Re: ShopTalk: Geese

[Bernie Baymiller]

Title: Re: ShopTalk: Golf fashion

We had a big goose problem on our East Tennessee golf courses with all the TVA lakes in the area. Most are protected areas. My courses are in Tellico Village southwest of Knoxville on Tellico Lake (once the Little Tennessee River). One day I was playing our Toqua course, back side. The 14th fairway ajoins the lake and the green juts out into the lake. Geese loved it! We had to chase them off just to putt out some rounds. And, when you did putt out, your ball couldn't miss the poop. One day I rolled in a long one through it all, ran up to the hole in glee, and without thinking grabbed my ball out of the cup. Got a whole handfull of poop with it. Now, how was I going to put that ball in my pocket? Had to walk down to the lake and practically take a bath. I could smell that stuff on my hands all day.   One of the guys had a home just up the hill and had a lot of fun counterattacking with bottle rockets. Those, a big old Golden retriever and some plastic dead geese laid around finally did the trick. Only saw a few on the course this year. Our new links-style course further down the lake has picked up a few  geese this year and our shorter course never got rid of them.   Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: bftaylor To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:14 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Golf fashion You got that right about the goose droppings.  The only thing worse than shoes with it, is pull cart wheels.  Try to put one those in the trunk of you car..... .  The word on the street is that white golf shoes are out....regardless of the time of year, unless they are the "sneaker" type Black shoes speed play on hot summer days. Hot feet only play 9 holes. Judging by the condition of the shoes that come into this shop for spike changing .............the only requirement is that the spikes should be completely worn down to the soleline and the soles should be completely encrusted with goose droppings. I continue to advocate that geese on golf courses be entered in the "protein redistribution program" to feed the homeless.