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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

1606.0. "Looking Back..." by MRKTNG::VARLEY () Mon Nov 02 1992 13:33

    I thought I'd enter something on memorabilia, since some of us collect
    golf mementos, and others, while not collectors, have golf related
    things they enjoy.
    
    I have a very modest collection of golf books - not much instruction,
    just books on golf history and architecture. I also pick up bag tags at
    courses I play that I enjoyed, and recently I've had some pictures
    framed that were taken at special courses with some golfing pals. I've
    got some drawings done of a couple of holes at Crumpin-Fox which were
    done by the RT Jones guys who used 'em as a blueprint to subsequently
    build the hole on our (then) new 9, which was under construction. I've
    even framed a scorecard or two - not because of the numbers, but
    because the course was a special place.
    
    Recently, we bought a house which has a nice, old-fashioned family room
    with a high ceiling and barnboard walls. My "S.O." gets a kick out of
    the fact that I'm slowly turning it into a replica of a "Grille Room"
    at an old golf club, what with all the memorabilia hanging up. To
    further clutter the place, I bought a "map table" which is fairly
    large, has a glass top and slifing drawers. My next project is to
    display the bag tags under glass. That way, I can sit in front of the
    fire on Winter nights like some old Wodehouse character, watch the dog
    and cats and look at the tags and reflect upon the memories attached to
    each.
    
    There's something about golf and trout fishing that seems to lend
    itself as much to contemplation and reflection as the actual pursuit of
    the sport itself...
    
    __Jack

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1606.1	Senitmental fool.	WOTVAX::MORRISON	`Thu Nov 05 1992 03:32`	23
	Jack, You're a star. What a great thought. How about a small display cabinet in the corner of your family room ? "Divots I've known and loved." You could keep a collection, ordered by irons, 9-iron divots, 7-iron divots,.... When you're old and grey, you could hold court in front of your grand children, and talk them through every divot in the display. As you get older, the stories would get more exaggerated. "well, Billy, yes that one was from Innsbruck. I hit a 2-iron 225 yards to the green, just lipped the cup, but I got my eagle." " but Grandpa, last time we were here, you said it was a gouge with the driver off the first tee at the local public course?" Just a thought. Randall ?-)
1606.2	Bet This Won't Be The LAST Idea...	MRKTNG::VARLEY	`Thu Nov 05 1992 09:45`	18
	Great idea - I could say "that clump of dirt was done by a "track iron" at the famous "Road Hole" at St. Andrews," or "those bark chips were from that $#@& hole at Blairgowrie, where my entrance shot to the green was blocked by two trees." "My favorite souvenir is this golf ball - grandpa used it for 18 holes !" There's a world of possibilities here ! My S.O. took a look at my old sand wedge and said " "this would look nice on the wall - it has that rusty, weathered look." I tried to explain that it's a Wilson grey shaft R-90 circa 1935, that it has unparalleled "feel," (even in MY hands), and that it was obtained at a flea market for $5, but this doesn't seem to impress her. She just wants tha "cute old club" on a wall. Slim chance of that happening. It always amazes me that here in the "states," very few old clubs have much memorabilia hanging around. I always like looking at it - in fact, as my skills atrophy, I'm rapidly becoming "memorabilia" myself... __Jack
1606.3	"Shrines..."	MRKTNG::VARLEY	`Thu Nov 05 1992 10:03`	20
	As we enter the "hot stove league" of golf here in the NorthEast, I thought I'd also share with y'all some "food for thought" about golf venues. Frequently, you hear the term "shrine" used referring to a golf course. Here, somewhat tongue-in-cheek (or foot-in-mouth) is what makes a course a "shrine" to me: It has to be: A. Impossible to get on B. Prohibitively expensive C. Geographically inconvenient D. The site of a significant USGA or R&A event E. Designed by a great architect, such as Ross, Tillinghast, MacKenzie, MacDonald, Raynor, Wilson, Park, Colt, Alison, Emmett, Stles and Van Kliek (lots of their courses in New England, and they are real "sleepers" - very good), Braid, Morris, Thomas, Travis etc. I occasionally play other places, but I really enjoy the challenge of getting on "shrines." They almost never let you down. Lamentably, it gets harder every year, but so does the game itself... __Jack