CC (also Cornish), Blue Fox Run GC (Cornish, recent work by Stephen Kay), Wintonbury Hills GC, Gillette Ridge GC

Caddy Experience:  Hartford GC, West Hartford, Connecticut

[Zack Molnar]

Not sure if I posted here years back but I'll put in a refresh

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Zack Molnar

Age: 25(not married)

Handicap: 4.3

Residence: Chicago, IL

Occupation: Equity Analyst at a small hedge fund

Home Club: None. Unfortunately, I generally only get out a couple times a year due to extensive work hours

Assorted All-time favorite courses: Chicago Golf, Kingsley, Camargo, Pebble Beach, Pasatiempo, Scioto, Moraine CC, The Ocean Course, Dunes Club

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH and attended Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN

Hometown Courses: Wyoming Golf Club(William Diddel, 1920's, where I learned to play) Camargo Club(Seth Raynor 1921, played a lot as a caddie), Hyde Park G&CC, Coldstream CC

Caddie experience: Camargo Club, Cincinnati, Ohio and Belle Meade CC, Nashville, TN

[Bill Seitz]

I think I did something in an introduction thread, but this one wasn't it.

Bill Seitz

Age: 39 (not married)

Handicap: 3.1

Residence: Chicago, IL

Occupation: Consultant at a small tax firm - I specialize in sales and use taxes.

Home Club: Kingsley - first year as a member, and was able to get up there about seven times.

Assorted All-time favorite courses: Riviera, Kingsley, Ballyneal, Dunes Club, Lawsonia Links, Crystal Downs, Rustic Canyon, Cog Hill #4, Links of North Dakota, Bully Pulpit (primarily for the stunning landscape).

Hometown: Temple City, California.  Bedroom community in the West San Gabriel Valley, just southeast of Pasadena, and southwest of Arcadia. 

Hometown Courses: Arcadia and Arroyo Seco par three courses (where I learned the game), Santa Anita (high school home course), Victoria Club - Riverside, CA (college home course), Eaton Canyon and Altadena (nine-hole courses in the foothills where I worked during college). 

Caddie experience: None, really, unless you count caddying for a buddy in USGA qualifiers.  I worked in the pro-shop for a few years at some local nine hole courses.