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Category Archives: Local Stories
The President’s Cup Returns
Virginia Hosts the World’s Best Golfers September 22, 2005 The President’s Cup returns to the Robert Trent Jones Club in Northern Virginia this week. The most prestigious golf event held in Virginia, the President’s Cup is a showdown between a … Continue reading
A Beginner Again
The Teacher’s Turn to Struggle January 29, 2006 I recently started fooling around with a keyboard. I say “fooling around” because it would not be accurate to say that I am playing music (at least by earthly standards) except when … Continue reading
Winter in the Mid-Atlantic
Where Golfers Hope Against Hope January 15, 2006 Golf in January, like everything else, is different in the Mid-Atlantic region. In this clump of misfit states stuck somewhere between New England and the Deep South, even the grass we grow … Continue reading
The Open at Pinehurst
The 105th U.S. Open June 9, 2005 When golf fans tune into the major championships, like this week’s 105th U.S. Open at Pinehurst, they hope for major drama, something exciting enough to make them sit up in the lazy boy. … Continue reading
The Pinehurst Trip
A Great Way to Start the Golf Season February 17, 2005 It is February. That means slim green fingers, tulips to be, stretch out from soil softened by the sun after another night’s freeze, seeking Gulf moisture in the air … Continue reading
Summer in the Shenandoah Valley
When the Middle Days Arrive June 11, 2006 The Valley has been changing, and the daylight stretching out, as the solstice draws near. There is a fullness along the country roads where trees recently bare take on a middle-aged kind … Continue reading
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Pinehurst Revisited
Another Great Trip to the Sand Hills of North Carolina March 3, 2005 The Pinehurst Trip is over, and after a week down there, it seems to me that there is something almost enchanted, at least in a golf sense, … Continue reading
The Fall Trip to Mount Mitchell
Where Men Become Boys October 6, 2005 I have heard of these camps out west where men go for a week to rediscover their manhood, or release their inner child or something like that, by beating on drums and communing … Continue reading
Subcultures in Golf
This Game Takes all Types November 17, 2005 Golf was once considered an elitist, old-man’s sport, a world where the only diversity was the hideous mixture of colors on the players’ plaid pants. But as things go in a relatively … Continue reading
