tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post7448778640185671982..comments2024-01-23T17:23:48.164-08:00Comments on Bite the Apple: The British Open War on Golfmoihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-31636562885693296242007-07-26T19:46:00.000-07:002007-07-26T19:46:00.000-07:00great golf story i heard last week. i'll try to be...great golf story i heard last week. i'll try to be brief.<BR/><BR/>publisher I work with (whose grandfather started the PGA) had a friend who lived on a fairway at Winged Foot. the US Open was being played there (1974, the massacre), and all his friend's neighbors were renting out their houses. he didn't want to, wife didn't want the house filled with people she didn't know. they decide to stay.<BR/><BR/>most of the surrounding houses on the block were occupied by players. my publisher's friend decides to have open-house barbecue each night during the tournament . . . so every night that week in his backyard are Nicklaus, Palmer, Trevino, etc. hanging out, eating burgers, telling stories.<BR/><BR/>god, can you <I>imagine</I>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782769961461736606.post-42242255309368476552007-07-23T10:18:00.000-07:002007-07-23T10:18:00.000-07:00you know, I have actually accompanied my beloved h...you know, I have actually accompanied my beloved husband on a game of golf a time or two when we lived in Scotland, the home of The Golf.<BR/><BR/>Scotland seems to be the only country where the working class play The Golf. Not rich old men.<BR/><BR/>We lived close to (and he often played on) one of the oldest courses ever (where Mary, Queen of Scots is purported to have played). That was our local. <BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musselburgh_Links<BR/><BR/>wait...did I have a point?<BR/><BR/>no. Just bragging.the Dread Pirate Rackhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06758895507726373202noreply@blogger.com