I just got back from a great day of hanging out with my son while my daughter was at a friends and my wife was shopping...what a great day. And I am laughing at the posts on this thread. Funny stuff!!
On the comments about friendships through golf and GCA...of course this kind of stuff isn't limited to GCA. It is the magic of the game of golf. And I think I just might love golf so much, because I am not "in" the industry. It is pure recreation for me.
Now conerning the GCA'ers I haven't played with...now is that my fault or yours?!?!? Peter...gentlemen, sir. I seem to recall you posting about your ideal round of golf being at some course in England...maybe Walton Heath...and I PM'd you and said, "Hey, do you want to set up a round over there together?" Which you turned down. So, don't say I didn't try.
Also, the 5th Major...Dismal...East Lake...Rivermont invites...Hmmm, hmmmm....what say you all?
You know I'm just goofin'. But I do have a strong desire to meet many of you...not all of you
...but most of you.
On Bart's comment about Kiawah...Let me just say he is RUDE as heck on the golf course. He's playing in the group behind me on the 16th hole (I think it was) on The Ocean Course. My group has hit our drives and we are somewhere between our 2nd and 3rd shots...well over 350 yards off the tee...and inconsiderate Bart rifles a drive that rolls right by our group. Over 350 yards long and right by us...not missing us by more than 5 yards to the right. What a jerk!!! Avoid playing with him at all costs...or at least playing in the group in front of him!!
And Colin...you were not a "wee" part of my golf in Kingdom experience. That was the highlight...St. Andrews Old Course included. And that is the epitome of what I'm talking about. You meet me and my wife in St. Andrews. We share a conversation and coffee...then you and I hightail it to Crail. We enjoy more conversation and lunch. Then play one heck of an epic round of golf...sideways stinging rain...wind like I've never seen...then the rain subsides, the sun shines through in glorious fashion...but the wonderful wind keeps blowing...and we enjoy something Old Tom gave us. WOW!!! What a day!!
What a life. What a journey!!
EDIT...Ben Sims...of course I'll take that the right way. I really can't wait for that round of golf with you at your club after I win the Aggregate Course Competition. Rumor has it, if you ain't finishing with Inverness...you are wrong!!
EDIT II...Sorry for the double edit...better than a triple post, right? But I keep finding things I need to respond to. Michael on that snow shoveling picture. Note the spade I am using. Check this out...I go to the Home Depot here in Atlanta and ask for a snow shovel to prepare for the coming storm. And the person I ask this of looks at me with the weirdest look. "Snow shovel? We have shovels. But nothing called a "snow shovel." Evidently, buying (or the selling of) snow shovels down South isn't a common practice. So, I say, "Okay. Where are your shovels. I need to get one." Surreal for an Ohio boy.