Hezbollah and Me
In 2010, I visited Lebanon, my ancestral homeland - where, shockingly, there's a golf course! Who knew? I mean, Lebanon - it just doesn't scream golf. It screams hummus and grape leaves, and maybe bombs, but golf? But yes, indeed, in 1923 the Golf Club of Lebanon was opened right [...]
The Golfer’s Perfect Spouse
I got really lucky in the spouse department. Rebecca and I have been together 24 years. And although I tease her that they've been the best 6 years of my life, all 24 have been wonderful. Rebecca's not athletic - au contraire. Her favorite statement, which she says proudly, is [...]
Gratitude – Happy Thanksgiving
I finished the 15th hole of a course down in Florida this past Thanksgiving week and there were two maintenance workers working hard in the heat. I often say hello to maintenance workers. I’m sure they couldn’t care less about me, but they work really hard so I can have [...]
Who’ll Show Up To Play Today?
Remember Patty Duke? She starred as the bubbly, fun, zany Patty Lane on The Patty Duke show. She also starred as Neely O'Hara, the overdosing drug addict in The Valley of the Dolls. That’s me on the golf course. Sometimes I look like I can play this game. I’m not [...]
Controversy at the Solheim Cup
There was a controversy over a “gimme” putt at the Solheim Cup and Norway’s Suzann Pettersen got slammed for it. For my non-golfing readers, a player can concede their opponent’s next putt – one that is usually so short it’s virtually certain of being made anyway – by saying something [...]
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