St. George’s Golf and Country Club (East Setauket, NY): A Pictorial!!!

[Patrick_Mucci]

My latest Raters Notebook, on St. George's G&CC, is now posted on the Golfweek Web site:

http://www.golfweek.com/news/golf-travel/raters-notebook/

Brad,

Terrific write up, it captures St George's quite succinctly.

I too fell in love with # 4 and the course in general.
I could play it every day and never tire of it.
It's the kind of course where you want to go directly from the 18th green to the 1st tee.

Coincidently, when I was last in Florida I ran into a fellow who used to caddy with you on tour.
At the present, his name escapes me, but, it will come to me, probably in the middle of the night.

Speaking of Caddying.  When I was playing at Trump in WPB, I was on the practice tee hitting balls before my round.
Donald Trump was hitting balls next to me and engaged in a conversation with three caddies, two staffers and another fellow.
The caddies were maintaining that caddying makes you a better golfer.
Because of my proximity to the discussion, I couldn't help but overhear the entire conversation.
Finally, Donald said, "So you really think that caddying makes you a better player?"
The caddies all said, "absolutely" to which I turned around and said, "Donald, do you want to loop for me today ?"
Everyone, well almost everyone laughed.
Noting the look on his face, I then said, "Don't worry, you'll make out OK, I'm a good tipper"
Again, almost everyone laughed.

When we got in for lunch we had a very pleasant conversation.
I complimented him on the condition of the course.
The greens were absolutely terrific, fast, firm and true, and the fairways were also in terrific playing condition.
For the regular golfer the course is user friendly with only a few carries that might be deemed challenging.
Once you get past the "water works" the course is quite enjoyable for all levels of golfers, from 12 year olds to guys on Medicare.

He was very engaging and very gracious.
He complimented my son on a number of things and couldn't have been nicer to both of us.
He observed that I said "hello" to about a dozen members including two that were playing with him and asked if I was a member.
I said, "no, just a guest".  To which he said, "well thanks for coming"

They recently replanted the grass on the practice tee and he was very pleased with the condition of the turf as it related to iron play.

I have to say that he runs a terrific operation, with great attention to detail, and that all of the employees I spoke to were very complimentary in terms of their working relationship with him.

I think he genuinely loves golf and is trying to improve each of his golf facilities.

I think he's very different, one on one, from the persona that comes across on TV

He was incredibly gracious, hospitable and kind.

I think he'd be fun to play with, provided no TV cameras were allowed.

Sorry to get off on a side track

[Joe Bausch]

I've re-built my photo album of St. George's using pictures from two different fall visits.   You will likely enjoy this very much:

http://xchem.villanova.edu/~bausch/images/albums/stgeorges/

[Jeff_Mingay]

Thanks for the link to your photos of St. George's, Joe. Much appreciated.

What a fascinating golf course.