Greg, Thanks for the invite, but in my immuno-supressed state, I'm being kind of careful about getting chilled and am not playing under 50° at the moment. (It was even 20° here this morning, but got up in the high 40s this afternoon.) It may be June before you get that temperature up there. There's no shortage of Michiganders here, either. They all came down I-75 to Tellico Village when they retired. I'll bet almost a third of our seniors are from Michigan. Also, don't have any long spikes, which I need to get a good grip on the ice. Excuses, excuses... :-)
Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Courtnay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:05 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Reminiscences > Bernie, > Sounds like a great course. I actually live in Michigan and was inviting you > up here to play in the cold and frozen elements. I know of a couple courses > that have frozen ponds that the golf balls will act just as you described. > Probably not too much interest, though. It's real nasty out there right now. > Greg > > > > > > > >From: "Bernie Baymiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: ShopTalk: Reminiscences > >Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:04:49 -0500 > > > >Greg, > > > >I practically lived on that course from 1945 until I moved to Tennessee in > >1970...after I got married, actually lived a block away from what was then > >(1960s) a practice fairway that ran along the New Holland Pike. Worked on > >the course for at least 4 years in high school and college, mostly mowing > >tees and greens (push mowers for greens)....and they were the best greens > >I've ever seen. Bill Mellon, the greenskeeper and President of the PA > >Greenskeepers Association, was also in charge of Dwight Eisenhower's green > >at his Gettsburg home. Last time I played it was about 1975, when dad and I > >won the member guest...personally shot a 69 in the final round, a nice way > >to finish on a tough course. > > > >How is the LCC now? Don't expect that I'll ever get back since parents are > >gone. Still have a lot of friends there, though. Played Overlook (where I > >played my first round of golf in 1941 at age 7) a couple of years ago with > >an ex-Shoptalker, Bill Swingler and a couple of high school classmates. > >That > >course has been improved a lot....but still about the same public muni type > >layout it was in the 1950s. > > > >Bernie > >Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Greg Courtnay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 6:00 PM > >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: The game is ruined; was Definitely Switching to > >Titleist > > > > > > > Bernie, > > > Bring yourself on up here, I know this course........ > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Bernie Baymiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: The game is ruined; was Definitely Switching to > > > >Titleist > > > >Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:50:31 -0500 > > > > > > > >Ha! I mentioned this once before on ST...several years ago... > > > > > > > >On winter days when I was much younger and playing on the Lancaster CC > >(#44 > > > >ranked course in country in those days), I often got my warmest clothes > >on > > > >and would play nine holes regardless of the temperature. Our 7th hole > >was > >a > > > >510 yard par-5 which began with a diagonal drive across the Conestoga > > > >River, backed up by the Lancaster Waterworks to about 150 feet across > >at > > > >that point. Carry on the drive to reach dry land was about 150 yards > >and > > > >the whole left side of the fairway was a steep wooded hill. This day > >there > > > >was a about a 20 mph wind going right down the river. Hit a high solid > > > >drive, the wind got the ball and pushed it just beyond the bank on the > > > >clear ice. Big bounce...and another...and another, etc. Disappeared > >from > > > >sight. So, I walked up along the river bank watching for it and finally > > > >spotted it in the hazard about pin high (in the middle of the river). > >Nice > > > >510 yard drive, wind aided. :-) Wind must have blown the ball along the > > > >clear ice at least 200 yards. Walked out and played it, just for the > >heck > > > >of it (real spikes in those days were pretty good on the ice)...over > >the > > > >pump house, some willow trees and a pond next to the green. Nice little > > > >half wedge shot. Ball hit the frozen green and bounced over, hit the > >bank > > > >and bounced straight up, came down and rolled back on the green. Two > >putts > > > >for a "bird." > > > > > > > >Bernie > > > >Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >Original Message ----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 2:24 PM > > > > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: The game is ruined; was Definitely Switching > >to > > > >Titleist > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 1/13/03 1:24:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ernie Els just hit a 398 yd drive on 18 at the Mercedes, I'm > > > > > switching tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I do this easily and consistently! Downhill on ice with a 45 MPH > > > >tailwind. 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